Father wins lottery because his daughter begged him to buy her sweets

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Of diversified intellects and Nobel peace

KUALA LUMPUR — Some readers may still recall my having mentioned that I majored in Germanic literature when I was in university. And within this great literary tradition — one of the most prominent in the world — the towering figure is none other...

Night vision goggles and drones used to track down illegal migrants

Britain has deployed drones and night vision goggles to track down illegal migrants seeking to come to the UK through the Balkans. Martin Hewitt, the Government’s border security commander, agreed on the deployment of the high-tech surveillance at...

Niterra NA Launches Rev’n Rewards Rebate Program

Jeff White is the Managing Editor of Counterman. He joined Babcox after a 20-year career in TV News as a Producer. You can contact him at [email protected] Published: October 10, 2025 FORVIA HELLA has introduced its FlatLight technology as a...

Trump Says He’s Got Lincoln and Washington Beat as POTUS

President Donald Trump couldn’t help but favorably compare himself to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in a rambling speech in the Rose Garden on Tuesday. “Hey, they didn’t put out eight wars, nine coming,” he said. “We put out eight wars,...

So you attended 'No Kings'. Now what?

Nonviolent resistance has proven more effective in toppling autocracies than violent, armed struggle. But it requires more than street demonstrations. Tactics used by pro-democracy movements across the world include bolstering the rule of law,...

Britain to give allies drones and night vision goggles to catch migrants

Britain will give police officers in the Western Balkans drones and night vision goggles to “slash” the number of illegal migrants reaching northern France, the Daily Express can reveal. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood vowed to “deploy the most...

Isak, Gyokeres and Bergvall’s blunder: How Sweden’s World Cup qualifying campaign turned to disaster

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10 Effective Things Citizens Can Do To Make Change In Addition To Attending

What happens now? That may well be the question being asked by “No Kings” protesters, who marched, rallied and danced all over the nation on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Pro-democracy groups had aimed to encourage large numbers of Americans to...

Grim forecasts from the White House

Twice, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, has admitted that he placed the foreign-policy interests of others above the interests of the citizens of Serbia. The first time in May 2022, when he stated that we would “live ten times better had...

Wales record-breaker Jess Fishlock announces international retirement

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Home secretary: Britain has lost control of its borders

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Turkey “Dreaming Of Restoring Ottoman Empire”! A European Nation Is Accusing Ankara Of Destabilizing The Balkans; Here’s Why

The complex Turkish-Serbian ties may have run into trouble over Ankara’s shipment of kamikaze drones to Kosovo. However, observers have called the Serbian response ‘hypocritical,’ stating that Belgrade has recently supplied rockets to Cyprus, a...

Eco Buildings' Dr Etrur Albani on €420M Chile housing contract...

Eco Buildings Group PLC (AIM:ECOB) founder and executive vice-chairman Dr Etrur Albani talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about a major €420 million agreement to supply 20,000 homes in Chile, part of the country's social housing program....

Failure to tackle migrant crisis is eroding trust in politicians, Mahmood warns

Failure to grip the migrant crisis is eroding the public’s trust in politicians, Shabana Mahmood is to warn. The Home Secretary will however insist that only through international co-operation can Britain stem the flow of migrants arriving in...

Is Alexander Isak to blame? How Sweden’s World Cup qualifying campaign turned to disaster

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Securing Our Critical Infrastructure

When the lights go out, it is rarely just an inconvenience. For a country, it can mean hospitals paralyzed, water systems disabled and entire communities left in the dark. Around the world, energy systems have become the frontline of cyber...

Why one country believes Tony Blair can bring peace to Gaza

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Why Gaza needs a ceasefire monitor

Trust, as they say, is built up in drops and lost in buckets. When it comes to the shaky truce in Gaza, however, there appears to be little trust to lose. The violent animus between the Israeli military and Hamas is such that a reported breach of...

This is how an Army mortar works (from an 11C)

Get We Are The Mighty’s Weekly Newsletter Military culture and entertainment direct to your inbox with zero chance of a ‘Reply All’ incident Mortars aren’t glamorous. They don’t have the thunder of heavy artillery or the high-tech appeal of an...