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Evacuation Ordered After Train Derails, Ignites and Explodes in Minnesota - Video
No one was reportedly hurt in the incident, which forced local authorities to evacuate homes within a half-mile of the derailment site.
A video of the train derailment that took place in the town of Raymond, Minnesota on Thursday morning has been shared on social media.
The footage shows what looks like the consequences of the derailment, including a massive blaze, which is being tackled by firefighters.
Two Army Black Hawk Helicopters Crash In Kentucky
Reuters reported that two US Army HH-60 Black Hawk assault helicopters collided during a training exercise near the Kentucky-Tennessee border on Wednesday night, resulting in casualties.
"We've got some tough news out of Fort Campbell, with early reports of a helicopter crash, and fatalities are expected," Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear tweeted last night.
U.S. Senate votes 68-23 to end COVID-19 "national emergency" that's been in place since 2020
Russia stops sharing information about nuclear forces with the U.S.
Moscow had halted all information exchanges with Washington, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said.
A senior Russian diplomat said Moscow had suspended sharing information about its nuclear forces with the United States, including notices about missile tests.
Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, said in remarks carried by news agencies that Moscow had halted all information exchanges with Washington after previously suspending its participation in the last remaining nuclear arms pact with the U.S.
WSJ Moscow Bureau Correspondent Gershkovich Detained in Yekaterinburg Over Espionage, FSB Says
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent with the Wall Street Journal Moscow bureau accredited to the Russian Foreign Ministry, have been detained in Yekaterinburg on a suspicion of espionage, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.
"Illegal activities of UA citizen Evan Gershkovich, born in 1991, accredited to the Russian Foreign Ministry, correspondent of the Moscow bureau of US newspaper The Wall Street Journal, suspected of spying for the US government, have been stopped," the FSB said in a statement.
Kremlin comments on WSJ correspondent arrest
Russia’s FSB caught Evan Gershkovich “red-handed,” Putin’s spokesman has claimed
Wall Street Journal (WSJ) correspondent Evan Gershkovich was caught “red-handed” trying to obtain state secrets, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has claimed. The journalist was detained by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in the city of Ekaterinburg on Thursday.
Speaking to journalists via conference call, Peskov was asked to comment on the arrest of the American citizen and whether Russia will cooperate with US security services on the issue. The spokesperson stated that he does not know the full details of the case and that the matter remains in the hands of the FSB.
China ready to boost military cooperation with Russia
The Defense Ministry in Beijing has said it is willing to work with Moscow on strengthening strategic coordination
China is ready to strengthen cooperation with the Russian military in order to jointly uphold international justice, peace and security, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei stated on Thursday.
The announcement comes after a summit between President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow earlier this month. The two leaders reaffirmed the principles of partnership between their nations, and agreed to improve bilateral relations and military coordination.
Brazil and China sign pact to abandon dollar
The two BRICS nations will now reportedly trade in their own currencies
Beijing and Brasilia have signed an agreement on trade in mutual currencies, abandoning the US dollar as an intermediary, and are also planning to expand cooperation on food and minerals.
According to media reports, the deal will enable the two BRICS members to conduct their massive trade and financial transactions directly, exchanging renminbi for real and vice versa, instead of using the US dollar for settlements.
China’s Response to Ukraine Crisis to Determine Its Relations With EU, von der Leyen Says
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - China’s reaction to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine will be a "determining factor" for relations between the European Union and Beijing, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during her speech on EU-China relations at the Mercator Institute for China Studies.
She added that the EU’s relationship with Beijing is very important and will be "a determining factor for our future prosperity and national security". Von der Leyen stressed that the European Union believes that it is critically important to keep lines of communication with China open.
EU's von der Leyen: "We know this is an era where we rely on one single supplier. China. 98% of our rare earth supply."
France Buys 65,000 Tons Of LNG From China In First Ever Yuan-Denominated Trade
China has just completed its first trade of liquefied natural gas (LNG) settled in yuan, the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange said on Tuesday. As OilPrice notes, the Chinese state oil and gas giant CNOOC and TotalEnergies completed the first LNG trade on the exchange with settlement in the Chinese currency, the exchange said in a statement carried by Reuters.
The trade involved around 65,000 tons of LNG imported from the United Arab Emirates (because China will never admit that it is re-exporting Russian LNG even though it now does it all the time) the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange added.
Japan and Germany Are Again Preparing for War
Memories of World War II still cause anxiety in both countries, but a rising generation feels less constrained—and less sure of the U.S.—in the face of Russian and Chinese aggression.
The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called this moment a “historic turning point.” In Japan, a famous comedian named Tamori coined the (somewhat obscure) phrase “new prewar,” and it has been widely used to say much the same thing: That Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced both countries to take their own military preparedness more seriously.
Syria blames Israel for Damascus airstrikes, two injured
Two Syrian soldiers were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes targeting Damascus from the Golan Heights.
An airstrike targeted Damascus in Syria late Wednesday night, carrying out attacks against several positions of the Syrian army in the Al-Midan neighborhood of Damascus, injuring two Syrian soldiers and causing "some material damage," state media reported, citing a military source.
Syrian air defense systems were triggered, shooting several missiles down, as Syrian media claimed that Israel was to blame for the attack. The alleged Israeli warplanes carried out the attack from the Golan Heights, the reports claimed, leading several regional sources to report hearing various loud explosions in the region.
Iran claims 'decisive' response to US forces in Syria
Iran’s top diplomat said that the US made baseless claims regarding Iran’s role in targeting US bases in Syria and also discussed new ties with Saudi Arabia.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian claimed Iran acted in a decisive and clear way against the US in Syria after recent tensions grew between US forces and pro-Iranian militias in eastern Syria in March. The Iranian diplomat arrived in Moscow late Tuesday for meetings with Russian counterparts.
According to Iranian reports, he said "regarding the events and conflicts that occurred in the east of the Euphrates: Our answer to the American side was decisive and clear."
Pope Francis hospitalized after reported ‘heart problems’
Pope Francis was reportedly experiencing heart and breathing problems after his general audience on Wednesday.
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis has been admitted today to Rome’s Gemelli hospital for “previously scheduled tests,” as news outlets now report that his scheduled has been cleared for the upcoming days after he experienced heart problems prior to arriving at the hospital.
In a brief statement issued to the press March 29, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni stated that “The Holy Father has been at Gemelli since this afternoon for some previously scheduled checkups.”
RESTRICT Act Is Orwellian Censorship Grab Disguised As Anti-TikTok Legislation
The RESTRICT Act, introduced by Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tom Thune (R-SD), is aimed at blocking or disrupting transactions and financial holdings linked to foreign adversaries that pose a risk to national security, however the language of the bill could be used to give the US government enormous power to punish free speech.
Warner, a longtime opponent of free speech who, as Michael Krieger pointed out in 2018 (and confirmed in the Twitter Files) pushed for the 'weaponization' of big tech, crafted the RESTRICT act to "ake swift action against technology companies suspected of cavorting with foreign governments and spies, to effectively vanish their products from shelves and app stores when the threat they pose gets too big to ignore," according to Wired.
Risk Of Cardiac Death Tripled For Young Women Following AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccination: Study
The risk of sudden cardiac death in young women more than tripled following an AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot, according to a study using England’s official data published on Monday.
Vahé Nafilyan, senior statistician at the Office for National Statistics (ONS), said researchers found “receiving a first dose of a non-mRNA vaccine was associated with an increased risk of cardiac death in young women.”
There was no evidence that the risk of death in young people increased following vaccination with mRNA shots, such as those produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
BREAKING: Pfizer COVID Vaccine Vial Contents Exposed by WHO Whistleblower Dr. Astrid Stückelberger
It contains graphene oxide, parasites, RFID, metals and nano circuitry.
Groundbreaking Analysis: COVID Vaccines Caused 300,000 Excess Deaths, $147 Billion in Damage to Economy in 2022 Alone
In the U.S., COVID-19 vaccines injured 6.6 million people, disabled 1.36 million people, caused more than 300,000 excess deaths and cost the economy an estimated $147 billion in damage — in 2022 alone — according to a new analysis by Humanity Projects, a wing of Portugal-based research firm Phinance Technologies.
The researchers behind “The Vaccine Damage Project,” released this month, said they sought to “estimate the human cost,” including “deaths caused or hastened by the vaccines,” as well as “the impact on the overall economy of each aspect of the vaccine damage.”
Edward Dowd: ‘These Numbers Look Horrific’: Work Absence Rates Are Off the Charts — And It’s Only Gotten Worse
“Something’s going on with our workforce that we’ve never seen before. And it’s gone so far above trend — it’s a health concern.”
The drug being readied for the avian flu plandemic causes side effects that include BELIEVING false narratives, making it perfect for social control
(Natural News) Former CDC Director Robert Redfield recently warned that gain-of-function research and bioterrorism will inevitably bring about a future avian flu pandemic. The US government is already mapping out a suspicious new bird flu strain that is passing from wild birds to mammals and causing strange behaviors. Strangely enough, a blockbuster drug is already being readied to “treat” this upcoming avian flu. This drug is called Peramivir and goes by the trade name Rapivab.
The drug company behind the treatment, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, has already prepared a list of common side effects for their blockbuster drug. These side effects include: “holding false beliefs that cannot be changed by fact” and “seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not there.” The drug’s insert sheet might as well say that “other side effects resemble a zombie apocalypse.”
World’s Biggest Seller of Carbon Offsets Accused of Being a Scam
Our naked green emperors just lost one of their fig leaves.
This is a big story that will probably fly under the radar. That’s too bad because it gets at the underlying scammy nature of the climate change movement.
Every time a state government or a corporation announces a particular environmental target, most of the time what they mean is that they’re going to make some small changes and then they’ll buy some offsets or credits to compensate for the rest.
Trans Activists Descend On Kentucky Capitol To Protest Trans Surgery Ban For Minors
Hundreds of trans activists surrounded the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort on Wednesday to protest legislation aimed at banning gender-affirming medical care for trans youths.
The protest follows this weeks killing of 6 at a Christian school in Nashville by a transgender shooter. Female-to-male transgender shooter Audrey Hale killed 3 children and 3 adults at a Covenant School on Monday, sparking a renewed culture debate around the transgender movement and mental illness.
Elon Musk and other experts sound the alarm on AI, Warn of potentially ‘Catastrophic Scenario’, Pleads for a pause
The startling pace at which artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are growing is sparking alarm, discontent, and concern among analysts, with some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent names rising up to call for a pause before such advances propagate severe societal damage.
According to Faithwire, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has joined Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and countless other prominent names to sign an open letter from the Future of Life Institute calling on AI companies to “pause giant AI experiments” and create safety protocols.
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Rapivab side-effects? APRIL FOOL!