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BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union nations agreed on Friday to open membership talks with Ukraine next week, officially launching the process for the war-torn country to eventually join the world’s biggest trading bloc. At a meeting in Brussels, ambassadors from the 27 EU nations decided to officially open negotiations with Ukraine as well as with Moldova, which Russia has also tried to drag back into its orbit, on Monday in Luxembourg. Ukraine sees EU membership as an important “security guarantee” for a stable future once war with Russia ends. Its best guarantee would be NATO membership, but the Trump administration…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has launched a nationwide program to provide Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses at no cost to every blind veteran in the United States, offering transformative assistive technology to more than 130,000 eligible veterans. One blind veteran explains that when he got a pair of AI smart glasses, “I got my independence back.” CBS News reports that Meta will deliver AI-powered eyewear to blind veterans across America, inspired by the experience of Don Overton, a US Army veteran who lost his eyesight during Desert Storm from a bunker explosion. The program aims to restore independence to those who sacrificed…
The following content is sponsored by Americans for Limited Government. Washington loves a bill with a friendly name. The Medication Affordability and Patent Integrity Act, now pending before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, sounds like something every American should support. Then you read the text. The bill buries American inventors and innovators in new mandates, invites a wave of lawsuits, and gives foreign competitors a closer look at our most sensitive medical research. It would not lower the price of a single prescription. The bill forces drug companies to certify that every piece of information they give…
Moscow has dismissed speculation that it plans to attack the bloc as “not just nonsense, but also provocation and disinformation” A Russia-NATO conflict could kick off “in the relatively near future,” a report by Sweden’s Defense Committee claims. Moscow has repeatedly dismissed speculation that it could attack the US-led military bloc as “nonsense.”The security paper, released on Friday and endorsed by the Swedish government and all parliamentary parties, brands Russia a “long-term threat” and claims that Moscow could seek to “test NATO’s cohesion and the credibility of Article 5” if it sees “favorable” political conditions. The report does not spell…
This composite image shows a fan of each of the 48 national teams taking part in the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada. (Photo by Getty Images)Getty ImagesIt is easy to be cynical about the World Cup. For weeks, we’ve heard that the tickets are too expensive, the travel is too complicated, and the logistics are too much. Add in concerns about heat, commercialization—my son is among those grumbling about water breaks during games, even when temperatures are mild—and the sheer size of the tournament, and there appears to be no shortage of reasons to complain. And…
A group of gunmen shot and killed a journalist in Mexico. The crime comes just days after a female journalist was kidnapped in the same state of Veracruz. The attack is even more alarming as the murdered journalist was under government protection after having received threats from law enforcement. The murder took place early Thursday morning when Luis Angel Lopez Valdez traveled along a busy avenue in Poza Rica, Veracruz. A group of gunmen pulled up alongside him and opened fire before speeding away. By the time authorities responded, Lopez was already dead. The journalist was a crime reporter for…
Opponents of AI data center construction have blocked or delayed a record number of projects worth nearly $130 billion so far this year, according to a recent study. At least 75 projects worth about $130 billion have been blocked or delayed from January through March across the country as a result of data center opponents, according to a Data Center Watch study obtained by NBC News. The authors of the study further noted that this hinderance of AI data centers is the most on record in a three-month period since they began tracking the matter in 2023. “The quarter reflected a structural shift rather…
Yoon Suk Yeol ordered UAV incursions to inflame border tensions in order to justify his declaration of martial law, a Seoul court has ruled A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison, Yonhap news agency has reported. Judges reportedly found that he ordered drones to be sent into North Korea in order to inflame tensions and create a pretext for his declaration of martial law.Yoon declared martial law in December of 2024, citing legislative gridlock and what he described as a plot by pro-Pyongyang forces within the South Korean political establishment. The…
There is an alarming but little-known provision in Congress’ 2026 Farm Bill that is likely to find its way into law within the next few weeks. It attempts to remove the right of Americans to maintain local control over our food and farms. It could also nullify over 1,000 state laws that are already on the books. The Farm Bill, also known as the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, which includes the Save Our Bacon Act as Section 12006, was passed by the House on April 30, 2026 and now heads to the Senate, where the Agriculture…
A Bulgarian migrant who shouted lurid sexual remarks at a group of children in an incident that saw a 13-year-old Scottish girl brandishing an axe and knife against her attackers has been found guilty. The case of a 13-year-old girl who held an axe and knife while another child shouted “get the fuck away from us” at a leering migrant male has resulted in a guilty ruling for Bulgarian migrant male Ilia Belov, 22. The case attracted immense media attention after footage of part of the incident of the attack in Dundee, Scotland, the United Kingdom in August 2025 was published…