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North Korea has conducted a series of high-tech weapons tests as it seeks to expand its arsenal with electromagnetic weapons, carbon fiber bombs, and new mobile air defense systems, state news agency KCNA has reported.The tests were conducted over the course of three days. Kim Jong Sik, a general who oversaw the tests, described the electromagnetic system and carbon fiber bombs as “special assets” in the country’s arsenal, but provided few details about the nature of the new weapons.The South Korean military said it had detected several missile launches from North Korean territory. The projectiles flew between 240 and 700…

A group of 15 nations including the UK, France, and Japan put their name to a document welcoming the Iran ceasefire and promising to “contribute” to securing the Persian Gulf, offering few specifics on how they will do so. The United Kingdom is leading a group of countries from around the world in talks to commit to a potential future effort to secure the Strait of Hormuz, the critical waterway through which much of the world’s daily seaborne oil trade flows in normal times. Seeing this trade restored is very much in the interests of the nations involved: most Hormuz-transit…

A California man who was the co-founder of Cartel Jalisco New Generation pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges in a U.S. federal court and awaits sentencing. Cartel Jalisco is currently considered one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels, known not only for its use of thousands of gunmen but also for the widespread use of explosives in its attacks throughout Mexico. CJNG is one of six Mexican cartels currently listed as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. government. This week, 49-year-old Erick “El 85” Valencia Salazar, who is originally from Santa Clara, California, went before a U.S. federal judge…

The Trump administration is reportedly considering plans to “punish” NATO nations deemed to have failed to stand by America during the military operation against the Islamist regime of Iran. Operation Epic Fury may see geopolitical consequences further afield than the Persian Gulf, with a report from the Wall Street Journal claiming that the White House is looking at various options in terms of restructuring its involvement in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), potentially shifting troops and other resources away from certain countries depending on their response to President Trump’s call for assistance in Iran. The report, citing unnamed administration…

A Minnesota hospital announced on Monday that it will resume prescribing sex-change drugs to minors.  Children’s Minnesota paused giving sex-change drugs to minors in February, citing pressure from the Trump administration. The move came after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a proposed regulatory action in December that would bar hospitals from providing mutilating sex-rejecting drugs and surgeries to minors as a condition of participating in Medicare and Medicaid. Hospital officials said they are resuming the “Gender Health Program” after a federal court ruling vacated the HHS’s declaration, CBS News reported.  “Offering science- and research-based health care to…

Controversial leaflets have reportedly been distributed in Virginia urging voters to reject redrawing the state’s political map to favor Democrats A Republican-aligned political group has been accused of sending leaflets featuring Ku Klux Klan imagery to voters in Virginia ahead of a high-stakes referendum. The Washington Post has suggested that the campaign primarily targets black voters.The mailers, reportedly distributed in recent weeks by the Democracy and Justice political action committee, use imagery associated with the KKK – a group historically linked to racist violence against Black Americans – alongside warnings urging voters to reject the ballot measure redrawing the state’s…

The Islamist ruling regime of Iran hosted mourning events nationwide on Thursday for longtime dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei marking 40 days since his elimination, organizing large crowds to honor him but notably failing to attract the public presence of his son, current “supreme leader” Mojtaba Khamenei. The events on Thursday were the first large-scale, government-mandated assemblies since both Iran and the United States announced, with the mediation of Pakistan, a two-week ceasefire ending the active hostilities that began in late February. On February 28, President Donald Trump announced the launch of Operation Epic Fury intended to degrade Tehran’s illicit nuclear…

A new study shows that Gen Z has defied the doomsayers to become some of the most active cinema goers by attending more films per year than predecessor generations. The new Fandango study found that Gen Z has recovered from the coronavirus pandemic and have been flocking to the cinema, purchasing concessions and even buying premium IMAX tickets, per Variety. “Fandango surveyed 7,000 adults — 5,091 of whom considered themselves moviegoers, or people who went to one or more movies in the past year,” noted the outlet. “By generation, 87% of Gen Zers and 82% of millennials saw at least…

Singer Florence Welch has partnered with Planned Parenthood to advertise the abortion giant to fans who attend the next portion of the Florence + The Machine’s ongoing tour.  Planned Parenthood announced the partnership on Monday and said that beginning on April, 8, more than a dozen of its affiliates will set up tables at multiple stops on the tour to talk with concertgoers about the kinds of “sexual and reproductive care” its centers provide.  “Planned Parenthood health centers are a lifeline for millions of people, and they are relentlessly attacked,” Welch said in a statement. “Having access to a trusted…

The supply shock brought on by the conflict is teaching Brussels a vital lesson – one it will have to learn sooner or later There are moments in history when reality breaks through ideology with brutal clarity. Western Europe is living through one of those moments now.The Iran war has sent shockwaves through global energy markets – but in Europe, the tremors feel like an earthquake. What was once dismissed as pessimism or “populist scaremongering” is now openly acknowledged at the highest levels of power.With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, the EU faced a supply shock that promised to cripple…