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Wildfire erupts near Kelowna airport: Tactical evacuations ordered, flights suspended amid firefighting efforts – video

Wildfire near Kelowna airport (Castanet.news) A fast-moving wildfire that broke out behind Kelowna International Airport in British Columbia on Sunday prompted tactical evacuations, grounded dozens of flights, and led to a temporary closure of airport airspace, local authorities confirmed.The blaze ignited in the Ellison area, just north of the airport, and quickly spread due to […]

Suicide or murder? DOJ, FBI drop big update on Jeffrey Epstein death; debunk conspiracy theories

The US department of justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation concluded that there was no evidence that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was murdered, Axios reported on Monday citing a memo. It also said that the investigators found no indication that Epstein blackmailed powerful figures or maintained a “client list”.The memo noted that […]

‘It’s not over for us’: US coast guard saves 165 lives in Texas flash floods; hailed as ‘American hero’

Scott Ruskan (Image credits: X @nicksortor) A US coast guard rescue swimmer is being hailed as an “American hero” after saving 165 lives during his first-ever mission, a response to deadly flash flooding in Texas that has claimed the lives of at least 82 people, with many still unaccounted for.Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem praised […]

‘Struck and destroyed’: Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis; India-bound vessel seized by rebel group in 2023 among targets hit

Galaxy Leader cargo ship was captured by the Houthis on November 19, 2023 (Image credit: Jerusalem Post) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted successful airstrikes against ports and facilities held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a spokesperson of the Israeli military announced on Monday.The targets included a commercial vessel seized by the Houthis in November 2023, according […]

‘Never heard of it’: Elon Musk’s nonchalant swipe at Donald Trump’s ‘America Party’ rant on Truth Social; netizens remind him

Elon Musk fired off a nonchalant jab at Donald Trump after the US president lashed out over Musk’s newly launched “America Party.” With a smirk-worthy “What’s Truth Social?” Musk played down Trump’s attack, but the internet wasn’t having it. Netizens piled on, reminding Musk exactly what Trump’s platform is, as the tech titan and the […]

Is Xi planning power transition or retirement?

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, widely regarded as a president for life, is beginning to delegate authority to key organs of the ruling Communist Party, a first in his over 12-year rule. Xi’s move sparked speculation that he may be laying the groundwork for an orderly power transition or scaling back his role in preparation […]

Israel sends team to Qatar for Gaza talks as Netanyahu leaves for US

JERUSALEM: Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he believed his discussions with US President Trump on Monday would help advance talks on a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire deal that Israeli negotiators resumed in Qatar on Sunday.Israeli negotiators taking part in the talks have clear instructions to achieve a ceasefire agreement under conditions that Israel has […]

Musk says will start a new political party

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and the country’s biggest political donor, said on Saturday that he would create a new political party, an enormous and challenging undertaking that would test the billionaire’s newfound influence on American politics. “When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, […]

War deadens the soul, kills spirituality

The most likely outcome of war is more war. As Nietzsche has pointed out in Human, All Too Human, what no govt admits is that it keeps an army to satisfy occasionally the desire for conquest. Every govt is supposedly armed only for defence, but this presupposes one’s cause as just and the neighbour’s as […]

Liangzhu, the coder ‘village’ at the heart of China’s AI frenzy

HANGZHOU: It was a sunny Saturday afternoon, and dozens of people sat in the grass around a backyard stage where aspiring founders of tech startups talked about their ideas. People in the crowd slouched over laptops, vaping and drinking strawberry Frappuccinos. A drone buzzed overhead. Inside the house, investors took pitches in the kitchen.It looked […]