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Multiple suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province during Friday prayer services. Local health officials said at least 33 people were killed and 73 wounded in the incident with casualty rates expected to rise further. “The situation is very bad. Mirwais hospital is messaging and calling on young people to give blood,” … Continue reading Dozens Killed as Multiple Suicide Bombers Strike Shiite Mosque in Afghanistan

Ten people were shot, one of them fatally, Wednesday alone in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the fatal shooting occurred about 4:20 p.m., “in the 4800 block of West Crystal Street.” A 20-year-old man was standing outside when someone in a passing vehicle opened fire, shooting him in the chest. He … Continue reading 10 Shot Wednesday Alone in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago

Sir David Amess, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Britain’s governing Conservative Party, has been stabbed multiple times at a constituency surgery, according to reports. Sir David, who represents the Southend West constituency in the House of Commons,  is said to have been attacked by a man who walked into the surgery — events at … Continue reading Conservative Member of Parliament David Amess Stabbed Multiple Times

The U.S. Catholic bishops expressed their dismay over the 100th act of anti-Catholic vandalism since they began tracking the phenomenon last May. “October 10 marked the 100th incident,” the bishops noted Thursday on their website, with “satanic and other hateful graffiti scrawled on the walls before Sunday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate … Continue reading U.S. Bishops Lament 100th Act of Anti-Catholic Vandalism Since May

Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court rejected the Biden administration’s latest attempt to stop a novel law that has become the nation’s biggest curb to abortion in nearly 50 years.  The decision Thursday could push the law closer to returning to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has already once allowed the … Continue reading 5th Circuit Court grants a stay, allows Texas abortion bill to go into effect

Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker kicks a field goal against the Indianapolis Colts on October 11, 2021. (Geoff Burke / USA TODAY Sports) Today, my column is about a gathering of democracy leaders and human-rights activists: the Oslo Freedom Forum, held in Miami this year. The people you meet are almost too extraordinary for words. … Continue reading Extraordinary People

ROME, Italy — Pope Francis commemorated World Food Day Friday, urging nations to combat food insecurity and work to achieve environmental sustainability. “The annual celebration of World Food Day faces us with one of humanity’s greatest challenges: the ambitious goal of overcoming hunger once and for all,” the pope said in a Spanish-language message to … Continue reading Pope Francis Laments ‘True Paradox’ of Hunger and Obesity

The White House on Thursday has reportedly pleaded with “moderates” and the far-left to urgently come to a compromise on the $3.5 trillion reconciliation standoff before the Biden-Harris administration call it quits. Punchbowl News reported the Biden-Harris administration leaked their frustration to the media “as a warning shot to Democratic moderates and progressives on Capitol Hill … Continue reading DC Media: Biden WH Lacks ‘Leverage’ in Spending Talks, Latest Ultimatum ‘Doesn’t Mean a Whole Lot’

FILE PHOTO: People walk in Lujiazui financial district during sunset in Pudong, Shanghai, China July 13, 2021. Picture taken July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song October 15, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – Liquidity in China’s banking system will be basically balanced in the fourth quarter, with no big fluctuations, a central bank official said on Friday. The … Continue reading Chinese central bank official sees liquidity balanced, no big swings in Q4

The White House continues struggling to move beyond the fact President Joe Biden wants to spend trillions of dollars during a period of high economic inflation. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday in an interview with Pod Save America that the focus on the level of Biden’s proposed “Build Back Better” spending was … Continue reading White House: Focus on Joe Biden Spending Trillions ‘Not Helpful’

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said President Biden‘s foreign policy “fails to understand” the “harsh reality” of good versus evil, warning, in an interview with Fox News, that without considering the “ramifications” of his administration’s actions around the globe, “America will be diminished.”  Fox News spoke with the former secretary of state before he … Continue reading Pompeo says world is ‘very concerned’ America is ‘leaving the international stage’ under Biden foreign policy

FILE PHOTO: A coal-burning power plant can be seen in the city of Baotou, in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, October 31, 2010. REUTERS/David Gray October 15, 2021 By Chen Aizhu, Jessica Jaganathan and Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – China’s energy crisis deepened on Friday with coal prices hitting a record high as cold weather sweeps … Continue reading Hungry for fuel, China looks to the U.S., Europe eyes relief plans

Shoppers frustrated by national product shortages took to social media Thursday to lay the blame squarely at the feet of President Joe Biden, taunting him with the hashtag #EmptyShelvesJoe across social media. Twitter users chose empty shelves at stores around the country to illustrate their anger as the nation’s supply chain crisis continued and the outlook … Continue reading Presidential Fail: Looming Christmas Shortages Sends #EmptyShelvesJoe Trending

FILE PHOTO: The Empire State Building rises above Manhattan in front of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges as seen from an apartment in the Central Park Tower building as the building celebrates its topping out in New York, U.S. September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson October 15, 2021 By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) – The number of … Continue reading Factbox-What U.S. homeowners can do as mortgage forbearance ends

FILE PHOTO: An excavator is seen at a construction site of new residential buildings in Shanghai, China, in this March 21, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo October 15, 2021 Chinese growth and corporate earnings in the United States and Europe, including results from the big-hitting FAANGs, will give markets plenty to digest in the … Continue reading Take Five: China, FAANGs, Turkey and Christmas fears loom large

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has appeared to suggest that she is frustrated that leaders “talk” about dealing with the alleged climate crisis but do not “do”, seemingly taking a similar environmentalist position to her son and grandsons. The remarks were caught on tape when Queen Elizabeth II was attending the opening of the Welsh assembly … Continue reading Green Queen? Monarch Appears to Criticise Leaders Who ‘Talk’ But ‘Don’t Do’ on Climate

A new memo from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on worksite enforcement of immigration laws garnered some media and political attention because it prohibits ICE from conducting worksite raids for illegal aliens. But the memo is more than just the latest in a series of anti-immigration-enforcement directives by this administration. Rather, it represents the Left’s rejection … Continue reading Biden Dismantles the Ban on Hiring Illegal Immigrants

( gorodenkoff/Getty Images) Due to federal student-aid subsidies, college has been transformed from a fairly reliable learning experience into just an experience for many students. They don’t want anything approaching academic rigor; they want fun and a credential that they assume will open the door to prosperity. To an alarming extent, schools have chosen to … Continue reading Colleges Should Have an Exit Exam

Catholic League president Bill Donohue writes that Joe Donnelly, President Biden’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, is a “rogue Catholic” despite reports to the contrary. Joe Donnelly (pictured) started out pro-life early in his political career but, like Biden himself, veered ever further left until his position became indistinguishable from that of … Continue reading Catholic League: Joe Biden Pick for Vatican Post a ‘Rogue Catholic’

FILE PHOTO: Drivers of the food delivery service Ele.me prepare to start their morning shift in Beijing, China, September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo October 15, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top banking and insurance regulator said it would encourage insurers to accelerate the development of commercial pension products and accident insurance for gig-economy workers … Continue reading China to encourage development of pensions, insurance for delivery sector

FILE PHOTO: Headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, is pictured in Beijing, China September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo October 15, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank and banking regulator on Friday jointly unveiled a list of 19 banks deemed to be systemically important in a move to fend … Continue reading China’s central bank lists 19 systemically important banks

FILE PHOTO: The Chair of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Charles Randell, speaks at a Reuters Newsmaker event, in London, Britain July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay October 15, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Charles Randell, chair of Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said on Friday he would leave the watchdog next spring, a year short of … Continue reading Chair of UK markets watchdog to step down early

Members of the Swedish Muslim Nyans Party have called for a sculpture by recently deceased Mohammed cartoonist Lars Vilks to be burned. The sculpture Nimis, which is located on a beach on Sweden’s west coast and consists of towers and maze-like structures made of driftwood, has been labelled as a symbol of “Islamophobia” by members … Continue reading Swedish Muslim Party Calls for Burning of Sculpture by Mohammed Cartoonist

LONDON (AP) – British health officials said Friday that an estimated 43,000 people may have been wrongly told they don’t have the coronavirus because of problems at a private laboratory. The UK Health Security Agency said a lab in Wolverhampton, central England, has been suspended from processing test swabs after reports of false negatives. The … Continue reading UK: Lab Produced an Estimated 43,000 Incorrect Covid Test Results

A handful of open-border zealots and advocates of immigration enforcement as a deterrent have quit President Joe Biden’s agencies amid infighting between the two camps over the president’s chaotic and unpopular migration policies. The political turmoil born out of the Haitian migrant caravan that gathered at a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas, laid bare … Continue reading Biden’s Deputies Resign over Chaotic Immigration Policy: ‘Complete Lack of Direction’

Gordon Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War, said on Thursday that President Joe Biden is not defending U.S. interests in terms of foreign policy towards China. “Biden does not want to defend American interests with regard to China,” Chang stated on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with special … Continue reading Exclusive — Gordon Chang: ‘Biden Does not Want to Defend American Interests with Regard to China’

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman//File Photo/File Photo October 15, 2021 By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders are set to press ahead with measures to shield consumers from record-high energy prices that have curtailed industrial production and hiked consumer … Continue reading EU leaders to press ahead with emergency relief for energy prices

FILE PHOTO: Containers and cars are loaded on freight trains at the railroad shunting yard in Maschen near Hamburg September 23, 2012. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo October 15, 2021 BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro zone’s unadjusted trade surplus was much smaller then expected in August as the bloc had to pay much more for imported energy, … Continue reading Euro zone trade surplus smaller than expected in Aug

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated that he doesn’t think “many people are angry in Virginia about education,” and one reason “parents aren’t angry is they get to vote for school board members.” Kaine said, “I don’t think that many people are angry in Virginia about education, Chris. I … Continue reading Kaine: ‘Parents Aren’t Angry’ about Education in VA, ‘They Get to Vote for School Board Members’

During an interview with ABC News on Thursday, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo stated that the economy is in transition, “and as part of that transition, we are seeing high prices for some of the things that people have to buy.” And “the only way we’re going to get to a place where we work through … Continue reading Deputy Treasury Sec’y Adeyemo: ‘Only Way’ Past ‘Transition’ That’s Causing High Prices Is to Get ‘Everyone’ in U.S. and World Vaccinated