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An act of sabotage believed to be linked to Russia came close to causing a plane crash in Germany this year, intelligence services warned on Monday.The incident in July saw a package catch fire at a DHL logistics centre in the eastern city of Leipzig, setting a cargo container alight.Thomas Haldenwang, the head of the domestic intelligence agency (BfV), told lawmakers in a public session of a parliamentary oversight committee that only a lucky coincidence had prevented the package from bursting into flame while aboard a plane.The package, which arrived in Germany from the Baltic region, is believed to have…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson has contributed $1 million to Gov. Brian Kemp’s super PAC, according to federal campaign finance records, a development that appears to be helping presidential nominee Donald Trump in battleground Georgia and showing evidence of his rapprochement with Kemp.The influx of cash will help fuel Kemp’s robust get-out-the-vote operation in the state on behalf of the former president and other Republicans. In 2020, Trump lost Georgia by 11,779 votes — roughly three-tenths of a percentage point. Trump’s 2024 contest with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is viewed as extremely competitive.The contribution also opens the…

A man who was kicked and punched, made to sleep on the floor and refused access to a toilet by his abusive ex-girlfriend says he wants to tell his story to help other victims.Gareth Jones, 41, says it took more than a year of therapy to begin to recover from months of emotional and physical abuse from a woman he met online in July 2021.A charity whose helpline he turned to said male domestic abuse is not as rare as some people may think – and one in six or seven men will be a victim in their lifetime.The Mankind…

Any “provocation” by Seoul will end in a “horrible disaster,” Kim Jong-un’s sister has warned The North Korean military has ordered frontline artillery units to “get fully ready to open fire” on South Korea after drones from the South allegedly dropped propaganda leaflets over Pyongyang, the state-run KCNA news agency reported on Sunday. The North Korean government claimed on Friday that the South flew drones carrying propaganda leaflets over the capital on three separate occasions this month, including two flights earlier this week. While North Korea has responded to previous propaganda campaigns by sending balloons filled with rubbish and excrement…

Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist,Money data out of China for September just released showed no major change in trend. The stock market rally will only be sustained if economic activity improves, which will be signaled by rising money growth.Money data showed that M2 grew 6.8% on the year (versus 6.4% expected) and M1 contracted by 7.4%, slightly worse than the 7.2% expected.Loading… Read the full article here

Florida’s Lake Placid Solar Power Plant suffered severe damage, leaving thousands without electricity. In a devastating blow to the Democrat’s Green New Deal agenda, the solar panel farm at Lake Placid, Florida, was ripped apart by Hurricane Milton, exposing the inherent vulnerabilities of relying on so-called “green energy.” The 380-acre Lake Placid Solar Power Plant, was meant to symbolize the future of energy, but after Hurricane Milton’s landfall, it now stands as a symbol of the failures of environmental utopianism. The 45-megawatt (MW) plant consists of approximately 180,000 tracking solar panels. This solar facility, touted for its ability to power…

Close-up of American actor Michael Keaton (in costume as the titular character) in the film ‘Batman’ … [+] (directed by Tim Burton), 1989. (Photo by Murray Close/Moviepix/Getty Images)Getty Images For years, DC fans have wondered why director Tim Burton never returned to make a third Batman film with Michael Keaton in the titular role. The answer, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s 2017 oral history of Batman Returns, is simple: The studio wanted a more family-friendly creative behind the camera, and Burton’s sophomore outing in Gotham City was decidedly too dark. While Keaton’s iconic iteration of Bruce Wayne would get one…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released audio Monday of a conversation between a representative of the Israeli military and a civilian in Gaza who reported that Hamas is beating residents who try to evacuate northern Gaza. The IDF is conducting intense operations in northern Gaza as it attempts to root out remaining Hamas terrorists. Though the terror organization has been shattered, it still fires sporadically at Israel, and still holds 101 hostages. In a statement, the IDF said: Following intelligence indications that the Hamas terrorist organization was attempting to regroup and rebuild its forces in the area of Jabaliya in…

Americans preparing to have fun on Halloween may be spooked by the price of chocolate this year.This season, retailers are offering more non-chocolate candies as chocolate prices have risen over 40 percent since 2020, NewsNation reported on Sunday. Although candy manufacturers are grappling with rising cocoa prices, Americans are expected to shell out $3.5 billion on sweet treats for the haunted holiday. “Yet, while chocolate remains the highest-priced treat with some bags of Halloween candy retailing for as much as almost $20 at stores like Target, non-chocolate offerings are also costing more as well,” the outlet said. According to Good…

A Las Vegas man was arrested on Saturday at a checkpoint near former President Donald Trump’s Coachella, California, rally after being found with multiple guns, according to law enforcement officials. In a press release on Sunday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office revealed that Vem Miller, 49, “was found to be illegally in possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine.” WATCH — Long Lines of Supporters for Trump in Deep-Blue California Ahead of Coachella Rally: Vaiva Pechulis Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told the Press-Telegram that “Miller presented fake VIP and press passes at the checkpoint.” “We probably stopped another…