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Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis showed some solidarity with the massive trucker protest in Canada. On Tuesday, DeSantis tweeted a graphic with the words “Truck Yeah,” reportedly as demonstration of support for the Freedom Convoy, which on Wednesday ended its fifth day of denouncing Prime…
Read More Canadian Truckers Draw Support From Florida Gov. DeSantis As GoFundMe Holds Over $10M Raised For The Cause
Sebastian Hughes Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Tuesday that the U.S. was attempting to pull his country into a war in Ukraine, The New York Times reported. “Their most important task is to contain Russia’s development,” Putin said of the U.S., the NYT reported. “Ukraine…
Read More Putin Claims US Is Trying To Pull Russia Into A War
Ailan Evans Quebec Premier François Legault announced Tuesday the province would abandon plans to impose a tax on unvaccinated residents, citing unfavorable public opinion. “I understand that this divides Quebecers and right now we have to build bridges,” Legault told reporters at a Tuesday press…
Read More Canadian Province Caves To Public, Abandons Planned Tax On Unvaccinated
Sebastian Hughes Russia sent medical units to its front lines at the Ukrainian border, fueling speculation Russia is on the precipice of an invasion, The Wall Street Journal reported. The deployment of medical units escalated the conflict to a stage previous buildups never did, Western…
Read More Russia Sends Medical Units To Front Lines At Ukrainian Border
Laurel Duggan Finnish politician Päivi Räsänen went on trial Monday for tweeting a bible verse in 2019 and challenging the Finnish Lutheran Church’s involvement in gay pride events. Räsänen faces charges of “ethnic agitation” under the War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity section of the…
Read More European Politician Facing Criminal Charges For Tweeting Bible Verse
Ailan Evans Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has had his personal account on Chinese-owned social messaging service WeChat taken over by a Chinese tech company and shut down Monday, Reuters reported. Fuzhou 985 Technology, a China-based technology firm, managed to take control of Morrison’s WeChat…
Read More Chinese Tech Firm Takes Over, Shuts Down World Leader’s Personal Social Media Account
Laurel Duggan Soldiers in Burkina Faso staged a mutiny and said they detained the country’s president Monday after seizing a military barracks and engaging in shooting fights in the capital city, the Associated Press reported. Civilians celebrated the rebellion in the streets before being dispersed…
Read More Soldiers Engage In Mutiny, Detain President Of African Country After Battle At Palace
Sebastian Hughes Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin briefed President Joe Biden on Saturday about how the U.S. could respond to Russian aggression toward Ukraine, including military action in advance of a potential invasion, a defense official and a senior administration official told NBC News. The options…
Read More Biden Briefed On Military Deployment Near Ukraine As Diplomacy With Russia Fails
The first U.S. shipment of “lethal aid” arrived in Ukraine, less than 24-hours after US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with Russian officials. “The first shipment of assistance recently directed by President Biden to Ukraine arrived in Ukraine tonight. This shipment includes close to…
Read More U.S. “Lethal Aid” Reaches Ukraine, American Diplomats Prepping For Evacuation
A French cannibal who murdered a farmer and ate his organs with a side of white beans escaped from a psych ward in Southern France on Wednesday, the New York Post reported. Jeremy Rimbaud, 34, was serving a life sentence in the psychiatric hospital after murdering 90-year-old…
Read More French Cannibal Who Ate Farmer’s Organs With A Side Of Beans Escapes From Psych Ward