President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
has shared the first video of the interrogation of North Korean soldiers
captured in Russia’s Kursk Oblast...............
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/01/12/7493174/
Monday, January 13, 2025
Do you want to return to North Korea?
Oil spill from two Russian ships
In this photo released by
Russia on 12 January 2025, booms are visible as Russia attempts to clean up an
oil spill spill from two storm-damaged tankers three weeks ago in Russia’s southern Krasnodar
region.
Two North Korean soldiers taken prisoner in Ukraine
Kim Jong Un visits the training base of the Special Operations Armed Force of North Korea's army to guide a combatants drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea, September 11, 2024.
KCNA via
REUTERS
Two North Korean soldiers who were taken prisoner in Kursk Oblast
have been sent to Kyiv. President Zelenskyy
said Ukraine would give journalists access to the pair, so the world
“can learn the truth about what is happening”.
Steve Bannon vows to kick Elon Musk out of Maga movement
Steve Bannon has called Elon Musk “racist” and a “truly
evil guy”, pledging to “take this guy down” and kick him out of the Maga
movement.
He added: “I will have Elon Musk run out of here
by inauguration day”, which falls on 20 January. “He will not have full access
to the White House. He will be like any other person.”
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Sir Keir Starmer on borrowed time
Keir Starmer
is teetering on the precipice, his premiership already on borrowed time. At
home, he’s desperately unpopular; abroad, he’s almost the last socialist leader
standing in a world sprinting Right-wards.....
A concrete house still standing
If it takes this house to convince anyone that
non-combustible materials are an advantage in areas prone to wildfires, then I
think we've identified a key issue in all of this.
Source: Reddit
The Shah of Iran in 1962
The Shah of Iran, Queen Farah, and Walt Disney ride the
Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland, April 1962
NDIS Rort
In October 2021, Robert De
Pasquale, as an NDIS support coordinator with Be Able Australia, says you can have a
trip of a lifetime like he had onboard The Ghan. The trip was funded through
his NDIS plan under STA, otherwise known as Short Term Accommodation.....
Southern California residents next challenge: filing an insurance claim.
Though mainstream insurers
garnered headlines last year for declining to write any new policies in the
state amid growing fire threats, they still retain tens of thousands of
pre-existing customers who may have been affected.
All eyes will be on insurers now to see how they perform. CEO's beware.................
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Roadside poppy farm in Tasmania
Roadside poppy farm. Tasmania is the world’s largest producer
supplying almost half of the world’s demand of morphine, thebaine and codeine.
Poppies are grown to extract
the valuable alkaloid material they contain, including morphine, thebaine and
codeine, for use in pharmaceuticals.
UNRWA commissioner-general knows Hamas groups infiltrate employee base
Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA
commissioner-general, “and his colleagues knowingly allow Hamas and other
terrorist groups to infiltrate UNRWA’s employee base, indoctrinate
impressionable Palestinian children to pursue a path of terrorism against
Israelis and Jews and install military infrastructure underneath or next to
UNRWA facilities,” per the report.
Donald Trump will be the first felon president after New York judge's ruling.
Although Trump will avoid
jail, fines and probation, Judge Merchan's sentence of unconditional
discharge puts Trump's May 2024 conviction by a jury on his permanent
record......
https://www.reuters.com/legal/trumps-sentencing-measured-judge-confronts-president-elect-2025-01-10/
Cutting Putin's revenue from oil and gas
Joe Biden's administration imposed its broadest package of sanctions so far targeting Russia's oil and gas revenues yesterday.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a post on X that the measures announced yesterday will "deliver a significant blow" to Moscow. "The less revenue Russia earns from oil ... the sooner peace will be restored."
Anthony Hopkins' home lost to fires in LA
Anthony Hopkins, the 87 year old Welsh
actor, joined the growing list of Hollywood elites who have lost their homes in
the fires in LA.
Anthony, an alcoholic, sought
help in 1975 and is currently 49 years sober.
The actor pictured in 1975,
the year he said he confronted his alcoholism problems .
Tom Hanks mansion spared from Palisades fires
Tom Hanks and his wife Rita
Wilson’s mansion is somehow still standing and appears untouched after the
ferocious blaze – while the mansion just behind them appears to be completely
burnt to the ground.
One of their children, Chet
Hanks, spoke out about the devastating Palisades Fire on social media, saying,
“The neighbourhood I grew up in is burning to the ground rn. Pray for the
Palisades.”
US Thule Air Base in Greenland
Pituffik Space Base, formerly and perhaps better known as Thule Air Base, is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland. It exists today due to agreements between the US and the Kingdom of Denmark, specifically addressing mutual defense.....
https://www.petersonschriever.spaceforce.mil/Pituffik-SB-Greenland/
Friday, January 10, 2025
Australian of the Year shows his true colours
A South Sudanese child soldier Deng Adut 41, was crowned NSW Australian of the Year in 2017 in recognition of his work as a defence lawyer in Sydney.
But in his recent posts, he celebrates the LA fires, calls for the destruction of the US and Israel and supports Hamas.
Britain wants to get close to Trump. Will Elon Musk stand in the way?
…He (Musk) has called for Starmer and his safeguarding
minister to be removed from power, for new elections to take place, and even
for King Charles III to unilaterally dissolve parliament – something which
hasn’t happened for nearly two centuries and would cause a constitutional
crisis..........
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/05/uk/elon-musk-britain-starmer-fight-intl-cmd/index.html
Spotted at Jimmy Carter's funeral service
Former US President Barack Obama speaks with President-elect
Donald Trump before the State Funeral Service for former US President Jimmy
Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington yesterday.
Mark Zuckerberg's watch
Mark Zuckerberg wore
Greubel Forsey ‘Hand Made 1’, which retails for $895,500, as he announced Meta
will get rid of fact checkers.
"Only the AfD can save Germany" says Elon Musk
Elon Musk thinks “only the AfD can save Germany” during a
conversation with co-leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland
party, Alice Weidel.
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Hadi Nazari Rescue
NSW Police shot of Hadi
Nazari in a police helicopter after his rescue (AAP)
Credit: SUPPLIED BY NSW POLICE/PR IMAGE
Two muesli bars left by hiker in Opera House hut
Opera House hut in Kosciuszko national park on the day
Sydney hiker Sherman left two muesli bars alongside the logbook. Photograph:
Supplied by Sherman.
https://khuts.org/index.php/huts/kosciuszko-national-park/opera-house
Greenland's leader met with the Danish King yesterday
Greenland has been part of Denmark for 600 years although
its 57,000 people now govern their own domestic affairs. The island's
government led by Prime Minister Mute Egede aims for eventual independence.
China is not running the Panama Canal
“The accusations that China is running the Panama Canal are unfounded,” Ricaurte Vásquez Morales said yesterday. “China has no involvement whatsoever in our operations.”
Trump’s suggestion that U.S. ships get
preferential rates “will lead to chaos.”
Anders Breivik parole hearing denied
Anders Breivik turned up to parole hearing with a 'Z'
shaved on his head
It went exactly as planned. He got his "Z" photo posted on Reddit for all the other crazies to see.
Plus, now he has a new
fan-club in Russia.
Salim Mahajer set for early release in July
Salim Mahajer is an Australian convicted criminal, property
developer and former deputy mayor of Auburn City Council.
A fire was started in his former home in Sydney last week and
police are treating the blaze as suspicious. His bank sold the property two months ago for
$3.85m but it has been empty ever since.
His maximum jail sentence expires on October 18, 2029, but
he will be eligible for early release from July 18 this year.
Donald Trump wants to own Greenland
Donald Trump wrote "For purposes of National Security
and Freedom throughout the World, the US feels that the ownership and control
of Greenland is an absolute necessity."
Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, not a
country. Its population of about 56,000 are full citizens of Denmark and, by
extension, the EU.
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources says "there is
a huge potential for oil exploitation in the waters" offshore.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Hiker Hadi Nazari found alive after 13-day search in NSW Snowy Mountains
Mr Nazari's family rushed to meet him after they discovered he was found alive.
A university student from Melbourne has been found alive in
dense NSW bushland after he went missing on Boxing Day.
Police say 23-year-old Hadi Nazari survived on creek water
and two muesli bars during his time lost in the Snowy Mountains....
A university student from Melbourne has been found alive in
dense NSW bushland after he went missing on Boxing Day.
Police say 23-year-old Hadi Nazari survived on
Hidden dangers of supplements
An over-the-counter supplement has ruined retired Dr Mary Buchanan's
mobility and sense of freedom. The
76-year-old spent four decades on her feet as an emergency physician.
....The root cause of her debilitation has been traced to
vitamin B6. Dr Mary Buchanan began
taking a magnesium supplement which also contained vitamin B6 in 2021.''''
UK MP Jess Phillips denies need for inquiry into Muslim rapes
Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips said “I believe it is for Oldham Council alone to decide to commission an inquiry into child sexual exploitation locally, rather than for the Government to intervene.
Starmer will today order Labour MPs to vote against another enquiry into Muslim rape gangs
SIR Keir Starmer will today order his Labour MPs to vote
against calls for a new national inquiry into the Asian rape grooming gangs
scandal — insisting the time has passed to ask any more questions.
10 years since attack on Charlie Hebdo
Emmanuel Macron with his wife,
Brigitte Macron, and the French prime minister, François Bayrou, walk together
during commemorations marking 10 years since the 2015 Islamist attacks newspaper
Charlie Hebdo and the Hypercacher Jewish supermarket
Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AP
Tommy Robinson's podcast from jail
An investigation has begun into how Tommy Robinson was able
to record and release a podcast from his prison cell. The English Defence League (EDL) founder addresses
supporters and praises Elon Musk, claiming the billionaire has helped protect
freedom of speech.
Donald Trump Jnr arrives in Greenland
Donald Trump Jr visits
Greenland on a private visit pictured outside the controversial statue of
Hans Egede, a Danish-Norwegian missionary who is seen as a symbol of Danish
colonialism.
Photograph:
@DonaldJTrumpJr
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
King of Denmark changes royal coat of arms
The King of Denmark has changed the royal coat of arms to
more prominently feature the territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
King Frederik established the new design (on the right) via
royal resolution on December 20 before being revealed to the public on January
1.
I think we all know why.
Ethnicity, culture and religion
The story has exploded on to the global stage, largely
because of Musk’s tweets, immediately illuminating the big elephants in the
room — ethnicity, culture and religion.
The reason was quite simply this: The perpetrators were
Pakistani by ethnicity and Muslim by religion. The victims were white, English
and Christian. No one wanted to go near that particular Pandora’s box…...
Libyan slave trade alive and well in 2025
Naima Jamal, an Ethiopian woman currently being held and
auctioned as a slave in Libya
Naima Jamal, a 20-year-old Ethiopian woman from Oromia, was
abducted shortly after her arrival in Libya in May 2024. Since then, her family
has been subjected to demands of money from human traffickers for her release.
Source: Reddit
Istanbul, Turkey
Greek Orthodox swimmers kiss a wooden crucifix during the Epiphany Day ceremony.
Photograph: Erdem Şahin/EPA
As of 2024, there are between
120,000 and 320,000 Christians in Turkey, which is less than 2% of the
population.
What is Starmer's record on prosecuting grooming gangs?
Speaking to BBC Verify, Mr
Afzal said that the view of prosecutors not to proceed to trial at the time was
"if the police aren't happy that she will give credible evidence then
we're not happy either"..........
Should British government summons US Ambassador over Elon Musk?
The leader of the Liberal
Democrats Ed Davey, yesterday urged British government to summon the US ambassador
for an explanation after Elon Musk, an incoming US official, made inflammatory
remarks suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.
Musk has highlighted the British government's deliberate attempt to cover up the rape of young girls by Muslim men and their refusal to deport them to their country of origin. It's long overdue.
Two Aussie teacher salaries not enough for mortgage loan
New data released by an
Aussie banking giant Westpac has revealed exactly how much you need to earn to
get a mortgage – and it’s not pretty.
A single person on a teacher
salary is a rare sight in the mortgage broker’s life, but that’s been the case
for a while. What we are seeing now is that even two teacher salaries may not
be enough to get a lender excited.
Westpac says the proportion of loans given to households making under $200,000pa has collapsed. Most lending now goes to families making over $200,000 have gone from being a minority to a majority of lending…….
Evie Amati released from jail
Axe attacker Evie Amati
laughed in the sunshine yesterday as she was released from jail, eight years to the day
after her horrific attempted murders of customers at a Sydney 7-Eleven
outlet.
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