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Footage has emerged of a 55-year-old Palestinian-American being beaten by members of the Jewish Defense League outside the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) meeting in Washington D.C.
Video of Sunday’s attack shows a group of JDL members beating Kamal Nayfeh, who is on the ground. A number of the group use their American and JDL flags to hit him, while others kick him. Continue reading “55yo father beaten by ‘terrorist’ Jewish Defense League outside AIPAC”
Members of the Ottawa Police Service and their supporters have purchased hundreds of wristbands showing solidarity with Const. Daniel Montsion, the officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Abdirahman Abdi last July.
CBC News has learned some 1,200 of the black and blue, silicone wristbands have been purchased, bearing the words “united we stand” on the outside and “divided we fall” on the inside, along with Montsion’s badge number — 1998. Continue reading “Ottawa police don wristbands in support of officer charged with manslaughter”
US scientists are set to send aerosol injections 20km up into the earth’s stratosphere in the world’s biggest solar geoengineering programme to date, to study the potential of a future tech-fix for global warming.
The $20m (£16m) Harvard University project will launch within weeks and aims to establish whether the technology can safely simulate the atmospheric cooling effects of a volcanic eruption, if a last ditch bid to halt climate change is one day needed. Continue reading “US scientists launch world’s biggest solar geoengineering study”
Its much-loved muppets Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch have been charming viewers for almost 50 years.
And now the children’s TV show Sesame Street is introducing a new muppet character with a simpler name, and a tougher brief.
Julia, a little girl, has orange hair, a toy rabbit – and autism. She will make her Sesame Street TV debut in April on US channels HBO and PBS. Continue reading “Sesame Street welcomes Julia, a muppet with autism”
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US marines have arrived in Syria to establish an outpost in support of the operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Daesh terror group, US media reported on Wednesday.
The marines belong to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit that departed from San Diego in October of 2016, The Washington Post reported citing US officials. Continue reading “US Marines Arrive in Syria to Aid Raqqa Offensive – Reports”
A Canadian town has apologised after a water treatment plant turned the water supply pink.
Residents of Onoway, Alberta, complained to the town office when taps began running pink water on Monday.
In a statement, Mayor Dale Krasnow said there was no public health risk but the town “could have done a better job communicating what was going on”. Continue reading “Canadian town sorry for pink tap water”
Oil prices are set to rise sharply starting in 2020 if new energy investments are not made this year.
That was the message of the International Energy Agency as the CERAWeek energy conference kicked off in Houston. There’s a worldwide glut of oil now, and the IEA said that supply looks adequate for the next three years, thanks to rising production from U.S. shale producers and Canadian oilsands projects that were sanctioned before the oil price crunch began. Continue reading “Oil prices set to rise sharply, unless new projects are approved”
Ontario’s police watchdog has charged an Ottawa police constable with three counts, including manslaughter, in the July 2016 death of Abdirahman Abdi.
Abdi, a 37-year-old Somali-Canadian man with as yet unspecified mental health issues, lost vital signs during a confrontation with Ottawa police constables Daniel Montsion and Dave Weir on Sunday, July 24, 2016.
He was pronounced dead in hospital the following afternoon. Continue reading “Ottawa police officer charged with manslaughter in man’s 2016 death”
It’s not easy to get close enough to get great shots of wild horses.
But Alberta photographer Rick Price has the knack. Continue reading “Wild horses frolic and fight in the Alberta snow”
Facial recognition technology is coming to major Canadian airports as part of a new traveller screening program under development by Canada Border Services Agency, CBC News has learned.
The technology will be part of a new generation of self-service border clearance kiosks for travellers entering or returning to Canada. The kiosks are being pitched as part of a broader effort to modernize and streamline clearance procedures at Canadian airports, and will eventually replace the more limited kiosks currently in use. Continue reading “Facial recognition technology is coming to Canadian airports this spring”
An Israeli Defense Forces soldier has been sentenced to 18 months in jail on a manslaughter conviction for shooting a Palestinian man in the head after he had already been disarmed and injured by other soldiers.
The incident occurred last year in the city of Hebron and was caught on video (scroll down to view) by Imad Abu Shamsiya. Continue reading “Palestinian children throwing stones got longer sentences than Israeli who killed unarmed man”
An Ontario high school teacher who disrupted an immunization clinic and discouraged students from getting vaccinated has been found guilty of professional misconduct, the Ontario College of Teachers has ruled.
Timothy Sullivan, a veteran science teacher with the Grand Erie District School Board, described the immunization clinic as “assault and battery,” while under oath at his disciplinary hearing. Continue reading “‘Anti-vaccine’ teacher found guilty of professional misconduct”
Canadian police said on Monday they had bolstered their presence at the Quebec border and that border authorities had created a temporary refugee center to process a growing number of asylum seekers crossing from the United States.
The Canada Border Services Agency, or CBSA, said at a news conference that it had converted an unused basement into a refugee claimant processing center. Both the border agency and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are reassigning staff from other locations in the province, as needed, to accommodate rising demand. Continue reading “Refugee claimants from U.S. strain Canada’s border resources”
Dozens of people, including construction workers and restaurant staff, reported being fired after staying at home on Thursday.
The protest aimed to highlight the contribution of immigrants in the US.
One employer told CNN his staff would have to “pay the price” of standing up for what they believed in. Continue reading “Day Without Immigrants: ‘More than 100 workers’ fired over strike”
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President Trump’s gonna need a taller wall.
Following up on a tip by the U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican authorities in the border town of Agua Prieta seized a catapult being used to throw bundles of marijuana and possibly other drugs over the border to Douglas, Arizona. Continue reading “Drug catapult found attached to Mexican side of US border fence”
Look at that face.
Now consider that Cupid — the two-legged pup with a heart-shaped nose — was tied up in a bag and left to die in the trash behind a Toronto building. Continue reading “Cupid, the 2-legged puppy, left to die in the trash, fitted with prosthetics”