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Locals in Spanish seaside destination have message for tourists: 'Go home'

Barcelona residents are saying enough to the mass amounts of tourists pouring into the top destination city along Spain’s northeastern coastline and have called on officials to take counteractive measures.

As tourist rates once again near pre-pandemic levels, locals are pushing back with signs reading, "Go home" and "Tourism kills neighborhoods" sprawling across city districts, including major sightseeing locations like the La Rambla boulevard and the city’s opera house, reported Reuters Friday.

The push to limit the number of tourists able to pour into the Mediterranean city, particularly by cruise ship, comes as Spaniards gear up for local and regional elections set for Sunday.

I can tell you that Barcelona is broken. The only reason it seems to stay afloat is because it keeps borrowing lots of money from Madrid and other communities, except for País Vasco the land of terrorist ETA. If they stop admitting tourists just because some neighbors, probably extreme leftists, complain about them, it will ruin the city and its autonomous community as well.

"We like tourism, to have visitors, but tourist overcrowding triggers problems of mobility, speculation and gentrification that put our local way of life at risk. Therefore, we have to regulate it," Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau told Reuters.

The far-left mayor, who is seeking a third term, has made regulating tourism a cornerstone of her campaign as the issue has politically taken off across the country.

 OK, it's been confirmed. This is all part of a left wing gang's scheme focused on destroying their community.

Iran unveils latest version of ballistic missile
amid wider tensions over nuclear program

Iran has debuted the latest model of its infamous, liquid-fueled Khorramshahr ballistic missile.

The Islamic Republic announced the new military technology Tuesday at a press event in Tehran.

"One of the prominent characteristics of this missile is its ability to evade radar detection and penetrate enemy air defense systems, thanks to its low radar signature," Defense Minister Gen. Mohammad Reza Ashtiani told the press.

He added, "This missile has the capability to utilize various warheads for different missions."

Iranian military officials claim the missile, the Khorramshahr-4, can strike within a range of 1,240 miles with a 3,300-pound warhead.

For some reason they don't mention this, but it's nicknamed Khaibar after the Khaibar battle that took place in Saudi Arabia long time ago where Muslims had defeated Jews living in that region. Thus, it seems that they're serious in their attempt to make things overly complicated for Israel.

Polish lawmakers look to investigate
Russian influence in move opponents say targets ex-PM

Polish lawmakers on Friday approved a contentious draft law on Russia’s alleged influence in Poland that is targeting the opposition and may affect the outcome of fall parliamentary elections.

The new law would establish a state commission for investigating Russian influences in Poland. It is generally seen as targeting former Prime Minister Donald Tusk, now the main opposition Civic Coalition leader, at a time when early campaigning for the fall elections is underway.

The lower house, or Sejm, voted 234-219 with one abstention to approve the law proposed by the right-wing ruling party. It still needs approval from President Andrzej Duda to take effect. It was not clear whether Duda will approve it.

Tusk, who is not a parliament member, was present in the chamber during the vote.

He later said those who voted for the law were "cowards" who have "broken good parliamentary manners and the fundamental principles of democracy, out of fear of losing their power, out of fear of the people, out of fear of responsibility (they should face) after they lose the elections."

He said the opposition has a strategy ready for the commission and called on the Poles to walk with him in pro-democracy marches June 4, the anniversary of partly free elections in 1989 that led to the ouster of communists from power in Poland.

Guatemalan high court blocks presidential frontrunner's candidacy

Guatemala’s top court blocked the candidacy of another presidential hopeful on Friday, this time ending the campaign of poll leader Carlos Pineda for alleged violations of electoral law.

The Constitutional Court rejected Pineda’s appeal after electoral authorities had ruled him ineligible only a month before the first round of voting June 25.

"The Constitutional Court has put an end to this country’s democracy," Pineda told the AP in a phone interview.

"The co-optation of the state prevailed, the rein of corruption and the dictatorship," Pineda said. "It’s incredible. I feel like dead."

Pineda said his final hope rests with the people of Guatemala, that the majority would cast a null vote and that new elections would be held.

Pineda is the third presidential candidate ruled ineligible to run. The court rejected the final appeals of candidate Roberto Arzú on Thursday, and previously had ruled against Thelma Cabrera because of a paperwork issue with her running mate.

A fourth candidate, Edmond Mulet, also faces the possibility of exclusion, as he awaits a decision from the court regarding his candidacy. The Attorney General’s office called for his investigation for allegedly starting his campaign too early by making comments against the persecution of journalists.

Who is their current president? A Biden's appointee?

China’s Ban on US Chipmaker Micron
a Ploy to Divide the US-South Korea Alliance

Just after the G-7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, the Chinese regime announced that it is banning products from U.S. memory chip maker Micron, citing national security risks. The move has put the U.S.-led coalition against Beijing to the test, experts say.

Beijing’s move to ban Micron was intended to use the market vacated by Micron to divide the United States from its allies, and South Korea was likely to be its main target, according to experts.

Chinese authorities on May 21 urged local operators of “critical information structure” to stop purchasing from U.S.-based chipmaker Micron Technology Inc., citing “major” security risks while not providing any details.

In response, the White House has condemned the Chinese regime for its ban on purchases of memory chips from Micron, calling it retaliation over a recent Group of Seven (G-7) statement, but said Beijing’s sanction wouldn’t affect Washington’s efforts to improve communication with China.

The Chinese regime’s ban on purchases of Micron’s chips over security concerns is “just baseless,” John Kirby, White House National Security Council spokesman, stated at a May 24 press briefing.

Micron is the world’s third-largest memory chip maker after South Korea’s Samsung and SK Hynix. The company’s main products are DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and NAND Flash (Flash Memory), widely used in cell phones, PCs, servers, automobiles, and many essential technologies.

Huh? What makes them say that? They're getting hit hard and they'll still insist on solving this diplomatically as if it had never happened!?