18 h. ago 'Eerie similarities' between China and rise of Nazi Germany, says former minister

Victory day parade was attended by more than 20 world leaders, including Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong-Un

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5 d. ago 'Worrying' deadly disease which can cause 'pain for years' is surging across the UK

Chikungunya, spread by mosquitos, has sent China into meltdown - and now cases are on the rise in the UK with a huge jump compared to last year.

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7 d. ago Swastikas still linger on some flags in Finland's air force, but are on the way out

Finland's air force is moving to remove swastikas from its flags, partly due to the awkwardness it creates with Western allies

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1 week ago Celebrities who have dated people who look JUST like their siblings with eerie similarities

It's likely unintentional - maybe just a coincidence, or a reflection of the people they've spent their lives around. But once you see it, it's hard to unsee.

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2 w. ago 'Time traveller' spotted in Trump and Putin photo with eerie similarity to 1959

US President Donald Trump shared two photos of meetings between American leaders and their counterparts from Russia and the Soviet Union, with many people noticing a striking similarity

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2 w. ago Love as a business deal? Whales, unicorns and why Materialists and Anora have a lot in common

Both films explore the forfeiting of love for the financial security of a rich man. Sadly, the theme resonates for many in these straitened economic times“Marriage is a business deal and it always has been.” So says Dakota Johnson’s Lucy, an elite Manhattan matchmaker in Celine Song’s second feature, Materialists. Lucy may be a modern woman, but her world looks eerily similar to the marriage mart of Jane Austen’s day. For Lucy and her clients, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Or rather, a “high quality woman”, as Lucy would unironically put it.Materialists drops us head first into a world where coupling off with a partner is a purely financial endeavour; where foolish notions of love are not merely ignored, but deemed to be irrelevant; where women must choose passion or practicality. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump administration speechwriter linked to hate speech online

Eric Lendrum, of Department of Homeland Security, likened US conservatives to Jews in Nazi GermanyUS politics – live updatesA speechwriter for the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has come under scrutiny after he was linked to hate speech online.Eric Lendrum compared the circumstances of American conservatives to that of enslaved people and Jewish people in Nazi Germany, and in his podcast claimed that the racist great replacement conspiracy theory was “real”, the news outlet Notus reported. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago DHS speechwriter linked to hateful social accounts while claiming American conservatives are ostracized like Jews in Nazi Germany

‘They are not migrants. They are not ‘undocumented.’ They are an invading army. The largest invasion in American history,’ DHS speechwriter writes on X

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2 w. ago Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought Nazi Germany

Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for UkraineAn adviser used by Nigel Farage and others in Reform UK to boost their social media popularity has suggested that Britain would be better off had it stayed neutral in the second world war instead of fighting Nazi Germany.Jack Anderton, who ran Farage’s hugely successful TikTok account before helping Luke Campbell become the Reform mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, also said the UK should not support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2

Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for UkraineAn adviser used by Nigel Farage and others in Reform UK to boost their social media popularity has suggested that Britain would be better off had it stayed neutral in the second world war instead of fighting Nazi Germany.Jack Anderton, who ran Farage’s hugely successful TikTok account before helping Luke Campbell become the Reform mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, also said the UK should not support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. Continue reading...

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