Tuesday, September 23, 2025

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Chinese “pop-up houses” now available on Walmart and Amazon

Published 12 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
To lift the smallest house, a forklift is sufficient - but for the larger ones, it's recommended that the buyer rent a crane.
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Portable “pop-up houses” are now available for purchase on American retailers Walmart and Amazon. The houses are manufactured in China and come in several sizes and price ranges.

The houses, which are built from containers, are called “expandable prefab houses” and are created by Chinese company Chery Industrial. They can be purchased in various sizes, ranging from a simple office with bathroom that costs approximately €14,000, to a larger house with bedroom, living room and dining room along with bathroom and kitchen that costs around €24,500.

The pop-up houses can be bought on Amazon and also at American discount retailer Walmart, but it’s likely cheapest to buy directly from the manufacturer, reports Fortune.

The house can be packed up and becomes “container-sized,” according to the company. Delivery to the buyer is included, but the buyer is responsible for moving the house from the truck. This requires a forklift strong enough to lift the container house, but for the larger houses it’s recommended to rent a crane. The house is delivered folded up and then you need help from friends to unfold it.

Before purchasing, you need to have land to place the house on, but also plan for connecting water and electricity. Toilet and shower are included in most houses, but furniture you naturally choose yourself.

In recent years, so-called “tiny houses” have become a movement, particularly in the USA, where people advocate for more minimalism and simply living more simply with fewer possessions. Often the houses are portable, extremely small in size compared to regular houses, but also planned and well-thought-out in both structure and furnishing.

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Netanyahu promises more illegal settlements after Palestine recognition

The genocide in Gaza

Published yesterday 13:16
– By Editorial Staff
According to Netanyahu, recognizing Palestine as an independent state would be "a huge reward to terrorism".
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Israel’s Prime Minister categorically rejects all plans for an independent Palestinian state and promises to instead expand illegal settlements in the West Bank after Britain, Canada and Australia on Sunday formally recognized Palestine.

Benjamin Netanyahu launched a harsh attack against the three countries’ decision and linked it directly to Hamas’ attack on Israel last year.

— There will be no Palestinian state, the Prime Minister declared.

— I have a clear message to those leaders who recognize a Palestinian state after the terrible massacre on October 7 … You are giving a huge reward to terrorism, he continued.

Netanyahu emphasized that Israel has already intensified its settlement policy in the occupied territories.

— We doubled Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria, and we will continue on this path, promised Israel’s leader, using the biblical names for the West Bank.

“Attempts to force a terrorist state”

The Prime Minister also hinted that further measures are to be expected when he returns from his US trip.

— The response to the latest attempt to force a terrorist state in the heart of our land will be given after my return from the United States. Wait and see.

Netanyahu’s statements come after pressure from the Israeli government’s right-wing faction. The far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have urged the Prime Minister to immediately apply Israeli sovereignty over the entire West Bank in response to Sunday’s recognitions.

The three countries’ decision to recognize Palestine comes in the wake of several other Western nations taking similar steps over the past year, further isolating Israel internationally on an issue where the country defiantly ignores UN resolutions and international law.

Tens of thousands gathered to honor Charlie Kirk

Published yesterday 12:01
– By Editorial Staff
Trump calls Charlie Kirk "a martyr for American freedom".
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Nearly 100,000 people attended Charlie Kirk’s memorial service on Sunday. Several individuals spoke during the ceremony, including President Donald Trump and Kirk’s wife Erika.

It was on September 10 that the conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered during a performance at Utah Valley University. The 31-year-old was shot in front of 3,000 students and later died at the hospital. Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested a few days later and is suspected of the murder.

On Sunday, 95,000 people gathered at State Farm Stadium outside Phoenix in Arizona, USA, to honor Kirk, a ceremony that placed extra emphasis on security. Among other measures, they had security glass on the stage to protect the speakers.

Many people spoke at the memorial service, including Vice President J.D. Vance and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, as well as Tucker Carlson. All expressed their grief over Kirk’s sudden death and described him as a freedom fighter.

“I forgive him”

Wife Erika Kirk also spoke on stage and shared how much he is missed, not least by his two children who lost their father. She also spoke about her husband’s death and said that Kirk felt “no fear, no anxiety” in his final moment, but that she herself felt a grief she had never experienced before.

I saw the wound that ended his life. I felt shock, I felt horror and a level of heartache that I didn’t even know existed, she says according to NBC News.

Furthermore, she says with tears in her eyes that she forgives Kirk’s killer.

I forgive him because it was what Christ did and what Charlie would do. The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the Gospel is love, and always love – love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us.

History will not forget

President Donald Trump also took the stage and spoke highly of Kirk. Trump called him “a martyr for American freedom”.

I know I speak for everyone here today when I say that none of us will ever forget Charlie Kirk, and neither now will history.

Trump also called Kirk a “master” at building people up, who “did not hate his opponents,” and is considerably less forgiving than Kirk’s wife Erika.

He wanted the best for them, Trump says. That’s where I disagree with Charlie. I hate my opponents, and I don’t want the best for them. I am sorry, Erika.

In his closing speech, Trump brought Erika back on stage and hugged her, while the song “America the Beautiful” played in the background.

Thank you very much and good luck. God be with you, Trump concluded.

1.3 million Afghans have left Pakistan after deportation campaign

Published 19 September 2025
– By Editorial Staff
An Afghan man returns to his homeland.
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Approximately 1.3 million Afghans have returned from Pakistan since November 2023, according to Pakistani government figures. This is the result of an extensive deportation campaign targeting illegal immigrants in the country.

Pakistan announced in 2023 that all foreigners residing illegally in the country must leave before November 1 of the same year or risk arrest and deportation.

Authorities justify the measures by citing extensive security problems and referring to the fact that Afghan refugees have severely strained the country’s economic resources for decades and that many Afghans have connections to militant movements and terrorist groups.

— If we are given assistance and a place where we can build a house or set up our tent and continue our life, it would help us, says Jan Mohammad, one of the returnees at the Torkham border crossing, to Arab News.

Another returnee, Ghazi, describes economic losses: “They forced us out, and we had to sell our cattle, sheep, goats and cows at very low prices”.

Has harbored Afghans since Soviet invasion

Pakistan has harbored Afghans since the Soviet invasion in 1979. The numbers increased dramatically after the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, when tens of thousands fled across the border.

UN agencies estimate that hundreds of thousands more could be affected as the deportation program continues, while the UN refugee agency has demanded a halt to the deportations and warned of a humanitarian crisis.

Pakistani authorities maintain, however, that the measures are both legal and necessary for the nation’s security and stability. Islamabad emphasizes that the deportations include all illegal immigrants regardless of nationality, and that Pakistan can no longer shoulder this heavy burden after decades of hosting refugees.

Trump classifies Antifa as terrorist organization

Donald Trump's USA

Published 18 September 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Trump describes Antifa as a group of criminal and violent left-wing extremists.
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President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will classify the far-left and violence-embracing movement Antifa as a “major terrorist organization”.

In a post on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump described the far-left group as “a sick, dangerous, radical left disaster” and announced that he will “strongly recommend” that those who finance Antifa be thoroughly investigated.

— Antifa is terrible. These aren’t protests, these are crimes that they’re doing. They’re throwing bricks at cars of the ICE and Border Patrol. They’re professional agitators. They should be put in jail. What they’re doing to this country is really subversive, the president told reporters in the Oval Office earlier this week.

The announcement comes in the shadow of the murder of Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative organization Turning Point USA, which occurred on September 10, and Trump has publicly linked the suspected killer Tyler Robinson to militant far-left extremism.

“Radical left group of lunatics”

According to authorities, shell casings found near the suspected murder weapon were engraved with the texts “Hey fascist! Catch!” and “Bella ciao bella ciao ciao” – the latter phrase comes from an anti-fascist song that was popularized by the Italian resistance during World War II.

— We have a radical left group of lunatics out there, just absolute lunatics, and we’re going to get that problem solved, Trump told reporters before boarding his presidential helicopter.

The president simultaneously emphasized that he wants people to react to Kirk’s death in a non-violent manner, something he stressed that Kirk himself advocated throughout his career.

As usual, Trump communicates via his own platform Truth Social. Photo: facsimile/Donald Trump/Truth Social

Violence and threats against dissidents

Antifa, which is an abbreviation for “anti-fascist”, is a decentralized far-left movement that lacks designated leaders, formal membership or a strict organizational structure. The movement claims to combat what they themselves call fascism, white power ideology and right-wing extremism – but has over the years exercised violence against conservatives as well as liberals and immigration critics.

Violence-embracing activists who identify with Antifa – often dressed in black clothing and masks – have also been criticized for spreading political opponents’ personal information online and carrying out or inciting attacks against them.

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