In the end, after all the fevered speculation, the favourites were found wanting. It was not to be Cardinal Parolin, the Vatican’s top diplomat, nor Cardinal Tagle, “the Asian Francis”. No, the name that was announced from the balcony was little known: that of Robert Francis Prevost, an American from Chicago. The compromise candidate had been chosen.
OTTAWA — With a successful election and a high-stakes trip to Washington behind him, Prime Minister Mark Carney is grappling with a tangle of considerations and big decisions as he launches his first governing mandate for Canada’s incoming minority Parliament.
In the coming days, the Liberal prime minister is expected to name a chief of staff and choose key players in his office, shuffle his cabinet on Tuesday, and try to advance a series of governing priorities under the shadow of Donald Trump’s trade war. Having won a seat for the first time in the April 28 federal election, Carney will also enter the House of Commons later this month as a parliamentary novice whose party — with 169 seats at the latest count — is just shy of a majority, prompting speculation the Liberals might convince opposition MPs to cross the floor and strengthen the government’s hand.
It was a pleasant sunny afternoon in Pahalgam, a small, picturesque tourist destination in Indian-administered Kashmir. Locals were mingling, and sightseers relaxing. That was until several gunmen emerged from a nearby forest. They quickly confronted the tourists and sought to determine whether they were Muslims or not by asking them to recite an Islamic verse. Those who failed the test were shot dead. Twenty-six people were killed in total before the gunmen melted away, back into the forest.
In a week in which former allies in a redividing globe separately commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, the sense of a runaway descent towards a third world war draws ever closer.
The implosion of Pax Americana, the interconnectedness of conflicts, the new willingness to resort to unbridled state-sponsored violence and the irrelevance of the institutions of the rules-based order have all been on brutal display this week. From Kashmir to Khan Younis, Hodeidah, Port Sudan and Kursk, the only sound is of explosions, and the only lesson is that the old rules no longer apply.
Indeed Fiona Hill, the policy analyst and adviser to the UK government on its imminent strategic defence review, argues the third world war has already started, if only we would recognise it.
Now-former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau famously complimented China’s government.
Newly installed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is a globalist who has frequently criticized his American counterpart, President Donald Trump.
Though Canada and China have had their difficulties, some reports indicate that the two nations are ready to “move forward” in their relationship.
It may be that the US knows how deep China is into Canada and seeks to eradicate the threat by annexing Beijing’s outpost.
Justin Trudeau’s 17 year-old rapper son says it was ‘unfulfilling’ to live in a taxpayer-funded mansion, have bodyguards and meet countless A-List stars.
Xavier Trudeau has embarked on a journey to become an R&B artist and spoken about his famous father to promote his music – while insisting he’s not a nepo baby.
Days after releasing his third single, titled Back Me Up, the teen hopped in a car with food review influencer G Hobs to discuss his childhood growing up as the prime minister’s eldest son.
So hard done by!
Frustration with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has reached a breaking point on her home turf, with fed up Queens and Bronx constituents telling The Post they’re sick and tired of being second fiddle to the jet-setting socialist’s primary focus — herself.
Her district offices in the Bronx and Queens offer little to justify the $1.9 million the congresswoman gets to run them — one is only open a single weekday and the other is closed on Fridays, with phones that go unanswered and constituents urged to discuss their problems “by appointment only.”
Administrators of a $500,000 election journalism fund are refusing to release details on how much each media outlet received or the reasoning behind funding decisions, despite public financing and growing scrutiny of press subsidies.
Blacklock’s Reporter says the fund, created to “support election focused journalism,” was distributed through the Michener Foundation with backing from the Rideau Hall Foundation and other federally supported groups.
The truth is we were headed into tough economic times regardless of who won the April 28 election.
A major reason – which Prime Minister Mark Carney noted prior to the vote – was the polices of his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, whose decade-long government presided over the worst record of economic growth in Canada since the Great Depression.
I don’t make the rules here, folks. These are narratives and conventions made up by Democrats, so it’s even more satisfying when they inevitably break them since these awful people have no principles or moral core. Yesterday, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and other Democrats tried to lead an insurrection at Delaney Detention Hall, a facility housing illegal aliens, in Newark, New Jersey. The footage is wild
So let me get this straight…
If I attempted to break into an ICE detention facility and started shoving federal agents, I’d go to jail IMMEDIATELY.
But when a Democrat does it, they go on MSBNC and claim America is now an authoritarian state.
Can someone explain this to me? pic.twitter.com/8xFMIJPwZu
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) May 10, 2025
The province of Alberta has a legitimate grievance with the ROC (Rest of Canada).
According to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, since the inception of Canada’s equalization program in 1957, which sees the wealthier provinces subsidizing their less fortunate counterparts, Alberta has made a net contribution of $67 billion, $2.9 billion alone in 2021 — which in turn represents only a portion of the province’s immense financial contribution to federal coffers and the governments and residents of other provinces.
The aliens have a message for us and this woman is channeling that message.
A must-see if you care about the future of our planet. pic.twitter.com/R71aQMz9Tk
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) May 10, 2025
Right-wing podcasting heavyweight Joe Rogan isn’t the first non-traditional media figure to claim they’ve been snubbed by Pierre Poilievre, although he might be the biggest.
Speaking on his podcast Tuesday — a long-form interview show to which almost 20 million users subscribe on YouTube alone — Rogan pivoted from talking about the Canadian election results to mentioning that “that Pierre guy” wouldn’t appear on the show because he, at least in Rogan’s telling, thought it was “too problematic.”
Spirit Ticket Agents Caught in Explosive Argument Over STD Rumors!
According to witness Nicsha Miller, who captured the incident on camera at PHL, the altercation stemmed from an alleged rumor started by the older agent about her younger colleague.
N. Miller#spiriairlines pic.twitter.com/A2mQJCSPcJ
— A Fly Guy's Crew Lounge (@AFlyGuyTravels) November 12, 2024
His kofia, the flat cylindrical hat favoured by Somali Muslims, gleams white as he picks me up at the station. A flowing kameez tunic gathers in his lap beneath the steering wheel.
‘Welcome to Leicester, sharif [Sir]!’ says ‘Ahmed’ with a grin.
Originally from Somalia, Ahmed – he doesn’t want me to use his real name – is a publisher, amateur historian and part-time imam. He will be my guide to the city.
‘Are you a meat person?’ he asks. ‘Let’s go eat.’
