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Estimates in the available reporting put the global Jewish population on the eve of World War II at roughly 15.3–16.6 million, with many authoritative accounts centering on figures near 16.5–16.6 mill...
Eurostat reports that police-recorded sexual violence in the EU rose 79.2% from 2013 to 2023 and that rape offences more than doubled (a 141% increase) in that period; in 2023 the EU recorded 91,370 r...
Tom Hanks does not publicly own a private South Pacific “Cast Away” island; the film’s island was filmed on the uninhabited Fijian islet Modriki/Monuriki, which is a nature preserve and not Hanks’s pr...
Since 2010 the United States’ national debt has , surpassing typical EU averages and many individual member states; by 2024–2025 U.S. debt stood near or above 118–121% of GDP while the EU average clus...
Court-tested “no-logs” claims have both been upheld and pierced: Windscribe’s founder had criminal charges dismissed in April 2025 after the company could not provide user data , while multiple long-d...
The short answer: parts of what is called “Antifa” have been designated terrorist organizations by U.S. authorities — but those designations apply to specific foreign groups, not to a single, unified ...
Claims that “ANTIFA is in fact extremely Fascist” conflict with mainstream definitions and recent government findings: antifa is short for “anti-fascist,” a decentralized left‑wing movement rooted in ...
Court records and reporting show multiple VPN providers have had their no-logs claims tested in court and by law enforcement; Private Internet Access (PIA) was subpoenaed in 2016/2017 and could not pr...
Several governments and the U.S. federal administration have taken concrete steps this year to label specific anti-fascist groups as terrorist organisations: Hungary put Antifa Ost on a national terro...
Antifa is not a single hierarchical organization in the way most formal groups are, but recent U.S. government actions treat some anti-fascist networks and named cells as organized violent groups: the...
A growing number of countries and many U.S. states now require some form of age or identity verification for social media or for access to age‑restricted online content: Australia’s law will force pla...
Anthropological, historical and medical literature shows that beliefs about semen as a vital substance, life‑force or carrier of masculine power have shaped practices and preferences about ingesting i...
As of the available reporting, no country is universally requiring a phone-based digital ID in lieu of a passport for international air border crossings in 2026; the EU is rolling out an EU Digital Id...
Australia’s intelligence and law‑enforcement agencies investigated and attributed a series of antisemitic arson attacks in 2024 to an Iran-linked network; Canberra expelled Iran’s ambassador in August...
The Entry/Exit System (EES) will collect from non‑EU nationals in the majority of Schengen and EU countries when it starts operations on 12 October 2025, with progressive roll‑out completing by April ...
Greece and Argentina both enacted deep pension cuts during financial crises; Greece’s measures were a precondition of multiple bailouts and involved repeated cuts and structural reform that reduced av...
Denmark’s asylum recognition rate is higher than the EU average on headline measures, but that advantage reflects a mix of few unfounded applications, a large share of resettlement and family-reunific...
Mossad publicly credited intelligence that helped expose and link Iranian-directed plots targeting Jewish sites in Australia in 2024, naming a purported IRGC Quds Force commander, “Sardar Amar,” as th...
An ethno-state is commonly defined as a political entity where a single ethnic, racial, religious, or cultural group dominates political power and membership, often with formal or informal restriction...
The U.S. State Department announced that four specific Europe-based groups tied to the antifascist (Antifa) milieu were designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) and slated to be li...