The Netherlands and Australia have asked the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to force Russia to cooperate with its investigation of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 which was shot down in July of 2014.

This was the flight that was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people. In 2022, the court found three people guilty and sentenced them in absentia to life imprisonment. They have not been detained or extradited because Russia refutes the court’s legitimacy.

Russia did participate in this investigation until June of 2024 when the Kremlin decided that the investigation was politically motivated. Russia accused the ICAO of ignoring evidence and accused Ukraine of continuing the war in the region in 2014, which they did in violation of the Minsk Accords.

Also, the ICAO ruling on guilt was not really a trial. It was a voting session by United Nations member states.

The investigation was led by representatives from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine. Russia was not allowed representatives to assist.

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning adults over 60 not to get the chikungunya vaccine after two patients died.

What is chikungunya virus? It is a mosquito-borne virus much like Zika and dengue, more common in tropical areas.

The FDA reports that it found at least “17 serious adverse events, including two that resulted in death, in individuals 62 through 89 years of age” from the vaccine brandnamed IXCHIQ.

The vaccine contains the chikungunya virus so the people who had the vaccine died from the symptoms of the very virus they were trying NOT to get.

The vaccine was clinically trialed on 3,500 people over the age of 18 but if participants reacted this poorly, it wasn’t disclosed to the public.

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The Democrats knocked down one of their party’s hopefuls on Monday, voting to void activist David Hogg’s election to vice chair of the party.

Hogg is a school shooting survivor and one of the more promising Democrats. He won a leadership role in the DNC but unfortunately so did two other men. Both the DNC and RNC have gender balance provisions so the wins were disqualified. They will now move to a runoff election.

This was explained by Nancy Pelosi’s daughter Christine Pelosi who is a member of the credentials committee.

It does seem that establishment Democrats are intimidated by Hogg. He is young and well spoken and – his greatest sin so far – is that he refused to sign a pledge calling for DNC officers to stay neutral in primaries.

How much do you want to bet that they Bernie Sanders him?

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A group of refugees was welcomed to the United States on Monday by the State Department and the media is upset that they are white people from South Africa.

The media’s main beef is that these people were deemed victims of racial discrimination in their home country and the media has a hard time admitting that white people can face discrimination. They refute that their lives are that hard. They claim that they are skipping the line over other groups, even though it was a small group of only 59 people who applied when the President opened up refugee status to farmers so there is no proof that they took anyone else’s spot.

MSNBC put the word “refugees” in quotes, denying that this group ever faced any danger at all. CNN says that South Africa has a good court and justice system that could have protected them. Lol. They also say that they are of German descent and Afrikaners are not. They are of Dutch descent and have had claim to their lands for as long as, if not longer, than many Black tribes which were themselves colonisers.

To be fair, Blacks are also at a high risk of violence in South Africa. The violence and corruption is horrible for everyone. We should open this same program with the burden of proof to all skin color and not be scandalized when they show up.

Also, I’m so confused because this is the same media that celebrated Ukrainian refugees skipping the refugee line because they were white.

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The newly elected Pope Leo XIV gave his first mass on Sunday from St. Peter’s Basilica. The Pope called for peace in all conflicts around the world, much like his predecessor Pope Francis did.

The Pope not only called for a ceasefire in Gaza but he also prayed that “humanitarian aid be provided to the stricken civil population, and let all the hostages be freed.” He also prayed for “everything possible be done to reach an authentic, just and lasting peace, as soon as possible” in Ukraine and said that he “welcomed with satisfaction the announcement of the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and I hope that through the upcoming negotiations, a lasting accord may be reached soon.”

He called on the world’s most powerful people to hear his “ever-timely appeal: ‘Never again war!’”

These are similar sentiments to those of Pope Francis but there had been a question as to whether or not the new pope would get involved in geopolitical conflict. Pope Leo did not place blame on any one group. He only called for lasting peace for those who are suffering.

The reception to a U.S. born pope has been largely positive, especially tinged with hometown pride in the U.S. In Italy, the media calls him The Calm Pope and is careful to distinguish him from President Trump’s American politics.

President Trump doesn’t see it that way. He posted on Sunday that his influence DID help get Pope Leo elected because he won the Catholic Vote in the U.S.

Community note: The American voters are not the same people that voted in the Conclave for Pope Leo and the Cardinals that did vote – even the American ones – voted anonymously so their votes don’t have to represent their constituents. It is not likely that President Trump’s influence had much to do with the election of Pope Leo. It probably has more to do with the Pope’s character, influence, position and maybe, just maybe, Holy Spirit.

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President Trump announced a new order that is aimed at reducing prescription-drugs by 30-80%.

This is an awesome idea but before you get excited, keep in mind that President Trump tried to do this during his first term and Big Pharma sued to stop it, arguing that it would undermine profits and innovation. When President Biden took office, he rescinded the order altogether and the litigation stopped there.

What makes us think that they won’t do that again?

The White House is using the same method called MFN or most-favored-nation price, meaning that Americans should get the lowest cost of prescription medications instead of the highest, which is what they usually pay.

The White House is set to announce specifics of this new order on Monday. Perhaps they have found a way to prevent the courts from halting it.

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The White House announced a trade deal with China on Sunday over meetings in Switzerland. Details were not announced yet but stock market futures jumped 400 points in anticipation of good news.

U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer said this in a statement about trade negotiations: “It’s important to understand how quickly we were able to come to agreement, which reflects that perhaps the differences were not so large as maybe thought. That being said, there was a lot of groundwork that went into these two days. Just remember why we’re here in the first place — the United States has a massive $1.2 trillion trade deficit, so the President declared a national emergency and imposed tariffs, and we’re confident that the deal we struck with our Chinese partners will help us to work toward resolving that national emergency.”

Presumably, the deal will pertain to favorable tariffs between the U.S. and China but we await confirmation.

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The White House announced that it negotiated directly with Hamas for the release of Edan Alexander, an American citizen who has been held hostage since October 2023.

Israel was reportedly not a party to the negotiations because U.S. diplomats continue to be frustrated with Israel’s lack of commitment to ending the war. President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly said this: “We want the detainees returned, but Israel doesn’t want to end the war.”

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of his plan to continue to “destroy” the Gaza Strip but the problem, as he sees it, is that not enough host countries will take the displaced civilians.

“We are destroying more and more homes, and Gazans have nowhere to return to. The only inevitable outcome will be the wish of Gazans to emigrate outside of the Gaza Strip,” he said. He also reiterated that Israel will not allow aid into Gaza since Gazans are reportedly “mixing with Hamas terrorists.” Even children?

President Trump is heading to the Middle East this week to meet with leaders from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Syria and Lebanon. He may discuss a plan for the Gaza Strip which could include a plan to recognize a Palestinian state.

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