The Spectator Index

BREAKING: The Washington Post reports that Iran's attack could be 'more sudden, larger in scale and longer — possibly lasting several days instead of several hours' and could involve a 'coordinated barrage from multiple directions' involving Tehran's proxies in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria.

2024-08-08 11:03:09

🇯🇵 Japan's population
2016: 127 million
2023: 123.9 million

2024-08-08 00:08:16

Trump chance of winning presidential election
16th of July, 2024: 72%
Now: 49%
(Polymarket)
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/59eac99f27f74f24b71610613f3f2b0455fba509d83a3ce3e80b4a7e85b1d2fa.file

2024-08-07 20:27:12

BREAKING: Three Taylor Swift concerts in Austria cancelled due to terror threat

2024-08-06 20:37:13

Newsweek reports that Kamala Harris now leads Trump 'across all national poll aggregators'.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6c23abbd954140eed2d4333ac4d3e5800f765387d0264bede6ec300d4f659574.file
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3969c64f6847e4c3925c14ca642517cc05c85a98fb5afebd9114730a68e09da7.file

2024-08-06 19:28:07

BREAKING: Canada set to evacuate families of its diplomats in Israel

2024-08-05 20:23:11

BREAKING: US President Biden and Vice President Harris are currently in the Situation Room receiving updates regarding the situation in the Middle East

2024-08-05 06:32:10

BREAKING: Bitcoin down 16% over past 24 hours

2024-08-05 06:32:10

BREAKING: Bitcoin falls below $50,000

2024-08-05 06:32:10

BREAKING: Taiwan's stock-market suffers worst day in 57 years

2024-08-04 19:23:06

BREAKING: The Wall Street Journal reports that Iran has rejected US and Arab efforts to 'temper its response' and that it had 'told Arab diplomats it didn’t care if the response triggered a war'

2024-08-04 19:17:08

BREAKING: Israeli media report an underground bunker in Jerusalem has been prepared where senior leaders can remain for extended periods in case of a prolonged conflict

2024-08-04 17:02:10

Population
2000
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 122 million
🇯🇵 Japan: 126 million
2022
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 218.5 million
🇯🇵 Japan: 123.9 million

2024-08-03 19:46:11

BREAKING: Israel's Channel 12 reports that Biden told Netanyahu to 'stop bullshitting me' and 'do not take the president for granted' in their recent phone conversation

2024-08-03 12:02:10

GDP (current prices), 2023.
🇮🇷 Iran: $365 billion
🇮🇱 Israel: $520 billion
Military spending, 2022.
🇮🇷 Iran: $6.8 billion
🇮🇱 Israel: $23.4 billion
(SIPRI)

2024-08-02 22:29:25

BREAKING: Pentagon to send USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to the Middle East
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/0be0e9c9d47b82e5b76aba47e909f95accd69641d465064343a40590d8becf56.file

2024-08-02 20:12:08

BREAKING: US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission sue TikTok and its parent company ByteDance over 'widespread violations' of US child privacy law

2024-08-02 13:06:08

BREAKING: Kamala Harris campaign raises $310 million in July, compared to Trump's $137 million.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e361d8e6758bfe2d7f03cfccc72d8c96402d8e4cbc2e9429b4a311657a070c44.file

2024-08-01 22:50:09

BREAKING: US Senator Lindsey Graham calls for hitting the Iranian regime 'hard' and suggests attack on their oil and gas facilities

2024-07-31 22:23:06

BREAKING: Israel's Channel 12 reports that messages have been sent to Iran through diplomatic back-channels that Israel is willing to go to a full-scale war if Iran and its proxies conduct a significant retaliatory response to yesterday's assassinations

2024-07-31 19:49:05

BREAKING: Crude oil prices up 5% amid rising Middle East tensions

2024-07-31 08:24:08

BREAKING: Erdogan calls the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh a 'despicable act'

2024-07-31 05:52:07

BREAKING: Russia calls the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh an 'unacceptable political murder'

2024-07-31 03:16:06

Within 12 hours, Israel's military appears to have killed Hezbollah's most senior military leader who was located in the outskirts of Beirut, as well as the leader of Hamas, who was in Tehran.

2024-07-31 03:01:10

BREAKING: Iranian Revolutionary Guards say Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated at his residence in Iran

2024-07-31 02:47:07

BREAKING: The Associated Press reports that at least 973 Native American children died in the US government's historical boarding school system, according to investigation released by Interior Department officials.

2024-07-29 21:23:06

BREAKING: Venezuela suspends diplomatic ties with Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay

2024-07-29 20:42:07

UK high court upholds the previous government's ban on puberty blockers, after a study found they had 'very substantial risks and very narrow benefits'.

2024-07-29 20:37:07

JUST IN: McDonald's reports first global drop in its sales since 2020

2024-07-29 20:27:11

BREAKING: Israel's foreign minister calls on NATO to expel Turkey

2024-07-29 19:52:08

Olympics Gold Medal tally
🇯🇵 Japan: 6
🇨🇳 China: 5
🇰🇷 South Korea: 5
🇫🇷 France: 4
🇦🇺 Australia: 4
🇺🇸 US: 3
🇬🇧 Great Britain: 2
🇮🇹 Italy: 2
🇨🇦 Canada: 2
🇩🇪 Germany: 2
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 1
🇿🇦 South Africa: 1
🇧🇪 Belgium: 1
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: 1
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: 1
🇷🇴 Romania: 1
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: 1
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b8edf1d7a5f7036f25f5031ee77f73639a87f00b462cb563a09e6f786a01fce5.file

2024-07-29 19:41:09

Facebook owner Meta says it wrongly censored photo of Trump pumping his fist after assassination attempt.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/7c7cae27e25d80e410dbe95d76117c990ced8fac6a8c459ccdebb453c80b5ed6.file

2024-07-29 07:40:08

BREAKING: French police say fibre optic networks have been 'sabotaged' in several parts of the country

2024-07-28 15:05:11

What is the greatest strength of Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate?
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/13f91e29861fd0d3c6820d2a624adfbd984ecf0a6cd87da42b77759377a5ff93.file

2024-07-27 20:38:07

JUST IN: Trump says the 'persecution' of the crypto sector will end if he becomes President

2024-07-27 19:44:07

BREAKING: French Bishops Conference says that the Olympics opening ceremony 'unfortunately included scenes in which Christianity was mocked and ridiculed, which we deeply regret' and that 'we thank the members of other religious denominations who have expressed their solidarity with us.

2024-07-26 15:00:11

Which events are you most looking forward to at the Paris Olympics?
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4eb1432f96c8e14488f8d240e63b62ba62306648987ddea5fd0c801b435207d7.file

2024-07-26 07:31:11

BREAKING: Australia, Canada and New Zealand call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

2024-07-25 19:46:08

BREAKING: California Governor Gavin Newsom issues executive order for the removal of homeless encampments in the state

2024-07-24 20:49:07

JUST IN: Over $1.1 trillion in value wiped from the US stock market today

2024-07-24 09:50:10

JUST IN: Israeli cabinet minister Itamar Ben Gvir backs Trump and says that if he is elected, 'Israel will receive the backing to act against Iran'.

2024-07-23 20:19:12

BREAKING: Republican Congressman Andy Ogles introduces articles of impeachment against Kamala Harris
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/c43e811443f392bbf71e87d43ee83538a238c51af5c4e15f79108ac39755485e.file

2024-07-23 19:37:11

BREAKING: European Union scientists says this past Sunday was globally the hottest day ever recorded
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/726939ab782fb605969d97914661828dd8e8f13d28618359131b8e031eaf15ac.file

2024-07-23 19:28:09

JUST IN: President Biden appears in public for first time since COVID diagnosis
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/03e5d3dffb3ab9dcbe9ae6a3184fe5e1741cc8b499107a1252c4ba333df940d4.file

2024-07-23 19:28:09

JUST IN: Trump says he is looking forward to hosting Netanyahu at Mar-A-Lago

2024-07-23 00:37:11

BREAKING: President Biden set to return to White House tomorrow as he continues to recover from COVID-19 infection

2024-07-22 21:44:07

Elon Musk discusses puberty blockers and says 'I lost my son' due to what he calls the 'woke mind virus'.
(Source: DW)
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/cb694825a186ed93a429999929e937c5bd66956f2f27d41fc216aedf18dd9378.file

2024-07-22 02:20:10

BREAKING: $50 million raised by Democrats since Biden dropped out

2024-07-22 02:20:10

BREAKING: Over 245 Democratic delegates already have endorsed Kamala Harris

2024-07-21 20:40:11

What is your opinion of Kamala Harris as presidential candidate?
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/13d2baf862eca1da5beb338324d02a73ca4cf6e92e5bc8e72664add5669207bf.file

2024-07-21 20:20:10

BREAKING: Barack Obama avoids endorsing any nominee in his statement

2024-07-21 19:48:10

Elon Musk updates his profile pic to laser eyes.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/1af09eccb87207cb0d1f1cb8dcdf12542241ff8f9317bef4f75ec864a71ad61e.file

2024-07-19 19:52:08

🇺🇸 Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York says the Democratic party would be in 'enormous peril' if Biden is replaced as nominee, blaming 'wealthy donors' and 'social media' for distorting the ongoing debate.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2d22874b18b18c23819509c96d91b9af1d3bd51e22e8409327a3ec14ecdea0d8.file

2024-07-19 10:16:11

BREAKING: Prominent security consultant Troy Hunt says 'this will be the largest IT outage in history' and 'this is basically what we were all worried about with Y2K, except it’s actually happened this time'

2024-07-19 08:14:10

BREAKING: Crowdstrike shares fall over 12% in pre-market trading amid major global outages

2024-07-19 08:08:12

BREAKING: Widespread computer outages on US hospital EMR systems

2024-07-19 08:03:10

JUST IN: Sky News UK is back off air

2024-07-19 08:03:09

BREAKING: The current outage, impacting various sectors across the world, is one of the biggest ever.

2024-07-19 07:47:13

BREAKING: Israel's central bank says global outage is impacting banks

2024-07-19 07:47:13

BREAKING: Hong Kong airport to switch to manual check-in procedures due to IT outages

2024-07-19 07:47:13

GLOBAL OUTAGES
- Major banks, media, airports and airlines affected by major IT outage
- Payment systems impacted in different parts of the world, including Australia and the UK.
- Australia's government calls for emergency meeting
- Significant disruption to some Microsoft services
- 911 services disrupted in several US states including Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Ohio.
- Services at London Stock Exchange disrupted
- Sky News is off air
- Reports the issue relates to problem at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike

2024-07-19 07:34:06

BREAKING: Australia's government to hold emergency meeting due to global IT outage

2024-07-19 07:34:06

BREAKING: Several airports in the United States, including Los Angeles Airport, have been impacted by global IT outages.

2024-07-19 07:34:06

BREAKING: Disruptions at Amsterdam airport due to IT outage

2024-07-19 07:18:11

BREAKING: Significant disruption at some Australian airports due to tech outages

2024-07-19 07:18:11

GLOBAL OUTAGES
- Major banks, media and airlines affected by major IT outage
- Significant disruption to some Microsoft services
- 911 services disrupted in several US states
- Services at London Stock Exchange disrupted
- Sky News is off air
- Reports the issue relates to problem at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike

2024-07-19 06:37:08

BREAKING: Reports of 911 outages in several US states

2024-07-19 05:34:09

BREAKING: US Secret Service has confirmed Trump was injured by a bullet and not glass.

2024-07-18 21:07:10

President Biden says he is in 'a little better physical shape' than Donald Trump.

2024-07-18 20:17:10

BREAKING: Trump announces the death of conservative political commentator and TV personality Lou Dobbs at age of 78.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f036cf626410d8dccbca4aae1acb90eec81ea9591a2c510caab9904c8207e023.file

2024-07-18 16:03:12

What comes to mind when you think of Donald Trump?
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/48434027a59475eb9743bbb4efa5a7cb95ef8f104c679296802e8edeb811991c.file

2024-07-18 14:07:10

UNITED STATES: President Biden announces additional $1.2 billion in student loan forgiveness for 35,000 public sector workers

2024-07-17 16:05:09

27% of 🇺🇸 Americans surveyed say they are skipping meals due to inflation, according to a study by Credit Karma.

2024-07-17 09:48:10

BREAKING: IMF upgrades its forecast for 🇮🇳 India's GDP growth for 2024 up to 7%

2024-07-17 09:23:07

BREAKING: Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to shoot Trump, had a transmitter with him while on nearby roof.

2024-07-16 08:34:10

BREAKING: Reports of an infiltration near Eilat, southern Israel, from the east.

2024-07-16 01:06:10

BREAKING: The Wall Street Journal reports that Elon Musk plans to support Donald Trump's campaign by contributing $45 million a month

2024-07-15 22:17:06

JUST IN: Bitcoin hits $64,000

2024-07-15 21:39:07

BREAKING: President Biden says it was a mistake to say 'bullseye' in reference to Trump

2024-07-15 21:14:09

BREAKING: President Biden says that JD Vance is a 'clone of Trump on the issues'

2024-07-15 19:37:09

BREAKING: CNN reports that Donald Trump Jr. made a 'last-minute push' for JD Vance in recent days as his father 'waffled on the pick'

2024-07-15 05:46:08

CNN reports that Trump will emerge out of the assassination attempt as 'an even greater mythical hero of his MAGA movement'.

2024-07-15 02:28:07

BREAKING: The New York Post reports that the Secret Service 'blamed local police for failing to secure the rooftop' from which Thomas Matthew Crooks fired, saying it was 'outside of the perimeter the federal agency was tasked with protecting'.

2024-07-15 00:39:08

BREAKING: Senior House Democrat tells Axios, 'we have all resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency'.

2024-07-14 20:25:10

JUST IN: Cell phone belonging to Thomas Matthew Crooks is being transported by the FBI to Virginia for analysis

2024-07-14 18:42:09

JUST IN: Elephant seal in Antarctica tests positive for H5N1 bird flu and is found dead

2024-07-14 14:11:10

What will be the political impact of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump?
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/70caf44c50e284e398705849004241c6c5c0b81a485fb8ea2774d22a6d8a4b31.file

2024-07-14 06:28:11

Chances of winning 🇺🇸 US Presidential Election
Trump: 69% chance
Democratic candidate: 31% chance
(Based on polls and prediction markets)
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5de07f6300d6572ced0c2e994a74e7c27655afe457a5ffb7ef52441fdd4446de.file

2024-07-14 02:28:11

What is your opinion of the performance of the US Secret Service today?
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/1db359a0cb915d00d71c46e708f82b45105ade4ee76b0fdd08e03ace327e8ac7.file

2024-07-14 01:25:08

BREAKING: Trump leaves hospital

2024-07-14 01:17:12

Photo by New York Times photographer Doug Mills shows bullet flying just behind Trump's head.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/66580ac1610652bd00409034cb1b4843ffbf7c71f59afea030b1dcee9116cd27.file

2024-07-14 01:09:09

Apple CEO Tim Cook says 'I pray for President Trump’s rapid recovery. My thoughts are with him, the other victims and the Trump family. I strongly condemn this violence.'
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d85d368269759bd61918a75e14fa98fefe6f1eb614296d24ea3b0a85beac3923.file

2024-07-14 00:46:16

BREAKING: Trump post after assassination attempt
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/86e94e076394250be8d4da6e3880a96172070dcaa12c58437a863257080ec5ef.file

2024-07-14 00:46:13

BREAKING: Reports Trump will attempt to attend the UFC tonight

2024-07-14 00:41:15

Currently trending on X
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3e1683c7457f8e2d671e3b7b0705bd688128daeabf631d81e9d6f44149b13c8a.file

2024-07-14 00:36:08

BREAKING: Elon Musk says two people have attempted to kill him over the past 8 months

2024-07-13 23:57:09

BREAKING: Barack Obama says 'although we don’t yet know exactly what happened, we should all be relieved that former President Trump wasn’t seriously hurt' and that he and Michelle are 'wishing him a quick recovery'.

2024-07-13 23:07:10

BREAKING: Person who shot at Trump has died