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Musk Knows Trump Will Lose to Harris in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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Smoky skies across much of B.C. as wildfires grow (www.cbc.ca)
 

Approximately 2,000 people in the Village of Ashcroft have been told to be ready to leave their homes at a moment's notice, after an evacuation alert was put into place at noon Friday for the entire community, about 100 kilometres west of Kamloops.

The warning comes with officials forecasting smoky skies across much of B.C. as over 300 fires burn across the province, with more expected in the days ahead.

Cliff Chapman with the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) said Thursday the province appeared to be "on the precipice of a very challenging 72 hours" with hot and dry weather, dry lightning and strong winds forecast.

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Russian missile attack on Mykolaiv injures at least 14, kills 3, including child (kyivindependent.com)
 

Russian forces attacked the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv with a missile on July 19, killing at least three people, including a child, and injuring 14, Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych said.

Explosions were reported after an air raid alert went off in the region, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.

A residential part of the city came under attack, Sienkevych said. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia hit a playground, damaging nearby high-rise buildings.

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Global IT outage disrupts B.C. health-care system (www.cbc.ca)
 

A global IT outage has caused widespread disruption across multiple industries, including significant issues within the health-care sector in B.C.

The province's Ministry of Health confirmed the disruption is impacting its networks and computers.

In a statement, the ministry said it has implemented "contingency plans" to ensure that health-care services remain operational, and patient care is not disrupted "to the best of our ability."

It is urging people to contact their care providers Friday if they have questions about appointments or services.

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Macron wins shock vote to keep coalition hopes alive in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here's coverage from the Guardian. It was a big story that was widely covered so it shouldn't be hard to find another source if you want one.

I understand the concern about their sale but the conclusion that they aren't reliable isn't supported by evidence as far I can tell. Per the included link in the post, they haven't failed a fact check in the last 5 years -- and they were sold to Axel Springer in late 2021. MBFC has reviewed them multiple times since the acquisition. Politico, also acquired by Axel Springer, was rated "Leans Left" in blind bias reviews by AllSides both before and after the acquisition, so it doesn't appear to have changed their editorial bias much either. I can't find any evidence of a shift rightward or away from factual reporting.

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Zelenskiy accuses Viktor Orbán of betraying Europe at leaders’ meeting in UK (www.theguardian.com)
 

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has taken aim at the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, accusing him of betraying fellow European leaders after Orbán’s recent “peace mission” to Moscow.

The Ukrainian president kicked off the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace on Thursday with an emotional speech in which he made veiled but repeated references to Orbán’s recent attempts to get close to Moscow.

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He told the session: “We have maintained unity in Europe by acting together, which means that Putin has missed his primary targets … This is our advantage, but it remains an advantage only as long as we are united.”

Referring to Putin, he said: “He may try to approach you, or go to some of your partners individually, trying to tempt or pressure you to blackmail you so that one of you betrays the rest. We keep our unity.”

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Violence against women in Brazil reaches highest levels on record (www.theguardian.com)
 

Brazil has recorded unprecedented levels of rape and other forms of gender-based violence for the second year running, amid growing concerns over rightwing efforts to criminalize rape victims who have an abortion.

The data, released on Thursday in the annual report by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, showed that reported cases of rape rose by 6.5% from the previous year to a new historic high of 83,988 – or one every six minutes.

Experts say the figures are “even more alarming” against a backdrop of far-right activism, which includes a bill currently before the lower house of Congress that seeks to penalize rape survivors who seek a termination.

Every single indicator of gender-based violence increased in 2023 compared with the previous year, including murder (0.8%), sexual harassment (48.7%) and stalking (34.5%).

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Macron wins shock vote to keep coalition hopes alive (www.politico.eu)
 

Emmanuel Macron’s party formed a last–minute agreement with right-leaning lawmakers to win a key vote in parliament on Thursday that opens the door to the French president playing a greater-than-expected role in forming the country’s next government.

The two political groups put together an ad-hoc alliance to reelect Yaël Braun-Pivet as head of the French National Assembly, the fourth highest-ranking official in France. The vote was widely seen as a test to see who could work together in France’s fractured parliament to name a future prime minister.

In combining their forces, the centrists and the center right seized political momentum while also delivering a stunning blow to their rivals further to the left.

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‘Reservation Dogs’ (Finally) Nominated for Best Comedy Series Emmy (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
 

Reservation Dogs is finally getting some Emmy love in its final season.

The FX/Hulu comedy, co-created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, has long been a critical favorite, picking up recognition at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, Spirit Awards and Writers Guild Awards. Emmy nominations, though, have remained elusive — until Wednesday morning.

The show was recognized in the best comedy series category for the 2024 Emmys, competing alongside Abbott Elementary, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, Palm Royale, The Bear and What We Do in the Shadows.

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Germany slashes Ukraine funding in savings push (www.politico.eu)
 

Germany, which overcame its initial reluctance to support Ukraine to become the country’s biggest European supplier of military aid, looks poised to change course as the finance minister said the government would slash future assistance by half in order to fulfill other spending priorities.

That appeared to be Berlin's unequivocal message to Ukraine on Wednesday as the government detailed its preliminary 2025 budget, in which military aid to Ukraine is slated to be cut by half to just €4 billion, according to a draft seen by POLITICO.

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Netanyahu rejects calls for immediate inquiry into 7 October security failures (www.theguardian.com)
 

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected calls for an immediate independent inquiry into the security failures that allowed the deadliest attack in his country’s history.

Speaking to Israel’s parliament, Netanyahu told lawmakers: “First, I want to beat Hamas.”

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The Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, had last week called for the formation of a state-commission inquiry for the 7 October attacks.

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Hard work underway to reopen Kyiv children’s hospital hit by Russian missile (kyivindependent.com)
 

Just four days after a Russian missile hit Ukraine’s leading hospital for children, the floors of Okhmatdyt’s main building looked surprisingly spotless.

The dust and shattered glass from the devastating blast that defaced the building were wiped out. Damaged furniture was removed, and the staff wearing clean scrubs rushed along the well-lit corridors. At first glance, things seemed almost normal, if not for the absence of patients.

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But Russia’s latest attack in its genocidal war against Ukraine demonstrated that Ukrainians continue to unite and resist in the face of such brutality. Thousands of volunteers have amassed to save their fellow citizens and later to help rebuild the hospital.

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Ukrainian intelligence 'hacks Russian websites, replaces homepages with pig head pictures' in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

They've been very active targeting Russia since the full-scale invasion, though they've been pretty quiet lately.

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Ukrainian intelligence 'hacks Russian websites, replaces homepages with pig head pictures' (kyivindependent.com)
 

Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) claimed on July 16 that it had hacked nearly 100 Russian websites that support the Kremlin's war effort, taking them offline and replacing their homepages with a picture of a bloody pig's head.

The intelligence agency said the operation was carried out on July 15 with the help of "the volunteer hacker community."

"The cyberattack was aimed at destroying internal information of companies that serve Russian public sector clients involved in the war against Ukraine," it said in a post on Telegram.

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JD Vance opposes military aid, NATO membership for Ukraine. He's now Trump's VP pick (kyivindependent.com)
 

Vance is one of Trump's most vocal supporters and an outspoken critic of U.S. aid to Ukraine.

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Vance has said that it would be "completely irresponsible" for Ukraine to join NATO. He has also argued for the U.S. to focus solely on preventing Chinese expansion, even if that means sacrificing sovereign Ukrainian lands to Russia.

"Any peace settlement is going to require some significant territorial concessions from Ukraine, and you're gonna have a peace deal, because that's the only way out of the conflict," Vance said in February.

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NATO’s Pledges to Ukraine Fall Short for a Counteroffensive This Year in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

don't tase me bro

Pierre Poilievre calls supervised consumption sites 'drug dens' in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gonna go on the record right now and say that this dude is a real turd

Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

dupe doop dewp

Pentagon Opens Ammunition Factory to Keep Arms Flowing to Ukraine in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There's an archive link at the bottom of the post.

France ‘investigating whether Russia behind’ graffiti on Holocaust memorial in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It has more to do with them being identified and fleeing the country:

Holocaust memorial had recorded two figures arriving at about 3am with spray paint and stencils, as well as two or three other people who may have been involved. They were reportedly quickly identified from mobile phone information.

All were Bulgarian and left Paris by coach for Brussels later the same morning just after spray-painting the graffiti, France Info reported, confirming an earlier report in the satirical weekly Canard Enchaîné.

And the similarity to a previous incident:

In October, about 60 Stars of David were discovered on walls in Paris and districts on the outskirts. All were in a blue similar to the blue of the Israeli national flag.

A Moldovan couple were arrested in that case and their alleged handler, a pro-Russian Moldovan businessman, was identified, according to Agence France-Presse.

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European Commission says Ukraine will receive first payment of revenue from frozen Russian assets in July in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

That does make it sound less good, but there's also a compelling pro-Ukrainian argument for using revenue (and other funds) rather than the seized assets for defense. It's widely agreed that Ukraine is owed those assets for reconstruction. Many want to liquidate them as an alternative to directly funding the defense effort, which could harm Ukraine's ability to rebuild after the war. So it's sort of robbing future-Ukraine to pay for the present. It's especially risky because countries tend to lose focus of things like reconstruction and get distracted by the next shiny conflict or crisis.

That obviously depends on Ukraine's allies continuing to fund their defense though.

European Commission says Ukraine will receive first payment of revenue from frozen Russian assets in July in c/[email protected]
Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ law could be dropped in return for US support bill in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The party’s ruling body, known as the political council, issued a statement on Tuesday in which it insisted that the government would not be blackmailed but also signalled that a way out of the crisis was possible if there was swift progress on preferential trade terms and visa liberalisation.

'We won't be blackmailed but we can be bribed!'

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