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The Pentagon announced on Sunday it would deploy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery for missile defense to Israel in response to incessant threats from Iran. The announcement, welcomed favorably by the Israeli government, elicited loud objections from communist China, which has for years opposed the presence of a THAAD system in neighboring South Korea. While Seoul has emphasized that the purpose of the system in its country is to defend from any potential North Korean attack, THAAD’s capabilities allow it to penetrate deep into China to stop missiles targeting South Korea, which Beijing claims is a threat to its…
Authorities in New York have reportedly seized enough fentanyl to kill every person on Long Island from a home in Bellport. Officials arrested 43-year-old Remon Gibson in connection with the biggest fentanyl bust in Suffolk County history, Fox 5 reported Friday. Images show the suspect and the items seized: The amount of fentanyl seized was over seven kilograms, and it was found inside a nightstand near a child’s bedroom. According to ABC 7, two children were in the home where drugs were allegedly being processed and stamped “COVID-19.” The Fox article continued: According to district attorney Ray Tierney, the amount…
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, its government said, citing late submissions and a lack of competition.The auction for the sites, known as oil blocks, was initially launched two years ago but was called off after it failed to achieve the expected success and a new auction will be held, said oil minister Aimé Sakombi Molendo in a statement. He gave no details about timing or the number of blocks to be put up for bidding in future.The 27 oil blocks canceled auction hold an estimated 22 billion barrels.Congo, a mineral-rich…
Plaid Cymru’s call to boycott Israel at its party conference has been criticised by a Welsh Jewish group.The South Wales Jewish Representative Council (SWJRC) said it was “deeply disappointed” by the decision and pointed out the date coincided with Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.Laurence Kahn, chair of the SWJRC, accused Plaid Cymru of lending justification to the 7 October attacks which were carried out by Hamas, the armed Palestinian group based in Gaza.Plaid Cymru said it had been “resolute and unequivocal in condemning the horrific attacks carried out by Hamas on 7 October”.A motion backed at…
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A local physician and her former practice, The Center for Health & Wellbeing in San Diego, has reached a settlement of $3.8 million in response to allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare and TRICARE. This settlement, announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, resolves claims that spanned a decade, from 2012 to 2022.The allegations centered around Dr. Janette J. Gray’s clinic, which marketed itself as an “alternative,” “integrative,” and “holistic” medical facility. The practice employed a range of medical professionals, including doctors, nurse practitioners and mental health experts. It specialized in treatments such as IV infusion therapy and hormone/supplement…
A British film producer claims scientists increasingly believe that an old radio signal came from extraterrestrial intelligence Signs of “non-human intelligence in our galaxy” have been discovered, and the proof will be made public within a month, British filmmaker Simon Holland has claimed.In an interview with the Daily Mail, Holland – who has worked on various documentaries for a NASA-funded asteroid-tracking project – spoke about a five-hour-long burst of radio waves originally detected by Earth-based telescopes five years ago.According to Holland, the signal is currently being reanalyzed by a team of researchers at Oxford University as part of Breakthrough Listen – a $100 million initiative…
This week kicks off with a partial US holiday (Columbus Day) today where bond markets will be closed but with equity markets remaining open. The main news over the weekend has been from China where the highly anticipated Ministry of Finance press conference on Saturday was a dud, light on specifics of immediate stimulus measures, even as it yet another “strong forward commitment” and the announcement of a large-scale local government debt swap, suggesting it could mark a multi-year turning point in China’s fiscal policy framework. DB, like Goldman, raised their 2024 GDP forecast to 4.9% (from 4.7%), based on…
Another week, another scandal in the shambolic leftist outfit run by already-unpopular Prime Minister Keir Starmer. This time, Starmer is facing calls for an independent inquiry over the controversial decision to grant Taylor Swift a taxpayer-funded police escort. Fury grew on Saturday night (12) as it emerged the American singer was only given protection after the Government’s AG was called in to put pressure on Scotland Yard. Daily Mail reported: “Senior Tories demanded answers amid claims that ministers ‘improperly interfered’ in the decision, which has come to be dubbed ‘Taylorgate’. Sources said that Attorney General Lord Hermer, who is a close friend of the…
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 03: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) BTS sings “Happy Birthday” to Jin as they … [+] perform onstage during iHeartRadio 102.7 KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball 2021 presented by Capital One at The Forum on December 03, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. BTS singer Jin has announced his first solo album, Happy, which is expected to arrive on November 15. No word yet on when a single may drop. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)Getty Images for iHeartRadio Throughout the decade-plus that BTS has ranked among the biggest musical acts in the world, six of the seven members…
Downtown Scottsdale and suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona, with the White Tank Mountain Range in the … [+]getty Arizona is a poster child of the post-World War II population explosion of the “Sun Belt.” The state’s population in 1910 was just over 294,000. By 1970, it had grown to more than 1.75 million, with the percentage growth averaging between roughly 20% and 60% per decades. As of the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey, the population of the state is over 7.43 million, having added nearly 300,000 more people between 2020 and 2023 alone. As part of an ongoing series of…