The ritual being performed here is an "unbaptism", in which participants symbolically reject religious rites performed when they were children. "No names," says a Satanist who agreed to let me witness their ceremony, as long as they aren't identified. They wear a floor-length, hooded cloak and a black face mask. Their hands are bound with rope, which is then cast off to represent liberation. Pages are torn out of a Bible to symbolise overturning their Christian baptism.

"As a gay child, being told you are an abomination and should be destroyed, warped a lot of my thinking. Finding The Satanic Temple has really helped me embrace logic and empathy." The Satanic Temple is recognised as a religion by the US government, and has ministers and congregations in America, Europe and Australia.

US dollars now make up about 58% of official foreign reserves globally, Bloomberg reported in its story, a fall from 73% in 2001. In the late 1970s, it was 85%. The fact that the US and Europe froze Russian central bank reserve assets held in their jurisdictions has also weaponized central banks and possibly damaged the international financial system, according to Demertzis.

In the Middle East, that has translated to "a genuine sense of concern about the US', and even the EU's, unprecedented weaponization of international trade and finance, in the context of war with Russia," Alhasan concluded. This is why countries in the Middle East "are preparing for a more multipolar global world, where they will want to be best placed to act inside and outside of dollarized zones."

As Americans and national security experts, we urge President Biden and Congress to use their full power to end the Russia-Ukraine War speedily through diplomacy, especially given the grave dangers of military escalation that could spiral out of control.

Sixty years ago, President John F Kennedy made an observation that is crucial for our survival today. “Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war. To adopt that kind of course in the nuclear age would be evidence only of the bankruptcy of our policy – or of a collective death-wish for the world.”

The immediate cause of this disastrous war in Ukraine is Russia’s invasion. Yet the plans and actions to expand NATO to Russia’s borders served to provoke Russian fears. And Russian leaders made this point for 30 years. A failure of diplomacy led to war. Now diplomacy is urgently needed to end the Russia-Ukraine War before it destroys Ukraine and endangers humanity. So far, the US has sent $30 billion worth of military gear and weapons to Ukraine, with total aid to Ukraine exceeding $100 billion. War, it’s been said, is a racket, one that is highly profitable for a select few."

Talks over the debt ceiling also forced President Biden to cut short his own foreign trip, scrapping planned visits to Australia and Papua New Guinea after the G-7 summit so he can return to Washington on Sunday. But well before that, the fight over the borrowing cap was alarming US allies. Around the world, experts are watching in disbelief as the US flirts with its first default, fearful of the potential international economic ramifications — and astonished by the global superpower’s brush with self-sabotage.

Analysts say the impasse jeopardizes America’s standing abroad. “I just cannot believe they would let such a major, major disaster happen of the United States defaulting on its debt,” European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told CBS News on Sunday. “This is not possible. I cannot believe this would happen.” The mere fact that a US default is being talked about is enough to unsettle markets worldwide, experts say.

Last month, in a bid to relieve pressure on the Argentinian economy due to its lack of US dollars, Newsan started settling deals in the Chinese yuan. This has been a boon for the company that mainly imports its products from China and, until recently, was paying for its appliances in the dollar. Other nations are making similar moves greatly benefiting China and increasing the prevalence of the yuan in the global stage.

The swimsuit range is part of Adidas's 'Pride 2023' collection - dubbed 'Let Love Be Your Legacy' - and is for sale for $70 on the website in the women's section. Both models, who are described as 'they' online, have hairy chests, visible bulges and their description says they are 6ft 2in with a 34' chest and 27' waist. Additionally, one of the biological male models posed in a sports bra.

Ex-NCAA swimmer Gaines exclusively told DailyMail.com that she is 'hopeful that athletes will do the right thing and come out and denounce it'. Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene also slammed the new marketing ploy, adding: 'Who is telling these major corporations to alienate women, half the population, in order to market to trans which are less than 1%? Businesses are for profit, not for politics. It doesn't make sense. Who is telling them to do this?'

It is difficult to think of a law more relevant to today’s America. Imagine if the country — especially, though not only, black Americans — adopted this law and substituted “white” for “Egyptian.” Imagine the effect on America if every church, every school, every editorial page and every Democrat repeatedly told Americans, “Do not hate whites.” Almost overnight, the gratuitous hatreds wrecking our country would begin to disappear.

That all whites hate blacks is a lie. It is one of the greatest national lies in history. But there is antidote: applying the biblical admonition to the Israelites not to hate the Egyptians to Americans, especially black Americans, not to hate whites. If every church — including, of course, black churches — preached, “Do not hate the whites,” then at least those who claim to take the Bible seriously would feel religiously obligated not to hate white people. That could change everything — almost overnight.

The volcano is 45 miles southeast of Mexico City, but lies much closer to the eastern fringes of the larger metropolitan area of 22 million people. The city also faces threats from earthquakes and sinking soil, but the volcano is the most visible potential danger — and the most closely watched. A severe eruption could cut off air traffic, or smother the city in clouds of choking ash.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the primary incentive for increased defence spending. The conflict has raised European tensions. The exposed weaknesses in the West’s defence-industrial capacity and drained extant stocks of arms and ammunition. Italy still maintains a sizeable military. It comprises a combat jet fleet of over 200, and a potent navy with undersea warfare capabilities. Major European defence contractors such as Leonardo and Fincantieri are based in Italy.

But more ferocious than all of this power and wealth are the parents (and often the teachers) of the children diagnosed. They want the child’s problems to have a medical cause, rather than to be linked to modern child-rearing techniques or schooling. And, of course, the sufferers are glad to be relieved of any personal responsibility for their behaviour.

And what is this behaviour? The NHS website provides a list. Here is part of it: having a short attention span and being easily distracted; making careless mistakes — for example, in schoolwork; appearing forgetful or losing things; being unable to stick to tasks that are tedious or time-consuming; appearing to be unable to listen to or carry out instruction; being unable to sit still, especially in calm or quiet surroundings; constantly fidgeting; excessive talking; being unable to wait their turn; acting without thinking; interrupting conversation.

First, who has not behaved in this way? Next, notice how many of these supposed symptoms are not really experienced by the alleged sufferer, but by the adults in charge of them. One of the problems with the diagnosis of ‘ADHD’ is that it covers such an extraordinarily broad range of behaviours, including children who may actually suffer from birth trauma or brain damage, and children who are merely wilful and obstinate, or are driven to distraction by dull schools and bad teachers.

Worse, it closes the subject. If all these millions truly are suffering from a treatable physical disorder, then we need not worry about our debased family life, dominated by screens and junk food, and short on sleep and outdoor activity and our uninspiring schools.

The Bilderberg Group, a notoriously shadowy organization with a membership roster that includes some of the world’s most powerful and influential people, are convening their annual meetings this weekend in Lisbon, Portugal. The Bilderberg meetings have been a regular occurrence since the mid 1950s, with the inaugural meeting in 1954 at the Bilderberg Hotel in the Netherlands.

Although it is significantly staffed by publicly elected officials, the discussions that happen during Bilderberg conferences remain a closely guarded secret. Unsurprisingly, this has led many to suspect that the powerful globalist ideologues who attend these closed-door wargaming discussions are up to no good. Organizers defend the secretive nature of the conference by claiming that it allows attendees to speak informally among peers.

Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), will also attend. As noted in a congressional hearing last week, CISA played a key role as a source of government pressure in the Big Tech censorship regime that harmed President Trump’s chances in the 2020 election.

The corporate legacy media also has a presence at this year’s Bilderberg, with notable members including Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum, the CEO of Axel Springer (a key force behind last year’s failed effort to create a media cartel in the US), and representatives of other establishment media companies including the Economist and the Financial Times. Other notable attendees include the CEO of Pfizer, the president and COO of Goldman Sachs, and failed Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

“Now, I don't know a single country out there that could survive when the majority of people within the country don't know the country's origins, how it came about and the role of government.” Giordano argues that while we have people come from different places that come together, we don’t have 2,000 years of scarred history, culture and traditions together.

Behind the scenes is China’s reluctance to forgive debt and its extreme secrecy about how much money it has loaned and on what terms, which has kept other major lenders from stepping in to help. On top of that is the recent discovery that borrowers have been required to put cash in hidden escrow accounts that push China to the front of the line of creditors to be paid.

Countries in AP’s analysis had as much as 50% of their foreign loans from China and most were devoting more than a third of government revenue to paying off foreign debt. Two of them, Zambia and Sri Lanka, have already gone into default, unable to make even interest payments on loans financing the construction of ports, mines and power plants. In Pakistan, millions of textile workers have been laid off because the country has too much foreign debt and can’t afford to keep the electricity on and machines running.