@jvab
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NEW: On a whirlwind first day in Paris, Pope Leo XIV delivered what may become a magna carta of his pontificate, a half-hour address at UNESCO given mostly in English, so the world would hear him call war “the most terrible of ‘human works.’”
“Others are then excluded in the name of profit, and the innocent are killed in the name of freedom,” he told the delegates.
“Instead of respecting the law, those in power invoke it when it serves their interests and disregard it when it restrains them.”
Hours earlier, in French, he had told Emmanuel Macron and the diplomatic corps that “the protection of the right to life constitutes the indispensable foundation of every other human right.”
On the flight over he had welcomed the CNN reporters Trump tried to bar from the White House: “Here you are all welcome.” thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope…
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Look up Hinckley or Hinkley nuclear power station in the UK, and tell us how that is working out for them. Can you report back?
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She’s an Aussie
She’s Victorian
She’s a pocket rocket
She’s still got it
You’re a star Kylie
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Гитлер не мог победить Великобританию, поэтому бомбил жилые кварталы её городов.
Сталин не мог победить Финляндию, поэтому бомбил жилые кварталы её городов.
Путин не может победить Украину, поэтому бомбит жилые кварталы её городов.
Все фашисты похожи друг на друга — когда нет сил победить на фронте, они убивают мирных людей.
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Exactly. The Indigenous community predates white people, in North America, by tens of thousands of years.
This is a historical, existential FACT.
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“Instead of respecting the law, those in power invoke it when it serves their interests and disregard it when it restrains them, treating even justice itself as though it were a commodity to be bought and sold.” — Pope Leo XIV
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on the left is an 18 year old kylie minogue in 1986 performing at the fitzroy football benefit concert
on the right is australia’s most successful solo artist of all time, a national treasure, cancer survivor and one of the most beloved global icons performing at the AFL in 2026
Wonderful.
That's a wrap. The final walk to school. 13 years of public education. Kiama Pre School, Kiama Public School, Kiama High School. So many positive & supportive teachers - thank you! #publiceducation #NSWeducation
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Trumps charging rich clients $100,000 a month to know what he’s going to announce before the public does while throwing out White House journos for stories that are “too negative”
The insider trading crook wants good publicity.
“TruthLies&Media” is live!
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Andrew Lownie just said the quiet part out loud.
The Palace didn’t only slap down Earl Spencer. They went after a former lover of Charles who had letters that matched Spencer’s account.
After Diana died, Lownie says Charles wrote to her in the same spirit. Thank goodness. This makes my life a lot easier.
Then the Palace letters arrived. Not a denial. A muzzle.
This is the machine. Lean on the woman. Bury the corroboration. Call the brother grief addled. Move on.
Monarchists will scream gossip. Fine. Explain the letters to the ex.
If this is how they treat people who can confirm the story, what else have they buried?
Why is this not being discussed across all media houses?
@andrewlownie @TheNewsAgents
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BREAKING: Jared Kushner is reportedly worried the Democrats will subpoena him in January to explain to Congress what exactly he's doing in all his secret negotiations between Israel, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, and that his deals and personal payoffs could "technically be treason."
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV told the clergy of France in Notre-Dame on Friday that the Church cannot close in on itself, hours before 80,000 young people filled the Stade de France to hear him.
“The Christian community is not a refuge into which we withdraw in order to protect ourselves from our age,” he said.
“On the contrary, like the cathedrals of old, the Church is a place of welcome, respect, revelation and meaning for everyone.”
thelettersfromleo.com/p/in-s…
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Trump's claim of 180,000 illegal voters in Nevada is actually zero.
Yes, zero. None. Nada.
Just another MAGA fib.
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“Absolutely disgusting.”
Parents reacted with boos and jeers after a Reform-run council in South Tyneside voted to close 10 nurseries.
The publicly owned South Tyneside Accredited Network for Learning in the Early Years (Stanley) provides affordable, quality childcare and employs over 100 people.
Working parents will now only have the option to use private nursery providers of variable price and quality, Mark Wilson of the GMB union told the BBC in June.
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Call me a socialist but if your business model collapses the second you have to pay people fairly, you don’t have a business model, you have a labor camp.
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this is far objectively better than the ENTIRE fifa world cup halftime show setlist tbvh
+ imma give kylie points for doing it FULLY LIVE
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Bullshit, you.
My figure is correct: what percentage of China's new energy systems in the last year are renewables.
You have replied with what percentage of their energy overall is renewable.
Now, are you going to be a gentleman about it?
Bullshit.
Non fossil fuel ( renewables)
43%
Fossil fuels mainly coal supplies the remaining energy 58%
Source chinapower.org.cn