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Four astronauts have returned from the first voyage around the Moon in more than 50 years NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have safely returned to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California and closing out the first crewed journey around the Moon in more than half a century.The mission marks NASA’s first crewed Artemis flight and the first time people have traveled beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.Aboard the Orion spacecraft were Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.Launched from Kennedy Space…

The New York Times has printed an article with the headline “A North American Treaty Organization Without America?”, apparently having spent the entire Ukraine war completely unaware that NATO stands for North ATLANTIC Treaty Organization. Reading by Tim Foley: ❖ The New York Times has printed an article with the headline “A North American Treaty Organization Without America?”, apparently having spent the entire Ukraine war completely unaware that NATO stands for North ATLANTIC Treaty Organization. At the same time, CNN ran a segment on an American bomber whose plane was shot down over Iran in which analyst Amy McGrath suggested that the Iranians might…

The only reason the corporate media are reporting on the sexual assault allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is the polling coming out of the California governor’s race. That’s it. There’s no other reason. What we have here is another one of those situations where, only after it breaks, do we learn that these allegations were an open secret for years. So where was the media during all those years? Well, when Swalwell was useful to the media, when he verbalized and leaked all the lies about Donald Trump that the media wanted an excuse to “report,” the allegations against…

By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai ClubWhat will be the consequences for the United States of refraining from taking extreme measures against Iran?It is too early to say what kind of lasting order, if any, will emerge in the Middle East after the failure of the US and Israel’s campaign against Tehran. Yet the decision to avoid escalation, and ultimately the destruction of an entire civilization, already allows for several conclusions, not only about the region but about the wider trajectory of global politics.First, the episode once again demonstrates the limits of superpower capabilities when vital interests are…

HOUSTON, Texas — Houston police officials say that a man was shot and killed by a police sergeant during an altercation resulting from a traffic stop on the city’s northwest side. Sources told Breitbart Texas that the man struck the officer with an object prior to the shooting. Houston Police Department officials report that a sergeant initiated a traffic stop on Antoine Drive on the city’s northwest side. The suspect exited his vehicle before the sergeant got to the driver’s door and became combative, KPRC NBC2 in Houston reported. A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation told Breitbart…

President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled a rendering of the Triumphal Arch that he is planning to build in Washington, DC. “I am pleased to announce that TODAY my Administration officially filed the presentation and plans to the highly respected Commission of Fine Arts for what will be the GREATEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL Triumphal Arch, anywhere in the World,” Trump wrote in a social media post. “‘This will be a wonderful addition to the Washington D.C. area for all Americans to enjoy for many decades to come!’ — President DONALD J. TRUMP,” he concluded. The image shows the European-style arch…

China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, a report citing unnamed U.S. intelligence sources says. Drawing on “three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments,” CNN said that the delivery would be a “provocative move,” considering “Beijing said it helped broker the fragile cease fire” that paused the war between Iran and the United States earlier this week. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are also set to meet next month after the president’s previous plan to make the trip to China was rescheduled because of the conflict. The intelligence appears to indicate that Iran may…

Republican lawmakers in the United States have accused the European Union of intervening to subvert Hungary’s democratic process, putting its thumb on the scale against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as he seeks re-election on Sunday. New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith and Maryland Representative Andy Harris wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen — who controls the unelected federal branch of the European Union — accusing Brussels of using its financial and other powers to pressure Hungarian voters into backing a more pro-EU government. It comes as Prime Minister Orbán faces his toughest re-election campaign since coming to power 16 years ago, amid…

Indian film studios are reportedly using AI to slash production time and cut costs — building the moviemaking future that Hollywood is trying to prevent. While union contracts restrict American studios’ use of AI, Indian cinema is racing ahead, reshaping the economics of filmmaking and compressing production timelines, according to a report by Reuters. The Collective Artists Network, a Bollywood A-lister talent agency — which has brokered the careers of real-life superstars — is now generating digital ones in its Bengaluru office, using AI to create content popular in India, which produces the most movies of any country. “AI is slashing production costs to…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia continued to strike Ukrainian positions with drones after a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire took effect on Saturday, a Ukrainian military officer told The Associated Press. “The ceasefire is not being observed by the Russian side,” said Serhii Kolesnychenko, a communications officer for the 148th Separate Artillery Brigade. He said that while artillery fire had paused in the sector where his brigade was working, at the junction of the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, Russian forces continued to use drones to strike Ukrainian positions. Ukrainian forces were responding with “silence to silence and fire to fire,” Kolesnychenko…