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2026-03-10 10:35:24 UTC

BREAKING: Israel is conducting a new wave of strikes against targets in Iran

2026-03-03 18:25:22 UTC

BREAKING: Trump calls Spain a 'terrible ally' and says 'we are going to cut off all trade' and 'we don't want anything to do with Spain'

2026-02-26 18:55:25 UTC

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Department of Justice says will investigate whether it improperly withheld some documents in the Epstein Files

2026-02-25 03:55:25 UTC

BREAKING: Trump says Iran has 'killed at least 32,000 protesters' in their country

2026-02-12 16:05:24 UTC

The highest-earning 10% of 🇺🇸American households now represent almost half of all US consumer spending, according to Moody's Analytics report.

2026-02-11 10:05:27 UTC

Bitcoin price 9th of October: $121,745 Now: $66,830
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9f31c7ebaedbfc2388cf0902f4a8b652b0595f0dac5d114e8a8bb67fca9027cf.file

2026-02-05 23:45:24 UTC

Silver price One week ago: $117 Now: $67

2026-02-05 13:05:23 UTC

World's happiest countries. 1. 🇫🇮 Finland 2. 🇩🇰 Denmark 3. 🇮🇸 Iceland 4. 🇸🇪 Sweden 5. 🇳🇱 Netherlands 6. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 7. 🇳🇴 Norway 8. 🇮🇱 Israel 9. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 10. 🇲🇽 Mexico 11. 🇦🇺 Australia 12. 🇳🇿 New Zealand 13. 🇨🇭 Switzerland 14. 🇧🇪 Belgium 15. 🇮🇪 Ireland 16. 🇱🇹 Lithuania 17. 🇦🇹 Austria 18. 🇨🇦 Canada 19. 🇸🇮 Slovenia 20. 🇨🇿 Czechia 21. 🇦🇪 UAE 22. 🇩🇪 Germany 23. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 24. 🇺🇸 United States 25. 🇧🇿 Belize 26. 🇵🇱 Poland 27. 🇹🇼 Taiwan 28. 🇺🇾 Uruguay 29. 🇽🇰 Kosovo 30. 🇰🇼 Kuwait 31. 🇷🇸 Serbia 32. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 33. 🇫🇷 France 34. 🇸🇬 Singapore 35. 🇷🇴 Romania 36. 🇧🇷 Brazil 37. 🇸🇻 El Salvador 38. 🇪🇸 Spain 39. 🇪🇪 Estonia 40. 🇮🇹 Italy (World Happiness Report)

2026-02-04 08:55:16 UTC

BREAKING: United States condemns South Africa's decision to expel Israeli diplomat

2026-01-20 05:55:17 UTC

BREAKING: Trump says that if Macron is 'hostile' to Board of Peace invitation, he will impose 200% tariff on French wines and champagnes.

2026-01-13 08:55:20 UTC

BREAKING: Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz says 'we are witnessing the final days and weeks of the Iranian regime'
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4a766d540bbba4f52108c2abdc90a004f723cae924506a1251ac50c50ee06520.file
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2d7c9f94bb143bf0fc9cae84bda03b850826421abd4b2397e1c104062ab6f947.file

2026-01-11 10:55:25 UTC

BREAKING: Iranian state media says that 109 security personnel have been killed in protests

2026-01-09 23:35:17 UTC

BREAKING: The United States Department of Agriculture is immediately suspending all federal funding to Minnesota

2026-01-08 13:05:18 UTC

Population of Bulgaria 2000: 8.1 million 2025: 6.3 million
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2026-01-07 19:55:20 UTC

BREAKING: United States says it has executed a warrant in seizing Russian-flagged oil tanker

2026-01-05 10:55:16 UTC

BREAKING: Germany says the US must explain what its actions in Venezuela are based on

2025-12-22 21:45:17 UTC

BREAKING: Pentagon enters agreement with Elon Musk's xAI

2025-12-21 14:05:20 UTC

Best food destinations for 2026 1. 🇺🇸 Boston, USA 2. 🇬🇷 Crete, Greece 3. 🇲🇦 Fès, Morocco 4. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 5. 🇨🇴 Medellín, Colombia 6. 🇧🇷 Minas Gerais, Brazil 7. 🇦🇺 Parramatta, Australia 8. 🇳🇵 Patan, Nepal 9. 🇨🇦 Prince Edward County, Canada 10. 🇪🇸 Seville, Spain (Condé Nast Traveller)

2025-12-20 20:35:30 UTC

Elon Musk's net worth 10 years ago: $13.5 billion Now: $749 billion
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/102ba3a4ef4c29d370fd32aff3fcb5ffa1f9b4c4150086bc3bc296df688ae684.file

2025-12-19 23:15:18 UTC

BREAKING: Trump has announced retaliatory strikes over ISIS killing of three Americans in Syria

2025-12-19 22:25:24 UTC

BREAKING: US strikes on ISIS sites in Syria

2025-12-19 20:55:27 UTC

BREAKING: The Pentagon has failed its 8th audit in a row

2025-12-17 19:55:26 UTC

Putin says the Europeans who are backing Ukraine are 'swine' who would ultimately lose power.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/fbd10ba31fe7af7286b257999676f0fb7816f0b679b9d05f6b497ccbedc2cf47.file

2025-12-15 20:45:19 UTC

BREAKING: Trump classifies fentanyl as a 'weapon of mass destruction'

2025-12-14 21:15:24 UTC

BREAKING: The Telegraph reports that Israeli intelligence 'identifies Tehran as prime suspect in Sydney Hanukkah massacre'

2025-12-13 17:05:26 UTC

NVIDIA market value 1st of January, 2020: $144 billion Now: $4.25 trillion
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6beb75a0101dff8d2e8464d75012a25c8cc5992f013c4199f3a91823850b7b89.file

2025-12-02 02:55:20 UTC

BREAKING: Trump set to make announcement at 2pm EST on Tuesday

2025-12-01 07:55:33 UTC

On this day, six years ago on the 1st of December, 2019, a man in Wuhan, China, developed symptoms and became the index case for COVID-19. There have been over 778 million confirmed cases and 7.1 million deaths since then.

2025-11-28 17:05:24 UTC

The average 🇺🇸 American household owes $10,000 in credit card debt, $58,957 in student loan debt, $241,840 in mortgage debt and $22,612 in auto loans according to a survey by PolicyGenius.

2025-11-25 21:25:29 UTC

JUST IN: Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has started serving his 27-year prison sentence
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/1a9436070ae56c33df1f3183ada479d2d15513f11786e2e244b54866cfcb39b1.file

2025-11-18 03:35:28 UTC

BREAKING: Bitcoin has fallen below $90,000, the lowest since April.

2025-11-18 03:35:26 UTC

BREAKING: Lawrence Summers, the former US Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton, steps away from public commitments after documents show he asked Jeffrey Epstein on advice over 'pursuing an extramarital relationship with a female mentee', according to Financial Times report.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4e876f219c7b39e185399ada8dd098f35188a17e11680c3f0337f9efbdad10dd.file

2025-11-14 19:25:25 UTC

BREAKING: 655 large US companies have gone bankrupt this year, the highest rate in 15 years, according to S&P Global data.

2025-11-14 15:05:15 UTC

RESEARCH: Bitcoin mining uses up more electricity annually than the entirety of Argentina, according to a study by Cambridge University.

2025-11-13 03:35:16 UTC

BREAKING: Trump signs spending bill, ending longest government shutdown in the history of the United States.

2025-11-08 00:55:17 UTC

BREAKING: Trump calls for termination of the filibuster
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/769018efc931dd55709d96cad3c1233eb70edb4fbbf1cfb5d093f1f454ba1757.file

2025-10-30 02:35:17 UTC

BREAKING: China's President Xi Jinping says that his country and the United States should be 'partners and friends'

2025-10-13 19:05:27 UTC

BREAKING: Bill Clinton says Trump and his administration deserve 'great credit' for ceasefire
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/0739aa2e194af5f5abc6db435dc29a3ee6cb782736506472f1b617a55cbe33f2.file

2025-10-13 17:45:26 UTC

BREAKING: Trump says Gaza reconstruction begins now

2025-10-06 13:05:26 UTC

🇮🇳 India share of global GDP (PPP) 1980: 2.77% 2024: 8.23% (IMF)
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ce8a28f3112aab16e5597492db8d17d7b7d4a6a2ff1aa10376ba262a3bae1181.file

2025-10-04 16:05:25 UTC

Coffee price per pound One year ago: $2.46 Now: $3.88
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6a81b57b4ec8035a01301f759bae135d4efbd8702c57f51a353f8b82e4bffda2.file

2025-10-03 21:05:24 UTC

BREAKING: Trump shares Hamas's response on his social media account
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2a2dd22d70d298090f167d10f8e9e0947f8bee6e12fbc82f954993a6979e18e4.file

2025-10-03 19:56:26 UTC

BREAKING: Hamas accepts Trump's plan

2025-10-02 21:55:27 UTC

UNITED STATES: Government shutdown expected to last for 14 days, according to @Kalshi prediction market.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/0a97f40221cf7c43b63899d9d8c966786bf97a02511878586b58b6287e594c02.file
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e4c8b8c641c98c3022f7c1824ee39893fd43fb1db40e57688681791058c990b7.file

2025-10-02 21:15:26 UTC

JUST IN: Trump says he is considering $1,000 to $2,000 stimulus checks for taxpayers using revenue from tariffs

2025-10-01 20:35:25 UTC

BREAKING: Israel says several boats from the Sumud flotilla have been intercepted and are being transferred to an Israeli port

2025-10-01 01:35:25 UTC

BREAKING: The US government will shut down at midnight

2025-09-10 12:35:16 UTC

JUST IN: Germany's foreign minister says 'we need to analyse where we are and what Russia's intentions were' in drone incursion

2025-09-10 09:45:21 UTC

BREAKING: UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed arrives in Qatar's capital Doha, a day after Israeli strike on the city.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f3e806ddd24264dba579a298fa7b33d86bd486c5c584ca544d71a29d8c4a26c2.file

2025-09-10 09:05:18 UTC

BREAKING: Poland has requested NATO talks under Article 4 after Russian drone incursions

2025-09-10 09:05:16 UTC

BREAKING: Poland's foreign ministry summons top Russian diplomat over drone incursion

2025-09-10 08:05:24 UTC

BREAKING: European Commission chief Von Der Leyen says will propose sanctions on 'extremist' Israeli ministers and suspension of parts of EU-Israel trade agreement

2025-09-10 07:45:29 UTC

BREAKING: China condemns Israeli strike on Qatar

2025-09-09 22:55:25 UTC

BREAKING: Poland activates air defense systems amid Russian drone incursion

2025-09-07 22:05:26 UTC

🇺🇸 US Presidential Election poll - hypothetical match-up. Newsom: 49% JD Vance: 41% (Source: Yahoo News)
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/67e25868404c40530b023a6cdd09433e41474738e8f0f0f4bf6c7101746a2335.file
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/98914bab969745d8ed3145888dc8676e31ff88727a25c541418a25cd17ede237.file

2025-09-04 22:25:22 UTC

BREAKING: President Trump set to sign executive order on Friday renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War

2025-09-03 17:06:31 UTC

Millennials will become the richest generation in history amid a $90 trillion wealth transfer over the next 20 years, according to global real estate consultancy Knight Frank.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/53a5a5b327f2a0b115245eb41cbbae6eaf2ba1a1af70b32868ddad746d509027.file

2025-08-26 08:55:25 UTC

BREAKING: Germany's Chancellor Merz says his country will not join initiative to recognize Palestinian state

2025-08-25 17:05:23 UTC

Using anti-depressants, per 1,000 inhabitants 🇮🇸 Iceland: 157.3 🇵🇹 Portugal: 150.5 🇬🇧 UK: 138.2 🇨🇦 Canada: 134 🇦🇺 Australia: 127.9 🇪🇸 Spain: 98.4 🇳🇿 NZ: 96 🇩🇪 Germany: 64 🇮🇱 Israel: 61.8 🇫🇷 France: 57.6 🇹🇷 Turkey: 52.5 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 48.5 🇮🇹 Italy: 45.5 🇰🇷 S Korea: 31.1 OECD

2025-08-20 16:05:19 UTC

SCIENCE: Getting angry 'even for just a few minutes' can change the function of blood vessels, 'which may make heart attacks and strokes more likely', according to a study published by New Scientist.

2025-08-19 20:55:23 UTC

JUST IN: The Financial Times reports that US tech stocks 'sold off' over a 'wave of concerns that intense enthusiasm surrounding artificial intelligence could be overdone'

2025-08-19 18:06:17 UTC

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people, annual. 🇲🇽 Mexico: 28 🇨🇴 Colombia: 27 🇧🇷 Brazil: 22 🇺🇸 US: 7 🇦🇷 Argentina: 5 🇨🇱 Chile: 4 🇨🇦 Canada: 2 (World Bank)

2025-08-14 21:55:17 UTC

BREKAING: Reports that Beyond Meat is headed to Chapter 11 bankruptcy

2025-08-14 21:35:16 UTC

BREAKING: Germany calls on Israel to stop building settlements in the West Bank

2025-08-14 14:06:16 UTC

Best culture destinations, 2024. 1. 🇨🇺 Cuba 2. 🇵🇪 Cusco, Peru 3. 🇮🇳 Agra, India 4. 🇲🇦 Fes, Morocco 5. 🇬🇷 Athens, Greece 6. 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland 7. 🇱🇰 Colombo, Sri Lanka 8.🇻🇳 Hue, Vietnam 9.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh, Scotland 10. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan (TripAdvisor)

2025-08-13 21:46:25 UTC

UNITED STATES: Trump threatens there will be 'very severe consequences' if Putin refuses to end Ukraine war

2025-08-13 14:10:17 UTC

BREAKING: Alcohol consumption among adults in the United States has fallen to the lowest on record, according to Gallup survey, with only 54% of Americans drinking alcohol in the past year, compared with 58% in 204 and 62% in 2023.

2025-08-12 21:25:28 UTC

53% of 🇺🇸 Americans say the cost of groceries is a major source of stress, while 47% say the cost of housing and 42% say the cost of healthcare are major stressors, according to data by AP-NORC.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e6475fc0fa5ab9f65c4cadb1ca797449c784e2d4f1baf576135324a0e28cf038.file

2025-08-11 21:05:16 UTC

BREAKING: Two people dead following a shooting at Target store in Austin, Texas.

2025-08-11 16:05:16 UTC

Top places to travel in 2025, according to Wanderlust Magazine. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, UAE 🇨🇦 Alberta, Canada 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik, Croatia 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇺🇸 Florida, Tennessee, and North Carolina 🇩🇪 Germany 🇯🇵 Japan 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇺🇸 Mississippi, USA 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇺🇸 New York State, USA 🇶🇦 Qatar 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇦🇹 Salzburg and Vienna, Austria 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇸🇮 Small towns in Slovenia 🇦🇺 Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa, Australia 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇱🇹 Vilnius, Lithuania

2025-08-11 15:05:17 UTC

358 villages and towns in 🇮🇹 Italy did not record a single birth in 2023.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/86696bfddcbbef65dc1f54eb67d0c27964969c62b32d065142d4d7c9e9013e47.file

2025-08-11 13:00:35 UTC

SCIENCE: Study finds that when teaching for engineering students in Sweden moved online during the coronavirus pandemic, 'the grades of attractive female students deteriorated in non-quantitative subjects', according to a study published in Economic Letters journal.

2025-08-11 10:25:17 UTC

JUST IN: Reuters reports that 'from McDonald's and Coca-Cola to Amazon and Apple', there are calls in India for boycott of US-based multinationals as 'business executives and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's supporters stoke anti-American sentiment to protest against U.S. tariffs'
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/40c265abf25cde374ee8179c55af75e77246b2b3fc7ab80a3c7951c109b87480.file

2025-08-09 20:20:18 UTC

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 US government debt hits $37 trillion

2025-08-09 17:05:16 UTC

World's best food destinations. 1. 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy 2. 🇬🇧 London, U.K. 3. 🇲🇦 Marrakech, Morocco 4. 🇫🇷 Paris, France 5. 🇮🇹 Naples, Italy 6. 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain 7. 🇵🇪 Lima, Peru 8. 🇺🇸 New Orleans, U.S. 9. 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina 10. 🇬🇷 Athens, Greece (Tripadvisor)

2025-08-08 23:50:24 UTC

BREAKING: Atlanta gunman was targeting CDC headquarters because of belief the COVID vaccine made him sick, according to CNN report.

2025-08-08 19:00:34 UTC

SCIENCE: Human brains may be getting larger, with study participants born in the 1970s having brain volumes that are 6.6% bigger than those born in the 1930s, while brain surface area for those born in the 1970s was 15% bigger. (Source: University of California - Davis)

2025-08-08 10:50:25 UTC

BREAKING: India halts plans to buy US arms and the Indian defense minister has cancelled his planned trip to the United States, according to Reuters report.

2025-08-07 22:25:16 UTC

BREAKING: Israel is considering cutting security ties with the UK if Keir Starmer's government recognizes a Palestinian state, according to report in The Times.

2025-08-07 20:40:34 UTC

JUST IN: Trump signs executive order to prevent de-banking against Americans based on religious or political grounds

2025-08-06 20:40:49 UTC

BREAKING: Axios reports that Trump does not oppose Netanyahu's plan for new military operation to occupy the entire Gaza Strip

2025-08-05 20:35:21 UTC

BREAKING: Trump threatens to seize control of Washington DC and 'federalize' the city.
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6832eabdbf6076157b744be47ff43695597880aa1fc7ee230874591892971da5.file

2025-08-05 10:25:17 UTC

BREAKING: Russia criticizes US threats to increase tariffs on India over its purchase of Russian oil

2025-08-04 20:40:40 UTC

BREAKING: US states and cities that boycott Israeli companies will be 'denied federal aid for natural disaster preparedness' by the Trump administration, according to Reuters report.

2025-08-03 21:10:18 UTC

JUST IN: Trump senior aide Stephen Miller says that it is 'not acceptable for India to continue financing' Russia's war by purchasing oil from it

2025-07-31 05:55:21 UTC

BREAKING: Trump says India and Russia can 'take their dead economies down together, for all I care'
https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4af26af9c5e6c5b2972dfea5f72ac99fa739122e07f8fefcefe7396436bab49b.file

2025-07-30 01:40:26 UTC

BREAKING: Earthquake near Russia has again been raised to 8.8 magnitude

2025-07-29 23:50:18 UTC

BREAKING: Australia set to ban under-16s from YouTube

2025-07-28 22:35:17 UTC

BREAKING: White House official says that Trump is open to engaging with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un

2025-07-28 20:45:28 UTC

BREAKING: Palestinian Prime Minister calls on Hamas to surrender control of Gaza and hand over its weapons

2025-07-27 20:45:23 UTC

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida reports temperature of 100°F, the city's hottest on record.

2025-07-27 18:05:14 UTC

Nearly 22 million 🇺🇸 Americans are millionaires, roughly one in 15 people, according to UBS global wealth report.

2025-07-27 17:05:16 UTC

🇧🇷 Brazil government debt as share of GDP 2013: 59% 2023: 84%

2025-07-25 10:55:17 UTC

BREAKING: Thailand's F-16s have bombed several targets in Cambodia

2025-07-25 02:05:15 UTC

BREAKING: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that France's move to recognize Palestinian state is a 'reckless decision'

2025-07-24 20:50:17 UTC

BREAKING: Netanyahu 'strongly condemns' France’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state

2025-07-24 00:10:21 UTC

BREAKING: Columbia University to pay over $220 million in deal with Trump administration that will restore federal government funding

2025-07-23 22:10:16 UTC

BREAKING: Brazil is preparing submission to join South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice

2025-07-23 20:10:27 UTC

BREAKING: US Attorney General told Trump 'his name was in the Epstein files' and that 'many other high-profile figures were also named', according to Wall Street Journal.

2025-07-23 20:05:23 UTC

BREAKING: US Department of Justice told Trump in May that his name is in the Epstein Files, according to Wall Street Journal report.