Badgers threaten transport in EU country

The critters have started digging under rail tracks, halting trains and forcing lengthy cancellations in the Netherlands

TikTok boss to deny China ties to US lawmakers

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will staunchly deny allegations by US lawmakers Thursday that the hugely popular video-sharing app had ever, or ever would, share data with the Chinese government. The pledge will be part of Chew’s testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee that is intended to oppose calls, including from the White […]

Pacific nation expresses concern at China port deal

Samoa has cautioned that Beijing’s contract with Solomon Islands may “morph into something else”

Sweden holds NATO vote

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

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.

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 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 […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]