Fact check: Was Raisi’s helicopter hit by a space laser?

Laser technology is advancing rapidly within the military industry. Armed forces in countries including the US, China, the UK and Israel have reported significant developments in laser weapons that can heat, disrupt, or burn aerial targets such as drones and cruise missiles from tens of kilometers away. Meanwhile, the internet is inundated with dubious claims about the latest advanced laser weapons stationed in space, including claims related to the helicopter accident involving the Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi.

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Is Mark Carney eyeing Trudeau’s throne? Canada has always been a capitalist plaything

Ignatieff but without the charm.

In Canada’s House of Commons, the Conservative leader of the opposition, Pierre Poilievre, often taunts the Liberals by speaking past the faltering prime minister Justin Trudeau and instead making reference to “the next Liberal leader”: by this, he means none other than Mark Carney, the central banker who is suspected of harbouring grand political ambitions.

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In complete secrecy: Egypt altered the hostage deal terms before handing to Hamas – report

Egypt altered ceasefire terms before handing agreements to Hamas, three anonymous sources told CNN News in a report published on Tuesday.

According to the report, Egypt changed the details of the deal submitted to the Hamas terrorist organization after it had been signed by Israel and before reaching Hamas. It was also reported that this move led to great anger among Israel, the US, and Qatar against the Egyptians.

One source even claimed that the Egyptians “deceived us all.”

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Charges quietly dropped for four of the ‘Indigo 11’ pro-Palestine protesters Cackles Star

Night-time raids, kicking down doors, arresting people in bed, pulling posters off fridges, handcuffing family members.

These are some of the actions Toronto police are accused of taking, not in the interest of nabbing dangerous weapon-wielding criminals — and even then some of this would be excessive — but for the act of plastering a store with posters and washable red paint.

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Caitlin Clark’s ‘race and sexuality’ is behind WNBA’ star’s meteoric rise, says bitchy racist Jemele Hill

Jemele Hill has branded Caitlin Clark’s fame and success partly ‘problematic,’ as the ex-ESPN personality cited the Indiana Fever star’s ‘race and sexuality’ as reasons for her rise.

Clark, last month’s No. 1 overall pick by the Indiana Fever, has signed a $28million Nike contract and received her own signature shoe from the brand – in addition to endorsement deals with the likes of State Farm and Wilson.

However, Hill believes that her success shows an imbalance in how non-white, LGBTQ players are received publicly, as compared with the white and straight Clark.

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Ouch!

h/t Mauser

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Tasha Kheiriddin: Liberals stuck in vicious cycle of rising immigration and housing shortages

It’s a vicious circle with no end in sight, courtesy of the current Liberal government. Canada needs to build more houses, so it needs more construction workers. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reports a shortage of construction labour as one of three factors contributing to longer build times, and RBC’s assistant chief economist Robert Hogue predicts that Canada requires over 500,000 additional construction workers to build all the homes needed between now and 2030.

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Norway, Ireland and Spain recognize Palestinian state; Israel immediately recalls ambassadors

Spain, Ireland and Norway said Wednesday that they would recognize a Palestinian state on May 28, a step toward a long-held Palestinian aspiration that came amid international outrage over the civilian death toll and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s offensive.

The almost simultaneous decisions by two European Union countries, and Norway, may generate momentum for the recognition of a Palestinian state by other EU countries and could spur further steps at the United Nations, deepening Israel’s isolation.

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New Statistics Canada inflation numbers show life still too expensive

Food prices are still far higher than they should be, gas prices continue to rise and rent increases are up dramatically year over year, but the Trudeau Liberals are taking a victory lap.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland held a news conference on Tuesday to take a bow and explain that despite still higher prices, we’ve never had it so good.

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Former Federal Green Scam Director Who Gave Money to Own Companies Resigns From Infrastructure Bank

A government-appointed director at the Canada Infrastructure Bank has resigned after being under fire for approving federal green fund money to companies she was invested in while serving as a fund director.

The April 16 resignation of renewable energy venture capitalist Andrée-Lise Méthot was not publicly announced until Housing and Infrastructure Minister Sean Fraser was asked about Ms. Méthot on May 21. Mr. Fraser was testifying before the House of Commons transport and infrastructure committee.

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Pope Francis Closes the Door on Women’s Ordination

In a new interview granted to the American television channel CBS, Pope Francis returned to points raised in the doctrinal declaration Fiducia Supplicans, published in December 2023 on the blessing of homosexual couples, and which had given rise to numerous questions inside and outside the Catholic Church. In the interview, he came out clearly and unambiguously against any form of ordination for women, whether as deacons or as priests.

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