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Law enforcement authorities in South Korea raided the Muan International Airport and the Seoul offices of Jeju Air on Thursday in connection with the deadliest plane crash in the nation’s history, killing 179 people on Sunday. Police officials also confirmed raiding an office of the Busan Regional Aviation Administration in Muan, where the crash took place, seeking information regarding the final moments of the flight or any details that could help explain why Jeju Air Flight 2216, arriving in Muan from Thailand, appeared to fail to properly launch its landing gear, belly-flop onto a runway, and crash at high speed…

After a New Orleans terrorist attack by an ISIS supporter from Houston, Texas, and amid intensifying warnings of Islamic terrorist threats within the U.S., a resurfaced clip showing hundreds of American children in Houston wearing traditional Islamic dress, chanting references to Iran’s supreme leader, pledging allegiance to him, and praising martyrdom has reignited concerns over growing homegrown Islamic extremism. The chilling video, aired by Iranian state media in 2022, raises concerns about the spread of various forms of Islamic extremism within the U.S., highlighting ideological influences that extend beyond specific groups like ISIS or Iran’s regime. In the two-minute clip…

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut financial support for more than 130,000 Ukrainian refugees as a dispute with Ukraine over Russian gas supplies escalates.On 1 January, Kyiv shut off a pipeline that for decades was used to supply Central Europe with Russian natural gas.Slovakia had been the main entry point and the country now stands to lose millions of euros in transit fees.The UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) estimated last month that there were 130,530 Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia out of 6,813,900 globally.Fico – who in December made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Russia’s President…

A judicial policymaking body on Thursday rejected a request by Democratic lawmakers to refer the conservative US supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas to the Department of Justice to examine claims that he failed to disclose gifts and travel provided by a wealthy benefactor.The secretary to the US judicial conference, the federal judiciary’s top policymaking body, pointed at amendments Thomas had made to his annual financial disclosure reports for the decision.In a separate letter, the conference declined to refer liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the justice department based on claims by a conservative group that she failed to disclose the…

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Albania is about to enact a year-long ban on TikTok in the name of protecting children and teens. However, critics of Prime Minister Edi Rama claim his real aim is to silence the political opposition ahead of an election in May, according to Reuters.Rama announced the ban in late December, after what he said were weeks of consultations with parents and teachers. He said the decision was motivated by the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in November over a social media dispute. TikTok has objected, pointing out that neither the victim nor the attacker had used the platform.“This creates…

SNAPSHOT: Equities down, Treasuries flat, Crude up, Dollar upREAR VIEW: US Mfg. PMI revised up; US Construction Spending unchanged in November; Jobless Claims surprisingly fall; Biden discussed plans to strike Iran’s nuclear sites; Mixed EU PMIs, Spain/EZ miss, Germany/France in line; UK PMI unexpectedly falls; China Caixin Mfg PMI data disappoints; EIA crude stocks draw less than expected; ECB’s Stournaras sees rates falling to ~2% around Autumn; TSLA Q4 24 delivery numbers disappoint; China’s MOFCOM adds US entities on list of export controls, including RTX, LMT and GD.COMING UP: Data: German Unemployment Rate, US ISM Manufacturing PMI. Events: US House Speaker Vote. Speakers: Fed’s Barkin, ECB’s…

Joe Biden at 2024 Christmas tree lighting ceremony The election was over two months ago and people are still talking about Biden’s obvious mental decline. Journalist Mark Halperin is saying that the media must admit their role in covering it up. The editorial board at the New York Post is taking a more extreme position, saying that any journalists who gaslighted the country on this should never live it down. It’s easy to see why the Post would take this position. Remember, they were targeted by other media outlets when they tried to report on the completely real Hunter Biden…

The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania obtained a grand jury indictment against a former U.S. Army soldier. The indictment alleges the Pennsylvania resident made multiple attempts to join a foreign terrorist organization in Lebanon and Syria. A federal grand jury handed down an indictment against Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is charged with attempting to support the foreign terrorist organization Hezbollah, also known as Hizballah, and making false statements involving international terrorism to a department or agency of the United States. Court documents indicate that Molloy, a dual citizen of the…

The importance of swiftly confirming President-elect Donald Trump’s national security nominees has taken on a new gravity in the aftermath of terrorism on New Year’s Day. The attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, which authorities are investigating as an act of terrorism and say was carried out by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, killed 14 and injured dozens more. The Cybertruck explosion outside of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, killed one – Matthew Livelsberger, the man accused of renting the Cybertruck – and injured seven more. The New Year’s Day attacks, which authorities currently say appear unrelated, come just before the confirmation process commences…