• Russian armed opposition: attacks in Belgorod and Kursk disrupted Russia’s offensive in Ukraine

    Russian volunteer fighters allied with the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) refer to attacks in Belgorod and Kursk regions as a "limited military operation" that thwarted a significant Russian offensive on Ukrainian territories. "Putin's army aimed to carry out considerable strikes by Putin's inauguration day. Thus, our operation disrupted their plans. They were forced to redeploy substantial forces from the Kupyansk direction to maintain control of their Kursk and Belgorod regions," stated Aleksei...

  • DeSantis Raises Option of Transporting Haitian Refugees Fleeing Violence to Martha’s Vineyard

    Haiti is an estimated 840 miles from Florida. Haitians have suffered a terrible ordeal as their homeland has begun collapsing in the absence of political leadership. The post DeSantis Raises Option of Transporting Haitian Refugees Fleeing Violence to Martha’s Vineyard first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.

  • Moscow attack explainer: why would Islamic State attack Russia and what will Putin’s response be?

    After IS claimed responsibility for shooting in Moscow’s Crocus city hall, questions remain about how Russia will respondRussia attack – latest updatesThe attack on Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall is the deadliest attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) on European soil, with 137 people confirmed to have been killed.On Friday evening, attackers carrying assault rifles entered the concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, shooting for nearly an hour as panicked concertgoers scrambled to escape....

  • Moscow concert attack: 'No Ukrainian involvement' in deadly attack, U.S. says

    ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, without providing proof. A U.S. official told NBC News that the claim appears to be genuine, though no final assessment has been made yet.

  • Greece mulls delivering S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine after Russia’s missile attack on Odesa during Greek PM's visit

    During Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's visit to Odesa, the city was attacked by Russian missiles. This incident was followed by reports that Ukraine may receive S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems from Greece, according to the Greek newspaper Ekathimerini. Greece is considering the delivery of the S-300 missile system to Ukraine from its stockpile on the island of Crete. The country had previously been hesitant about such supplies, eager not to provoke Russia and because the United...

  • America’s secret World War II ghost army, which kept Adolf Hitler and German troops away from attacking U.S. units, will receive a gold medal from Congress for saving 30,000 lives

    Three survivors of a secret army group that tricked Nazi Germany into making catastrophic mistakes through a series of audacious battlefield stunts will finally be honored at a ceremony in D.C. on Thursday.Bernie Bluestein, 100, John Christman, 99, and Seymour Nussenbaum, 100, were members of a tactical deception unit called the Ghost Army, whose exploits were so secret that they were forbidden to mention them for more than 50 years.Of the 1,100 artists, designers and technicians who sometimes...

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    Housing minister mocks Doug Ford’s concerns with fourplexes. Here’s what happened at Ontario’s Queen’s Park this week

    Canada’s housing minister openly mocked Ontario Premier Doug Ford on social media Friday over his concerns over fourplexes. Throughout the week, the premier has made it clear that he does not support a provincial mandate to build fourplexes in residential neighbourhoods—something that both the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force and the federal government have recommended. Later, he clarified he was just against four-storey “towers.” “You have to differentiate between putting four...

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    Town of Huntsville confirms it was hit by ransomware attack

    HUNTSVILLE, ONT. - A town in Ontario's Muskoka region has shared more details about a cybersecurity incident earlier this month. The Town of Huntsville says it was hit on March 10 by a ransomware attack, in which vital digital information is held hostage for payment. Denise Corry, the town's chief administrative officer, says an “unauthorized user” infiltrated the town's systems and data was compromised. It remains unclear if the compromised data includes personal information. Services...

  • Moscow attack is country’s deadliest in years

    The world is reacting to the deadly attack at a Russian concert hall where the death toll has surpassed 135 people.

  • Attack of the Corporations: Are the NLRB’s Days Numbered?

    SpaceX’s Elon Musk has a particularly bad track record. He vigorously helped squash a union drive at his 20,000 worker Tesla plant in Fremont, California in 2017 – and later in Buffalo. As In These Times headlined an article February 16, 2023, “Tesla Workers Announced a Union Drive. The Next Day They Were Fired.” Over 30 workers in Buffalo lost their jobs, for partnering with the SEIU-affiliated Workers United. (At the time, the company sent an email to employees banning recording workplace...

  • The First Amendment is under attack in America’s Oceania

    The Supreme Court just heard arguments in Murthy v. Missouri, a case that raises important First Amendment issues and exposes government censorship efforts. Last October, when considering a lower court order prohibiting further censorship, Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch described the case as “a coordinated campaign by high-level federal officials to suppress […]

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    Some services resuming after ransomware attack: City of Hamilton

    Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The City of Hamilton says some services will resume as they begin the restoration and rebuilding process, after the ransomware attack that brought everything to a halt more than three weeks ago. On Wednesday, staff provided an update to council about the lengthy cyber security incident. READ MORE: City of Hamilton shifting to ‘recovery and […]