ITALY - The Western powers, gripped by green energy madness, are handing the future to China. History will not look kindly on the leaders of this forced march to subservience. Members of the G7 economic alliance, meeting in Turin, Italy, agreed Tuesday to end usage of coal for power generation by the year 2035, a mere 11 years into the future. This effort to rob power grids in the West and Japan of so much affordable, stable, round-the-clock baseload generation comes at an inauspicious time.
USA - Over the past several decades, America’s culture has been transformed at a pace that is absolutely breathtaking. When I was growing up, I was convinced that I believed in a shared set of national values that most other Americans also embraced. But in our day and age those values have been discarded and now people that see the world the way that I do are clearly not in the majority any longer. I know that a lot of people out there may not want to hear that our national values have been turned upside down, but it is the truth. Those that sought to “fundamentally transform” this country have succeeded, and at this point “American values” are vastly different from the “American values” that I cherished as a young boy.
UK - The 'ringleader' of a Gen Z mob that staged an eight-hour protest outside a Peckham migrant hotel has been revealed as a serial protester who has previously caused disruption at pro-Palestine, trans rights and eco-rallies. The scruffy activist, who has been previously named as John, has been pictured complaining at a variety of trendy social causes including a rally for trans firebrand Sarah Jane Baker who served 30 years in jail for kidnap and attempted murder. Yesterday, John was at the heart of the action at the violent protest which saw scuffles with police, journalists assaulted and 45 arrests made with some protesters being filmed being pushed violently by police in the fracas.
SCOTLAND - The SNP’s delayed ferries have been hit by a new farce after it emerged that their special ‘green’ fuel must be imported 8,000 miles from Qatar then driven thousands more miles each year by road. The vessels were designed with ‘dual-fuel’ engines which can run on liquefied natural gas (LNG), designed to cut emissions, as well as conventional diesel. However, eight years after work began on the ferries Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa, the Scottish Government says there is no clear date for when LNG tanks, known as a bunkering facility, will ever be built here. As a result, LNG must be imported in diesel-powered ships from Qatar to a terminal in England and then driven 450 miles to Scotland. It is feared that will lead to emissions far in excess of savings generated by the supposedly environmentally friendly engines.
Dozens of people have been killed by intense rains and subsequent flooding in countries around the world in the last two weeks as local officials warn of increasingly impactful weather events and scientists link the deadly deluges in Dubai, Brazil, Kenya and beyond to human-caused climate impacts worsened by the ongoing El Niño. More than two dozen people were killed by heavy rains and flooding in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state this week that also displaced roughly 10,000 people, almost half of which are living in shelters after their homes were destroyed or damaged.
USA - The South is set for another day of relentless rain, thunderstorms and potential flooding, as 33 million people remain under flood watches from Texas into Tennessee. The downpour comes after heavy rain drenched parts of the South Wednesday and led to disaster declarations in San Jacinto and Montgomery counties in Texas, as well as floodwater rescues. While less rain is expected Thursday, it will pose significant flood concerns Thursday night across the South due to already-saturated soil and swollen rivers. In southeast Texas, five rivers are forecast to reach major flood stage over the next day or two.
BRAZIL - Hundreds of cities across Rio Grande do Sul hit by floods with thousands displaced and infrastructure destroyed. The death toll from rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 57, local authorities said on Saturday afternoon, while dozens still have not been accounted for. The state’s civil defence authority said 67 people were still missing and more than 69,000 had been displaced as storms affected nearly two-thirds of the 497 cities in the state. Floods destroyed roads and bridges and triggered landslides and the partial collapse of a dam at a small hydroelectric power plant. A second dam in the city of Bento Gonçalves is also at risk of collapsing, authorities said.
INDONESIA - A flood and a landslide have hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 people, according to officials. The landslide hit Luwu regency in South Sulawesi on Friday just after 1am local time, Abdul Muhari, spokesperson of Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB), said in a statement. Indonesia is prone to landslides during the rainy season, with the problem aggravated in some places by deforestation. Torrential rain pounding the area since Thursday triggered a landslide, said local rescue chief Mexianus Bekabel. Floods up to three meters (10ft) have affected 13 sub-districts as water and mud covered the area.
AUSTRALIA - The wet start to May for much of New South Wales is likely to continue for another week, with a severe weather warning for the state’s south coast and flash flooding on the Central Coast. Sydney’s Observatory Hill had, by Sunday morning, recorded 92.8mm of rain this month – and was fast approaching the May average of 117.4mm. “We’re nearly at the month total already, so depending on how things unfold today, we may by tomorrow [Monday] morning be able to make a statement that we may have already reached a month’s worth of rainfall,” the Bureau of Meteorology’s Jordan Notara said.
GIBRALTAR - UK minister for Gibraltar emphasised that defending sovereignty was a 'red line'. European judges could rule on disputes involving Gibraltar under a new Brexit deal, ministers have admitted. The Rock territory will also have to follow some EU rules under the agreement in order to secure a more open border with Spain, the Foreign Office said. Tory MPs have expressed 'considerable alarm' over the concessions, and questioned whether British sovereignty of the territory might be compromised as a result of the deal. UK minister for Gibraltar David Rutley emphasised to the Commons European Scrutiny Committee that defending the sovereignty of the British Overseas Territory was a 'red line'. The sovereignty of the territory, which was ceded to the British from Spain in 1713, remains a source of tension between the UK and Spain.
TURKEY - Turkey has suspended all trade with Israel over its ongoing offensive in Gaza as relations continue to sour between the two regional powers. The Turkish Trade Ministry said exports and imports had abruptly 'stopped' on Thursday, and that the measures would remain until Israel allows what it deems 'an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid' into the beleaguered Strip. 'This is how a dictator behaves, disregarding the interests of the Turkish people and businessmen, and ignoring international trade agreements,' Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz snapped in a post on Twitter/X on Thursday.
ISRAEL - A scientific breakthrough has exposed the truth about a site in ancient Jerusalem, overturning expert opinion and vindicating the Bible's account. Until now, experts believed a stretch of wall in the original heart of the city was built by Hezekiah, King of Judah, whose reign straddled the seventh and eighth centuries BC. He had seen his neighbours to the north, the Kingdom of Israel, destroyed by the Assyrian Empire, and it was thought that he built the wall to defend against the invaders. But now an almost decade-long study has revealed it was built by his great-grandfather, Uzziah, after a huge earthquake, echoing the account of the Bible.
USA - When Raymond Dolphin became assistant principal of a middle school in Connecticut two years ago, it was clear to him that the kids were not all right. The problem was cellphones. Students were using the devices in class, despite a rule against it. Social media was exacerbating nearly every conflict among students. When Dolphin walked the hallways or surveyed the cafeteria, he invariably saw heads bent over screens. So in December, Dolphin did something unusual: He banned them. The experiment at Illing Middle School sparked objections from students and some parents, but it has already generated profound and unexpected results.
USA - EV are quickly becoming a boomerang to the head of Leftists. I have reported on various backfires on EV, that should cause panic to the Green Weenie crowd. For example, car manufacturers are scuttling plants, as well as production of EV. Apparently consumers don’t want to buy the cars having seen the real data. The cars are more expensive to operate than their gas-guzzling cousins. Next, rental agencies are canceling orders for EVs. It seems that people not only don’t want to buy the cars, but they don’t want to rent them either. That’s a real problem, because many people rent cars to determine what they may buy next.
USA - In a wide-ranging interview with TIME Magazine, former President Donald Trump addressed his vision for the nation were he to secure a second term as president — a possibility the outlet published under the ominous title “If He Wins.” In what the outlet described as “the outlines of an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world,” the former president pledged to secure the southern border with military force, fire federal employees with impunity, and take steps to prevent the rise of anti-White racism in the country.