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by Admin Sep 7, 2024 The Appeal Courts in Michigan and North Carolina have ruled in favor of Robert F Kennedy Jr in his bid to remove his name from the state’s ballot box which are considered to swing states. This verdict was passed on Friday after a month in which Mr Kennedy Jr pulled out of the presidential race and threw his support behind former President Donald Trump.  The former president who celebrated the verdict made a statement about it during his visit to the police officers’ union in Charlotte, North Carolina. He said “So all of the Bobby people are going to vote for me.”.  The verdict could play a very significant difference in the close presidential race between former President Donald Trump, who is running as a Republican candidate , and current vice president Kamala Harris, a Democrat. The two candidates are set for a showdown in November presidential elections. Former Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has been fighting vigorously to ensure the removal of his name from ballot boxes in key swing states, after spending so much time and effort in getting his name on those ballot boxes. Also, it has been confirmed that Mr Kennedy’s name will not appear on ballot boxes in Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania, which are considered three other key swing states. The North Carolina verdict came hours before state election officials were scheduled to announce more than 132,000 absentee ballots. Whereas, the North Carolina Board of Elections has alerted that those voting papers should not be issued out on Friday. The board has also argued the expensive cost of changing the ballot boxes which would have to be reprinted and redistributed without the name of Robert F Kennedy Jr on it.  Meanwhile in Wisconsin, a judge has ruled against Mr Kennedy because the law in Wisconsin states that “any person who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot may not decline nomination”. However, the judge has set another hearing for Sep 11, which is a week before ballot boxes are being sent out. 

by Admin Sep 5, 2024 Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26 year old American-Turkish lady has been reportedly killed by the Israeli Defense Forces while participating in a protest at the occupied territories of the West Bank on Friday. Eygi, who is a volunteer for the anti-occupation International Solidarity Movement, was pronounced dead at the hospital after she was shot by the Israeli military in Beita, near Nablus.  It was gathered by eyewitnesses who were present at the incident that she was shot when a confrontation broke out between the protesters and the Israeli forces in a nearby field, when the soldiers surrounded and opened fire on a group of Palestianians who were praying. The Israel Defense Forces in a statement said they are investigating the shooting and are in search of the suspects who instigated the attack as it was recorded that the Palestinians threw stones at the IDF who in return fired back to disperse the attackers in the process which resulted in the shooting of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi. The US state department spokesman Matthew Miller said the department is investigating the incident and doing everything possible to gather information surrounding the shooting and death of Eygi. The White House has also condemned the killing and has said that they are “deeply disturbed” and are seeking an investigation into the incident. Whereas Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, took to his page on X and expressed his outrage over the death of Eygi, he said “I condemn Israel’s barbaric intervention against a civilian protest against the occupation in the West Bank, and I pray for God’s mercy on our citizen Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, who lost her life in the attack.” He further said that “ As Turkey we will continue to strive on every platform to end Israel’s occupation and genocide policy … and to make it accountable before the law for its crimes against humanity.” Violence activities have increased against Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7 Hamas attack which claimed over one thousand lives of Israeli citizens. Palestinian officials and rights groups have long accused the IDF of standing by or even joining in settler attacks. While all Israeli settlements along the West Bank are considered illegal under international law. 

by Admin Sep 6, 2024 The Israel Defense Forces have pulled out of the City of Jenin and the surrounding refugee camps in the West Bank after ten days of heavy fighting in the area which has left thirty-six Palestinians civilians dead. Prodesq gathered that on Friday the Israel Defense Force rolled out their tanks and the Palestinians civilians were heading back towards their homes. The Palestinian refugee camp was reported to be used by some militia fighters which also included the Hamas group which were responsible for the October 7 attacks on Israel that left more than 1000 Israeli civilians killed. The incursion of the Israel Defense Forces was reported to be the deadliest since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas conflict which has claimed thousands of civilian lives in several parts of Gaza and the West Bank strips. Prodesq reported the incursion which began on August 28 with the Israel Defense Force rolling in tanks and bulldozers into the City of Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas.  In a statement released by Israel Defense Ministry, it claimed that “Over the course of the operation in Jenin, Israeli forces killed 14 militants, arrested 30 suspects, dismantled approximately 30 explosives planted under roads” and also conducted four aerial air strikes.  The statement further stated that “Israeli security forces are continuing to act in order to achieve the objectives of the counterterrorism operation,” adding that It said in a statement on Friday that Israeli forces “have been conducting counterterrorism activity in the area of Jenin”. The statement by the IDF has not formally acknowledged the withdrawal of troops and tanks from Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas, but rather acknowledges that one Israeli soldier was killed in the operation. Prodesq also gathered information that several houses in Jenin camp were  destroyed and damaged by the Israeli army bulldozers and the roads were stripped from the ground. It was reported by the Palestinian health ministry that 661 Palestinian civilians have been killed since the beginning of the Gaza war began on October 7, while 23 Israelis, including security forces, have been killed in Palestinian attacks in the territory during the same period, according to Israeli officials.

by Admin Sep 5, 2024 Michigan Federal Court has sentenced two Nigerian men to 210 months imprisonment each for their involvement in an illegal sexual exploitation and extortion scheme which led to the death of 17 year old Jordan Demay by suicide. Michigan authorities say that in 2022 Jordan sent explicit images of himself to someone he believed was a lady but was unaware that he had sent his explicit photos to Nigerian fraudsters and was blackmailed to pay them $1000 to keep his private pictures off the internet. Jordan Demay committed suicide in March 2022 out of frustration over his inability to raise the requested payment of $1000 which prompted the FBI office in Michigan to swing into action and investigate the mystery surrounding his death which led them to find the Two Nigerian brothers Samuel and Samson Ogoshi who were in the business of buying hacked Instagram accounts to deceive both adult men and underage boys into sending explicit images. The unsuspecting victims who fall into the scheme will be threatened by brothers that they will release their explicit photographs to their families and friends if they don’t comply and pay the required amount. The FBI gathered that the brothers have tried to extort money from over hundred victims of relationship scams.  Jordan was a graduating senior at Marquette Senior High School, he was a member of both football and basketball teams. The culprit brothers were extradited from Nigeria to the U.S. in August 2023 and were sentenced to 17 years and six months each and they are likely to face an additional sentence of up to 30 years.  Jordan committed suicide by shooting himself within six hours after he found he was being blackmailed with his explicit photos. His mother revealed that she made it her life’s mission to share her son’s story with the world hoping it would help save another unsuspecting child. She said “ “Financial sextortion is the fastest growing crime amongst our teenagers and change will happen when someone is held accountable for what’s happening to these kids.”.  Prodesq gathered that there is a third suspect in the case but is currently appealing his own extradition, according to U.S. authorities.

by Admin Sep 5, 2024 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has announced his intention to execute 30 of his officials on the charges of negligence to avert the flood that led to the deaths of 4000 people.  This was disclosed by Chosun TV media, a South Korean media. This came after a North Korean official whose name was withheld due to security reasons, revealed to the media station that between 20 and 30 leaders in North Korea had been charged with corruption and dereliction of duty, with the state sentencing them to capital punishment.  In his statement he said ““It has been determined that 20 to 30 cadres in the flood-stricken area were executed at the same time late last month,”. The report which was withheld to be reported by western media due to the sensitivity of the report.  However the North Korean Central News Agency reported that the country’s supreme leader has ordered strict punishment who were meant to avert the disaster flood that hit the Chagang province in July, which killed an estimated number of 4,000 lives while displacing more than 15,000 people. The names of the officials were to be “strictly punished” be released but Kang Bong-hoon, the secretary of Chagang province provincial party committee for the past five years, was among the leaders dismissed by Kim in an emergency meeting during the flooding disaster. Lee Il-gyu, a former North Korean diplomat, revealed to Chosun TV that it was clear that officials in the province were “so anxious that they don’t know when their necks will fall off.”  The North Korean leader who was seen last month surveying the damage caused by the floods has also slammed reports from South Korea about the death toll, denying the allegations that thousands were killed.  Prodesq gathered that this would not be the first time North Korea’s supreme leader will order the execution of his officials, it was gathered that in 2019, Kim ordered the execution of Kim Hyok Chol, an envoy sent to the United States to secure a nuclear deal with the then President Donald Trump. 

by Admin Sep 5, 2024 The French President on Thursday announced the new French prime minister, Michael Barnier. The announcement came three months after an election that produced no distinguished winner, which led to an impasse in the debate over who should be the next Prime Minister of the country. Who is Michael Barnier? Michael Barnier is a former member of the European Parliament who served as a two time commissioner of the European Union and was also elected foreign minister of the center-right Les Republicains party. He went on to serve as the European Commission Head of relations with the United Kingdom, this paved the way for him to be vital in the Brexit negotiations which he was part of as the chief negotiator.  The 73 year old is the oldest serving prime minister in the history of the fifth Republic of France.  He is from a typical humble French household, born in 1951 in the eastern alpine region of Savoie with a religious background of catholic doctrines in the left-learning class. Prime Minister Barnier began his political career at the young age of 14 as an activist in the Charles de Gaulle movement, and in 1972 he became ministerial advisor after graduating from the prestigious École de Commerce Supérieur de Paris in the same year. He was advisor to several prominent ministers and six years later he became the youngest elected member of parliament in the National Assembly.  He played a prominent role in the organization of the 1992 Winter Olympics held in Albertville. He became a full-fledged minister in the same year. He served as a two year environment minister and another two years as the minister for European affairs, the position which led him into the great position in Brussels.  He was in the spotlight during the issues of the Maastricht Treaty, the creation of the euro and free movement across the bloc. However, his strong will for political expediency led into becoming a French Senator in 1997 and after spending two years in the French senate he headed back to the European Union headquarters in Brussels where he was appointed the European Union’s commissioner for regional policy in 1999. With a strong portfolio under his belt, he headed back to France’s political realm and became the country’s foreign minister in 2004 and three years after he was appointed minister for agriculture and fishing which are two key positions in the French cabinet.  He became a member of the European Parliament and then served as Commissioner for Internal Market and Service which is regarded as one of the most high-profile jobs in the European Union executive. His whaly ambition led him to launch an unsuccessful attempt at the position of the European Union president in 2014 and he lost to Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude Juncker.  In 2016 he was appointed chief negotiator in the charade of the United Kingdom decision to withdraw from the European Union, he led the European Union negotiating team, his unprecedented role in negotiations for five years earned him great admiration from both the European Union and the United Kingdom in securing a profitable future for the European Union. After his Brexit triumph, he headed back to his country and launched his presidential campaign in 2021 but failed to win enough support from the liberal-conservative Republican party, who opted for Valérie Pécresse in his stead.  With the stalemate of the July elections, which brought the left-wing coalition New Popular Front (NFP), Macron’s centrist group and the far-right National Rally into a coalition government called “three near equal bloc”, French president, Emmanuel Macron was able to decide on the next prime minister in the person of Michael Branier, the announcement which was met by an opposition figure Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the French left’s largest party France Unbowed (LFI), said that Barnier’s appointment had “stolen” the election from the French people.  Prime Minister Michael Barnier is now poised to face a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly, France’s lower house of the parliament, and a hill task ahead in navigating through the country’s political crisis.

by Admin Sept 4, 2024 It was a black Wednesday for the people of  Georgia when a single shooter opened fire on the students of Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia.  The shooter who is also believed to be a student of the school opened fire on his fellow students and killed four while nine other students were injured and were rushed to the hospital. The shooter is currently in police custody and is also reported alive and uninjured. The shooting led to the closing down of all other Barrow County Schools.  A statement by the Barrow County School District revealed that “The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office says this is for the safety of everyone right now. Please do not visit your child’s school at this time. We cannot release students during a lockdown, the school district said in a statement. We will let you know as soon as [the sheriff’s office] says it is all clear for dismissal.” In a statement released by President Joe Biden, the president expressed his grievances and sympathy to the families of the victims “ “Jill and I are mourning the deaths of those whose lives were cut short due to more senseless gun violence and thinking of all of the survivors whose lives are forever changed,” Biden said in a statement. “Students across the country are learning how to duck and cover instead of how to read and write. We cannot continue to accept this as normal.” Furthermore in his statement, the president pointed out how he has tried to battle gun violence and his efforts have been sabotaged by the Republican lawmakers. “After decades of inaction, Republicans in Congress must finally say ‘enough is enough’ and work with Democrats to pass common-sense gun safety legislation,” President Biden said.  He further disclosed that it is important to ban assault rifles in the country to reduce gun violence, he said “We must ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines once again, require safe storage of firearms, enact universal background checks, and end immunity for gun manufacturers. These measures will not bring those who were tragically killed today back, but it will help prevent more tragic gun violence from ripping more families apart.” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens expressed his condolences and sympathy towards the family of the bereaved “My prayers are with the high school students, staff, and families affected by the senseless act of violence in Winder,” and he also guaranteed to increase patrols around schools in Atlanta. Meanwhile, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp also extended his wishes to the family of the deceased, he said he is  “praying for the safety of those in our classrooms, both in Barrow County and across the state.”. 

by Admin Sep 4, 2024 The former President and Republican presidential candidate has called on Republican lawmakers to shut down the government at the end of the month if Congress refuses to pass a GOP-backed proposal to establish new election rules nationwide. In his message directly to the Republicans in the United States Congress on the Monica Crowley Show, the former president has urged them to pursue the signing of the link funding the government with the SAVE Act. He said “I would shut down the government in a heartbeat if they don’t get it,” the former president further disclosed that “It should be in the bill. And if it’s not in the bill, you want to close it up, So I’m not there but, you know, I have influence.” The act would require proof of citizenship to vote in the next election in a bid to ensure that non-citizens have no right to vote, which is already illegal. This is due to the fact that the Biden administration has witnessed the largest number of immigrants crossing into the country in the last four years since the end of the Second World War. The act which is currently being reviewed for adoption by the Republican leaders in Congress will pitch them against their Democrat counterparts in Congress. The deadline for the funding of the government is Sept.30, and the Republican-led House will have to consult with the Democrat-led Senate on how to avoid shutting down the government.  The SAVE Act which the Democrats condemned and called a “poison pill”. The two parties are horn-locked and are nowhere close to deciding on a full-year government funding package. This means that a continuing resolution will be inevitable as a last-resort solution.  House Speaker Mike Johnson, who is a Republican, has yet to announce how he plans to address the situation. Whereas, The National Voter Registration Act of 1996 “requires states to use a common voter registration form, which includes an attestation under penalty of perjury that the applicant is a U.S. citizen,” while “Illegal registration and voting attempts by noncitizens are routinely investigated and prosecuted by the appropriate state authorities, and there is no evidence that attempts at voting by noncitizens have been significant enough to impact any election’s outcome.” President Joe Biden also opposes the SAVE Act, in a statement released by the white house on Tuesday, President Biden said “make it much harder for all eligible Americans to register to vote and increase the risk that eligible voters are purged from voter rolls.”

by Admin Sep 3, 2024 Two people were killed and another three injured when a driver crashed his vehicle into a restaurant located on Park Tavern in St. Louis Park, a city immediately west of Minneapolis. The incident happened on Sunday evening, when the driver attempted to park his vehicle in the restaurant parking garage but ran into the restaurant and killed medical workers and a staff member of the restaurant in the midst of a celebration. Analyzing the video footage from the incident the police have arrested and charged the driver with criminal vehicular homicide with no further intention to commit a potential motive, the driver whose identity has been withheld by police for security concerns. In a statement released by the Minnesota Police Department, it was revealed that Minnesota State Patrol conducted the accident reconstruction, and a law enforcement investigation into the scene of the accident is currently ongoing. Whereas Prodesq media gathered that a witness who was present at the scene said the driver moved his vehicle back before running into the restaurant which accommodated over 30 people at the time of the incident.  Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park spokesperson, Annelise Heitkamp, issued a statement saying that one of the dead victims and the four injured people are a member of the hospital, she disclosed that “Following the tragic incident at Park Tavern, we’re grieving the loss of a loved and respected colleague and friend to many here at Methodist Hospital and HealthPartners,” Heitkamp said. “Our thoughts are with our colleague’s family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.” In her written statement she did not disclose the identity of the deceased person but identified the names of the injured people who are all nurses of the hospital.  Dr. Thomas Stark, who also works at Methodist Hospital revealed that the medical officers were out to celebrate one of the nurses who was leaving the hospital and moving to another hospital for a new role. She said “On to the next chapter of her life and everyone was out celebrating, having a good time and saying good-bye,” and the celebrated nurse now lies on a hospital bed with severe injuries. The restaurant owner Phil Weber identified the second person who died as Kristina Folkerts, a server at the restaurant. She was 30 years old and has been a long staff member of the restaurant and she is survived by three young daughters. 

by Admin Sep 2, 2024 Israel witnessed a huge protest against the government on Sunday in Tel Aviv which erupted after the announcement of the deaths of six Israeli hostages in Gaza Strip last Saturday and the failure of the Israeli government to secure a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas militants. A crowd which is estimated to be about 500,000 people assembled at the ancient city of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other significant cities in Israel, the crowd gathered to demand that the Israeli prime minister and his government agree to a ceasefire and secure the release of the remaining 101 hostages that were captured by Hamas militants during the October 7 terror attack.  The Israeli government has confirmed that 33 hostages have been killed since the beginning of the war in Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas militants. The protesters in Tel Aviv, filled the highway and held the pictures of the dead hostages while the police officers used water cannons to disperse them and 26 people were taken into custody. The Israeli government tried to prevent the protests through the high court, finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, an influential member of Israel’s security cabinet, asked the attorney general to prohibit the strike. A group representing the families of the abducted hostages laid accusing fingers at the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being the reason why the hostages were killed because he refused to secure a release deal with Hamas.  In a statement issued by the group, it said “ “were all murdered in the last few days, after surviving almost 11 months of abuse, torture, and starvation in Hamas captivity. The delay in signing the deal has led to their deaths and those of many other hostages,”. Israeli labor leaders have called for a one-day general strike on Monday in the country. U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement he revealed that he was “devastated and outraged” by the death of 23-year-old Israeli American Goldberg-Polin and the other hostages. He further said that “Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages,”.  Making the statement in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, President Biden said he is very optimistic that a ceasefire deal would be reached soon.  An epileptic negotiation is underway between the United States, Qatar and Egypt which is far from securing a ceasefire agreement despite mounting international pressure from the United States and other countries.  Khalil Al-Hayya, the chief Hamas negotiator on Sunday said the Hamas leadership has reiterated that it will not accept a ceasefire agreement unless Israel pulls out of the Gaza Strip, including the Philadelphi and Netzarim corridors.  Meanwhile the Israeli forces continued their offensive against Hamas-led militants in several parts of Gaza, with the Israeli forces targeting what it said was a Hamas command center in a former school in Gaza City.