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More than 2,000 killed as powerful earthquake strikes Morocco
Most damage occurred in the countryside, but tremors were felt in several large cities, including Rabat and Marrakesh
The death toll from the earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday evening has risen to at least 2,012 people, the Interior Ministry has announced. At least 2,059 people were injured, with 1,404 in critical condition, the ministry reported on Saturday.
The initial figures provided overnight stood at 269 fatalities, but they were growing rapidly throughout the day as the rescue effort went on. The number of those killed is likely to keep increasing due to most of the damage from the quake occurring in hard-to-reach areas in the Atlas Mountains south of Marrakesh.
What’s in the G20 leaders’ declaration?
The document focuses heavily on climate and sustainability issues, and addresses the conflict in Ukraine
The world’s 20 largest economies released a joint declaration after a summit in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Saturday. The document was hashed out amid major geopolitical tensions between a number of members, while the conflict in Ukraine threatened to derail its adoption.
G20 admits African Union as permanent member
The 55-state bloc received a formal offer at the summit in New Delhi on Saturday
The African Union (AU) has formally taken its seat as a new member of the G20 group of leading economies. The announcement was made by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the bloc's summit in New Delhi on Saturday.
The AU now has the same status as the European Union, which was the only regional bloc with full membership. The African Union’s previous designation was “invited international organization.”
Watch: A Confused Biden At G20 Butchers Saudi Crown Prince's Name
At the G20, The Associated Press and others took note of President Biden's "hearty handshake" with Mohammed bin Salman after the lesser and more ambiguous fist bump of over a year ago, which at the time was supposed to represent some degree of greater distance between the US and the Saudi crown prince, who has long stood accused of ordering the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Xi Jinping Reprimanded By Party Elders Over China's Crisis
Amid China's economic downturn, military upheaval, and political instability, party elders have reprimanded President Xi Jinping at a Beidaihe meeting. They warn that continued turmoil could erode public support and threaten the party's rule. Could this wave of criticism be the reason behind Xi Jinping's absence from the G20 Summit?
The Rabotino ‘meat grinder’: Why are Russia and Ukraine fighting so fiercely over a tiny village on the southern front?
What’s going on in the small hamlet in Zaporozhye Region which Kiev claims to have captured?
Since mid-August, the tiny village of Rabotino – located in Zaporozhye Region between the Ukrainian-controlled city of Orekhov and Russian-controlled Tokmak – has been the site of fierce battles. For Kiev, this rural locality has become a disappointing and unexpected yardstick for measuring its counteroffensive. At the end of August, Ukrainian media cited the Defense Ministry as reporting that it had established full control over the hamlet.
NATO Chief Says No Indication Russia Intended to Hit Bloc in Strikes Near Danube
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - NATO has no indication that Russia intended to hit the alliance in light of the recent strikes on Ukraine's Danube ports, close to the Romanian border, and fresh drone debris found on the NATO member's soil, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, the Romanian Defense Ministry said that fragments of a drone "similar to those used by the Russian army" were discovered some 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) southeast of the border village of Plauru, marking the second such incident in a week. On Wednesday, debris from a possible drone was found close to Romania's border with Ukraine, but NATO said it had no information indicating any intentional attack by Russia.
Chinese Vessels Escort US, Canadian Warships in Taiwan Strait
BEIJING (Sputnik) - The Chinese armed forces on Saturday escorted one US and one Canadian warships passing through the Taiwan Strait, People's Liberation Army (PLA) spokesman Shi Yi said, adding that the escort had been carried out in accordance with law and regulations.
"The PLA Eastern Theater Command organized naval and air forces to escort and observe [the US and Canadian ships] along the entire route in accordance with law and regulations," Shi said in a statement published on WeChat.
NATO Says Launched Northern Coasts Exercise in Baltic Sea
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - NATO said on Saturday it had launched the annual Northern Coasts defense exercise in the Baltic Sea amid the changing security situation in the region, with around 30 warships and 3,200 troops involved in the drills.
The exercise is one of the biggest regional drills and is focusing for the first time on high-end warfare and collective defense, the alliance added.
FLASH: U.S. Moving Combat Jets to Romania - "in addition to others committed to NATO"
The United States is moving Combat Aircraft to Romania -- but not for NATO. What does THAT translate to, in your mind? US v. Russia directly? Word of this came from US Ambassador to Romania, Kathleen Kavalec.
“The United States plans to station combat aircraft in Romania in addition to those performing NATO air policing duties" said the Ambassador. Notice she said "Combat" aircraft. Not refueling tankers or cargo planes . . . . no . . . . she explicitly said combat aircraft. Did all of us somehow miss a vote in Congress about some minor little detail like direct US war against Russia?
Rand Paul Blasts Pentagon For Role In Niger, Demands To Know How Many Boots On Ground
Sen. Rand Paul has sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding to know more about the Pentagon's role in Niger, which recently underwent a coup wherein Niger's US-trained military overthrow the democratically elected US-backed president.
Naturally, the senator from Kentucky has some questions. The letter was sent Tuesday and subsequently obtained by Politico. Among Paul's chief aims is to assess just how many American troops are still in Niger, which is now being ruled by a junta, which includes Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, who received training by elite US forces.
Oslo is dead: A Palestinian state will never exist - opinion
Thirty years on, we can say with confidence that Oslo and everything that it stood for is dead. Rather than trying to revive it, we would do well to offer it a fitting eulogy.
Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords, one of the most colossal strategic errors in modern Israel’s history.
Three decades after prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO terrorist-in-chief Yasser Arafat shook hands as a beaming US president Bill Clinton looked on, the smiles have long ago been erased thanks to the disaster wrought by the agreement.
Hezbollah-Hamas-PIJ preparing for a multi-sector war vs Israel
As early as 1964, the Arab enemies of Israel started banding together in order to gang up on the Jewish State. While each nation had their own interest and design, they nevertheless vowed to unite against a common target. Now, some six decades later, this united anti-Israel front has transformed into an Iranian-directed axis. In Lebanon: the Shi’ite Hezbollah – an army more than a militia; and in Gaza: two Sunni organizations – Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who are basically rivals but ready to cooperate under certain contingencies.
Florida Surgeon General Warns Against New COVID-19 Booster
Uncle Sam’s Making Me Take The Covid Jab To Become An American Citizen
Nearly a million legal immigrants became American citizens last year, the third-highest number in history. One angle missing from the news coverage: Every single one of those immigrants was required, as a precondition of citizenship, to get a Covid booster.
The Immigration and Nationality Act and related federal regulations were designed from a reasonable public health perspective to require immunization against “vaccine-preventable diseases.”
BOMBSHELL: The Center for Disease Crimes (CDC) Preordered $1.8 Billion DEATHVAX™ Servings In June Ahead of September Followup "Pandemic"
Disgusting chicken stuff in vaccines
Beware of what's coming through that needle
Highland Hospital, Rochester NY, Attempted to Kill My Family Member With Covid Protocol in August 2023
Covid murder wards remain operational in key federally funded locations.
They’re Sexualizing Children: LA School District Launches Virtual Gay Club for Kindergarten Through Age 11 Students
They’re forcing them to think about sex – in kindergarten. How is this beneficial to the child or society in any way? The club will meet virtually after school via Zoom. It’s for the kids.
Back in July 2007, as The Gateway Pundit reported at the time, Barack Obama gave a speech to Planned Parenthood where he pushed teaching sex education to little kindergarteners.
California adds 'Transgender History Month' to the LGBTQ+ calendar
California became the first state in the nation to make history with the trans-identifying community on Wednesday by officially recognizing the month of August as Transgender History Month.
The alleged goal of Transgender History Month, which will be celebrated for the first time next year, is to honor the contributions and heritage of the transgender community while also bringing attention to its members' actual experiences, according to Fox News.
You Should Be Very Worried About the Digital Services Act
Article 11 of The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, which replicates a part of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, protects the right of European citizens to “hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers,” and affirms that “the freedom and pluralism of the media shall be respected.” Sadly, the fate of freedom of expression in Europe now very much hangs in the balance, as the European Union has just enacted a law that empowers the Commission to significantly restrict the ability of citizens to use digital platforms to engage in robust and sincere democratic discourse.
For the first time on record, storms have reached Category 5 strength in every tropical ocean basin in the same year
For the first time on record, storms have reached top-tier Category 5 strength in every tropical ocean basin in the same year. A combination of human-caused climate change and El Niño have heated ocean waters to record levels in 2023, setting the stage for this meteorological feat.
The Copernicus Climate Service of the European Union confirmed that the global ocean reached its warmest level on record in August. This week alone, two tropical cyclones leaped to Category 5 intensity in two days — Hurricane Jova in the northeastern Pacific on Wednesday, closely followed by Hurricane Lee in the Atlantic on Thursday.
Secret UFO memo sent to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau over mystery object shot down over Yukon in February
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was handed a bombshell UFO memo after a 'unidentified object' was shot down over Canada's Yukon territory.
The note was given to Trudeau in February just days before searches for the mystery unidentified aerial phenomena or 'UAP' were called off.
The classified document stated that the Yukon object was the 23rd UAP to be tracked over north America in the first few weeks of 2023.
Archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old biblical site where Jesus healed blind man
A famous site where Jesus Christ is said to have healed a blind man has been uncovered in an archaeological dig. The Pool of Siloam has been unearthed after more than 2,000 years of being covered in the desert.
The site in Jerusalem, which was first constructed in the 8th century BC under the reign of King Hezekiah, was found thanks to a joint effort by the Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority, and the City of David Foundation. Its discovery is proving to be momentous for followers of Christianity.
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