USA - Titanium dioxide is the most widely used whitening pigment in the world and has been linked to adverse health effects, particularly genotoxicity and intestinal inflammation. It is applied as food coloring and a whitening agent to a wide variety of foods, including chewing gum, cakes, candies, breads and ice cream. Because of health risks, France banned titanium dioxide as a food additive in 2020. Two years later the European Union also banned titanium dioxide as a food additive. But in the US, titanium dioxide is found all over the grocery shelves. Candy like Skittles, Starbursts, and Jell-O, gum like Trident White peppermint gum and Mentos Freshmint Gum, cake products like Duncan Hines Creamy Vanilla Frosting, and Nabisco Chips Ahoy! cookies are just a few of the myriad food items that contain the additive. When used as a food coloring, it is known as E171.

AUSTRALIA - Religion is increasingly being associated with bigotry and intolerance, yet proposed law changes discriminate against believers. The last census in Australia indicates that, while Christianity is still the answer most people give when asked about their religion, it is in sharp decline, and ‘no religion’ is a close second. This is not really about celebrating ‘diversity’ but separating people along the lines of gender, religion, ethnicity, and so forth. It does so by treating society as a collection of separate groups that are dependent upon government-managed responses to diversity.

ISRAEL - Israel will not conduct a ground operation in Gaza if Hamas surrenders “unconditionally” and frees all its hostages, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus has said. If the looming offensive goes ahead, however, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant estimates that it could take up to three months. In an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Monday, Conricus dodged a question as to why Israel appears to be delaying its ground operation. Instead, the spokesman simply vowed that the Israeli military would “dismantle Hamas totally” and “bring our people home.” He explained that Israel would prefer to rely on airstrikes and avoid exposing its troops to danger unnecessarily. He suggested, however, that such an approach may prove insufficient to root out the militant group.

ISRAEL - The 45th American cargo plane supplying Israel with armaments reached Ramon Airport in southern Israel over the weekend, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced. The United States began supplying Israel with military aid when the war against Hamas began on October 7 and has brought around 1,000 tons of weaponry so far, including a diverse range of offensive and defensive armaments. The cargo plane that landed in Israel on Friday transported a wide array of military supplies, including military ambulances, medical equipment for IDF use, and various other resources aimed at enhancing readiness capabilities. The procurement orders align with the IDF’s specific needs and encompass a diverse array of specialized vehicles, including armored ambulances, operational armored vehicles, tactical trucks and mechanical engineering equipment.

ISRAEL - The war against Palestinian Hamas terrorists has united Jewish and Arab Israelis as never before, after years of worries that tensions between the two communities might destabilize Israeli society. In the current conflict, there have been no incidents between the two communities, aside from rare cases of vandalism. Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai praised the Arab community, which forms 20% of the population, as the Times of Israel reported Sunday: Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai tells a meeting of the Knesset National Security Committee that he must praise the “exemplary behavior” of Israel’s Arab minority, noting that there have been “zero incidents” of internal clashes over the past two weeks. The fact that Hamas killed dozens of Arab Israelis, including Muslims, in their massive terror attack on October 7 caused many Arab Israelis to feel that they, too, had been threatened — and many stood alongside the Jewish citizens of Israel.

ISRAEL - In a startling revelation, an official document recently published by the supposedly “moderate” Palestinian Authority is shown to outline explicit calls for the murder of Jewish individuals, as it calls on imams to incite violence against Jews in Friday sermons, citing a religious text for Muslims to “fight the Jews” and “kill” them all. The document was exposed Friday by the research departments of Hakol Hayehudi news site and the Regavim Movement NGO, who likened its statements to a virtual “declaration of war.” The disturbing development indicates that the supposedly “moderate” Palestinian Authority (PA) appears to endorse a perspective paralleling that of Hamas, with both groups unified in their animosity toward Jewish communities, thus dispelling any illusions of a fundamental distinction between the two.

USA - Amid the escalating tensions in the Middle East, over 12,000 personnel from the US Navy and Marine Corps aboard ten warships have either reached or are en route to the Eastern Mediterranean, as reported by Nikkei Asia, citing data from the US Navy. On Saturday, Defense Secretary Lloyd J Austin III announced a series of actions aimed at bolstering the United States’ military presence in the Middle East. The USS Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group has been redirected to the Central Command area of responsibility. This move is in addition to the Navy’s largest and most advanced nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford Carrier Strike Group, which is currently operating in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

MIDDLE EAST - When you are fighting terrorism and mass shootings, too many world leaders refuse to go deeper and ask the question - what drugs are these monsters on because no one sane commits gruesome acts. The dirty little secret in the Arab World is Captagon. It is widely used from ordinary citizens to truck drivers and students attending concerts and working the overnight shifts. It is not just used in war zones. With the stigma of using drugs in the Arab World, there is little help to get off Captagon. There is also an intentional vacuum to not tell the Arab world how dangerous it is because first, you have to admit how many use it. Captagon can make someone crazy, violent, raging, and psychotic. Now, Israelis have found Captagon in the pockets of many Hamas terrorists who lost their lives during the October 7 attack in Israel.

RUSSIA - A world-renowned Arctic scientist has spoken out to debunk the globalist “climate crisis” narrative and warn the public that the Earth is actually heading for a period of “global cooling.” Leading polar expert Andrey Fedotov of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences declared that “warming is about to end” and the planet is about to enter an “ice age.” “We will inevitably transition to an unfavorable cold,” he warned, according to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). According to Fedotov, the director of the Limnological Institute of the RAS, the period of “unfavorable cold” will begin around 2030.

MIDDLE EAST - Israel last night vowed to cut off 'the head of the snake' and launch a military attack against Iran if Tehran-backed terror group Hezbollah joins the war. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Nir Barkat, Israel's Minister of Economy, warned that Iran's Ayatollahs will be 'wiped off the face of the earth' should Hezbollah, their proxy terror group in Lebanon, attack Israel. His incendiary comments raise the grave spectre of a rapidly escalating regional conflict and come ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip to 'annihilate' Hamas.

CHINA - The Chinese military has deployed its 44th naval escort task force to the Middle East amid rising tensions in Israel. The 44th naval escort task force - from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theatre - has been involved in routine operations in the region and spent several days in Oman last week. The Chinese warships left Muscat for an unspecified location on Saturday after participating in an exercise with the Omani navy. The task force includes the Zibo, a guided missile destroyer, the frigate Jingzhou, and the supply ship Qiandaohu - all of which will be stationed in the Middle East as Israel prepares for a ground invasion of Gaza.

EGYPT - The situation at the border is 'really volatile' with Israel air strikes nearby and Egyptian authorities reluctant to open the border. The Rafah border crossing between southern Gaza and Egypt is viewed by thousands of Palestinians fleeing the Hamas-Israel war as a precious "gateway to the rest of the world". And for humanitarian groups piled up at the border, it’s the sole access route to reach desperate Palestinians as it’s the only border that’s not directly controlled by Israel. The main crossings through Israel are either closed or have been damaged by Hamas. Over the years, the crossing has remained tightly closed, only opening sporadically for humanitarian reasons, such as medical evacuations or for foreign passport-holders. Egypt has also built a stone and cement wall along the border to prevent any breaches by Gazans. Since the crisis started, Egypt has had security concerns over opening the border. However, Egypt said it won’t allow its territory to be flooded with refugees...

GERMANY - A combination of mass migration and economic woes is likely to crack the firewall around AfD, with wide-reaching consequences not only for Germany, but for Europe. Germany’s political landscape is swinging decisively to the right, causing alarm and consternation within its liberal establishment. Recent state elections in Hesse and Bavaria saw a powerful performance of the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD). AfD will now be the strongest opposition party in these regional parliaments. The elections also confirmed the left-liberal government's catastrophic decline in voter support. All three parties of the so-called “traffic light” coalition — the Social Democrats of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Greens, and the Liberal party — suffered painful defeats. With Scholz less than two years in office, 80 percent of Germans are deeply disaffected by his government’s performance.

USA - “The United States, now sponsoring a double proxy war against the Iranians and the Russians. China is eyeing Taiwan, and North Korean weapons were just discovered in Gaza. The State Department has just issued a worldwide travel warning to all countries. When is the last time that’s happened? Americans aren’t even safe in France. Our enemies are being mobbed by angry Muslims. Our military bases are under attack in Iraq, and we just had to shoot down two Iranian made missiles. How was your week? While this right now breaks, Putin is in China meeting with Xi where they’re coordinating Mideast policy. Two American carrier strike groups are in the Mediterranean and Biden just tested one of our new nuclear weapons, detonating a massive bomb in Nevada. We keep catching Middle Easterners sneaking across the secure southern border. Axios reports top officials say this has been the “heaviest, most chilling week since Biden took office.”

GERMANY - Germany is the European country that has been most engaged in the process of mass migration that plagues the continent since 2015. The former German leader Angela Merkel, the Godmother of these frankly suicidal policies, has left current chancellor Olaf Scholz leading a highly unpopular government, having to deal with the population’s deep dissatisfaction with the present state of German society. In an attempt to remedy the situation – at least partially – Germany has notified the European Union’s executive branch that it will be enacting temporary border controls at its frontiers with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. This decision goes a step beyond a move taken last month to strengthen checks on its eastern border.