This article was originally published by Cassie B. at Natural News.  Ukraine’s recruitment program offering $24,000 bonuses fails to attract young volunteers, with fewer than 500 signing up. President Zelensky resists lowering the draft age despite severe troop shortages and battlefield losses. Ukraine’s military struggles with poorly trained recruits as commanders report high…

The United States’ ruling class is considering eliminating funding for the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as part of a State Department budget proposal. This would cut about half of the State Department’s budget. Citing officials and an internal memo, The New York Times [behind a paywall] reported on Monday that…

Ukraine’s ruler, war monger Volodymyr Zelensky has lashed out at the United States’ ruling class, claiming that it is under the control of the RUssian empire. This “insult” angered U.S. vice president J.D. Vance, who called the statement “absurd.” Zelensky’s comment came after US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said that a peace…

When COVID-19 first surfaced, health officials tried to tell the public the difference between bird flu and COVID-19 to make the latter seem more deadly and like nothing we’d ever seen before. Now, there are reports detailing the differences between bird flu and the regular flu. However, this particular attempt at fear-mongering failed when people…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  Days after Juneyao Airlines postponed the delivery of a widebody jet from Boeing, Beijing has escalated its trade war response—quietly ordering all Chinese carriers to suspend further Boeing deliveries, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the situation. The move marks a broadening of non-tariff retaliation amid a deepening tit-for-tar trade…

United States President Donald Trump’s administration has announced it is freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the Ivy League school rejected a list of demands from the White House.  The administration requested policy changes with which Harvard refused to comply. The rift between major universities…

The trade war between the United States and China is erupting, and the citizens are going to be the losers of this battle. President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade policies have reignited a fierce U.S.-China tariff war, with American imports of Chinese goods now facing a 145% effective tariff rate, the highest in over a century.…

This article was originally published by Willow Tohi at Natural News.  Scotland’s government is launching ScotAccount, a digital ID system to centralize access to public services like healthcare, taxes, and benefits, raising concerns about privacy and state overreach. Critics, including Big Brother Watch, warn the centralized database could become a target for hackers, enable…

This article was originally published by Rhoda Wilson at Natural News.  Seamus Bruner, the Director of Research at the Government Accountability Institute, joined the First Things podcast to discuss his new book Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, Their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life. Oligarchs are typically extremely wealthy people with a close relationship…

Estimated reading time: 16 minutes We’ve all experienced weather or other events that result in a power outage measured in hours or at worst, days. But there’s a growing possibility that a widespread and long-term power grid failure could occur due to infrastructure failure, a cyber-attack designed to take down the power…