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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0000 Police Took 8 Minutes To Locate Henry Nowak's Fatal Stab Wound... Then Performed CPR Directly Over It
Police Took 8 Minutes To Locate Henry Nowak's Fatal Stab Wound... Then Performed CPR Directly Over It
Police Took 8 Minutes To Locate Henry Nowak's Fatal Stab Wound... Then Performed CPR Directly Over It
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News ,
The case of 18-year-old white British student Henry Nowak has delivered yet another layer of disturbing detail.
Officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrived at the Southampton scene roughly five to ten minutes after he was stabbed five times with a ceremonial knife. Henry remained conscious and spoke loudly at first. He told them he had been stabbed and could not breathe. They chose instead to believe the man who had just knifed him.
New evidence released this week shows it took those officers a full eight minutes to discover the fatal wound. During that time they lifted Henry, striking his head against a wall, and later began CPR. A female officer started compressions. According to the transcript and reports, officers performed chest compressions over his clothing and directly onto the area of the stab wound.
Bodycam footage shows officers dragging Henry across gravel, turning him, and forcefully pulling his arms behind his back to apply handcuffs. He lost consciousness within about three minutes of that restraint and was pronounced dead at 00:37 on 4 December 2025 after 51 minutes of resuscitation efforts.
A paediatric critical care specialist with battlefield medicine experience, Dr Krzysztof Magier, reviewed the footage and post-mortem report. He concluded there is a high probability that the police actions contributed to Henry's death.
The main source of bleeding was damage to the subclavian vein. Venous bleeding under low pressure often forms a natural clot that can slow or stop on its own. Forcefully twisting the arms behind the back and handcuffing likely stretched the vein, tore the forming clot, and triggered sudden massive internal haemorrhage.
Dr Magier stated: "I am convinced that if Henry had arrived there alive, the doctors would not have let him die." He added that paramedics arriving first could have given Henry a roughly 50% chance of survival through fluids, tranexamic acid to stabilise the clot, and other interventions. Southampton University Hospital, a major trauma centre, was only two to three minutes away by ambulance.
Serving and former Hampshire officers have now admitted that mandatory "Inclusion Matters" DEI training played a direct role in how they processed the incident. They described sessions that drummed in "white privilege" and "unconscious bias."
One officer said: "we had it drummed into us about our white privilege and unconscious bias." The outsourced trainer was described as "deeply hateful of white people and our culture." Officers feared career damage if they pushed back.
This ideological environment framed the white teenager as the likely aggressor and gave credence to the attacker's fabricated claim of racial abuse.
Vickrum Digwa, from a Sikh background, lied to police and his family reinforced the narrative on the 999 call, downplaying any knife involvement. Officers initially accepted the story. One was heard telling Henry: "Don't think you have mate."
An ex-police officer appearing on BBC Newsnight called the response "unfathomable." Basic procedure requires immediate medical assessment and priority for anyone reporting a stab wound and breathing difficulty - not restraint and dismissal. The BBC presenter appeared visibly surprised at the unsparing assessment.
Judge William Mousley KC noted the attending officer's "genuine shock" upon realising CPR was being given over a serious chest wound and suggested it showed officers "doing his best in a very difficult situation." The judge also observed that "sometimes, someone arrested and handcuffed will feign injury."
Dr Magier directly challenged that leniency: "I fear that the Judge and pathologist were too lenient towards the police."
A full jury inquest opens at Winchester Coroner's Court on 20 September 2027. It will examine whether any act or omission by police caused or contributed to the death.
The release of bodycam footage earlier this month triggered protests and disorder in Southampton. Henry's father, Mark Nowak, stated: "My son was dragged across gravel, handcuffed and called racist as he lay dying. Being read his rights was the last thing he heard."
Vickrum Digwa was jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years. His sentence has been referred to the Court of Appeal as potentially unduly lenient. Prior warnings about Digwa - including 2022 reports of him firing an illegal air pistol in his garden - were reportedly not acted upon effectively by police.
The pattern fits a broader picture of institutional capture. Training that elevates identity politics over impartial procedure produces exactly this outcome: a dying white teenager treated as a threat while his attacker's narrative receives deference.
Critics from across the spectrum have highlighted the double standard compared with other high-profile custody deaths that triggered institutional upheaval and global campaigns.
Henry's family has asked that his death not be used to sow further division. The facts, however, speak for themselves. When police training and culture elevate racial grievance narratives above the immediate duty to preserve life, the result is not justice - it is preventable tragedy.
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:45:00 +0000 Rome Rebukes Rutte: Italy Rejects Claim US Flew Iran War Missions From Its Bases
Rome Rebukes Rutte: Italy Rejects Claim US Flew Iran War Missions From Its Bases
It's no longer just a Trump-Meloni spat on the level of public rhetoric, but Italy is newly making clear that it is imposing real policy and limitation
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Rome Rebukes Rutte: Italy Rejects Claim US Flew Iran War Missions From Its Bases
It's no longer just a Trump-Meloni spat on the level of public rhetoric, but Italy is newly making clear that it is imposing real policy and limitations on the US, now clarifying that it had formally denied US use of its bases to strike Iran for past and future potential missions .
This has been a long time in coming, as Italy already clearly restricted at least some US use of its bases within the past months related to the Iran war, but now it is official.
On Thursday Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani reportedly told his Iranian counterpart by phone he firmly rejects NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte's recent claims that US forces used Italian military bases in operations against Iran.
Tajani has insisted that Italian bases were never used for any kind of offensive strikes on the Islamic Republic. According to US military publication Stripes , "The Iranian foreign minister thanked Italy for the clarification and said a clear, formal denial was necessary ."
via US Navy
Italy of course remains a member of NATO, and so the fact that Rome was responding to recent remark's of the organization's leader is glaring, and reveals a serious inter-NATO rift.
The NATO chief had been interviewed on Fox earlier this week, wherein he claimed that some 500 American military flights had taken off from bases in Italy in support of Operation Epic Fury . Italy's foreign ministry is firmly rejecting the claim.
In addition, the Italian Defense Ministry came out and said that Rutte "has nothing to do with Operation Epic Fury" - which might explain whey he's making "completely misleading" remarks .
"Italy only authorizes flights that are provided for by the treaties and totally exclude kinetic activities," said that Italian defense ministry statement.
It seems Italy is trying to appease both the Iranian and US sides at once, by trying to shroud its role in ambiguity and abstract definitions of terms :
In a post analyzing how Italy’s bases were used to support the war, the site ItaMilRadar said this week that Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drones from Sigonella “conducted extensive intelligence and reconnaissance missions over the Persian Gulf area” before the Triton operations appeared to shift to Jordan in April . Navy P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft operated from the base before and during the war, and several deployed to Djibouti to support U.S. naval forces in the Indian Ocean, according to the site.
Back in late March, as US-Israeli bombs were still being unleashed on Iran, a statement from PM Meloni’s office had also alluded to matters of procedure, stating that Italy is "acting in full compliance with existing international agreements" - while underscoring that each request must be "carefully examined on a case-by-case basis , as has always been the case in the past."
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto had also at the time confirmed that "some US bombers" were denied landing at Sigonella – one of seven US navy bases in Italy. The complaint is that the US didn't follow required permission protocol, and requested landing only while in the air and already en route to Sicily.
But the truth also is that American hegemonic action in the Middle East, and the Iran conflict in particular, remains deeply unpopular among the Italian population, which has long had a strongly anti-war bent especially among the youth.
The Guardian previously wrote , "The unpopularity of Trump in Italy has also started to erode the popularity of Meloni , who is ideologically in tune with the US president and has established good working relations with him." However, she's lately sought to distance her government from the war, having told parliament earlier this month there's a growing dangerous trend of interventions "outside the scope of international law."
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Majority Of Poles Are Against Ukraine Joining The EU
Majority Of Poles Are Against Ukraine Joining The EU
Majority Of Poles Are Against Ukraine Joining The EU
Via Remix News,
Poles are divided in their assessment of Ukraine’s possible accession to the European Union.
However, according to the latest IBRiS poll conducted for Radio ZET, the voices of those opposed to accession dominate.
A total of 35.3 percent of those surveyed voted in favor of Ukraine’s admission to the European Union. Strong support for such a solution was expressed by 8.4 percent of respondents, while 26.9 percent replied “rather yes.”
There are definitely more opponents of Ukraine’s membership in the EU. A total of 59.7 percent of those questioned took a negative position. The answer “probably not” was given by 27.4 percent of respondents, and “definitely not” by as many as 32.3 percent.
Another 5 percent remain undecided — respondents who chose the answer “I don’t know” or “hard to say.”
Among supporters of the ruling coalition, 64 percent support Ukraine’s accession to the EU, while 73 percent of opposition voters say Ukraine should not join.
The study was conducted by the IBRiS Institute for Market and Social Research using computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) on June 12–13, 2026. The survey was conducted on a representative sample of 1,068 adult Poles.
Zelensky canceled his visit to Poland
The two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC), co-organized by Poland and Ukraine, will begin in Gdansk on Thursday.
One of the highlights of the event will be a joint meeting of the Polish and Ukrainian parliaments.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not come to Gdansk; the Ukrainian delegation will instead be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko
. It is also known that the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, will not come to Poland.
The Gdansk conference is being organized in the shadow of sharp tensions between Poland and Ukraine — all due to Zelensky’s decision to name one of the Ukrainian army units after “UPA heroes.”
In response, Polish President Karol Nawrocki decided to strip Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle.
Read more here...
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:25:00 +0000 A Bridge To The Future: America's 250th Celebration Time Capsule
A Bridge To The Future: America's 250th Celebration Time Capsule
A Bridge To The Future: America's 250th Celebration Time Capsule
Authored by Walker Larson via The Epoch Times,
On July 4, 2026, the United States of America has a date with the future.
America250, the national, nonpartisan group tasked with organizing the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, will establish a bridge with the year 2276 by burying a time capsule at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on July 4 of this year. For 250 years, the capsule will lie there silently waiting, as the ship of the nation surges forward through the uncharted seas of the future . Then in 2276, the capsule will be reopened, providing future Americans with a glimpse into their past—our present.
The capsule contains contributions from all three branches of government, all 50 states, District of Columbia, and five territories, and America250 programs. According to the America250 website, “the Time Capsule reflects a national responsibility to preserve a representative record of the United States at 250 years.” The three-foot-tall, 900-pound capsule has been officially sealed and now awaits burial.
“This moment is as much about the future as it is the past,” Rosie Rios, chair of America250, proclaimed. “When it is opened in 2276, future generations will see the care, pride, and optimism with which Americans marked our 250th anniversary.”
The capsule contains some remarkable items, including a whale bone from Maine, an AI prophecy from California, and a diamond from Arkansas. The Library of Congress has included a molecular data storage device, about the length of a pencil eraser, that contains synthetic DNA in which is encoded digital copies of key Library collection items, such as Thomas Jefferson’s rough draft of the Declaration of Independence and an 1898 audio recording of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Maine's contribution to the America250 time capsule is this bone from the North Atlantic right whale found off the coast of the Gulf of Maine. Courtesy of America250
America250 has explained that the artifacts, letters, records, and objects—most of which have been placed in six-by-four-by-two-inch archival boxes—have been selected to tell the story of the United States, as it exists on this semiquincentennial. Each state and territory established its own commissions to select representative items from that area to be submitted for inclusion in the capsule.
Rios observed, “When it is opened in 2276, we want future generations to have a clear, authentic window into who we were at 250—what we valued, what we built, and how we saw ourselves as a nation.”
The more-than-200 artifacts span a wide range of types, including civic records, scientific items, cultural artifacts, sports memorabilia, and items that express what everyday life in America is like in 2026.
Notable objects include student submissions from America250’s America’s Field Trip contest that respond to the question, “What does America mean to you?” There’s also a Coca-Cola glass bottle, an iPhone 17 Pro Max, a coin from the 2026 NFL playoffs, a map of Alaska when it was sold to the United States by Russia in 1867, a photograph of the military eagle “Old Abe,” and a poem celebrating America by contemporary South Dakota poet Joseph Bottum. Experts from the Library of Congress scrupulously analyzed each item to ensure that it was an appropriate material that wouldn’t decay or compromise the vessel’s integrity.
Also included in the time capsule: As part of America250’s America’s Soundtrack initiative, Coca-Cola donated a “message in a bottle” with a lyrics sheet for their song, “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke” inside an iconic Coke bottle. Courtesy of America250
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) along with preservation experts at the Library of Congress developed the capsule itself, and it was constructed at NIST’s technology fabrication shop. Its smooth, cylindrical hull is made of stainless steel and a water- and air-proof compression seal of indium. Finally, a 1,100-pound steel bell jar will be placed over the capsule when it is buried, forming an air pocket that will keep the cylinder’s dry for its 250-year sleep.
The duty of burying the capsule falls to the National Park Service in conjunction with the Independence Historical Trust, the philanthropic partner to Independence National Historical Park. The time capsule will become an heirloom and responsibility inherited by successive generations of park officials as they pass on the information about the time capsule from decade to decade, century to century, until the year 2276. The National Park Service has information about the capsule in its succession plans, as well as a capstone with information on the capsule, to be placed over its burial site.
A historic national event such as this inspires reflection about the passage of time and the meaning of legacy. Michael Berilla, director of the fabrication technology office at the NIST, who led the team that built the capsule, wrote a rather poignant message to whoever uncovers the cylinder:
“Greetings from the living, breathing hearts and hands of 2026. We will have long since returned to dust, but our devotion, pride, and unwavering hope for what our world could become are alive right here inside this steel. We built this for you.”
As Berilla’s words suggest, the capsule opens a kind of portal between us and our descendants, an opportunity to gaze through the haze of time and, for a moment at least, catch the eyes and hearts of people who do not yet walk the earth, people to whom we will be only a shadowy memory. For a brief window, though, when those future hands unearth this vessel of relics, the shadows of time will flee, and they will be bound to us across that chasm of years in a common surge of hope, gratitude, and patriotism.
Let us hope and pray that the world in which our descendants bring the capsule to light will be more luminous than the one in which we bury it. If it is so, then our efforts as individuals, families, and as a nation will not have been in vain.
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Trump's War Economy Accelerates As Lockheed Wins $35 Billion Deal To Quadruple Missile-Interceptor Output
Trump's War Economy Accelerates As Lockheed Wins $35 Billion Deal To Quadruple Missile-Interceptor Output
President Trump's war economy continues to gain steam as weapons production is kicked into high gear and stockpiling becomes a
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Trump's War Economy Accelerates As Lockheed Wins $35 Billion Deal To Quadruple Missile-Interceptor Output
President Trump's war economy continues to gain steam as weapons production is kicked into high gear and stockpiling becomes a top priority for the Department of War.
The latest evidence: Lockheed Martin has won a DoW contract worth up to $35 billion to quadruple production of THAAD missile-defense interceptors, according to Bloomberg .
The seven-year agreement follows a January framework deal between Lockheed and DoW to boost interceptor output over the next few years. It also comes as the White House moves to mobilize the defense industrial base, with Trump invoking the Defense Production Act to reduce manufacturing bottlenecks.
On Wednesday afternoon, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told reporters after a meeting with Trump that the goal of increasing munitions production “is important because we have to replenish our stockpiles and make sure we are totally ready for whatever might emerge."
The urgency behind the upcoming replenishment cycle comes after four years of war in Ukraine and the recent U.S.-Iran war drained key weapons stockpiles.
Trump also met with defense-industry executives on Wednesday as the administration seeks to accelerate production of other key air-defense weapons.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers in mid-May that because of Trump's "smart business deals” have sent an unmistakable demand signal to defense-industrial partners: build more, build faster, and prepare for sustained procurement.
Hegseth's recent comments about America's industrial base roaring back to life should come as no surprise to readers, as we've outlined:
DoW recently published a map of America's expanding defense industrial base, centered mostly in the South and Rust Belt.
Last week, Nancy Lazar, Piper Sandler's chief global economist and head of the firm's economics research team, told clients she was bullish on goods-producing jobs , including construction workers building out the next wave of data centers.
We would add that surging production of missiles, interceptors, drones, tanks, planes, and bombs could further accelerate that shift, moving the labor market away from two decades of low-productivity service-sector jobs and back toward higher-paying industrial work tied to national security, reshoring, and Trump's war economy.
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:10:00 +0000 Exxon Wins Big As Supreme Court Revives Cuba Seizure Case
Exxon Wins Big As Supreme Court Revives Cuba Seizure Case
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Exxon Mobil can move forward with its lawsuit against Cuban state-owned oil companies over assets seized after Fidel Castro came to power
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Exxon Wins Big As Supreme Court Revives Cuba Seizure Case
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Exxon Mobil can move forward with its lawsuit against Cuban state-owned oil companies over assets seized after Fidel Castro came to power, reopening a dispute tied to Cuba’s 1960 nationalizations, according to CNN .
The 6-3 decision comes as President Donald Trump has taken a more aggressive stance toward Havana.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the majority, with the Court’s liberal justices dissenting.
CNN writes that the ruling is part of a broader wave of legal and political pressure on Cuba. In May, the Trump administration indicted former Cuban leader Raúl Castro over his alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft that killed four people, including three Americans. Trump has also floated military action, saying in March he might have the “honor of taking Cuba.”
Exxon’s case centers on property seized in 1960 and a 1996 law that allows US nationals to sue over confiscated Cuban assets in American courts. Before the revolution, Standard Oil—later Exxon Mobil—operated a refinery, product terminals and 117 service stations in Cuba, all of which were nationalized by Castro’s government.
A US commission in 1969 valued Standard Oil’s losses at nearly $72 million. With interest and Exxon’s request for treble damages, the total exposure could reach into the hundreds of millions.
The legal fight turned on whether the 1996 Cuba law overrides another federal statute that generally shields foreign governments from lawsuits in US courts. Exxon argued Congress created a clear exception for claims involving seized Cuban property, while the Cuban companies said sovereign immunity should still apply.
The Trump administration backed Exxon, telling the Court that “The United States has compelling foreign-policy interests in ensuring that US nationals whose assets were illegally expropriated by Fidel Castro’s communist regime receive recompense and in preventing the Cuban government from further benefiting from its wrongdoing.”
Lower courts were divided, and the DC Circuit had previously ruled against Exxon. The Supreme Court’s decision now clears the way for the lawsuit to proceed.
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:45:00 +0000 Is Trump 2.0's 'Escalation' Strategy Against Russia Starting To Take Shape?
Is Trump 2.0's 'Escalation' Strategy Against Russia Starting To Take Shape?
Is Trump 2.0's 'Escalation' Strategy Against Russia Starting To Take Shape?
Authored by Andrew Korybko,
The US is preparing to radically intensify the Ukrainian Conflict over the coming year...
Trump’s decision to sign the “G7 leaders’ joint statement on geopolitical issues ” calling for more arms to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia signaled that he’ll now “escalate to de-escalate ” (E2DE) through a “war of attrition ” waged by Ukraine. The EU will back this campaign to the hilt and Trump 2.0 will seek to obtain control over Russia’s natural resources companies as its top goal via the coercive selling of shares under pain of continued NATO-backed Ukrainian strikes against associated infrastructure if Putin refuses.
The contours of his administration’s E2DE strategy are now starting to take shape. Nearly two weeks before he signed the abovementioned joint statement, the House passed a bill that would “provid[e] more than $1 billion in security and reconstruction aid. It would make another $8 billion available for Ukraine’s defense through loans.” On the sidelines of the G7 Summit, Trump then said that he’ll soon reimpose oil sanctions against Russia, which would disrupt Putin’s Sino-Indo balancing act .
Around the same time , “A group of US senators has introduced legislation that would amend existing law to allow Ukraine to use assets confiscated from the Central Bank of Russia and other Russian sovereign assets to purchase military equipment.” All of this coincided with reports that the Senate also introduced language into the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) calling for continued intelligence support to Ukraine across all of next year to aid its quest to reconquer its lost land (and possibly more ).
To top it all off, Zelensky then expressed confidence shortly thereafter that Trump will follow through on his explicitly conveyed interest in allowing US companies to manufacture air defense missiles (and likely also other arms) in Ukraine, thus tremendously raising the stakes if Russia strikes these facilities. Of course, it’ll take time for the US to replenish its own missile stockpile after the Third Gulf War , but the writing is on the wall and it reads that Trump 2.0 is preparing to radically intensify the Ukrainian Conflict .
Specifically, its E2DE strategy is expected to closely follow what the Wall Street Journal outlined last fall and which was analyzed here at the time, namely helping Ukraine surpass Russia’s drone capabilities, more secondary sanctions, and provoking unrest inside of Russia. To that end, the House and Senate initiatives will bolster Ukraine’s strike capabilities (including long-range missile ones), while Trump’s sanctions threat will deal with the second part. This combination might lead to unrest inside of Russia.
To be clear, that final phase is unlikely to materialize since the diverse Russian people remain united due to keenly understanding the existential stakes of this conflict as regards its grand strategic goal of “Balkanizing” their civilization-state , plus they’re not prone to protest much either. Nevertheless, the US is still preparing to try anyhow, hoping to at least generate enough disapproval of the status quo that the ruling United Russia party is forced to enter into a coalition after September’s next Duma elections.
Looking forward, the groundwork is rapidly being established for Trump 2.0 to make next year all about Russia, and the Democrats’ possible recapture of Congress or at least one of its chambers after November’s midterms could facilitate this. If Russia doesn’t achieve its goals before that happens or cut a reasonably fair deal by that time, then there’ll be no realistic chance of any such deal till 2029 at the earliest, thus meaning that only victory or defeat would be possible before that date. The clock is ticking.
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:20:00 +0000 China’s Crackdown Threatens Hong Kong’s IPO Boom And Offshore Wealth
China’s Crackdown Threatens Hong Kong’s IPO Boom And Offshore Wealth
China’s Crackdown Threatens Hong Kong’s IPO Boom And Offshore Wealth
China’s latest push to choke off capital flight is starting to hit Hong Kong right where it hurts, according to a new feature from Bloomberg .
For years, the city has served as the main offshore escape valve for mainland wealth — the place where Chinese founders, executives and wealthy families parked money, opened private bank accounts, bought property and set up family offices. Now Beijing is tightening that channel, raising questions about whether Hong Kong can remain Asia’s go-to offshore wealth hub.
Bloomberg writes that the latest measures include roughly $330 million in penalties against three brokerages widely used by Chinese investors to access offshore markets , along with tighter scrutiny of banks, trust structures and wealthy individuals moving money abroad. Advisers in Hong Kong say clients quickly began asking whether their accounts could be affected and whether more restrictions are coming. As one lawyer put it, Beijing isn’t slamming the door shut all at once — “they are installing a doorframe.”
That matters because Hong Kong has become deeply dependent on mainland money. Chinese households and companies moved a record $807 billion out of the country last year, and a large share of it landed in Hong Kong, helping the city overtake Switzerland as the world’s biggest offshore wealth hub. That money has supported luxury spending, real estate, stock trading and Hong Kong’s IPO rebound.
Now the mechanics of moving that money are getting harder. Bankers say mainland clients are facing tougher onboarding standards, including declarations that their wealth was sourced outside China. Private banks are fielding more questions from nervous clients, and some ultra-wealthy Chinese are already looking beyond Hong Kong to Europe, Switzerland and the US. The goal doesn’t seem to be stopping every dollar from leaving China, but making sure Beijing has more visibility and leverage over where it goes.
Beijing is also targeting the offshore structures Chinese founders have long used to turn mainland business success into foreign wealth. For years, the playbook was simple: build a company in China, wrap it in an offshore structure, list it abroad or in Hong Kong, collect dividends, then move that money into overseas property, trusts or family offices. China is now squeezing that route too, restricting red-chip IPO structures and tightening rules around whether Hong Kong listing proceeds can remain offshore.
The result is pressure on one of Hong Kong’s most lucrative ecosystems all at once: wealth management, offshore structuring, IPO underwriting and luxury spending tied to mainland fortunes. If rich Chinese can’t move money into the city as easily, Hong Kong doesn’t just lose deposits — it loses deal flow, brokerage activity, family office growth and some of the conspicuous consumption that has powered its rebound. As one Hong Kong lawyer put it, “The family office figures are looking great, but the doors are shutting.”
What’s driving this is straightforward: China needs control, and it needs revenue. The property downturn has hammered local finances, land-sale income has dried up, and Beijing has become more aggressive about tracking taxable wealth that has slipped offshore. It may not want to end offshore investing altogether, but it clearly wants tighter oversight, tighter rules and a bigger claim on the money once it leaves.
For Hong Kong, that creates a real tension. The city still wants to market itself as the natural offshore home for Chinese capital and the financial bridge between China and the rest of the world. But the more Beijing clamps down, the harder it becomes for Hong Kong to play that role with the same freedom it once did — making it look less like a safe haven and more like an extension of the same system wealthy Chinese were trying to hedge against in the first place.
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:55:00 +0000 Supreme Court Strikes Down Hawaii's Gun Restrictions In Major Second Amendment Case
Supreme Court Strikes Down Hawaii's Gun Restrictions In Major Second Amendment Case
Supreme Court Strikes Down Hawaii's Gun Restrictions In Major Second Amendment Case
Authored by Stacy Robinson & Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times ,
The U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 on June 25 to strike down a Hawaii gun law that banned residents from carrying concealed weapons in privately owned public places, such as gas stations and shopping malls, without permission from the owners.
The Supreme Court in Washington on June 23, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The majority opinion in Wolford v. Lopez was authored by Justice Samuel Alito.
Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor dissented in the case, which was closely watched by gun rights advocates.
Alito said the Second Amendment "has the same meaning in all parts of the United States."
"It cannot give way to 'the spirit of Aloha' in Hawaii - any more than it can yield to the spirit of the Big Apple - or the Windy City ," he said.
"It applies in the same way to our 50th State (where about 8% of adults possess guns) and our 49th State (where the figure is roughly 59%).
"Merely local attitudes can neither shrink nor inflate the meaning of fundamental Bill of Rights guarantees that apply to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment."
Over the years, the court has invoked the so-called doctrine of incorporation to apply the constitutional protections of the Bill of Rights - the first 10 amendments to the Constitution - to the states. Initially, the Bill of Rights was understood to apply only to the federal government.
Hawaii's Act 52 banned handguns on private property unless the permit holder had received "express authorization to carry a firearm on the property by the owner, lessee, operator, or manager of the property."
It also banned firearms in bars, beaches, parks, and "sensitive places" such as hospitals, schools, and government buildings.
The law placed the onus on private property owners who wish to allow concealed carry on their property to communicate their policy to the public.
The state calls the rule requiring express authorization to carry the "default rule," but critics call it the "vampire rule," naming it after the mythical creatures that need permission to enter a property, Second Amendment expert Cam Edwards previously told The Epoch Times.
When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reviewed the Hawaii law, it said the restrictions fell "well within the historical tradition," a reference to the legal test the Supreme Court adopted in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022), which held that the Second Amendment protects the right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.
The appeals court had upheld the state law, pointing to a New Jersey anti-poaching law from 1771 and a Louisiana law from 1865 that it said were "dead ringers" for Hawaii's restrictions.
Earlier in the litigation, a federal district judge blocked the law, but the Ninth Circuit largely reversed that decision. In a 2-1 vote, the appeals court allowed Hawaii to enforce much of the law because, in its view, Act 52 was consistent with Bruen, which recognized a "sensitive places" exception to the right to bear arms in public.
At the oral argument on Jan. 20, Hawaii argued that the state statute protects private property rights and the public, while those challenging the law contended it violates their constitutionally protected right to carry guns in public to defend themselves.
The case was brought by three Hawaii gun permit holders and the Hawaii Firearms Coalition, a gun rights organization, alleging that the state violated the right to bear arms.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:30:00 +0000 Mark Carney Seeks "New World Order" That Excludes The US
Mark Carney Seeks "New World Order" That Excludes The US
It's rare to hear the phrase "new world order" spoken publicly in the post-pandemic world where globalists ultimately failed to implement their spectacular covid coup. In 202
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Mark Carney Seeks "New World Order" That Excludes The US
It's rare to hear the phrase "new world order" spoken publicly in the post-pandemic world where globalists ultimately failed to implement their spectacular covid coup. In 2020, they were everywhere in the media bragging about the takeover; reveling in the vast geopolitical and economic changes that would come with their "4th Industrial Revolution". Today, there's barely a whisper of these concepts beyond closed doors.
High-level globalist and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, however, didn't get the memo. His policy initiatives in the great white north are perhaps even more authoritarian than Justin Trudeau's and more insidious. Canada is on the fast track to becoming a woke Orwellian nightmare state, and this is putting the country in the direct path of conflict with the US.
Carney has continued his efforts to pivot away from the United States and align with Europe. In statements made over the past two weeks, Carney argued that middle-power countries shouldn't compete for favor with America.
Carney asserts that Canada and the European Union have a combined population that is more than twice that of the United States, a similarly sized economy and a collective defense budget that is twice that of China's. He also said smaller nations can multiply their strength by partnering with "like-minded allies" (i.e. far-left globalist governments).
The Prime Minister claims that Canada and Europe as a "force for good" that upholds values like human rights, dignity, and pluralism. As opposed to the US? Carney has been explicit in his antagonism for US meritocracy, nationalism and conservative ideals. It's the primary reason why the Trump Administration has targeted Canada with tariffs. Canada's woke authoritarianism is becoming a serious problem for greater North America.
Why give economic advantage to a foreign government that wants to destroy everything you stand for?
In response, Carney is seeking to join forces with the European Union with a vision for a "new world order" that excludes the US entirely.
“The new world order will be built starting with Europe...Canada is the most European of non-European countries. We are transforming our cooperation with Europe.”
This rhetoric helps to explain why Canadian representatives have been oddly absent from recent trade negotiations and why Canada is no the only nation in the G7 that is experiencing a recession. Some Canadians are beginning to wonder if Carney is deliberately trying to sabotage any potential agreement that would end trade disputes with the US? The answer seems to be "yes", he is undermining negotiations by simply not showing up.
The idea that Canada and Europe will be able to form a counter-economy to the US ignores the fact that the US makes up 30% of global consumer spending. No other nation comes close. Even with the struggles of inflation, US consumer markets are a clear driver of trade around the world and there is no replacement.
The idea of a joint Canada/EU alternative also ignores the fact that these countries are largely socialist, which means their populations are crushed by high taxes, overwhelming bureaucracy and regulations that kill small businesses. Even if these countries work together, they will never have the business momentum required to drive growth. They are a lost cause that will sink further and further into full blown communist as a way to compensate.
Donald Trump's trade and tariff negotiations have sought to correct the unfair imbalances created by NAFTA under Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush. This agreement created the primary nexus point for the globalization of the US economy and it was the final nail in the coffin for US manufacturing. Both Canada and Mexico were heavily enriched by the trade boost and cross border investments tripled while production jobs flowed out of the US.
The end goal of globalization is clear by the trade agreements that globalists create: The goal is artificial international wealth redistribution by forcing top tier economies to give up their advantages to smaller economies. In other words, wealthy countries are being incrementally degraded to make them equal with the lowest common denominator.
The more the US seeks to emulate European models, the more the economy declines. The same will happen to Canada. The country does have the means to be far more independent and self reliant, but that would require a dramatic change in national leadership (a conservative and pro-business regime). It doesn't look like this will happen anytime soon, and so, Canada faces a long and arduous path to financial oblivion.
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