SOUTH KOREA - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has threatened a swift response to any “provocations” from Pyongyang, telling his country’s military on Wednesday to be on higher alert as tensions again soar between the two neighbors. Yoon ordered South Korea’s armed forces to “promptly and sternly” retaliate to the North in the event of an incident, according to Reuters, which noted concerns among officials that Pyongyang could carry out its first nuclear test in five years. “President Yoon said strong defense capabilities should be ready to protect the country's security and national interest as the security uncertainties surrounding South Korea and Northeast Asia are growing more than ever,” the president’s office said in a statement.

USA - A granite monument in the US state of Georgia has been demolished for safety reasons after being damaged in a blast. An explosion early on Wednesday reduced one of the slabs at the Georgia Guidestones to rubble. CCTV footage showed a car leaving the scene and authorities are investigating. Despite being built in 1980, the monument has been nicknamed "America's Stonehenge", a reference to the prehistoric landmark in the UK. The 19ft-high (5.8m) structure near Elberton, east of Atlanta, was commissioned by a person or a group under the pseudonym RC Christian. On 22 March 1980, the Georgia Guidestones, weighing 119 tons, were revealed to a crowd of about 100 people. One crowd member, a local pastor, immediately professed his belief that the stones were built for cult and devil worship because of their similar appearance to Stonehenge. Kandis Taylor, a losing candidate in Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary, pledged to destroy the stones as part of her campaign.

USA - In May, The Wall Street Journal reported that energy grid operators across the US were bracing for rolling blackouts heading into the summer. “I am concerned about it,” MISO CEO John Bear told the newspaper, noting that green energy sources were struggling to produce enough supply to meet rising demand. “As we move forward, we need to know that when you put a solar panel or a wind turbine up, it’s not the same as a thermal resource.” Nearly two months later, it’s clear that grid operators were not crying wolf. On Friday, the Associated Press reported that California — a state desperately trying to “quit” fossil fuels — is seeking to tap fossil fuel to avoid blackouts.

VENEZUELA - For the first time ever Russia will bring a military contingent to participate in War Games in the Western Hemisphere. Russia will do this as it continues fighting a war in Ukraine. The Communist Maduro regime in Venezuela is organizing the war games in August involving Communist China, the terror regime from Tehran, Russia and several other regional countries. According to Secure Free Society in mid-August, Venezuela will host the “Sniper Frontier” competition with the participation of Russia, Iran, and China’s military, as well as at least 10 other nations. According to Anon Canddanga.com, the International Army Games will take place from August 13 to 27, this time the Latin American nation will be the scene of one of the 36 competitions, the Sniper Frontier competition that will take place in the military fort of Terepaima, in the state of Lara. They didn’t try this when President Trump was in office.

HOLLAND - Protests have broken out in the Netherlands, where the government has begun restricting agriculture in a push to reduce nitrogen use. This follows a broader global trend, where governments are placing restrictions on farmers and fertilizers under claims of fighting global warming. And meanwhile, Sri Lanka serves as an example of where these policies could lead, where restrictions on fertilizers caused food shortages that are now sparking riots.

INDIA - In the global tug of war between a US led unipolar world and a Russia-China nurtured multipolar world, whichever side India throws its massive size behind will likely prevail, or at least not be defeated. On the one side of the rope is the US with all its political, economic and military muscle. On the other is Russia and its massive and growing strategic partner, China. In the middle is India, the second largest country in the world and a growing power. India maintains a friendly foot in both worlds.

USA - Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s words strengthen the case for Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine. NATO's chief lets the cat out of the bag: US-led bloc has ‘been preparing since 2014’ for proxy conflict with Russia. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg may have said the quiet part out loud on Wednesday when he revealed to reporters that NATO’s push into Eastern Europe since 2014 was done specifically with Russia in mind.

UK - Nigel Farage has slammed Boris Johnson for the recent "cover up" of his knowledge of disgraced MP Chris Pincher, saying there has now been "too many lies" to remain in office. Speaking on his GB News show following the resignation of Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid, Mr Farage accused Mr Johnson and his cabinet ministers of “outright lies''. He said the Government had orchestrated “one drip too many on the stone”, adding that he had “never been angrier” at the dishonesty of the Government. “It’s the same with every major crisis: it is the cover up that is almost worse than the story itself. And I think what has happened here is there has been one drip too many on the stone. Too many lies from this Government.” Mr Farage added: “And I asked myself this morning: Will anybody, anybody, make some sort of stand for decency?”

USA - Several Texas counties declared a border “invasion” on Tuesday in a move to pressure the state’s governor to issue a similar declaration. The statement doesn’t grant the counties any kind of additional legal authority and may not even be legal — but officials hoped it would bring attention to the border crisis. “We’re being invaded. The facts are there,” said Kinney County Judge Tully Shahan at a press conference in Brackettville, Texas. “This is real. We want America to know this is real. America doesn’t know what’s happening here.” County officials from Kinney, Goliad, Terrell and Uvalde Counties criticized the Biden Administration for what they called its “open border policy.” The officials each shared stories of how their communities are being inundated by immigrants as humans and drugs are smuggled through their small towns on a daily basis. The number of reported migrant encounters along the US-Mexico border once again made history in May — hitting a staggering 239,416 encounters, according to the latest available monthly Customs and Border Patrol statistics.

USA - Manufacturing plants aren’t just mysteriously getting burned down in the United States, it’s happening around the world… As Americans tackle accelerating inflation, skyrocketing gas prices and food and baby formula shortages following the manufactured COVID pandemic, manufacturing plants are mysteriously being burned down on a regular basis. In 2021, Resilinc, a leading global supply chain monitoring and risk management firm that has been tracking disruptions at manufacturing plants for over a decade, was prompted to create a WarRoom to track the sudden uptick of supply chain disruptions.

HOLLAND - The Dutch people are rising up to protest destructive WEF climate law. The World Economic Forum controlled Dutch government announced last week an end to modern farming – putting harsh controls on nitrogen, and spelling the end to thousands of family farms. In response, Dutch farmers took a page out of the Canadian Freedom Convoy playbook. They took to the highways, blockaded borders, and launched massive protests. So far, the global media has vilified the farmers, brushing aside their concerns with the New World Order-style policy, and propagating government lines. Farmers are worried that this is one step closer to a global food crisis and total government control of the food supply.

HOLLAND - The crazies in the Dutch government plan to cut nitrogen emissions by 50–95% by 2030, which basically means farming will be banned. 78% of the Earth’s atmosphere is nitrogen gas. The world is facing a serious food supply situation and when I see things like this, I tend to believe they are trying to kill off a portion of the global population. I can’t explain it any other way. Even purely incompetent individuals would make a decision that helps citizens once in a while, purely by chance. Everything that they have done has been detrimental. Needless to say, the farmers are not happy. The Netherlands is the 2nd largest food exporter in the world. Dutch agriculture is a major player globally and is currently the biggest exporter of agricultural goods after the United States. The social contract has been broken.

USA - In Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s progressive, gun-control-laden city of Chicago, at least 60 people were shot and 15 killed from Thursday evening into Monday as the city celebrates the 4th of July. Over 60 people have been shot, 15 fatally, since Thursday evening, Chicago police report. According to a report by WGN9 in Chicago, no one is in police custody for the homicides.

USA - They resemble fat grasshoppers and the extreme heat and drought conditions only increase their vast numbers, leaving ranchers and farmers to battle the insurgent mess. On top of a worsening drought and rising temperatures, farmers across the Western third of the United States are battling outbreaks of cannibalistic insects that are ravaging crops from Nevada to Montana. Officials have spent millions of dollars over the past few years trying to control the explosive swarms of Mormon crickets that are responsible for destroying swatches of crops from Nevada to Montana.

USA - The Great Salt Lake in Utah reached a historic new low level on Sunday, reaching an average daily surface water elevation of 4,190.1 feet at the lake’s southern end, officials announced. The announcement, made in a joint press release on Tuesday between the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and United States Geological Survey (USGS), marks the second time within a year that the lake has reached a record low elevation. The Utah DNR and USGS noted that Sunday’s measurement beat the previous historic low elevation recorded in October, when it was measured at 4,190.2 feet. Prior to that, the lowest recorded elevation was 4,191.35 feet in October 1963. “This is not the type of record we like to break,” Utah DNR Executive Director Joel Ferry said in a statement.