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The Great Decline Of Britain Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Britain's streets are rotting in plain sight. Road signs coated in years of grime, pavements choked with weeds, blocked drains, overflowing bins and potholes have become everyday features of life in what was once a first-world country. Local authorities, funded by rising council tax, routinely fail to deliver the most basic maintenance. Ordinary people - including schoolchildren - are now having to do the job themselves. All across the length and breadth of the country, from London squares to provincial...

German Chancellor Claims Relationship With Trump Is Good, Despite Comments About Iran Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on April 29 said that he is on good terms with U.S. President Donald Trump, despite Merz’s recent remarks about the Iran war and Trump’s criticism of the German chancellor. “From my perspective, my personal relationship with the ​U.S. President remains good,” Merz told reporters. “I simply had doubts from the ⁠start about what was begun with the war in Iran. That is ​why I have made that clear.” On...

The US Spends More On 'Defense' Than The Next 8 Countries Combined For the first time on record, the top 15 military spenders allocated more than $2 trillion to defense in 2025. Total global defense spending also reached a record $2.6 trillion, signaling a major shift in geopolitical priorities. Using data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, this visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, ranks the 15 countries driving this surge in military spending. While the U.S. still operates on an entirely different scale, the biggest shift is happening in Europe, where countries...