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Trump claims Russia, Ukraine agree to stop hitting each other’s energy targets– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Trump claims Russia, Ukraine agree to stop hitting each other’s energy targets– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Trump claims Russia, Ukraine agree to stop hitting each other’s energy targets

US President Donald Trump on Monday said Ukraine and Russia had agreed to stop attacking each other’s energy targets, linking the conflict to rising diesel prices and global fuel supply concerns.Trump made the claim in a post on Truth Social, a day after he urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian energy facilities.“Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise! The World’s Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran.”Trump had earlier said he asked Zelenskyy to stop the strikes, arguing that attacks on Russia’s diesel production were contributing to a fuel shortage.Speaking to reporters at his Doonbeg golf club in Ireland, Trump was asked whether he had spoken to Zelenskyy after his recent conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.“Mr. Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump said, adding that Ukrainian forces had “plenty of other targets” they could strike.Trump said destroying Russian diesel production capacity was “hurting the world”, according to Bloomberg.His comments come as fuel prices in the US remain under pressure. Diesel prices hit a record average of more than $6 a gallon on Friday, with Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s energy sector and disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz tightening global supplies.


Saudi pipeline shutdown threatens oil exports to Europe and Asia as kingdom relies on stored supplies– www.euronews.com

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Saudi pipeline shutdown threatens oil exports to Europe and Asia as kingdom relies on stored supplies– www.euronews.com
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Saudi Arabia is relying on stored oil to maintain exports after drone attacks shut its East-West pipeline, threatening deliveries to buyers in Europe and Asia.

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Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry announced the shutdown on Friday as a precaution, after the pipeline was attacked in the Riyadh and Medina regions last Thursday.

It said emergency and technical teams were securing the pipeline and checking its safety.

Saudi and Iraqi authorities said the drone attack originated in Iraq. The ministry’s announcement did not say when pumping would resume or give a full account of the damage.

Saudi oil buyers and traders quoted in reports published on Sunday estimated that a prolonged shutdown could put at risk around 4 million barrels a day, or about 4% of global oil supply.

They estimated that oil stored at the Red Sea port of Yanbu could keep exports going for five to seven days. Saudi authorities have not confirmed either estimate.

The effect on deliveries will depend on how quickly pumping resumes and how much stored oil is available.

Brent crude futures rose around 3% in early trading on Monday following further attacks on energy facilities and shipping in the Middle East.

A route around Hormuz

The roughly 1,200km pipeline carries oil from eastern Saudi Arabia to Yanbu on the west coast. It allows exports to leave through the Red Sea without tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Aramco said in May that it had increased pumping through the pipeline to its maximum capacity of 7 million barrels a day during the first quarter, helping maintain exports while shipping through Hormuz was disrupted.

The pipeline also supplies refineries on Saudi Arabia’s west coast, so its capacity is not the same as the amount exported.

The shutdown does not mean global oil supplies immediately fall by 7 million barrels a day. Tankers can still load oil stored near export terminals, but those supplies will run down unless more oil arrives.

Deliveries to Europe and Asia

From Yanbu, tankers heading to Europe can sail north through the Red Sea towards the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean. Egypt’s SUMED pipeline offers another route, carrying oil between the Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts.

The direct sea route to Asia runs south through Bab el-Mandeb, the narrow passage between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and then towards the Indian Ocean.

That route faces a separate threat from Yemen’s Houthis, who have seized Perim Island in the passage and the country’s Red Sea coast, effectively taking control of the strait.

Tankers heading to Asia could instead sail north through Suez and then around Africa, but the journey would be much longer. Changing a tanker’s route does not solve the problem of getting oil to Yanbu.

The International Energy Agency said in its September oil market report that stored oil supplies worldwide had fallen by 507 million barrels since February, including 95 million barrels in August alone.

The agency estimated Gulf oil exports at around 13 million barrels a day in August, nearly half their pre-war level. It also reported sharply higher diesel prices in Europe and Asia as disruptions reduced fuel supplies.


Canada could become become EU’s first ‘associate member’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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Canada could become become EU’s first ‘associate member’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that she wants the relationship between the bloc and Canada to reach “the highest level possible.”

The European Union has proposed making Canada the first “associate member” in an effort to strengthen allies in “an openly hostile world.” Both the EU and Canada have had issues with the US over the Trump administration’s trade deals.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the proposal Wednesday during her annual State of the Union Address in Strasbourg, France. Von der Leyen said that she wants the relationship between the bloc and Canada to reach “the highest level possible.”

“And, dear Mark, I said we must urgently reimagine our partnerships so I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the European Union,” von der Leyen said, referring to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who was in attendance for the speech.

Von der Leyen told the assembly that the EU and Canada “see the world with the same eyes: from AI to climate change, from the Arctic ​to geopolitics. And we have stood together: on Ukraine, on defence, on raw materials and on supply chains. But above all … Europe and Canada believe in democracy.”

The proposal had drawn criticism within Canada. Comedian Ben Bankas critizied the idea on X, writing, “Why be 51st State when you can be the dumping grounds for European Migrant overflow.”

Hungary’s new gov’t moves to undo LGBT, pro-life policies– www.lifesitenews.com

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Hungary’s new gov’t moves to undo LGBT, pro-life policies– www.lifesitenews.com
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When Viktor Orbán lost the April elections in Hungary, social conservatives warned that a sea change might be coming. Péter Magyar’s new Tisza government won a massive mandate — a two-thirds parliamentary majority — and had remained strategically silent on the key culture war issues that had dominated the political debate over the previous decade.

Optimists insisted that Magyar was center-right rather than progressive. In just four months, however, the new prime minister has set to work dismantling conservative institutions — and opening the door to LGBT activists.

In June, the police both authorized and protected the Budapest “pride” parade. In March 2025, Hungarian lawmakers passed a ban on “pride” parades and public events promoting LGBT ideology by a margin of 136-27. The ban amended the Child Protection Act passed in 2021 that forbade the promotion of LGBT ideology in middle schools and on primetime TV shows and resulted in a lawsuit against Hungary from the European Union. The law itself was not repealed; it was simply ignored.

On September 12, Magyar announced that his government will revise the 2020 system, which mandated that single applicants for adoption require ministerial approval. LGBT activists had decried this system as a de facto ban on same-sex couples adopting; because same-sex “marriage” is not legal in Hungary, homosexuals could only adopt via the single-parent route. Magyar carefully stated that this decision would now be made by “child-welfare professionals.”

Iran Security Chief Warns Trump: ‘The Straits Have Changed’ — ‘Damage Control Won’t Stop What’s Coming’– www.breitbart.com

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Lindsay Clancy jurors reveal they were hellbent on social justice, not the law– www.lifesitenews.com
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(LifeSiteNews) — The truth has come out: From the outset, activist jurors in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder trial were bound and determined to advance a leftist political agenda rather than justice for the precious children that Clancy strangled to death.  

Other than a lone juror who has been crucified by his fellow jurors and doxxed by corporate media, Clancy’s liberal, female-dominated jury ignored their civic duty to render a verdict based on the facts of the case and instead decided they would imitate activist judges, using their platform to advance their own perverse feminist cause.

The cadre of social justice jurors accused the holdout of ignoring the judge’s instructions while all along it was they who had ignored the law.   

During a weekend CBS Morning show, juror Paula Devlin spilled the beans: “We knew that this was a turning point, and this would be something that could change something to make it better for other women in the future.”

Far Left Makes Gains in Swedish Elections, Buoyed Muslim Migrant Votes From Middle East– gellerreport.com

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Far Left Makes Gains in Swedish Elections, Buoyed Muslim Migrant Votes From Middle East– gellerreport.com
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A cautionary tale for every freedom-loving Western nation.

As of this writing, votes are being counted, but preliminary indications are that the right-wing ruling coalition will lose control of the Swedish government, largely on the back of votes by MENAPT migrants. BBC: Sweden’s general election remains too close to call, early results suggest. With 50% of the votes counted, the two main blocs were separated by only 20,000 votes, Sweden public broadcaster SVT said. Projected results from Sweden’s election authority had given the left-wing political bloc led by the Social Democrats’ Magdalena Andersson a one-seat majority over the rival four-party coalition put together by current conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Kristersson has been supported in government by the hard-right Sweden Democrats (SD), which have neo-Nazi roots. He has promised cabinet jobs for the SD if he stays in charge. But partial results suggest the party was losing support for the first time since 2010 when it entered parliament. Sweden has two major political blocs featuring four parties on the right and four on the left – meaning coalition and minority governments are relatively common. On Sunday night, Andersson urged supporters to wait for the final result, but added that if the current results hold, “Sweden will have a new government.”

Jew-Hating New York Times: ‘Israelis Still Largely View Themselves As The Victims of Oct. 7’– gellerreport.com

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Jew-Hating New York Times: ‘Israelis Still Largely View Themselves As The Victims of Oct. 7’– gellerreport.com
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Scott Jennings responds: No words for this abomination (Jennings).

The leopard never changes its spots. The same New York Times that whitewashed Hitler and minimized his war against the Jews is trafficking in the same Jew-hatred nearly a century later. This is not ignorance. It is institutional depravity, a newspaper once again lending its prestige and power to the demonization of the Jewish people.

The parallel would be: New Yorkers still largely view themselves as the victims of 9/11. The line comes from an article on a new documentary from hard-left filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor entitled “NAZA.” Amit Segal describes the film: The critically acclaimed libel is the Israeli far left’s contribution to a steadily growing genre: anti-Israel propaganda, what might be called Hague bait. From the people who applauded the historical revisionist epic Palestine 36 and the directors behind the false frontier western No Other Land comes the sci-fi dystopia NAZA (Segal). Notably: After withering criticism, The New York Times removed that line in the updated version of the story on their site. They write it off as an “editing error”: Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article included a statement that was intended to convey Israelis’ perception of the government’s military response to the Oct. 7 terror attack in relation to the attacks, but inadvertently suggested that Israelis’ experience as terror victims was a matter of perception. It has been removed from the article (New York Times).

Netherlands Euthanizes Two-Year-Old Despite Doctors Saying Alternatives Remained– www.lifenews.com

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Netherlands Euthanizes Two-Year-Old Despite Doctors Saying Alternatives Remained– www.lifenews.com
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A two-year-old child has died by euthanasia in the Netherlands, the first case of a non-infant child under 12 dying by euthanasia, despite independent doctors initially concluding that the child was “not continuously suffering unbearably” and that reasonable alternatives remained.

The child died by euthanasia at the end of 2025, which was revealed by a letter to the Dutch parliament from Health Minister Sophie Hermans in June. Infant euthanasia has been practised in the Netherlands for many years, as before a recent law change, only newborns and children over twelve could die by euthanasia. However, this was the first time that a non-infant child under the age of 12 had died by euthanasia in the country.

Before the child’s life was ended, the doctor consulted independent doctors from outside his region of practice.

These other doctors concluded that “the child was not continuously suffering unbearably”, according to the Review Committee on Late-term Abortions and Termination of Life of Neonates and Children aged under 12.

The Review Committee revealed that the other doctors believed “there were still reasonable alternatives, such as palliative options and other medications that could possibly result in better control of the epileptic seizures”.

German Chancellor’s Attack on Free Speech Reveals Europe’s Growing Fear of Dissent– www.dailysignal.com

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German Chancellor’s Attack on Free Speech Reveals Europe’s Growing Fear of Dissent– www.dailysignal.com
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Free speech isn’t just dying in Europe; it’s being ruthlessly strangled by an out-of-touch ruling class that’s desperate to snuff it out before it loses power.

And those elites are hardly hiding their contempt for what we here in America consider a foundational, God-given right.

On Tuesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a public, frontal attack on free speech in the name of diversity and “protecting” people from “misinformation.”

House Passes Lindsey Graham’s Neocon Russia Sanctions Bill– dailycaller.com

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House Passes Lindsey Graham’s Neocon Russia Sanctions Bill– dailycaller.com
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The House of Representatives sent legislation placing strict sanctions on Russia to President Donald Trump’s desk in honor of the late Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham.

The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 would target Russian leadership, banks and its oil “shadow fleet” by requiring Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100% on goods from the top five importers of Russian oil and gas and up to 500% on goods imported from Russia. Although it passed the Senate in a 86-11 vote on Aug. 7, the bill did not receive the same level of enthusiasm in the House.

The House passed the bill by a vote of 262 to 159.

Speaker Mike Johnson previously told The Washington Examiner that “there should be bipartisan consensus” around the bill. He indicated he would only move the bill forward if the White House supported it, but stated there were “pockets of concern” within the Republican caucus.

“There should be bipartisan consensus,” Johnson said. “It should be a suspension-level vote where we could put it on the floor and have more than two-thirds support it. But I need to make sure the Democrats will be with us on that, and we got to build consensus around it.”

China Pressures Iran to Open Strait of Hormuz as Foreign Minister Visits Beijing– www.breitbart.com

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China Pressures Iran to Open Strait of Hormuz as Foreign Minister Visits Beijing– www.breitbart.com
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and return to the June memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States when he met with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Beijing on Wednesday.

“We urge all parties to take effective measures to reopen the Strait of Hormuz at an early date,” said Wang, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

Wang urged Iran and the U.S. to “engage in substantive consultations on issues of mutual concern,” and advised both sides to “exercise restraint.”

The Chinese Foreign Ministry insisted Wang’s remarks were consistent with China’s long-standing position on the Strait of Hormuz conflict — with a dash of additional urgency because Iran’s terrorist proxies in Yemen, the Houthis, are now attacking Saudi Arabia and threatening shipping in the Red Sea.

Araghchi claimed Iran still sees the MOU as valid — even though Iran has repeatedly violated it by launching terrorist attacks at civilian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

“Iran is not interested in continuing the conflict, hopes to return to a diplomatic path toward a settlement and at the same time intends to firmly defend its rights and interests. The Iranian side believes that the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran remains in force,” he said, according to Chinese state media.

JD Vance Issues New Warning To Israel– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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JD Vance Issues New Warning To Israel– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that the United States should treat Israel as an important partner without making American policy in the Middle East “subservient” to the Israeli government.

Vance spoke by videoconference with All-In Podcast co-host Jason Calacanis at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles. The exchange covered the U.S.-Israel relationship, President Donald Trump’s dealings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and criticism from some on the American right that Washington has been too closely aligned with Jerusalem.

“Obviously Israel has been an important partner when it comes to military technology, when it comes to intelligence sharing, but also sometimes the United States doesn’t always agree with Israel,” Vance said. He further stated that all alliances should be rooted in American interests. “Rooting this relationship, like all relationships, in America’s interest is the way to actually have a rational conversation here.”

Vance said Trump has been more willing than other recent presidents to differ with Netanyahu when the two countries’ priorities diverge. “I think that more than frankly any president in the last 40 years, he has shown a willingness to actually part ways with Bibi Netanyahu when he feels like the interests of the American people are different from the interests of the government of Israel,” the vice president continued.

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Dutch Officials Claim Euthanasia of Toddler Was “Handled Well”– www.louderwithcrowder.com

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Dutch Officials Claim Euthanasia of Toddler Was “Handled Well”– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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To call euthanasia a slippery slope would be an understatement.

Euthanasia typically goes a little something like this. First, the powers that be claim it will solely be used for the terminally ill who are moments away from dying, but the patient is in unbearable pain. This then moves to patients with illnesses with no known cures. The bureaucracy then moves on to the mentally ill. And in the Netherlands, officials have gone so far down the slippery slope they are now applauding the first state-sanctioned killing of a TODDLER. YES. LET THAT SINK IN. And no, the young child was not terminally ill, according to reports.

According to Decision Magazine:

A Dutch review committee has determined that the decision to euthanize a nearly 2-year-old toddler with severe disabilities was “handled well”—while multiple Dutch doctors involved in the case opposed the decision, arguing the child could have improved under different medication.

To call this evil would not even begin to describe it.

The toddler, whose gender has not been disclosed, was the first child to be killed under an expanded euthanasia law in the Netherlands that extended the age limit of euthanasia to include children aged 1 to 12, if their parents agree.

Saudi Arabia Threatens Retaliation After Iran-Backed Houthis Targeted Mecca with Drone Attack– slaynews.com

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Saudi Arabia Threatens Retaliation After Iran-Backed Houthis Targeted Mecca with Drone Attack– slaynews.com
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Saudi Arabia accused Iran-backed Houthi rebels of launching a one-way attack drone toward Mecca, prompting the kingdom to declare the security of Islam’s holiest sites a “red line” as the escalating Gulf conflict places growing pressure on critical global energy routes.

The Saudi-led coalition said the drone was intercepted while heading toward Mecca and warned that it would take “necessary and deterrent measures” in response.

“The security of the Two Holy Mosques and the pilgrims is a red line, and the Joint Forces Command of the coalition will not hesitate to take the necessary and deterrent measures against the Terrorist Houthi Militia,” the kingdom said.

The Houthis denied targeting Mecca, with Hazem al-Assad of the group’s politburo calling the accusation a “worn-out lie.”

The incident comes as the conflict increasingly threatens Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure and two of the world’s most strategically important maritime chokepoints.

Carney pushes Canada over the edge– www.americanthinker.com

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Carney pushes Canada over the edge– www.americanthinker.com
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They hate Trump in Canada, or so they say in the Canadian media. It’s TDS 24/7 up there. So I guess that they want to blame Trump because Canada is overtaxed and overregulated. I don’t get it, but that’s how the political class up north is justifying its existence.

What do you do when you hate an American President so much? Well, the Carney government has decided to fight Trump at all costs, including the destruction of the local economy. Sound crazy to you? It does to me, but that’s what passes for resistance to Trump up there

Let’s get the latest from Victor Davis Hanson:

 

Canadians now boo at the mere sound of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” They brag of a new “elbows up” policy to stop U.S. “aggression.” Their social media is flooded with braggadocio about new ways to hurt Americans. Some three-quarters of the country has bought into Carney’s fantasies. Hating America is the new Canadian pastime.

 

But, sadly, this will not end well for Canada, for at least five reasons.

 

First, America certainly is not the cause of Canada’s maladies, other than by subsidizing its suicidal domestic choices for years. Canada’s self-destructive socialist and globalist policies are its government’s doing alone.

Democrats demand to know where Venezuelan oil revenue is going– www.washingtonpost.com

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Democrats demand to know where Venezuelan oil revenue is going– www.washingtonpost.com
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Three Democratic senators are pressing the Trump administration for transparency on billions of dollars in oil revenue from Venezuela believed to be in a U.S. government-controlled account.

In a letter obtained by The Washington Post, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) are asking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for information about the status and use of this revenue, which is being disbursed from an account controlled by the Treasury.

 

US extends visa ban on Palestinian officials before UN General Assembly | Israel-Palestine conflict News– www.aljazeera.com

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US extends visa ban on Palestinian officials before UN General Assembly | Israel-Palestine conflict News– www.aljazeera.com
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The United States Department of State has announced it will extend visa sanctions on officials of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), preventing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from travelling to New York ahead of his address to the United Nations General Assembly next week for the second year in a row.

“As a consequence of their failure to reform, contrary to their commitments to the United States, and their ongoing activities that undermine the prospects for peace, the United States will extend sanctions that deny visas to PLO members and PA officials,” the State Department said in a statement.

The State Department accused the PA of violating US law by pursuing international recognition of Palestinian statehood outside direct negotiations, taking its dispute with Israel to international courts and providing payments to people the US and Israel label as convicted attackers and their families.

Social Media Bans for Kids: Do They Work? | American Enterprise Institute– www.aei.org

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Social Media Bans for Kids: Do They Work? | American Enterprise Institute– www.aei.org
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Governments are increasingly turning to social media bans to keep minors safe online. But what does early evidence from these legislative changes tell us about how effective they actually are? What would it look like to focus on age-appropriate online spaces and safer design instead? And with AI now being introduced to the conversation, should chatbots face similar regulations?

Josh Tabish joins us for an episode of Explain to Shane to help answer these questions. Josh is currently the senior director for Canada at the Chamber of Progress. He previously served as the director of policy and advocacy at the Canadian Internet Registration Authority and as a Ford Foundation / Media Democracy Fund Technology Exchange Fellow for Fight for the Future. Throughout his career, he has covered domestic and international technology policy issues.

Below is a lightly edited and abridged transcript of our discussion. You can listen to this and other episodes of Explain to Shane on AEI.org and subscribe via your preferred listening platform. If you enjoyed this episode, leave us a review, and tell your friends and colleagues to tune in.

Iran War Updates: U.N. panel cites possible U.S. war crimes as Trump again says Iran wants a deal– www.cbsnews.com

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Iran War Updates: U.N. panel cites possible U.S. war crimes as Trump again says Iran wants a deal– www.cbsnews.com
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Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.

The international fact-finding mission on Iran says the findings center on a pair of airstrikes which killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children.

“Following the United States and Israeli attacks on 28 February, the mission found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed the war crime of launching indiscriminate attacks resulting in the loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects,” the fact-finding team said in a statement.

The team also said that killings by Iranian state security forces occurred on a “staggering scale” in Iran.

At the start of the war in February, at least one U.S. missile hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh in Minab, according to an investigation by The Associated Press. Iranian state media have said 168 people were killed in the strike, most of them children.

Amnesty says Iran committed 'crimes against humanity' in protests crackdown– www.france24.com

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Amnesty says Iran committed ‘crimes against humanity’ in protests crackdown– www.france24.com
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Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity in the crackdown on 2022 protests that left hundreds dead, Amnesty International said Wednesday, adding Tehran’s suppression of new demonstrations this year bore the “same hallmarks” but on an even wider scale. FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen speaks with Amnesty International Iran Researcher Raha Bahreini. She calls for the establishment of an international criminal justice mechanism to prosecute those responsible for the crimes.

China’s top diplomat urges Iran, US to show restraint, revive talks– www.channelnewsasia.com

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BEIJING: China encourages Iran and the US to remain rational, exercise restraint, return to the interim peace deal they signed in June and “engage in substantive consultations”, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart in Beijing on Wednesday (Sep 16).

“We urge all parties to take effective measures to reopen the Strait of Hormuz at an early date” to safeguard the stability of international energy transport and supply chains, Wang said, according to China’s foreign ministry, adding that China “does not want to see regional tensions to spill over further into Yemen and the Red Sea”.

Tehran and Washington should “rebuild the negotiation mechanism based on the consensus reached so far”, Wang told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who is on a one-day visit to Beijing.

“Iran, while fully prepared to powerfully defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity and safeguard its security … against aggressors, welcomes diplomatic solutions that ensure the rights of the Iranian nation,” Araghchi said, according to Iranian state media.

The talks between the two diplomats came a week ahead of an expected meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Washington.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said Trump and Xi would continue discussions on Iran and China’s financial links to Tehran, which Washington has been seeking to shut out of western financial systems.

Japan is now home to more than 100,000 people aged 100 or over – National– globalnews.ca

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Japan is now home to more than 100,000 people aged 100 or over – National– globalnews.ca
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The number of people aged 100 years or more in Japan surpassed 100,000 for the first time, according to newly released government figures.

Japan’s Health and Welfare Ministry statistics released Tuesday confirmed the milestone, showing that Japan now has 107,677 centenarians, up 7,914 from the previous year.

Of the people over 100, 13,379 are male and 94,298 are female, meaning women made up about 88 per cent of the total.

The figures were released on Sept. 15, known in Japan as Respect the Aged Day, when centenarians are honoured by the government with a letter from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and a silver sake cup.

France in chaos as angry fishermen launch blockade in fuel price fury | World | News– www.express.co.uk

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France in chaos as angry fishermen launch blockade in fuel price fury | World | News– www.express.co.uk
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Furious French fishermen have launched dramatic blockades across southern oil depots, bringing parts of the country to a standstill as fuel costs skyrocket to record levels. Demonstrators descended on the Frontignan oil depot near Sète on Wednesday morning (September 16), setting up barricades just 24 hours after a similar blockade at the Fos-sur-Mer oil terminal near Marseille.

Around 100 fishermen and supporters at Frontignan vowed to ramp up pressure on Paris, demanding urgent meetings with Fisheries Minister Catherine Chabaud and securing an immediate reduction in diesel prices. The industrial action comes as the nation faces historic fuel misery, driven by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Official figures show unleaded 95-E10 has surged to an average of €2.11 per litre – the highest price recorded since data collection began in 1985 – while diesel has climbed to €2.29, with some regions recording eye-watering prices of €2.80 per litre.

The coordinated protests have triggered panic at the pumps, with around 9% of service stations nationwide reporting shortages of at least one fuel type.

On top of fuel prices, fishermen have warned that their working conditions have deteriorated to a breaking point as sky-high operating costs are stripping away their livelihoods. Protesters reported they are struggling to keep afloat financially while navigating what they describe as a suffocating mountain of new administrative red tape and regulatory demands from both Paris and Brussels.

Tensions flared on Tuesday (September 15) when police stepped in to clear roughly 50 fishermen who had blocked 50 tanker trucks for around seven hours at Fos-sur-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône, where protesters displayed banners reading: “Europe is killing us” and “The EU is sinking our boats and Paris is watching us”. The protest follows similar demonstrations on Monday in Sète and Port-Vendres, in Pyrénées-Orientales.

Yemen’s Houthis claim they shot down Saudi fighter jet, deny targeting Mecca– www.euronews.com

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Yemen’s Houthis claim they shot down Saudi fighter jet, deny targeting Mecca– www.euronews.com
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Yemen’s Houthis on Wednesday said they shot down a Saudi fighter jet, claiming they used munitions made by the group to target the warplane.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces, with Allah’s aid and grace, succeeded in shooting down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet while it was carrying out hostile operations,” Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on social media, while accusing Saudi Arabia of launching 450 strikes.

He said the aircraft had been targeted “using a locally made air-to-air missile”.

The spokesman also dismissed Saudi claims that the Houthis had targeted Islam’s holy city of Mecca.

“Our operations target its oil facilities and military bases, which are far removed from the sacred sites,” he said, adding that “fabrications and lies propagated by the criminal al-Saud regime cannot deceive anyone.”

The Saudi coalition vowed retaliation, warning that the security of holy sites was a “red line”.

“The security of the Two Holy Mosques and the pilgrims is a red line, and the Joint Forces Command of the Coalition will not hesitate to take the necessary and deterrent measures against the terrorist Houthi militia,” the coalition said in a statement shared by spokesman Turki al-Maliki on X.

Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come– www.washingtonpost.com

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Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come– www.washingtonpost.com
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The effects of the U.S.-led war on Iran are about to intensify in the form of huge jumps the prices of gasoline and diesel, analysts predict. And despite the Trump administration’s assurances, a new and potentially even more economically damaging phase of the war may be about to begin.

 

China’s New Defense Mobilization Law Prepares Chinese Civilians And Companies For War– wltreport.com

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China’s New Defense Mobilization Law Prepares Chinese Civilians And Companies For War– wltreport.com
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It appears China is preparing for war.

A new law enacted by China that will take effect in October will allow the Chinese government to easily transition into a wartime economy during a military conflict.

The new law will essentially allow the Chinese Armed Forces to have unfettered access to all companies and civilian resources in the time of a war.

The Military Times reported more on the move by China:

China’s armed forces will get every possible resource from the home front if needed during a war, according to a change in the law to take effect in October.

And its militarily less endowed neighbors such as Taiwan and the Philippines would bear the brunt of a fully kitted People’s Liberation Army, which the updated National Defense Mobilization Law says may draw from deep within the civilian population for resources, analysts say.

Australia, Japan and the United States also would note Beijing’s revised law as they’re most likely to become involved in any Taiwan “contingency” or conflict in the South China Sea, said Carl Thayer, an Asia specialist and emeritus professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

Australia, India and the United States have their own issues with Beijing, he added.

“In sum, in a future conflict, China will have immediate unfettered access to relevant civilian physical and human resources,” Thayer said. “This should be a clear wake-up call to defense planners in the Pentagon and (U.S.) Pacific Command.”

The 2010 law that had not been changed over the past six years was updated to give a legal definition of “national defense mobilization,” the Chinese state-controlled Global Times news outlet said on Sept. 8.

Per that definition, the term means that when national sovereignty, national unity, territorial integrity or development interests are “threatened,” Chinese “economic and social resources” can be shifted entirely toward defense, the Global Times said.

Did Netanyahu Know?

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Ahead of the Israeli national elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being accused of knowing about October 7 in advance. The accusation comes from former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff Dan Halutz. He accused the Prime Minister of ignoring and concealing warning signs that led to the “successful” assault by Hamas terrorists.

Netanyahu accused Halutz of lying. Halutz doubled down, claiming he was involved with numerous conversations that validate this claim, and that from those conversations he was convinced Netanyahu knew more than he said he did.

Netanyahu ‘concealed’ warnings of Oct. 7 Hamas attack – former IDF chief — RT World News– www.rt.com
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Dan Halutz has laid ultimate responsibility for the deadly security failure on the Israeli prime minister

Former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff Dan Halutz has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of concealing warnings ahead of the October 7 attack and laid ultimate responsibility for the deadly security failure on him.

Halutz was responding to a Haaretz report alleging that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed had warned Netanyahu about a major operation being planned by Hamas ten days before the incursion. Netanyahu reportedly downplayed the threat and did not alert Israel’s security chiefs.

Netanyahu’s office called the report an “absolute lie,” while the UAE neither confirmed nor denied the allegation.

In an interview aired by Israeli radio station 103FM on Sunday, Halutz said he believed the reported conversation had indeed occurred and claimed there were multiple indications that Netanyahu knew more than he disclosed.

“What could be simpler for the Emirati prince than to say there was no conversation if there was no conversation?… There are so many supporting reasons to understand that the man knew far more than he told those responsible for solving the problems afterward. Because he was incapable of solving the problems. He knew and concealed it,” Halutz said.

“I don’t know how to get inside the mind of this psychopath. What goes through his head? Only he knows,” he added when asked why Netanyahu had allegedly failed to act.

U.S. watchdog tallies Iran war's hit to weapons stockpiles, military bases and more– www.washingtontimes.com

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U.S. watchdog tallies Iran war’s hit to weapons stockpiles, military bases and more– www.washingtontimes.com
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A U.S. government watchdog released its first report on the impact of the Iran war on Monday, acknowledging the military’s advanced weapons shortfalls and offering the first public look at the damage to American aircraft, bases and diplomatic outposts in the Middle East.