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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least five people and wounded 34, local authorities said Saturday. The bodies of four people were found in the ruins of a house destroyed in overnight attacks, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said. “The Russians have been hitting Dnipro and other cities and communities practically all night,” Hanzha wrote on Telegram of the attacks, which caused fires to break out across Dnipro and partially destroyed several apartment buildings, businesses and a private house, wounding 27 people. Another person was killed in a separate…

Pope Leo XIV said on Thursday that the Catholic Church will not go beyond the precedent set by Pope Francis of offering blessings to same-sex couples, adding that there will be no formalized blessings. While Pope Leo XIV affirmed the 2023 decision enacted by Pope Francis during his flight back to Rome on Thursday, he emphasized that no further changes will be made. As noted by Reuters, Pope Francis “allowed pastors to give blessings to same-sex couples informally outside of a ritual service, and on a case-by-case basis.” Pope Leo’s comments were in response to attempts made by German Cardinal…

Heading into White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend, POLITICO caught up with the buzziest new celebrities in town: the TMZ guys. Since arriving in Washington last week, Jacob Wasserman, Charlie Cotton and Jakson Buhaj of the TMZ DC bureau have shaken up the D.C. media bubble, asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth what he feels in his mind and body when dropping bombs or whether lawmakers know what Grindr is. In an interview in front of the Capitol building Friday afternoon, the trio discussed their mission, tactics and whether they’re really trying to troll us all.This transcript has been edited for length…

What we are witnessing across the United States is not just people relocating. It is the migration of income itself, and the numbers now confirm the scale. According to the latest IRS data, California lost $11.9 billion in adjusted gross income in a single year, while New York lost $9.9 billion. At the same time, Florida gained $20.6 billion, Texas gained $5.5 billion, and states like South Carolina and North Carolina each gained roughly $4 billion. This is not theoretical. This is measurable capital movement, and it is accelerating. The critical point is that the IRS is not tracking opinions or surveys.…

Britain’s Attorney-General has been called “a threat to national security” and told to resign over alleged revelations over his involvement in a scandalous legal case that falsely accused British soldiers of massacring Iraqi civilians over 20 years ago. ‘Lord’ Hermer, the already-controversial Attorney-General raised to the House of Lords and to his high office from being a human rights lawyer by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer after winning the 2024 General Election, has been reported for investigation and even told to resign after a British newspaper claimed to have seen a trove of documents pertaining to the infamous al-Sweady affair.…

The following content is sponsored by Spectrum for the Future. America’s biggest cellular carriers are trying to dismantle a Trump-era success story that is delivering American jobs from the farm to the factory floor. Their lobbyists are pressing regulators to dramatically raise power limits in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band, a spectrum-sharing framework successfully launched during President Trump’s first term, that lets thousands of American businesses build their own 5G wireless networks. A new technical analysis from Valo Analytica reveals what’s really at stake if the three Big Cellular companies are given the opportunity to drown out thousands who have invested billions building this ecosystem:…

A sociologist on M6 struck a nerve by comparing an unsanctioned devotional installation with far-right graffiti in Nice French television channel M6 has aired a report comparing two unlawfully installed Christian crosses to an act of neo-Nazi vandalism, drawing sharp criticism, according to Tribune Chretienne.The controversy followed a Wednesday broadcast in which sociologist Erwan Lecoeur drew parallels between the crosses and the work of right-wing vandals. The symbols of Jesus’s resurrection featuring the message “Ave Christus Rex” (“Hail Christ the King”) were recently installed on the Baou de Saint-Jeannet hill near Nice.Lecoeur cited nearby graffiti reading “Nice is Germany,” a…

Some of the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) donors have apparently remained silent after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged the nonprofit this week with fraud and money laundering. One of those big-name donors is actor George Clooney, whose foundation has not yet said a word about the indictment, the New York Post reported Thursday, noting that left-wing billionaire George Soros’ foundation and MGM Resorts have also stayed quiet. The SPLC has been accused of funneling “more than $3 million to the hate groups it claims to fight,” the outlet said. A federal grand jury in Alabama charged the nonprofit…

The judges have cited disputed war crimes charges against the countries’ leaders as the basis for their decision The jury of the Venice Biennale, an annual international cultural exhibition, will not give awards to artists from countries whose leaders are facing charges of crimes against humanity, according to a statement issued on Thursday.It affects Russia and Israel, whose leaders are subject to International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants, something both countries have rejected.The five-member jury announced the decision despite the event’s stated policy of non-exclusion. One member, Marta Kuzma, professor at the Yale School of Art, is of Ukrainian descent.The…

The scheme by Spanish Socialist Prime Minsiter Pedro Sánchez to offer amnesty to hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants is sparking questions over the stability of the European Union’s internal open borders system. This month, the leftist coalition government in Madrid began its so-called regularisation programme, which will see at least 500,000 up to over a million illegal migrants be granted legal residence permits, provided that they meet the criteria of not having a criminal record and having been in the country since the start of the year. While the plan, which far-left allies of Prime Minsiter Sánchez have admitted is designed…