Eco-activists poured syrup and beetroot juice – to represent oil and blood – over displays at the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona today as they called for a ‘radical system change’ to save us from ‘climate emergency’.
The two protesters, from the Extinction Rebellion affiliated group Futuro Vegetal – or Vegetable Future – targeted a replica pharaonic mummy, as world leaders gather in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh for the Cop27 climate summit.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in the midst of a major overhaul of the party he’s now led for two months.
After members handed him a strong mandate to take the party in a new direction, Poilievre ousted senior staff loyal to former leader Erin O’Toole and rejigged the front bench, with new “shadow cabinet ministers” who are more in line with his populist bent.
He’s also redefined the party’s relationship with the Parliamentary Press Gallery — skipping interviews and “scrums” with reporters on Parliament Hill in favour of other outlets, including media outfits that serve specific ethnic communities.
The prime minister is on a 10-day, four-summit, two-continent trip. Imagine how intense the preparation must have been in the Prime Minister’s Office: the travel agents seeking adequate accommodations for something less than $6,000 per night; the social secretary arranging suitable late-night company for a boozy singalong; the wardrobe department loading up the garment bags with Cambodian chic, Indonesian national dress, Thai formal wear and Tunisian hipster.
The New Jersey Education Association which represents over 200k educators held a convention this weekend which featured drag queen events for kids. The NJEA receives millions in taxpayer funding. pic.twitter.com/kiI4BXe1F7
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As Iran erupts in protest, critics who fled to the UK are being warned by counterterrorism police that their lives are at risk from hit squads sent to track them down here
For someone receiving round-the-clock protection after police identified a threat on his life from agents of the Iranian regime, Aliasghar Ramezanpoor remains stoical. It is not the first time the London-based journalist’s work has put his life in danger, but it is the first time news of such a threat has come directly from specialist counterterrorism officers who, with MI5, deal with issues of national security.
“They [Iranian agents] are saying that if you don’t stop what you are doing, we will come to you; that’s the message,” he said.
“Real Time” host Bill Maher drew attention to the Democratic obsession with identity politics, specifically pertaining to who they will nominate in 2024.
During his interview on Friday with Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, Maher asked whether the country is “over the gay hump” with his successful re-election bid as America’s first openly gay governor and the election of two lesbian governors in Oregon and Massachusetts. Polis credited the voters who say “it doesn’t matter” who they are but instead care what they stand for.
On Nov. 4, 2022, Khaled Abu Toameh, an Arab journalist, tweeted: “The mayor of Hebron [a Palestinian city] offered 20 shekels to anyone who kills a dog in his city. Palestinians took to the streets, torturing and killing dozens of dogs.” The tweet was accompanied by a picture of what appeared to be Palestinians beating or striking to death a dog with sticks.
Iran is preparing to hand the Kremlin the blueprints for its most effective weapon against the West: the underground financial network it relies on to evade sanctions.
For years, the Islamic Republic has frustrated American efforts to isolate it and starve its economy by constructing a parallel universe of front companies and foreign banks — including major financial institutions based in Europe and the U.S. — that Iranian companies use to evade international controls and conduct business abroad.
President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese ruler Xi Jinping on November 14 in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit. The talks will be, as Gideon Rachman wrote, “the first global summit of the second cold war.”
The meeting, as crucial as everyone believes it will be, should not occur. It is long past time for America to stop talking with the Chinese regime and start imposing costs for dangerous and other unacceptable behavior.
Rishi Sunak is facing calls to get tougher with China by potentially ripping out hundreds of thousands of ‘Chinese smart meters’ which could be allegedly used to shut down UK power supplies.
On the eve of the G20 summit in Indonesia, the Prime Minister was urged to remind fellow world leaders of the ‘enormous threat’ posed by Beijing’s desire to infiltrate other countries’ infrastructure.
Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said that although the gathering would rightly focus on Ukraine’s struggle, Mr Sunak should not miss the chance to warn allies of the dangers China poses.
h/t TB
Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay is pushing back on calls for him to resign following scrutiny over a departmental employee discussing medical assistance in dying with a veteran.
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) is investigating the issue, MacAulay said, and “at this time” has only found “one, isolated case” of such a conversation occurring.
Sarah Silverman said she lost a plum movie gig for a single blackface moment completed a decade ago.
Jimmy Fallon performed a “Struggle Session”-style apology for a single blackface sketch from two decades ago.
Jimmy Kimmel, who repeatedly blackened his face on The Man Show during its 1999-2002 run, will host the 2023 Academy Awards telecast.
A temporary tax cut intended to help Ontario residents save money at the pumps will be extended for another year, Premier Doug Ford announced on Sunday.
Ford said his government intends to table legislation that would leave the tax break that cut gas prices by 5.7 cents a litre in place until the end of 2023. The cut first went into effect on July 1 and was originally due to expire on Dec. 31.
I’m beginning to think that the easiest way to become a millionaire right now is to announce that you’re building a “smart gun” and you’re looking for investors. It seems like all you have to do is hope (don’t promise) to deliver a product somewhere in the next 12-to-18 months in order to secure cash, and once you’ve done that you can always push back your deadline.
Chicago police are searching for an armed thief they say attacked a woman and stole her car.
Surveillance footage caught the moment the unidentified suspect, in a red jacket with dark pants, followed a woman into a building on September 24 at 7.30pm.
He soon approaches an alcove, where the woman appears to be hiding out, and seems to yell at her.
