A transgender child molester claimed a jury was hypnotised into a guilty verdict.
Natalie Wolf, 47, claimed to be the “victim of a conspiracy” after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
Newcastle Crown Court heard the victim feared she would be raped by Wolf, who now identifies as a woman but was known as Ryan Haley at the time of the offence.
If you visit a fast-food chain in the next few years, expect the menu to look a little less gluttonous.
In between the usual deep-fried options, industry observers anticipate more offerings that come in smaller portions, pack nutrients like protein or fibre and check enough boxes to be considered healthy.
The changes aren’t just a reflection of our growing predilection for snacking or our ongoing quest to trim down our tabs — and waists. They’re also because more people have shrinking appetites triggered by injectable drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.
Of course there are plenty of other reasons to avoid fast food. Diversity springs to mind.
Tim Hortons needs to hire back Canadian kids.. Disgusting!! pic.twitter.com/NhOKzao3Fx
— Roxy (@Roxy_Hoebee) August 28, 2025
Her cats just tested her resistance pic.twitter.com/OalbTmn9yc
— Puchy Catto (@PuchyCatto) November 26, 2025
Portland has sparked outrage after stripping its Christmas tree of its name, referring to it only as “the tree” during its lighting ceremony.
As thousands gathered in Pioneer Courthouse Square for the Oregon city’s 41st annual tree-lighting on Friday night, leaders and speakers avoided mentioning “Christmas” at any point — including in the ceremony itself and the event’s ads.
Vienna …
In Vienna, they surrounded Christmas markets and called for Islamic jihad. This won’t end well. pic.twitter.com/zy7e6vUp4G
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) December 1, 2025
Very interesting. @fancypants_s https://t.co/j3JfN8DQx3
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) December 1, 2025
h/t Auntie Polly
After living high off the hog since the 70’s, Canadians as a community have become fatter, lazier, less independently minded and more and more willing to believe in fairy tales. Our people will love you as long as you tell them what they want to hear. I am not talking about the “great unwashed” as the so-called “lower classes” used to be called. I am speaking about well-educated, reasonably intelligent people who have the capacity to understand more, but who are unwilling to invest in the mental effort.
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Finally, after more than one year in limbo, AMAZON PRIME VIDEO released our film "Hunter's Laptop: Requiem for Ukraine" (2024)
Someone is probably think that topic is obsolete – believe me – it is not! Until that criminal gang will be prosecuted for… pic.twitter.com/UE6UvOSTw8
— Igor Lopatonok (@lopatonok) November 10, 2025
h/t Mauser
When word came from the interrogation room that a captured Isis fighter had divulged the location of Abdul Qadir Mumin’s hideout in a cave high in the arid mountains of northern Somalia, it was only a matter of hours before US jets were in the sky and raining down missiles.
The soldiers who went to inspect the wreckage found a number of charred corpses, but none of them were Mumin’s. Once again, the man believed to be Islamic State’s global leader, had slipped through their fingers.
Captain Omar Yusuf Mohamed, 40, is an officer in the Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF), which has been fighting an international cadre of militants in a brutal war to decapitate the terror group. “The day we kill Mumin will be the happiest day of my life,” he said. “He’s like a virus that has come here and infected our land with his ideology of hatred, and brought death and suffering to our people.”
Andrea Griffith thought an annual income of $200,000 would be enough.
Enough to stay in Toronto, enough to buy a modest home and enough to build a stable life with her partner and new young daughter.
Only one problem — it wasn’t.
Unspoken is the White Flight from Toronto’s vibrant diversity.
Let me get that straight @piersmorgan:
You’re witnessing the rape, replacement and murder of your own people but it’s ok because you’ve got chicken curry now?
You’re a despicable man. You embody everything that’s wrong with Britain. pic.twitter.com/JWIEFUWvyH
— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) November 28, 2025
Hmmm. @fancypants_s https://t.co/COa9qIps1d
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) November 30, 2025
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, claimed on Sunday that the suspect in the national guard shooting in Washington DC was “radicalized” in the US and blamed the Biden administration, though the suspect’s asylum was approved under Donald Trump.
The shooting suspect, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was granted asylum under the Trump administration in April 2025. He worked with CIA backed units in Afghanistan, coming to the US in September 2021 under an Operation Allies Welcome program.
“We believe he was radicalized since he’s been here in this country,” Noem said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “We do believe it was through connections in his home community and state, and we’re going to continue to talk to those who interacted with him, who were his family members, who talk to them.”
Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin is pushing back against claims from Steven Guilbeault, who resigned from cabinet this week over Ottawa’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta and said Canada is dismantling several pieces of its climate plan.
“I really respectfully disagree with [Guilbeault] on his characterization of this memorandum of understanding,” Dabrusin said in an interview on CBC’s Rosemary Barton Live. “I don’t see it as backsliding, and I don’t see it as cancelling programs.”
The installation raised next to the Christmas tree that adorns Brussels’ Grand-Place this year, titled “Fabrics of the Nativity,” has drawn criticism. While it includes the traditional figures of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, it replaces classic sacred imagery with life-size dolls dressed in recycled textiles. The figures have no faces, only patchwork patterns in beige and brown. According to organizers, this was meant to create “an inclusive mix of skin tones.” Critics argue it strips the nativity of its spiritual meaning and turns it into a political statement.
