Tag: World

Nigel Farage Warns UK Moving To ‘Chinese-Style Social Credit System’

Nigel Farage has warned there is a danger of the UK moving towards a “Chinese-style social credit system” after a dossier revealed his bank reportedly closed his account after deeming that his views did “not align with [their] values.” On Wednesday, former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage released pages of documents in the Daily Mail…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Israeli President Herzog Addresses US Congress

Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses a joint meeting of Congress at 11:00 a.m. ET on July 19. …


Israeli President Herzog Addresses US Congress

Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses a joint meeting of Congress at 11:00 a.m. ET on July 19. …


LIVE NOW: Israeli President Herzog Addresses US Congress

Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses a joint meeting of Congress at 11:00 a.m. ET on July 19. …


Nuclear Threat From Ukraine War Prompts Ottawa to Update Plans for Catastrophe

Canada is dusting off and updating emergency protocols to deal with fallout from a possible tactical nuclear exchange in Europe or the spread of radiation across the ocean from a Ukrainian power plant explosion. Internal Public Safety Canada notes show the measures include updating a highly secret plan to ensure the federal government can continue…


More Military Expected to Deploy to Help BC Wildfire Fight, Minister Says

More soldiers are expected to be deployed today to help firefighters battle the nearly 400 active wildfires in British Columbia. Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says 75 military members are heading to Burns Lake, in central B.C., to join 75 others who were sent to nearby Vanderhoof yesterday as part of federal assistance in the…


‘No Limit’ on Number of Ukrainian Refugees to Be Allowed Into Canada: Federal Memo

With 230,000 Ukrainians having already emigrated to Canada to flee the war, a recently disclosed internal memo from the Immigration Department says there is “no limit” on the number of Ukrainian war refugees that can be allowed into Canada. The government closed applications on July 15 for Ukrainian refugees looking to obtain temporary emergency visas and…


Tobias Ellwood Warned by MPs After ‘Utterly Bizarre’ Video Praising Taliban Rule

The chairman of the House of Commons defence select committee has been heavily criticised by fellow Conservative MPs after he posted a video of himself in Afghanistan in which he praised the Taliban. The video was described as “utterly bizarre” by Mark Francois, Tory MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, who also sits on the defence…


At Least 16 Killed by Suspected Electrocution in North Indian State

LUCKNOW—At least 16 people were killed and another six injured in a suspected case of electrocution in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand on Wednesday morning, government officials said. The incident took place inside a sewage treatment plant established in the Himalayan state’s Chamoli district as part of a flagship program of the federal government…


MPs Overturn Attempts to Scrap Offender Immunity in Legacy Bill

MPs have overturned attempts to remove a conditional immunity provision from contentious legislation aimed at halting post-conflict prosecutions in Northern Ireland. The House of Lords had voted to tear up an element of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, which offers those accused of Troubles-related crimes immunity from being prosecuted if they cooperate…