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U.S. industrial production rose in April at the fastest pace in more than a year, powered by a broad manufacturing gain led by autos and supported by strong output from computers, electronics, and other industries seeing renewed demand due to investments in artificial intelligence. Industrial production rose 0.7 percent in April, the Federal Reserve said Friday, reversing a revised 0.3 percent decline in March. The increase was the largest since February 2025 and lifted total industrial output to its highest level since August 2019. Manufacturing output, which accounts for about three-quarters of total industrial production, climbed 0.6 percent. That was…

Cannes (France) (AFP) – German Oscar-winning actress Sandra Huller said Friday she felt guilt for Germany’s role in World War II “every day” as she discussed her latest role in a historical drama. The star of Auschwitz-set “The Zone of Interest” is winning rave reviews for her turn in “Fatherland” by Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski about German literary genius Thomas Mann’s return to his homeland in 1945. “I feel the guilt every day, and also I never get bored of it,” Huller told journalists at the Cannes Film Festival when asked about how she used her own feelings about Germany’s Nazi…

On Nakba day, history seems to be repeating itself – with escalated Israeli settler attacks destroying Palestinian lives and livelihoods For Palestinians May 15th is a date etched into their souls. Nakba, literally means ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic. For Palestinians on this day in 1948, the day after the State of Israel was declared, the destruction of their homeland began.While Israelis celebrated the birth of their nation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced. Some were forced out; others left after being advised to, as Arab States fought against the fledging Israeli state. Almost all Palestinians will tell you that those…

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has reached an agreement with Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, to significantly accelerate the censorship of what England considers “hate speech: and antisemitic content from the platform. The Telegraph reports that Elon Musk’s X has entered into a formal arrangement with Ofcom, the UK’s online safety regulator, pledging to take swifter action against illegal “hate speech” including racism and antisemitism. The agreement represents a notable shift for the platform, which has faced sustained criticism over its content moderation policies since Musk’s acquisition in 2022. Under the terms of the commitment announced today, X will…

I will soon file a criminal complaint with the Dutch police against Wes Streeting, the British Health Secretary and allegedly one of the leading contenders to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Since 2004, I have lived under constant death threats, forced to reside in government safe houses under round-the-clock police protection. I have lost my freedom and my privacy for more than two decades now. That is the price I pay, as an elected politician, for expressing my views on Islam and opposing mass immigration and the Islamization of my country The Netherlands. I have received…

A study commissioned by the Viennese government has found that young Muslims display stricter adherence to Islamic principles and are often more authoritarian than other groups. According to a report commissioned by the Vienna City Council Office for Education and Integration, carried out by sociologist and integration expert Kenan Güngör, and surveying over 1,200 people aged 14 to 24 in the Austrian capital city, found that one in three young Muslims believe that everyone should follow the requirements of Islam. A further 41 per cent of Vienna Muslims said that they believed their religion should take precedence over the local…

Uyghur human rights activists and organizations have asked President Donald Trump this week to use his visit to Beijing, China, to raise the issue of the Communist Party’s ongoing genocide against their people, which is linked deeply to the Chinese economy through state-sponsored slavery. President Trump is currently in Beijing, having arrived to much fanfare on Wednesday. Much of Thursday, local time, consisted of scheduled talks with dictator Xi Jinping and his top officials on a variety of topics of mutual interest, following by a lavish banquet in the American president’s honor. Chinese state media and the White House have…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced this week that April marked twelve consecutive months of zero releases of illegal aliens apprehended by Border Patrol at the southwest border with Mexico into the United States — a milestone officials say reflects the most secure border in American history under President Donald Trump. DHS reports a 94 percent drop in illegal border apprehensions compared to the Biden era, with daily crossings now lower than what agents encountered in a single hour at the height of the 2023 crisis. Twelve straight months of ZERO releases at the border. Under President Donald Trump’s…

Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Friday morning that he still intends for the House to vote on changes to the Senate’s version of a stalled housing affordability package — despite intense opposition from White House officials and Senate Republicans. “Yeah, I don’t think we have the votes to pass the Senate bill as is, so we’re going to stand by the House product,” Johnson said. In doing so, Johnson is defying White House officials and GOP senators who are deeply opposed to his plan to amend the housing bill on the House floor next week and send it…

Mark Rutte wants to triple military aid to Zelensky, with Western taxpayers footing the bill NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte wants NATO members to cough up 0.25% of their GDP for Ukraine. This figure seems minuscule, but how much hard-earned taxpayer money does it add up to?Rutte floated the idea at a closed-door meeting of NATO ambassadors last month, and will likely be raised at the bloc’s annual summit in Ankara in July, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed NATO diplomats.How much money does Rutte want to give Ukraine?The combined GDP of NATO’s 32 member states adds up to $57.2 trillion,…