Three dead in Montreal shooting – media (VIDEO)
A police officer and a civilian have reportedly been killed in a shooting in the Canadian city, with the suspect ‘neutralized’ as well Three people have been killed in a…
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AI ‘months away’ from taking down governments – intelligence group
Five Eyes cyber agencies have warned that frontier models could soon transform offensive hacking capabilities Advanced artificial intelligence models could soon give hackers the ability to cripple governments, businesses, and…
How Iran learned to stop worrying and live with war
Tehran’s new approach suggests the old rules of regional conflict are collapsing Over the past year, the nature of the Iran-Israel conflict has undergone a significant transformation. What previously appeared…
Cuban revolutionary icon dies aged 94
Ramiro Valdes participated in all of the keystone moments of the Caribbean nation’s fight to topple the US-backed Batista dictatorship Cuban revolutionary commander Ramiro Valdes Menendez, a figure revered in…
Keir Starmer’s resignation is an illusion of democracy
His exit satisfies public anger, but the system stays intact: new faces, same donors, same policies, same insulation from voters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation on Monday exemplifies the…
Israel plans biggest West Bank settlement expansion in decades (VIDEO)
More than $350 million is expected to be allocated to establish infrastructure for 61 future settlements Israel has earmarked broad swathes of the West Bank for scores of new settlements,…
Spanish PM’s wife faces trial on corruption charges – media
Begona Gomez has been ordered to surrender her passport and appear in court twice a month amid allegations of influence peddling Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife, Begona Gomez, will…
Why weird men try to put penises on powerful women
The strange ‘gender audits’ of the likes of Michelle Obama say less about women than about men using anatomy to police status and power What’s up with all these performative…
Only US could impose Hormuz tolls – Trump
The US president appears to have rejected reported Iranian plans for post-ceasefire shipping fees ahead of Iran-US talks No tolls would be charged for transit through the Strait of Hormuz…
Sixty years of Black Power: Why America still can’t survive its own race debate
Riots, revolutionaries, symbols, scandals – and the conflict no other rich country had to face like the US Recently George Floyd’s brother showed off his new diamond encrusted gold medallion…