Convicted ISIS recruiter and marriage broker Shaikh Abdullah Faisal was sentenced to 18 years in New York state prison on Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced.
“Shaikh Faisal’s advocacy, recruitment and provision of material support to ISIS helped the terrorist organization perform horrific acts, including the murder and kidnapping of innocent people,” said District Attorney Bragg in a statement.
Two Canadian citizens whose detention in China sparked an international firestorm will be guests during President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa on Friday, a nod to the solidarity between the U.S. and Canada over rising tensions with Beijing.
I previously covered a clip in which a clearly British Person of Color™ in absurd-looking ethnic garb parroted the oft-repeated lie, manifesting in various forms, that Africans “basically invented everything.”
Hollywood, specifically the film industry, is going through a legitimate, serious, and potentially fatal phase.
No one likes the movies anymore.
The key to a healthy industry—audience goodwill—is evaporating quickly.
Transgender athletes condemn ban on inclusion in female events
SYDNEY/LOS ANGELES, March 24 (Reuters) – Transgender athletes have condemned World Athletics’ exclusion of transgender women from elite female competitions, while the decision was welcomed by some sportswomen as a win for fairness.
Athletics’ global governing body on Thursday voted to ban transgender women who have gone through male puberty from competing in women’s events, citing a “need to protect the female category”.
Six months after the explosions fragments of clues have emerged but the whodunnit is far from being solved
One evening last September the P524 Nymfen, a Danish naval vessel that tracks suspicious Russian shipping, made an unexpected detour from its usual patrol route.
For the first time in years, it skirted the Baltic island of Bornholm and made its way northeast to the outer fringe of Denmark’s estimated radar range. It paused for half an hour, turned around and switched off its transponder, vanishing for several hours from international tracking systems.
Minutes later a Swedish air force surveillance aircraft began prowling back and forth nearby and a Swedish corvette set off for the site at considerable speed before circling the surrounding waters.
Kremlin eyes object found next to Nord Stream pipeline
MOSCOW, March 24 (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Friday said it was important to identify an object discovered next to one of the Nord Stream pipelines, and said the ongoing investigation into blasts that struck the pipelines last September must be conducted with full transparency.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also told reporters it was a positive sign that Denmark had invited the Russian-controlled operator of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to help salvage an unidentified object found close to the Baltic Sea pipelines.
BRUSSELS — European leaders are suddenly falling over each other to get to China.
Amid growing concern that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is hardening his support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Thursday he will fly to Beijing for talks next week. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, will follow on a longer-planned trip on April 4.
A succession of European Union leaders used a summit in Brussels to raise the alarm about China’s ostentatious backing for Vladimir Putin this week, warning that they could not stand by while Beijing and Moscow cement an alliance that risks tipping the world deeper into crisis.
China is supporting Russia in its war with Ukraine did the EURO’s not get the message?
It’s bad enough the Liberal Party and our Corporate elite has sold Canada out to Communist China but it appears the majority of our NATO allies are also turncoats.
Governor General Mary Simon’s first overseas trip as vice-regal to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair and meet with German leaders cost taxpayers over $700,000 in travel expenses for the four-day visit — including over $100,000 in in-flight catering costs for the transatlantic flight, documents reveal.
Another winner appointment by Trudeau. Moneybags Mary seems to be imposing a residential graves revenge tax on us pale faces.
Emmanuel Macron while asking for sacrifices from the French people suddenly realizes he is wearing a
€80.000 watch.And voila, just like a magician it disappears under the table….
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/c9vzgXyeCK— Richard (@ricwe123) March 24, 2023
h/t Mauser
OTTAWA – The New Democrats say they are not willing to trigger a federal election over rising concerns about foreign interference in Canadian elections, and are instead continuing to push for a public inquiry on the issue.
Newly Independent MP Han Dong voted with opposition parties in favour of such an inquiry on Thursday, the day after he resigned from the Liberal caucus amid what he says are false allegations that he advised a Chinese diplomat on what the Trudeau government considered a high-priority file: the arbitrary and retaliatory detention of two Canadians in China.
None dare call it treason…
@theJagmeetSingh was also being wooed by the CCP. Nice Rolex Jimmy. pic.twitter.com/RbnXHjiPhN
— Ann Karsaw (@sawchuk_karen) March 24, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to finalize a landmark deal with President Joe Biden in Ottawa on Friday, which would close a loophole in the Safe Third Country Agreement and see Canada accept thousands more Central American migrants through legal pathways.
Government sources cautioned that while the two countries are on track to finalize the deal during Mr. Biden’s trip to Ottawa, the fine print is still being hammered out and confirmation will only come on Friday. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private deliberations.
House Democrats took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday to denounce a GOP bill on parental rights, saying the bill was fascist and would lead to book bans.
In a series of floor speeches on Thursday afternoon, House Democrats accused their Republican colleagues of wanting to ban books and prevent children from learning about the holocaust and gay and transgender issues as the House began a heated floor debate on HR 5, the Parents Bill of Rights.
Canada’s restaurant industry is bracing for the biggest jump in the country’s alcohol excise duty in more than 40 years, spurring warnings the tax hike could force some bars and restaurants out of business.
“Any increase at this very vulnerable time for our industry is just another blow while we’re down,” said Brenda O’Reilly, the owner of multiple restaurants and a brewery in St. John’s, N.L.
“It’s like death by a thousand cuts.”
The royal family’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest level in 12 months after the publication of Prince Harry’s book.
After a rise in popularity following Queen Elizabeth’s death, favourability among the public for the monarchy slumped to 46 per cent according to Ipsos UK’s poll, down from 54 per cent recorded in favour of the family in September, immediately after the state funeral.
OTTAWA — The turmoil of the pandemic contributed to the rise of hate and discriminatory behaviour, reflecting historical surges in antisemitism, says the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver.
Note the article doesn’t mention the very large increase in Anti-Catholic hate crimes for some reason so you have to dig into the StatCan report for data.
That’s probably because Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party declared it understandable to torch churches in revenge for the Fake Residential Schools Graves scam.
StatCan Report – Police-reported hate crime, 2021
