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A tsunami alert was triggered for Guam after a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near New Caledonia in the western Pacific. The National Tsunami Warning Center said the quake hit southeast of the Loyalty Islands, east of Australia at around 11:20 p.m. CHST (8:20 a.m. ET) at a depth of around 20 miles. The center warned there was a tsunami … Read More

The Biden administration has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States. As they say the US Capitol riot indicates a national security threat that officials see as posed by American extremists motivated by radical ideology. Reports say the involvement of the national intelligence office, created after the Sept. 11, … Read More

The United States Senate has voted overwhelmingly to keep the US Embassy in the Holy City of Jerusalem. The amendment was approved by 97 senators effectively making the embassy relocation permanent. Only Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Tom Carper voted against it. In a move welcomed by Israel and bitterly opposed by the Palestinians, the Trump administration recognized Jerusalem … Read More

Russia’s Vladimir Putin, in a surprise appearance at the World Economic Forum, warned that the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated global problems and imbalances, and said that these could deteriorate to where there is a fight of “all against all.” Putin, whose appearance on the summit’s agenda was not listed on the preconference schedule, additionally described how that such a global … Read More

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning that Iran could be “weeks away” from having sufficient material to develop a nuclear weapon if it continues to violate the 2015 nuclear deal. He said if Iran continues to lift restraints in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that the US pulled out of then it could be only “a matter of … Read More

The new Secretary of State for the Biden Administration, Antony Blinken, says that he will order that the rainbow pride flag can be flown at US embassies world-wide. US embassies had been previously denied permission to fly the rainbow flag by the Trump administration. Blinken also said that the position of special envoy for the human rights of LGBTI persons … Read More

A huge impressive and beautiful rainbow appeared over the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives, as seen from the Jewish neighborhood of Kidmat Zion. When speaking about the uplifting sight – Yosef Bruce- the director of Midreshet Kidmat Yerushalayim said: “This morning the residents of Kidmat Zion awoke to a beautiful site of a huge inspiring rainbow over the … Read More

Taiwan reports that China flew a dozen military jets into its airspace in an act of intimidation just days after Joe Biden became the US President. Taipei says the incursion included eight nuclear-capable H-6K bombers, four J-16 fighter jets, and a Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft over the south-western corner of its air defense identification zone. Taiwan’s air force said in response … Read More

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued its first-ever national terrorism bulletin in the U.S. for violent domestic extremists warning they could attack in the coming weeks. In an advisory, DHS said violent domestic extremists opposed to the U.S. government could mobilize to incite or commit violence, though the department did not give any specifics of evidence for a … Read More

Abraham Lincoln and George Washington are canceled, as these names are among ones that must be removed from public schools because of their ties to slavery, oppression, or racism, according to San Francisco school board officials. The names of presidents, conquistadors, and authors will be removed from 44 San Francisco school sites after the city’s school board deemed the iconic … Read More