A Syrian asylum seeker has pleaded guilty to killing three people and wounding 10 others in a knife attack at a festival in Germany last year.
Issa Al Hasan, 27, admitted his guilt as his trial began at the higher regional court in Düsseldorf.
The attack, which took place at a street festival celebrating the western city of Solingen’s 650th anniversary in August 2024, was later claimed by the Islamic State group.
Pictured: Justin Trudeau wears trainers to King’s speech
Justin Trudeau wore a pair of green trainers for the King’s speech at the state opening of Canada’s parliament in Ottawa.
The former Canadian prime minister chaperoned his mother, Margaret, into the Senate chamber for the historic speech, while dressed in a navy suit and a pair of the turquoise and orange Adidas Gazelles.
Prince Harry has made a surprise visit to China to give a speech highlighting the importance of sustainable travel.
The Duke of Sussex made the long-haul trip to Shanghai to remind travel industry executives of the urgency to meet “vital climate and conservation targets by 2030”.
He was invited to a tourism conference in his capacity as the founder of Travalyst, a sustainable travel organisation whose motto is “changing the way we travel, for good”.
The boards around the Sir John A. Macdonald statue at the foot of the Queen’s Park estate in downtown Toronto are set to come down, roughly half a decade after he was first covered up.
During a summer of protests in 2020, a box was placed around the iconic statue of Canada’s first prime minister — a move Ontario’s then-speaker said was to protect it from vandals.
Shocking footage captured the moment two female Secret Service agents fought with each other outside former President Barack Obama’s $8 million DC mansion.
The altercation unfolded May 21 at around 2:30am as the former president’s security detail grappled next to a police vehicle.
In audio before the fight shared by RealClearPolitics reporter Susan Crabtree, one of the Secret Service agents was reportedly heard calling for a supervisor as she threatened to attack her colleague.
#BREAKING SCOOP: IS DEI STILL PLAGUING THE SECRET SERVICE?
FRACAS OUTSIDE OBAMA RESIDENCE RAISES NEW QUESTIONS: Get a supervisor "immediately before I whoop this girl's ass."Two female Secret Service Uniformed Division officers got into a physical fight outside former… pic.twitter.com/RmEDx6BWXD
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) May 22, 2025
h/t DM
Dr. Mehmet Oz has offered sanctuary to 400 ostriches facing death in Canada due to bird flu.
Dr. Oz, the Trump appointed director of the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), along with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, have intervened to rescue the flightless birds after authorities in British Columbia pledged to cull them amid an outbreak of avian flu.
Germans have had enough of one bad government after another, and most are now looking to escape—not just from Germany, but from the entire EU.
According to a new YouGov poll published a few days ago, 31% of Germans would “definitely” emigrate if work, financial, or personal factors didn’t stand in their way. Another 27% said they would likely or very likely leave as well, while only 37% said they would likely or definitely stay in Germany even if given the chance to relocate.
Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled he hopes Canada will be able to sign on to a major European defence rearmament plan by July 1, a step toward reducing the country’s dependency on the United States for weapons and munitions.
He made the remarks on CBC’s Power & Politics following the speech from the throne, which committed his government to joining ReArm Europe.
The speech did not set out a timeline, but Carney said he wants to move aggressively.
So which Carney adjacent entities will be benefiting financially from this diversification policy?
Meanwhile … Trump is trolling
Donald Trump says Golden Dome would cost Canada $61 billion US
U.S. President Donald Trump has put a price tag on Canada joining his proposed Golden Dome missile defence system — and renewed his annexation threat in the process.
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday that it will cost Canada $61 billion US to join the Golden Dome “if they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation,” but will cost nothing “if they become our cherished 51st State.”
Last week, during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, U.S. President Donald Trump raised concerns about ongoing violence against white farmers in South Africa. Trump confronted Ramaphosa with video evidence of farm murders, racist chants, and footage of the Witkruis memorial. Ramaphosa refused to acknowledge the issue.
What followed was a concerted effort by major American and Canadian media outlets to dismiss the claims as a far-right conspiracy theory — downplaying or outright denying the systemic killing of white farmers in rural South Africa.
NPR filed a delusional lawsuit on Tuesday against the Trump administration, arguing that it has a constitutional right to your hard-earned money.
The suit, brought by NPR and three Colorado-based public radio stations, alleges that Trump’s executive order cutting federal funding to the left-wing NPR and PBS violates their right to free speech, as well as provisions of the Public Broadcasting Act.
New Orleans is the “City that Care Forgot,” the home of the Mardi Gras, Bourbon Street, and the world-famous French Quarter. It also teems with rich culture, colorful history, beautiful architecture, fabulous food, renowned restaurants, amazing festivals, and attractions that bring tourists from every corner of the globe. No other city can host an event like New Orleans, which makes it a popular destination for conventions, Super Bowls, and a multitude of special occasions for individuals, couples, families, and businesses.
TOILET BREAKOUT: 10 ESCAPE, 4 STILL ON THE RUN
In a jailbreak straight out of Prison Break, ten inmates escaped a New Orleans facility by crawling through a hole behind a toilet—seriously.
Their tool of choice? Hair clippers. Not bolt cutters. Clippers. Like the ones used… pic.twitter.com/kwr1MjxThe
— Juan Torres (@juanpodcast1) May 27, 2025
Gerald Butts and David Lametti hold no official roles in the Liberal government, but Prime Minister Mark Carney informally seeks their advice on key political matters, say Liberal sources.
The federal Liberals owe their surprising comeback to Mark Carney who officially entered in the political arena just five months ago. A former central banker who led both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, Carney emerged as a compelling figure during the Liberal leadership campaign, particularly amid rising tensions from the trade war with the United States. Many Canadians believed Carney’s financial background uniquely positioned him to handle the sensitive and complex trade issues and U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Canada. Given that Canada and the U.S. exchange $1-trillion in goods and services every year, and more than a million jobs depend on this relationship, the stakes are high.
According to a recent report from The Blaze, citing the former running mate of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Nicole Shanahan:
Nicole points to transhumanist companies that are currently manufacturing human eggs in a lab “without any input from a female ovary” and then fertilizing them with either “real sperm or synthetic sperm, which can also be grown.” In other words, pseudo-human beings are being created by machines in laboratories.
To quote the old Church Lady from SNL’s days of yore: Well, isn’t that special?
Apparently, some trans activists have decided that exposing their doughy man boobs is the best way to win hearts and minds. On Sunday, members of STRIVE (Standing for Trans Rights, Inclusion and Visibility Everywhere) marched from Marble Arch to Downing Street to protest against last month’s Supreme Court ruling, which confirmed that sex is defined as biological for the purposes of equality law. They told Pink News that the stunt was designed to be a ‘deeply symbolic act’ to show how ‘exposed and vulnerable’ trans-identified men feel now that they are no longer allowed into women’s spaces.
A year ago in these pages, I criticized land acknowledgements for implying that non-Indigenous Canadians are “uninvited guests” in their own country. Now, the B.C. government has embraced these labels.
To the applause of her colleagues, NDP MLA Rohini Arora stood in the legislature earlier this month, encouraging non-Indigenous British Columbians to describe themselves as a “settler,” “colonizer” and “uninvited guest” living on “Indigenous land.”
