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Israel’s Parliament has triggered a national election for October 27. The Parliament, called the Knesset, stated “Since the current Knesset is expected to serve its full term and the next general election is already set by law for 27 October, with no intention of shortening the legislature’s tenure, there is no need to enact a Knesset Dissolution Law in the usual sense.”
Netanyahu hopes to keep the parliament open so he can pass laws that will shore up support for his coalition. He has announced his plans to run for Prime Minister once again. He is already the longest serving PM in Israel’s history.
Israel to hold elections on 27 October in what is seen as referendum on Netanyahu leadership– www.euronews.com
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Israel’s parliament has said the country will hold national elections on 27 October, the last date allowed by law. The vote is widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership since the Gaza war erupted in 2023.
The Knesset (Israel’s parliament) is set to end its current term on 17 July, allowing the ruling coalition to complete a full four-year term for the first time in decades.
An unborn child with a cleft lip faces abortion in Canada if a gay couple has their way. The child is living in the womb of a surrogate mother, who refused to abort the child despite the gay couple’s demands. The lawsuit was filed in Ontario, Canada Superior Court.
The gay couple wrote the surrogate mother, “Considering that medical tests indicate that the fetus has, or is likely to have, a genetic, chromosomal or other abnormality or defect, and in accordance with article 8.5 (a) of our surrogacy agreement … we want to inform you of our wish that the pregnancy be terminated. Although very difficult, this decision is free and informed.”
Gay Couple Sues Surrogate for Refusing to Kill Baby With Cleft Lip in Abortion– www.lifenews.com
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A same-sex couple in Ontario has sued their surrogate mother after she refused to abort their baby diagnosed with a cleft lip, a relatively minor and easily correctable condition with surgery.
The lawsuit, filed in Ontario Superior Court in May, seeks approximately $600,000 in damages. It alleges the surrogate failed to keep the couple informed about the baby’s health, put the child at risk, failed to follow their directions on medical care, violated confidentiality and caused one parent serious emotional distress.
The conflict began in late June 2024 when an ultrasound at about 22 weeks showed the baby had a cleft lip along with possible cleft palate and a minor heart defect. The couple sent the surrogate a letter demanding she kill the baby in an abortion under a clause in their surrogacy agreement.
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The African Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram have been using AI to help optimize their operations on the ground. The terrorist group used a range of AI chatbots, from ChatGPT to DeepSeek. The revelations were revealed through interviews conducted by 27 members of Boko Haram over the last two years.
AI has already fallen into the wrong hands and they’re using it to make bombs– www.digitaltrends.com
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Artificial intelligence has quickly become the go-to tool for everything from writing emails and summarizing meetings to helping students study or developers debug code. But the same technology that saves people time can also be misused, and a new report suggests that terrorist organizations are finding ways to do exactly that.
According to a research paper shared with The New York Times ahead of its publication, researchers found evidence that members of Boko Haram have been using popular AI chatbots to support both day-to-day activities and combat-related tasks. Interviews with 27 former members conducted in Nigeria over the past two years suggest that tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Meta AI, and DeepSeek were used to gather technical information, troubleshoot weapons, and even assist with planning attacks.
China’s Ethnic Unity Law took effect July 1, 2026. The law appears to attempt to advance Han ethnic supremacism both within China and globally. Global concerns about the laws effects on ethnic minorities within China were met by claims from CCP officials that the law was meant to “protect them.”
China Defends Widely Criticized ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law – The New York Times
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Rights groups and Western officials have criticized the law as a threat to Tibetans, Uyghurs and other minorities. Beijing says the measure aims to protect them.
Thanks to President Donald Trump’s non-signature, America is under a state digital dollar ban at least until 2030. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act was allowed to become law simply through the President’s non-signing. Within that law is a provision that prohibits the U.S. from developing a U.S. digital dollar at least until 2030.
Donald Trump’s unsigned housing bill just banned the U.S. digital dollar – thestreet.com
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The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law at midnight, and President Donald Trump’s signature was never on it.
Buried inside the bipartisan housing-affordability bill, and having nothing to do with housing, is a provision barring the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency, a government-run digital dollar.
The ban runs until December 31, 2030, and it stops the Fed from issuing a digital dollar either directly to the public or indirectly through banks and other intermediaries. Any future attempt would require Congress to authorize it first.
Trump had announced he would not sign the bill. He did it anyway, in a sense, by doing nothing at all.
