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Alice Weidel has also opposed the idea of giving Kiev associate membership in the EU and called for the resumption of dialogue with Russia Ukraine should compensate Germany for the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the co-leader of the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alice Weidel, has said.German investigators have attributed the explosions, which crippled the pipelines built to transport Russian gas to Germany, to a small group of Ukrainian operatives. The alleged ringleader was extradited to Germany from Italy last autumn.Moscow has repeatedly questioned Berlin’s account of the attack, arguing that such a sophisticated operation…

A dog slaughterhouse in Yulin, China, shut its doors for good this week, the first beneficiary of a program led by the animal rights groups Vshine Animal Protection Association and Humane World for Animals to help often impoverished dog butchers find new jobs and escape their gruesome livelihoods. Animal rights workers tossed away the chopping blocks used to kill dogs and rescued the remaining victims of the slaughterhouse on June 7 – nine dogs trapped in cramped quarters previously awaiting their purchase, killing, and eating. The shutdown of the site is part of what the groups described as a legally…

Former Trump administration officials told Breitbart News how President Donald Trump can further his affordability platform by ending a Biden-era loophole and lowering health insurance premiums. “By acting to fix the issues with the No Surprises Act that Democrats created, President Trump would be ending the kind of waste, fraud, and abuse that this administration is working every day to root out and address. And this will lower healthcare costs. This should be a top priority,” a former Trump White House official told Breitbart News. In his first term in office, President Donald Trump signed the landmark No Surprises Act…

The House passed a nearly $70 billion package Tuesday to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for three years, capping off a four-month partisan standoff. That bill is now on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk following a 214-212 vote, proving Republicans can ignore Democratic demands to crack down on the administration’s immigration policies and still pump unprecedented funding to the agencies carrying them out. Following the collapse of negotiations to restrict the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics, Republicans harnessed the party-line budget reconciliation process to pass legislation funding ICE and Border Patrol without any Democratic votes.…

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has dropped New York City Mayor Eric Adams as a national surrogate following his public criticism of the White House’s approach to the migrant crisis. Adams is among several lawmakers who were initially named to the president’s National Advisory Board in March but no longer appear on a roster of 50 prominent Democrats released by the campaign Wednesday. But his case stands out. The outspoken mayor of the nation’s largest city has in recent weeks pointedly criticized Biden over the White House’s response to the asylum-seeker crisis. New York City has projected…

Sixty-five state-based conflicts were recorded worldwide in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute Oslo The number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts – involving at least one government actor – the highest number since systematic records began in 1946. The report estimates that about 245,000 people were killed in battle-related violence last year, making it one of the deadliest years in recent decades. “The world today is … far more…

The FCC has granted Amazon a regulatory reprieve by waiving a requirement that the company launch half of its satellite broadband constellation by the end of July. The decision creates competition in the satellite broadband market for Elon Musk and SpaceX’s Starlink service. Ars Technica reports that Amazon received approval for the Amazon Leo broadband network in July 2020, with the FCC imposing two key deadlines. The company needed to place half of its planned 3,232 satellites in orbit by July 30, 2026, to retain authorization for the full constellation, and it must deploy all first-generation satellites by July 30, 2029.…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday evening that his government will take major steps to crack down on illegal immigration, including the creation of an “Intelligent Population Register” that “contains biometric data for every person in the country.” Ramaphosa said the population register would lay the foundation for a national Digital ID system, replacing the antiquated and fallible paperwork currently in place. “The Department of Home Affairs will set a date after which the green ID books will not be recognized,” he said. The green ID books have been standard identification in South Africa since 1986, replacing the…

The Trump administration is planning to expand the E-Verify rule to ensure that groups applying for federal grants do not hire illegal migrant workers. Proposed new regulations released by the White House Office of Management and Budget would require all federal grant recipients to enroll in E-Verify and to run all hires through the system to continue to qualify to receive their grant money, Bloomberg reported. The new rules would be a big change for past grant applicants who never had to use E-Verify before. The addition of E-Verify is part of the White House’s renewed efforts to root out…

The man accused of igniting last year’s deadly Pacific Palisades fire faces trial Monday in Los Angeles. The court appearance comes against the backdrop of a devasted urban area still struggling to move on from the conflagration that looms large in the current mayor’s race. The blaze became the most destructive inferno in Los Angeles history. It killed 12 people and destroyed 7,000 structures, causing an estimated $18-20 billion in damages. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, a.k.a. “Jonathan Rinder,” and “Jon Rinder,” of Melbourne, Florida, 29, has pleaded not guilty to starting the fire, AP reports. Prosecutors allege Rinderknecht started a fire on Jan. 1,…