A secret weapon called “The Discombobulator” was essential to the US raid that captured Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump said.
The US president appeared to confirm the existence of a mysterious sonic device that may be behind reports of Mr Maduro’s henchmen being knocked off their feet by a wave of sound.
Experts have questioned the details from a witness account, which claimed the weapon left Mr Maduro’s guards bleeding from the nose and vomiting blood.
The phrase “rules-based international order” became popular among Canadian leaders starting in 2017.
It is not exactly poetry, but it was meant to mean something — shorthand for the web of multilateral acronyms (the UN, the WTO, the IMF, NATO, the G7, the G20, NAFTA, among others) that arose in the wake of the Second World War, all of it backstopped by American power. This was the stuff of relative peace and stability, at least for many (but far from all) of the nations of the world, at least as compared to the destruction of the Second World War.
The phrase “rules-based international order” has come to mean the US picks up the tab in blood and treasure.
The Carney’s of the world are reluctant to give up this sweet deal having enriched themselves.
Cats don’t hold grudges… they just plan. pic.twitter.com/ofqjAMo4en
— ViralRush ⚡ (@tweetciiiim) December 31, 2025
Three in four people in the UK are “unwilling or hesitant” to trust someone who has different values or is from a different cultural background, according to a survey.
Distrust “is the new default instinct” in UK society, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer, which examines the trust that people have in business, government, media and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
Its report revealed a deepening erosion of trust as “grievance has devolved into insularity” across the developed world.
This funny clip is cut from the "Feed the Kitty" in (1952). pic.twitter.com/5l9tTlonOW
— Cartoon Fun Club (@cartunfunn) January 24, 2026
When Trevor Melanson arrived in Reykjavik, Iceland, last July to pick up his rental car, he was “pleasantly surprised” to be handed the keys to an electric vehicle that most North Americans could only dream of driving — a Chinese BYD.
Melanson, from Vancouver, B.C., was curious to try out a car he had heard so much about — in this case a silver hatchback — but had never seen. When he got behind the wheel of this “efficient car that checks all the boxes,” he realized it was a vehicle that many Canadians would like.
Carney’s propaganda rag the Toronto Star published this article on the same day Trump threatened 100% tariffs over Ottawa’s merger with China’s godless communists and a week after running a piece saying China was unlikely to invest in Canadian EV manufacturing plants.
Donald Trump has backtracked on claims British troops stayed away from the front line in Afghanistan after a backlash.
In a statement posted on Truth Social the US President said that British soldiers were “among the greatest of all warriors” and were “GREAT and very BRAVE”.
No apology for Canada?
Societies occasionally reach a threshold so significant that it demands direct attention, regardless of legal or bureaucratic framing. Canada’s current approach to assisted suicide, especially in cases involving mental illness, represents such a threshold. Recent federal data indicate that more than 16,000 assisted suicide cases are approved annually in Canada, with an increasing proportion involving individuals with mental health challenges. This trend highlights the urgent need for policy reassessment and underscores the critical importance of addressing this issue.
A new public opinion poll by Hungarian think tank Századvég highlights a growing gap between European Union decision-makers and public sentiment across the continent regarding military involvement in the war in Ukraine. The survey, conducted as part of the think tank’s Project Europe, shows that a majority of Europeans oppose both the deployment of soldiers in Ukraine and the delivery of arms to the eastern front.
According to the findings of the poll, 69% of Europeans reject the idea of sending soldiers to Ukraine, while 51% oppose arms deliveries.
In 2015, George Soros and WEF 'Young Global Leader' Chrystia Freeland—now an unpaid economic adviser to Zelensky in Ukraine—openly admitted that Ukraine's leadership was bought and paid for by George Soros. pic.twitter.com/RcpVyePzzj
— Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) January 25, 2026
There’s “effectively zero” chance the U.S. would invade Canada — but we must prepare for that contingency anyway, experts say.
The U.S. invasion of Canada would likely begin with a brutal blitz, before rising to a defiant insurgency.
Over the course of mere days, a co-ordinated series of surgical strikes by the U.S. military could decapitate Canada’s leadership, cripple its military, compromise key communication channels and paralyze the nation, national defence experts tell the Star.
But despite its early victories, the States would find it near impossible to hold Canada for long — especially if a hostile population decided to resist.
A defiant insurgency? And just who will take that on? The Hindus? The Mohammedans? The Sikhs?
Trump may be on your street soon!
"The last thing the World needs is to have China take over Canada. It’s NOT going to happen, or even come close to happening! Thank you for your attention to this matter." – President DONALD J. TRUMP pic.twitter.com/3E435v2Yq8
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 24, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on all Canadian imports if Ottawa makes a trade deal with China, insisting there is no deal in the works.
After Trump delivered the ultimatum on Saturday, Minister for Canada-U.S. Trade, Dominic LeBlanc, posted a response on X.
Statement from the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy:
“As the Prime Minister said this week, Canada and the United States…
— Dominic LeBlanc (@DLeBlancNB) January 24, 2026
So what happened since last week to change Carney’s mind about his New World Order?
h/t Mauser
THERE is a reason why some of the most revealing facts about modern Britain do not come from government press releases, ministerial speeches or mainstream media, but from Freedom of Information requests.
Again and again, as I have demonstrated, it is only when independent journalists and researchers force the British state’s hand that we learn what is really going on beyond the carefully managed narratives of the BBC and Westminster.
OTTAWA — A social network analysis firm says Chinese state and pro-China accounts amplified Prime Minister Mark Carney’s statements across major Western platforms during his Jan. 14–17 trip to Beijing—praising Canada while using his remarks to criticize U.S. policy toward China—in geopolitical messaging that, Graphika’s data suggest, mirrors a pattern observed prior to the 2025 Canadian general election, when pro-China actors promoted Carney’s stance on U.S. tariffs to advance narratives aligned with China’s strategic goals.
