USA - Google has announced its largest ever purge of non-mainstream content ahead of the 2024 US presidential election. According to Google and YouTube, they are both planning to censor content they deem to be “harmful” to voters in the run-up to the election. In its announcement, Google declared that it already censors content that it deems to be “manipulated media” or “hate and harassment” – two extremely subjective terms that have been abused by Big Tech to justify the unconstitutional mass censorship of Americans.

USA - In a six-part series on Medscape, “Treating Obesity: Confronting a New Normal,” doctors from the Harvard, Yale, and Rutger medical schools made the case that obesity doesn’t stem from behavioral issues. One of the doctors, Yale School of Medicine professor Ania Jastreboff, said that the traditional understanding of eating less and exercising more had no effect on reversing or preventing obesity. “Obesity is not a personal choice,” said Jastreboff. “For years, the advice was that our patients needed to ‘eat less and move more.’ That does not work.”

LITHUANIA - Germany and Lithuania on Monday signed a roadmap for what is set to become the largest deployment of German troops on foreign soil in the modern era. Under the plan, the 5,000-strong brigade will be stationed less than 20km (12 miles) from the border with Belarus, Moscow’s key ally. Lithuania also shares a border with Russia’s westernmost exclave, Kaliningrad.

NORTH KOREA - The long-range missile test comes after Pyongyang said US-South Korean drills were a “preview of a nuclear war” . North Korea has test-fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that is capable of striking any target in the mainland United States, Japanese defense officials said. It is Pyongyang’s latest missile launch to have drawn international condemnation as tensions flare on the Korean Peninsula. The missile, launched on Monday at 8:24am local time (11:24pm Sunday GMT), traveled for 73 minutes and covered about 1,000km (621 miles), Tokyo’s defense ministry said. It reached a maximum altitude of more than 6,000km (3,730 miles) and fell into waters west of Hokkaido island, outside of Japan’s exclusive economic zone. Japan’s parliamentary vice-minister of defense, Shingo Miyake, said the missile had a potential range of 15,000km (9,300 miles), “in which case the whole of the US territory would be within range.”

ISRAEL - The proposal calls for a week-long pause in fighting in exchange for the release of 40 hostages. Israel is ready to briefly halt its military operation in the Gaza Strip if the militant group Hamas releases more hostages, Axios and multiple Israeli media reported on Tuesday, citing officials and sources with knowledge of the ongoing negotiations. The proposal was delivered through Qatari mediators and reportedly envisages a seven-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of up to 40 women, elderly and sick people, according to Israeli Channel 12. Hamas requested a complete cessation of hostilities, but according to the broadcaster, the demand is unacceptable to the Israeli leadership, which had vowed to continue the war until the Palestinian militant group is neutralized.

UK - A London psychiatrist who spent 12 years working with children at the United Kingdom's government-funded Tavistock gender clinic is warning that "transitioning" patients to a new gender identity isn't the answer to gender dysphoria. Countries embracing "gender-affirming care" risk needless mass sterilization, Dr Az Hakeem told The Epoch Times. He is the author of the new book "Detrans: When Transition is Not the Solution." "I say affirmation therapy is not therapy — it's grooming" them to accept the idea they were born in the wrong body, said Dr Hakeem, a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and honorary associate clinical professor at University College London Medical School.

UK - Activist teachers have vowed to defy Government guidance urging them to tell parents if a child says they want to change gender, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The recommendation will be included in long-awaited transgender advice for schools expected to be published tomorrow. But some teachers warn they will refuse to follow it and are willing to be sacked rather than comply. Their defiance came in response to a query on an internet teaching forum asking what they thought about 'the Government proposing guidance for schools to potentially outing trans kids/kids questioning their identity/gender norms, to their parents.' One wrote: 'I'm a gay teacher and I'd refuse to do this if a child came to me in confidence.'

UK - Liverpool will introduce 'bleeding control cabinets' containing tourniquets and wound sealers to city streets in an effort to stem deaths from a shocking rise in knife crime across Britain. Liverpool has installed 'stab survival cupboards' to help reverse the rising trend of knife crime-related deaths in the UK, the first initiative of its kind in Britain. The red containers hold medical equipment, including scissors, gloves, tourniquets and chest wound sealants, and will be accessible using codes provided by calling 999. They are designed to be used by both members of the public who witness stabbings, and emergency services, including paramedics and police officers.

MIDDLE EAST - Global supply chains could face severe disruption as a result of the world's biggest shipping companies diverting journeys away from the Red Sea. Attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen on commercial vessels in recent weeks have resulted in many firms deciding to avoid one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. The Houthi group has declared its support for Hamas and has said it is targeting ships travelling to Israel, though it is not clear if all the ships that have been attacked were actually heading to Israel.

MIDDLE EAST - After a rise in attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis, the world's largest shipping firms are staying away from the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Could the world see a repeat of the post-COVID supply chain crisis? The journey will take more than a week longer and will add about 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 kilometers) to the journey. The Suez Canal, which connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, is the shortest route between Europe and Asia. About 12% of global shipping traffic normally transits the waterway.

USA - The United States Steel Corporation, which played a critical role in helping the Allies defeat Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany in World War II, is now being sold to Japan’s largest steelmaker. Early on Monday, executives with US Steel and Nippon Steel Corporation announced the nearly $15 billion deal, which vows to uphold the US Steelworkers’ (USW) labor contract and will be completed mid-2024, though shareholders for US Steel must still give their stamp of approval.

GERMANY - German farmers gathered in Berlin on Monday to protest against planned cuts to climate change subsidies for diesel used in agriculture. It is part of a deal reached by the government to plug a hole in the country’s budget.

GERMANY - Thousands of German farmers drove their farm equipment into Berlin to protest a government plan to get rid of tax breaks for diesel. This would present a major cost increase for farmers. Why are they doing this? To plug a €17 billion Euro hole in the country’s budget. They’ve gotta take it from somewhere so… to the farmers’ bottom line, right? Germany has pledged to double financial support for Ukraine next year. The government has also allocated €60 billion to “combat climate change and modernize the country.” So wait… they want to combat climate change but support war. Maybe someone should tell them that war is not eco-friendly and that attacking farmers as a first line hasn’t worked out well for other politicians in Europe.

USA - The United Nations “climate” process claimed to be about transitioning away from oil, but everyone knows the Arabs, Communist Chinese, Russians and others have no intention of following Joe Biden’s US government or suicidal European governments in destroying their own nations and economies.

USA - The headline is the non-pretending reality. Now that Joe Biden has designated EPA mandates for US automobiles that include having at least 50% of all new vehicle sales be electric by 2030, three major Chinese EV manufacturers are reportedly building manufacturing facilities in Mexico. Blackrock investments steer WH policy. Blackrock investments are heavy in China and EV production. Blackrock returns on their investments would be substantial with Chinese EV production in Mexico. Quite a coincidence.