Sweden approves NATO entry as Turkey, Hungary ratifications drag

Sweden’s parliament voted Wednesday in favour of joining NATO despite delays by Hungary and Turkey to ratify its membership bid, which will likely lead to Sweden joining after neighbouring Finland. The vote, which paved the way for the country’s NATO accession and provides the necessary legal framework, passed with 269 votes in favour and 37 […]

BIDEN’S AMERICA: 2YrOld Abandoned Boy Found By TX State Police On Border By Himself With One Toy and Disturbing Note Inside His Backpack [VIDEO]

100 Percent Fed Up reports- Does anyone remember the outrage from the Left when they accused President Trump of placing children who illegally crossed our southern border in cages? Well, the cages turned out to be holding pens for children that were erected when Barack Obama began to facilitate the open-border program from Mexico to America during his first term.

Ukraine needs $411 billion for reconstruction, recovery: World Bank

Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery needs have grown to $411 billion, just over a year since Russia’s invasion, the World Bank said Wednesday. The assessment, made jointly by Ukraine’s government, the World Bank, the European Commission and the United Nations, is an increase from the $349 billion estimated in a report released in September. The latest […]

Scientists offer ‘nonalien explanation’ for interstellar visitor

When the first object ever known to have visited the Earth’s Solar System from outer space zoomed past in 2017, it was so strange that at least one leading astronomer was convinced it was an alien vessel. But researchers said Wednesday that they had come up with a simple and “compelling non-alien explanation” for the […]

DeSantis assails Trump as White House race heats up

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has taken his most direct shots yet at rival Donald Trump, with the gloves finally coming off in what is widely expected to be the head-to-head for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Trump is making his third run for the White House after losing his re-election bid in 2020, and DeSantis […]

EU ‘delusional’ in its push to ‘decouple’ from Russia – bloc members FM

Austria's Alexander Schallenberg defended Raiffeisen Bank over its business in the sanctioned country, Reuters reports

Sweden holds NATO vote

A year after applying to join the US-led military bloc, Stockholm gets parliamentary approval

Blinken says China has not ‘crossed line’ on lethal aid to Russia

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that China has not provided substantial military aid to Russia despite Beijing’s ramping up of diplomatic support. “As we speak today, we have not seen them cross that line,” Blinken said in response to a question at a Senate committee on whether China was providing “lethal aid” […]

US Fed lifts interest rate 0.25 point, in line with expectations

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate on Wednesday, in line with expectations, continuing a hiking cycle to tackle high inflation while warning that recent banking troubles could hit households and businesses. The quarter-point increase raises the target range to 4.75-5.00 percent, the Fed announced in a statement, adding that recent banking sector developments […]