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44+ min ago (625+ words) The Philippine coastguard claims the vessels it deployed to aid the injured fishermen were also repeatedly blocked. The Philippines has accused Chinese coastguard ships of firing water cannon at Filipino fishermen near a disputed South China Sea shoal, injuring three people and causing "significant damage" to two fishing vessels. On Saturday, the Philippine coastguard (PCG) said that nearly two dozen Filipino fishing boats were attacked a day earlier, near an atoll called the Sabina Shoal that falls within the country's 200km (124-mile) Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The fishermen faced high-pressure spray from Chinese water cannon, and Chinese vessels attempted aggressive blocking manoeuvres, according to Manila. It was the latest in a series of confrontations between Chinese and Philippine ships in the contested waters of the South China Sea, which Beijing claims nearly in its entirety despite an international ruling against the…...

50+ min ago (360+ words) James Austin Johnson's President Trump discusses the battle for WBD, Venezuela and Karoline Leavitt's lips from Air Force One "Saturday Night Live" opened the show from Air Force One as the press corps peppered James Austin Johnson's President Donald Trump while he was on a cocktail of Ambien and Adderall. Ashley Padilla as Karoline Leavitt fielded questions from the journalists, and Trump complimented her lips. "How great is Karoline Leavitt?" he said. "We love her. Oh, she's got a beautiful face and those lips that don't quit "Look at those lips. They go like a machine gun." Trump added that he is grateful he could "openly simp over my young blonde subordinate" before turning to the journalists for more targeted questions. "Yes, you have a question, you nasty, horrible witch," Johnson's Trump exclaimed. "My name is Kaitlan Collins, sir," Chloe…...

56+ min ago (632+ words) India's Parliament costs the exchequer crores each day when in session'salaries, security, logistical infrastructure, research staff, utilities, allowances, and administrative machinery. These are not trivial sums. Taxpayers fund every minute of this system. We are not paying for song recitals or choreographed loyalty tests. We are paying for accountability. And we are not receiving it. When parliamentary time is wasted, policy suffers. When policy suffers, the economy suffers. When the economy suffers, citizens pay. The chain is simple. But the government pretends it does not exist. The fiscal cost of non-functioning democracy is more dangerous than the fiscal cost of democracy itself. Every minute wasted in Parliament has a multiplier effect. Policies pass without scrutiny. Bills become laws without examination. Budgets are passed without forensic questioning. Parliamentary committees'the backbone of legislative analysis'are either weakened, overpowered, or ignored. If a private…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago (387+ words) Donald Trump on Saturday was forced to issue a correction for his own public statement after the president falsely reported information about an active shooter, but the damage may have already been done, according to numerous observers. An active shooter was reported this weekend at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and news outlets suggested there are multiple victims. CNN also reported the news, publishing an article called, "No suspect in custody after reports of a shooting at Brown University, officials say." CNN and MS NOW both reported that no suspect was in custody, despite there being an initial report of an arrest, but Trump posted outdated information on his Truth Social account suggesting there was someone in custody. Many people warned about Trump causing risks to students on scene, including some students themselves. PatriotTakes, which purports to track right-wing…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (792+ words) Gaza (QNN)-Orouba Center for Research and Strategic Thinking released its weekly report on Israeli violations in Gaza. The report covers December 612, 2025, and highlights the continuation of large-scale, systematic attacks despite the ceasefire entering its ninth week. During this period, the center documented 268 violations. The attacks killed 18 Palestinians, including women and children, and injured 56 others. The figures indicate Gaza remains under daily aggression, even as tensions were slightly lower than in previous weeks. Gaza City, Khan Younis, and northern Gaza suffered the heaviest toll in terms of deaths, injuries, bombardment, and demolitions. The report's ninth-week figures show: The center said the daily average reached about 38 violations, showing that Trump's ceasefire has not translated into a meaningful reduction in Israeli military activity. Airstrikes and shelling hit residential neighborhoods in Gaza City, Khan Younis, Rafah, and Deir al-Balah, causing deaths, injuries, and…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago (1287+ words) Cellebrite Out" read the sign held by Mateo Cruz, a member of the anti-militarist and Palestine solidarity group'Tadamun Antimili'during a protest at'ExpoDefensa, Latin America's largest military industry fair. Cruz explained' in an interview that a representative of the Israeli surveillance company'Cellebrite'was attending as a participant in the Bogot" fair'despite the Ministry of Defense restricting participation by Israeli companies'in July of this year. The week prior, the Tadamun collective'documented and condemned'the company's participation. ExpoDefensa removed the event from its website, but the talk by'Oscar Javier Rojas, Cellebrite's commercial director for South America, went ahead regardless. Three days later, Rojas lauded his participation with a'post on LinkedIn: Despite some adversity, it was an event where our customers showed their love and appreciation for Cellebrite, the InseyetsPro forensic tool, and Pathfinder, which is the most widely used in Colombia." Pathfinder is a tool…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago (567+ words) On language. Let me be clear that I see humans as a part of nature. Still, when I write I sometimes write about our relationship'with'nature or use the word as if humans were not part of it. Apologies. The trinity of destruction It is easy to'say'things such as "we must take care of nature" or "humans must respect all other organisms" or even "we are no better/have no more right to exist than frogs/deer/bugs". But what does it mean? Let me first dissect some prevailing perspectives. We were not (always) so bad "Something essential happens in a vegetable garden. It's a place where if you can't say "I love you' out loud, you can say it in seeds. And the land will reciprocate, in beans(from Braiding Sweetgrass). The return of the taboo? In general, we need…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago (263+ words) This is the immediate and troubling drawback of such politics: it fuels communal polarisation precisely when attention should be on governance, development, and civic needs and other genuine grievances of the Muslim Citizenry. The pre-election opportunity to negotiate or demand accountability is lost. Osama Rawal is a journalist based in Thane. Hindu-sanctioned criticism of Islam and Muslims is widely welcomed in right-wing spaces, but the moment that criticism turns toward Hindutva or the current regime due to any reason, the reaction" Urban development in India has always carried within it deep social cleavages. While cities appear as spaces of opportunity, they also reveal harsh truths about exclusion, dispossession, and the everyday" Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the situation for Muslim and Christian minorities in India has become increasingly challenging, marked…...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago (271+ words) Trump is ready to revive the belief that any problem can be solved by military force, even when other tools exist. The Trump Corollary promises to use its "military system superior to any country in the world" to steal the hemisphere's resources. The aggression against Venezuela is not a war against Venezuela alone. It is a war against all of Latin America. After the Trump Regime Hijacks a Venezuelan Vessel, Iran hits back by Confiscating an Oil Tanker, the Phoenix, under Cook Islands Flag By any sober reading of recent events, the" by Roger D Harris13/12/2025 Washington brands Nicol's Maduro a dictator, celebrates Volodymyr Zelenskyy as democratic, and sponsors Mar'a Corina Machado to achieve regime change in Venezuela rather than promote genuine democracy. Within the narrow" I arrived at the Taj Hotel in Baghdad's Jadriyah neighborhood at 6 a.m., worn thin by the…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago (751+ words) The study identifies sub-Saharan Africa as the most severely affected region. Approximately 618,000 child deaths in this region were linked to stunting-related causes, while 165,000 deaths were recorded in Southern Africa alone. The situation in sub-Saharan Africa is particularly alarming. Seventy-seven percent of children who died from diarrhea were malnourished, while 65% of children who died from respiratory infections were physically undernourished. South Asia presents an equally worrying picture. In this region, 79% of children who died from diarrhea were stunted, while 53% of deaths due to respiratory infections occurred among stunted children. In contrast, high-income countries show comparatively lower proportions of stunting-related deaths. For instance, 33% of children who died from diarrhea and 35% of those who died from respiratory infections were malnourished. Researchers involved in the study, including Professor Dr. Bobby Reiner, noted in a press release that inadequate nutrition, food insecurity, climate change, poor…...