BRF, by Roger Pint: “Another heavy blow to the country’s credit rating,” headlines Het Nieuwsblad. “New wake-up call for Belgian finances – Standard & Poor’s also downgrades credit rating,” writes Het Laatste Nieuws on page one. Following Fitch last year…

National Post: A massive gilded statue of President Donald Trump installed at his Miami golf course is definitely not a “golden calf” to be worshipped, the pastor who led a dedication ceremony for the eyebrow-raising effigy insisted Friday. Financed by…

Zero Hedge, by Tyler Durden: While the digital US economy, if proxied through the earnings growth and stock prices of AI companies and their “picks and shovels” support ecosystem, has never been stronger, the traditional US consumer, responsible for 70%…

AP News, by Peter Smith: One member calls for a Presidential Medal of Freedom for a baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Another calls for court interventions by the Department of Justice on behalf…

CNN, by Christopher Lamb and Jennifer Hansler: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Thursday where the two discussed the issues of disagreement, including the Iran war, that have contributed to a historic…

NY Post, by Titus Wu: California is about to face the most brutal test of the gas crisis yet as the final ship carrying oil from the Middle East arrived in the Golden State. The last oil tanker to pass…

The Christian Post, by Anugrah Kumar: An Egyptian court has rejected a petition seeking to establish Easter as an official national holiday, leaving in place conditions that force the country’s Christians to choose between observing their faith’s holiest day and…

The Guardian, by Joseph Gedeon: The celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés has a warning for the suits in Washington and around the world: stop looking at the oil tickers and start looking at the soil. The World Central Kitchen…

The Jerusalem Post, by Esther Davis: Israel is set to host the Middle East’s largest ever LGBT festival at the Dead Sea in June 2026. The new festival, Pride Land, intends to transform the middle of the Judean Desert into…

Zero Hedge, by Tyler Durden: Rosneft’s sprawling oil refinery in southern port town of Tuapse has been struck by Ukrainian drones once again, unleashing a huge fire and significant destruction, in what marks the third such attack just this month. “Another…

CBS News: A powerful tornado in Oklahoma on Thursday ripped roofs off buildings, destroyed homes, knocked down utility poles and forced an Air Force base to close. The confirmed tornado moved across parts of Enid, a city of about 50,000…

New York Post, by Anthony Blair: A crazed Louisiana dad fatally shot eight kids — including seven of his own children — and wounded two women during a rampage Sunday morning. Seven of the slain kids were the children of…