The White House said Tuesday the United States, United Kingdom and Australia agreed to cooperate on developing hypersonic weapons and other defensive capabilities under the AUKUS security pact.
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Divorced from reality: Federal oil and gas emissions plan will hurt Canadians
The federal government’s plan to require a 42% reduction in emissions from Canada’s oil and gas sector by 2030 is based on assumptions divorced from reality and will ultimately hurt Canadians.
Setting aggressive targets to cap and reduce the sector’s pollution – while no other major producing nation does the same – is misleading about the future and sends the wrong message to our allies and the world.
Kremlin says Bucha is ‘monstrous forgery’ aimed at smearing Russia
LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Western allegations Russian forces committed war crimes by executing civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha were a “monstrous forgery” aimed at denigrating the Russian army.
Since Russian troops withdrew from towns and villages around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukrainian troops have been showing journalists corpses of what they say are civilians killed by Russian forces, destroyed houses and burnt-out cars.
‘Motorcade of shame’: outrage over pro-Russia displays at Berlin rally
Protest aimed to draw attention to hostility towards Russians but included pro-war elements
A rally in Berlin that was organised to draw attention to growing hostility towards Russians in Germany but included demonstrators supportive of the invasion of Ukraine has drawn sharp criticism from politicians and diplomats.
About 900 protesters in a 400-strong motorcade took part in the demonstration on Sunday that culminated in a gathering at the Olympic Stadium. Cars were draped in the Russian flag, and one bore the symbol “Z”, meant to signify solidarity with the Russian war. Participants reportedly sang patriotic Russian songs.
#Ukraine: A Russian T-72B tank was hit by a top attack munition in #Chernihiv Oblast, and decided to become one with the tarmac. pic.twitter.com/BOD5lFnvPS
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 5, 2022
#Ukraine: Remarkable footage of a single UA T-64BV tank engaging a Russian convoy, destroying a BTR-82A from an ambush position. Though other shots miss, appears that this held up the convoy enough for UA indirect fire to strike it, taking out other armour & leading to a retreat. pic.twitter.com/Ax8o23htMD
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 5, 2022
Press claimed it was simple accident … Jewish Man Fatally Struck by Tram in Paris Was Fleeing From Brutal Antisemitic Attack
The French authorities have opened an investigation into the case of a young Jewish man in Paris who was killed by a passing tram while fleeing a violent assault that his family insists was motivated by antisemitism.
The victim, 31-year-old Jérémy Cohen, lost his life on Feb. 17 after being struck by a moving tram in the Paris suburb of Bobigny. A harrowing video of the incident posted to social media over the weekend shows an individual fleeing from a violent attack by at least a dozen gang members, before running into the street where he was knocked down and killed by an oncoming tram.
CRTC can regulate the internet and protect free speech, its chairman says
CRTC Chairman Ian Scott says the CRTC can handle the task of implementing the Liberal government’s controversial online streaming legislation, including safeguarding freedom of expression.
Speaking at Ryerson University in Toronto, Scott shrugged off critics’ concerns about giving the broadcast and telecom regulator the responsibility of figuring out how to put Bill C-11 into practice.
“Users of online and social media services expect freedom of expression, and they will continue to enjoy this under the new Broadcasting Act,” Scott said in the speech Friday, according to a transcript made available by the CRTC Monday.
Numerous Health Problems More Likely Due to COVID-19 Vaccines Than Coincidence: VAERS Data Analysis
Various health problems reported by people after receiving one of the COVID-19 vaccine shots are more likely caused by the vaccines than being merely coincidental, according to an analysis of data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).
VAERS has been flooded with more than a million reports of various health problems and more than 21,000 death reports since the introduction of the vaccines in late 2020. Some experts and public officials have downplayed the significance of the reports, noting that just because a health problem occurs after getting the shot, it doesn’t mean it was caused by it.
The FBI is spending millions on social media tracking software
A new FBI contract is raising surveillance concerns
Now, the FBI is doubling down on tracking social media posts, spending millions of dollars on thousands of licenses to powerful social media monitoring technology that privacy and civil liberties advocates say raise serious concerns.
The FBI has contracted for 5,000 licenses to use Babel X, a software made by Babel Street that lets users search social media sites within a geographic area and use other parameters.
ISIS didn’t try to negotiate ransom for James Foley before beheading: family
American journalist James Foley’s terrorist captors never made serious attempts to negotiate for a ransom before brutally beheading the New Hampshire native in 2013, his family testified on Monday.
The revelation came during testimony from Foley’s brother at the federal terror trial of El Shafee Elsheikh — an alleged member of the British-born ISIS executioners dubbed “The Beatles” who is charged in the kidnapping scheme that resulted in the deaths of Foley and three other Americans Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.
Will the U.S. Lead or Continue to ‘Lose Ground’?
The world is seeing Vladimir Putin’s clear plan to reestablish the Russian Empire. It also is hearing rumblings from Asia about restoration of a Chinese dynasty, and in the Middle East, a return to when Persia — now an extremely different Iran — dominated the region.
For any of these empires to expand, they need to take control of other states or groups of people. Those states can either be overrun and annexed, or they can be controlled and remain smaller, more manageable political units. Today, Russia in Ukraine is the focus, but the aspirations of China and Iran must not be ignored.
Russia, China and Iran are all totalitarian regimes with authoritarian leaders. Russia by its actions in Syria and Ukraine, as well as Iran for its actions in the Middle East, easily can be identified as terrorist states. China — with its genocide against the Uyghurs, its illegal seizure of Hong Kong, and its continuing threats against Taiwan — should also be designated that way.
Germany closes Russian darknet market Hydra
Investigators said on Tuesday that they had shut down the German servers for Hydra, a Russian darknet marketplace that was used to sell drugs, forged documents, intercepted data, and other illegal digital services.
They also seized bitcoin worth €23 million ($25 million).
Unknown individuals are also being investigated for “operating criminal trading platforms on the internet on a commercial basis,” selling narcotics, among other things, federal police said in a statement.
Liberal government tables legislation to force online giants to compensate news outlets
The federal Liberal government introduced legislation Tuesday to force digital giants to compensate news publishers for the use of their content.
The new regulatory regime would require companies like Google and the Meta Platforms-owned Facebook — and other major online platforms that reproduce or facilitate access to news content — to either pay up or go through a binding arbitration process led by an arms-length regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
Wounded older brother, 27, of Sacramento shooting suspect is also arrested after 250 bullets were sprayed into crowd, killing six
The wounded older brother of the Sacramento shooting suspect has now also been arrested in connection with the violent spree that killed six people on Sunday night.
Smiley Martin, 27, was taken into custody on Tuesday morning while still recovering in the hospital where he has been since the incident.
He is charged with possession of a machine gun.
He is the older brother of Dandrae Martin, 26, who was taken into custody yesterday.
Most Canadians support Liberal-NDP deal but feel it betrayed voters: poll
Half the country feels the Liberal-NDP agreement to keep the current government in power until 2025 was a betrayal of the people who voted for those two parties.
Despite that, a majority of Canadians still support the deal, according to a new Ipsos poll.
“The big finding for me was the tepid … reaction to the Liberal-NDP agreement,” Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos, said in an interview with Global News.
Toronto police’s financial crimes unit to investigate former union head Jerry Dias
Toronto police says it is investigating the former president of Canada’s largest private sector union after the union handed over money he allegedly accepted from a supplier of COVID-19 rapid test kits he promoted to members.
Police spokesperson Laura Brabant confirmed Tuesday the force’s financial crimes unit has commenced an investigation.