USA - A lot of the experts didn’t think that this would happen. Once the pandemic subsided, global supply chains were supposed to return to normal. But now “hundreds of drugs” are in short supply in the United States, and even CNN is admitting that we are in the midst of “the worst food crisis in modern history”. As I did research for this article, I was stunned by what I discovered. Things are worse than I realized. I knew that a lot of drugs were in short supply, but it turns out that there have been shortages of many of our most basic antibiotics since last October, and now Pfizer is telling us that several types of penicillin will completely run out later this year…

EUROPE - European lawmakers back law to regulate artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT, amid fears the systems could disrupt democratic processes. European Union lawmakers pushed the bloc Wednesday closer to passing one of the world’s first laws regulating artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, by backing a key text that forms the basis for a future law. While the EU first proposed such a law in 2021, the draft rules took on greater urgency when ChatGPT exploded onto the scene last year, showing off AI’s dizzying advances and possible risks. The EU says its law, once passed, will set the “global standard,” but the bloc could face pushback from big tech companies.

UK - Water rationing has been introduced as the Met Office declared swathes of the UK to be in a heatwave today, with temperatures soaring to 30C in some parts. As some areas experienced weather hotter than Ibiza, a bizarre meteorological record - known as the June 13th Enigma - was broken. June 13 was the only day of summer not to see the mercury rise above 30C - until now. According to data stretching back more than 150 years, it has traditionally been cooler than any other day in summer and temperatures of 30C or above had never previously been recorded. But the mercury rose to unprecedented June 13 levels at four weather stations - Porthmadog in Wales, which hit 30.8C, 30.1C in Bridgefoot, Cumbria; 30.1C in Hurn, Dorset; and 30 in Herstmonceux, East Sussex. By comparison, temperatures in Ibiza peaked at a mere 26C.

GERMANY - Germany will have to scale back or even shut down its industrial capacity if deliveries of Russian natural gas through Ukraine stop next year, Economy Minister Robert Habeck warned on Monday. “There is no secure scenario for how things will turn out,” Habeck said at the Ostdeutsches Wirtschaftsforum (OWF), an economic conference in Bad Saarow. Policymakers in Berlin need to avoid “making the same mistake again” by assuming that energy shortages would not affect the economy, he added, as cited by Bloomberg. Even though Kiev has accused Moscow of aggression, Russia continues to abide by a gas delivery contract and pay Ukraine transit fees. However, given the current circumstances, it is extremely unlikely the agreement will be renewed once it expires towards the end of 2024.

EUROPE - EU citizens want more independence from the US, according to a recent survey. Their interest in more neutrality towards China will help achieve it, but their position on Russia certainly won’t. Just under half of the 16,168 surveyed citizens of 11 EU member states consider the bloc’s security relationship with Washington to be beneficial, and the vast majority see the US as an ally or strategic partner, but a whopping 74% of them (up from 66% in November 2020) said that the European Union can’t rely on the US and needs its own defense capabilities, according to a poll conducted by the European Council on Foreign Relations think tank. So basically, the EU is a college student who realizes that it’s time to grow up and move out of Uncle Sam’s basement, even though it’s comfy and easy living under his roof. And in this case, that roof is an American nuclear umbrella.

GERMANY - 'God is Queer', declares pastor Quinton Caesar, who goes by she/her pronouns, at closing ceremony of the German Protestant Church Congress in Nuremberg. This comes months after Germany appointed its first federal Commissioner for Gender Diversity. A German pastor has been mocked and condemned for delivering a sermon full of liberal catchphrases, including the assertion that the Christian god is “queer.” Meanwhile, record numbers of Germans are leaving the church.

USA - Planned Parenthood finally admitted it supports aborting unborn babies for “any reason.” In a promotional video published May 31, the billion-dollar abortion chain said it wants to “end stigma” about abortion by encouraging women to tell their abortion stories. “When it comes to your abortion, any reason is the right reason,” Planned Parenthood wrote on Twitter. “Telling your abortion story is important, and the more we talk about this essential form of health care, the more normalized it becomes.” The video featured the story of a woman named Lucky who now identifies as a transgender man and gets “gender affirming care from Planned Parenthood.”

USA - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook’s so-called “fact-checkers” have been censoring information that was actually true. Zuckerberg revealed that Meta’s top social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, were censoring skeptics about the Covid pandemic without any real evidence that the claims were false. Much of that so-called “misinformation” has since been proved either true or debatable, however. Zuckerberg made the comments during an interview on the “Lex Fridman Podcast.” While explaining the difficulties of identifying “misinformation” on social media, he admitted that the corporate media and Big Tech were wrong to censor skepticism. Facebook’s left-wing “fact-checkers” have often been accused of censoring real information because it doesn’t fit the Democrats’ preferred narrative.

USA - Former Democratic Hawaii Rep Tulsi Gabbard said the Democrats are hellbent on “normalizing pedophilia.” In the wake of the ongoing culture war, transgender and LGBTQ ideology is being pushed onto children as young as five years old – this is an ongoing propaganda war to indoctrinate the next generation with a warped view of sex. Gabbard also concurs with this notion, saying Democrats were “undermining families, stripping away parental rights, sexualizing our kids, mutilating/poisoning kids with ‘gender-affirming care,’ and normalizing pedophilia and infanticide.” Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidates like Vivek Ramaswamy have sounded off against the issue, speaking to prominent parental rights group Moms for Liberty about tackling the onslaught of trans ideology being forced on kids.

USA - Weaponizing public schools for sinister purposes, an obscure United Nations institute is quietly working to transform education worldwide to impose radical political and spiritual values and beliefs on children. It is all happening under the guise of “social-emotional learning,” or SEL, a scheme hatched at a New Age organization whose founder and namesake was a follower of Lucifer Publishing Company chief Alice Bailey. The organization in question, part of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is known as the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, or UNESCO MGIEP for short. Dominated by pagans, communists, New Agers, and fringe psychiatrists, the India-based UN institute has global reach, boasting that it guides education policy worldwide. Even a brief perusal of its website and reports reveals serious cause for alarm.

CHINA - It seems like the godless left has discovered their real faith, and surprisingly, it’s not “climate change” as many believed. Many would argue that LGBTQ movement — especially the “T” — has become the official state religion. If you don’t believe in the rainbow god and celebrate this, you and your family will be crushed into dust. Other countries are likely watching our demise into the rainbow-colored abyss, and proceeding with great caution. In the case of China, they seem to be taking a complete step back from the LGBTQ ledge.

JAPAN - The Japanese Defense Ministry has announced the indefinite extension of an order to track and destroy any rocket, ballistic missile or debris that could pose a threat to the territory of the country, after North Korea vowed to conduct another attempt to launch a military satellite. Tokyo issued the original shootdown order in late May, after Pyongyang warned the Japanese Coast Guard of its intention to launch a military satellite into orbit. The Japanese military went on to deploy US-made Patriot missile defense systems to its southwestern islands as well as Aegis naval destroyers armed with SM-3 interceptors to the East China Sea.

SWEDEN - Nuclear powers are actively modernizing and expanding their arsenals amid rising geopolitical tensions, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released on Monday. The think tank estimated that as of January 2023, Russia, the US, the UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel had a total of 12,512 warheads, with 9,576 stored in military stockpiles for potential use – an increase of 86 from one year previously. The report also claimed that as of January, Russia and the US – which between them possess almost 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons – had 1,674 and 1,770 deployed warheads respectively. Last year, Russia had approximately 1,588 warheads while the US had 1,744, according to SIPRI.

UK - The number of people taking a strong interest in the news has dropped by around a quarter in the last six years, a global study suggests. A report by Oxford University's Reuters Institute says 48% of people around the world are very or extremely interested in the news - down from 63% in 2017. In the UK, the proportion is lower than the global average at 43%. More than a third of people (36%) worldwide say they sometimes or often actively avoid the news. The research also reported that more than half (56%) of those surveyed worry about identifying what news is real and fake online - up two percentage points.

EUROPE - Discrimination is a more pressing concern from advancing artificial intelligence than human extinction, says the EU's competition chief. Margrethe Vestager told the BBC "guardrails" were needed to counter the technology's biggest risks. She said this was key where AI is being used to help make decisions that can affect someone's livelihood, such as whether they can apply for a mortgage. The European Parliament will vote on its proposed AI rules on Wednesday. The AI Act is being considered by politicians amid warnings over developing the tech - which enables computers to perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence - too quickly. Some experts have warned that AI could lead to the extinction of humanity.