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The Edinburgh International Book Festival has said it is “standing by its principles” and backed its event sponsor after Greta Thunberg accused them of “greenwashing”.
The climate activist has pulled out of an appearance at the festival later this month in protest over its sponsors Baillie Gifford, an investment firm she claims invests “heavily” in fossil fuels.
“There is a Mossad spy who is desecrating Islamic sanctities under the protection of the Swedish police, in a manner that constitutes an insulting and offensive challenge to the two billion Muslims in the world,” the Hezbollah leader said.
Stressing that there was no longer any point for Muslim youth to wait for governments and organizations to take action, Nasrallah said, “They must assume their responsibilities and punish more severely those who abuse the Quran.”
The BBC has apologised after a presenter called the Second World War Dambusters raid “infamous” on its 80th anniversary in May.
Sally Nugent used the term in a BBC Breakfast segment about RAF 617 Squadron’s 1943 attack on three key dams in Germany as she reported on a flypast by Second World War bombers in May.
It prompted two viewers to complain to the corporation that the description breached accuracy and impartiality guidelines.
A free society has a combative press that vehemently argues, debates and takes on all comers. A totalitarian society has a bizarre dystopian press whose articles make no sense because they leave out crucial pieces of the puzzle. The degree to which the media is haunted by the ‘elephant in the room’ reflects the degree of political censorship that any kind of reporting now undergoes. Take this bizarre article.
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre blasts diversity, equity and inclusion ‘garbage’
During a recent encounter with voters, the leader of Canada’s Conservative Party declared he would reject all involvement with certain liberal ideologies, describing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as “garbage.”
That’s the equivalent of killing a baby seal for fun to Canada’s Liberal-Left. This happened on the 28th? No WalkBack?
This is a non-binary college professor in Oklahoma. “Their” goal is to look as visibly gender nonconforming as possible and wear pronoun pins.
Imagine going into debt to get educated by this person pic.twitter.com/lWjVAgIc57
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 1, 2023
This cult is grabbing vulnerable children everyday pic.twitter.com/iXWxDCe2pO
— TroonyToons 💜🤍💛 (@troonytoons) August 3, 2023
Prestige BioTech, a Nevada company fronting for parties in China, was caught operating an “unlicensed laboratory” in Reedley, California in March. State and Fresno County officers raided the facility, and the FBI and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have since been participating in the investigation.
The illegal operation housed white lab mice—773 live and more than 175 dead—that were genetically engineered to carry disease. Authorities also found medical waste and chemical, viral, and biological agents. There were on site at least 20 potentially infectious pathogens including those causing coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis, and herpes.
The lab is “mysterious,” as the California Globe news site proclaimed. We know enough, however, to be alarmed.
Ottawa says law enforcement is “engaged” after a video circulating online appeared to threaten Indian diplomats in Canada.
Public Safety Canada said in a Tuesday tweet that Ottawa will ensure the safety of all diplomats in Canada, but the department would not provide details.
It referred queries to the RCMP, which refused to confirm whether it had opened a criminal probe or say which particular video was involved.
China’s all-powerful Ministry of State Security has urged the country’s citizens to take up spying to protect the country’s national security.
In its first official post on the social media platform WeChat, the ministry said it was necessary to establish a system which normalised the public’s participation in counter-espionage activities. Anyone taking part in spying efforts should be praised and rewarded by the government, it added.
A woman who stabbed a lover during sex in a Vegas hotel room to avenge a US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general has avoided jail – blaming a previous rape for her violent behavior.
Nika Nikoubin, 22, appeared at the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada, on Wednesday and told the court that she is ‘aware of the gravity of my actions and the consequences they carry.’
Despite her crime – which saw the wannabe singer knife her victim in the neck – she walked free after being sentenced to no more than 36 months probation.
More like stickball. – California 7-Eleven workers take matters into their own hands as they stop brazen thief filling TRASH CAN with tabacco
Sikh grocery store owner was told that "there ain't nothing you can do" repeatedly and that "ayy, just let him go" as they were being robbed. The Sikhs disagreed. pic.twitter.com/ZIb5CVLMNl
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 2, 2023
Her voice over a year on testosterone. There’s no turning back. pic.twitter.com/yFp282esTm
— TroonyToons 💜🤍💛 (@troonytoons) February 3, 2023
Are the Duchess of Sussex’s political ambitions looking up?
From the palace to the White House? Joe Biden’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, endorsed Meghan Markle as a woman she would back to be president, the Daily Mail reports. The former actress is topping a poll after Democrats asked which woman they would vote for. She is tied with Vice President Kamala Harris and ahead of Hillary Clinton.
h/t Mauser
“It’s very unfortunate. My husband is extremely upset because it’s his first Ferrari. But we hope we can find it,” a woman, who asked to be identified only as Trish, told CTV News Toronto in an interview.
