"Israel doesn’t care about the world, it acts as if it was above the law because the U.S. administration is shielding it against punishment,” said Shaban Abdel-Raouf, a Palestinian displaced four times by the Israeli offensive....
A California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive....
This was the outcome Israel sought to avoid: a demand to halt a military operation the government regards as essential for the defeat of Hamas and the return of hostages....
A town councillor running for the Conservative nomination in an Ontario riding that was already the source of controversy earlier this month says she was unfairly blocked from carrying the party banner because the top Tory brass wanted another candidate instead....
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Friday, May 24, that he had decided to “sever the connection” between Spain’s diplomatic mission and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank over Madrid’s recognition of a Palestinian state....
“I have decided to sever the connection between Spain’s representation in Israel and the Palestinians, and to prohibit the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to Palestinians from the West Bank,” Katz said in a post on X. It was not immediately clear how Israel would carry out the threat.
He could have just admitted to being a genocidal asshole with zero ability to enforce this stupidity.
A Quebec court judge has issued a scathing decision identifying major long-standing problems in youth protection services for Inuit children in Quebec’s North, in a case where a teenage girl was sent to 64 different foster homes in less than 10 years....
A new study from the University of Western Ontario suggests mercury contamination in northwestern Ontario’s English-Wabigoon River has been made worse by ongoing industrial pollution....
A Toronto daycare that signed on to the national childcare program is now in such financial difficulty that its board is considering closure, a plight that advocates say reveals flaws in how Ontario funds the system....
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.”...
In Khan Younis, where Gaza’s Al-Aqsa University once stood, thousands of families say they’re being forced to live next to what has become a putrid temporary garbage dump....
Long before generative AI’s boom, a Silicon Valley firm contracted to collect and analyze non-classified data on illicit Chinese fentanyl trafficking made a compelling case for its embrace by U.S. intelligence agencies....
The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Friday that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel and demands that all combatants protect them in accordance with international law....
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond....
Some of the food supplies waiting to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt have begun to rot as the Rafah border crossing remains shut to aid deliveries for a third week and people inside the Palestinian enclave face worsening hunger....
On hand at the launch (of The Institute at Ben-Gurion University), according to coverage, were officials from global firms like Microsoft and General Motors, as well as top-tier Israeli politicians, like Herzog, the president. (A spokesperson for GM told The Intercept they could not confirm the company’s attendance.)
An American auto maker showing up at the opening of a secretive cyberspying training academy in Israel is concerning.
The threat was sent by IMG Worldwide, a giant entertainment and sports agency, on behalf of the Los Angeles Police Foundation, which is the name of a private foundation that the Los Angeles Times calls “the LAPD’s secretive, multimillion-dollar private funding arm.” The LAPF has purchased surveillance tech, robots, drones, and Palantir licenses for the LAPD.
The big companies, known as consolidators, have bought hundreds of clinics from 2012 onwards, according to records and reports, across the country, because pets and vets are big money....
After World Court ruling, Palestinians want action not words (www.reuters.com)
"Israel doesn’t care about the world, it acts as if it was above the law because the U.S. administration is shielding it against punishment,” said Shaban Abdel-Raouf, a Palestinian displaced four times by the Israeli offensive....
Judge Orders Alec Baldwin to Face Trial for ‘Rust’ Shooting (www.thedailybeast.com)
‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation (www.theguardian.com)
A California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive....
No sign Israel will change course after Gaza ruling (www.bbc.com)
This was the outcome Israel sought to avoid: a demand to halt a military operation the government regards as essential for the defeat of Hamas and the return of hostages....
Another would-be Conservative nominee alleges 'irregularities' in race to carry party banner (www.cbc.ca)
A town councillor running for the Conservative nomination in an Ontario riding that was already the source of controversy earlier this month says she was unfairly blocked from carrying the party banner because the top Tory brass wanted another candidate instead....
Israel says it will stop work of Spanish consulate for Palestinians (www.lemonde.fr)
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Friday, May 24, that he had decided to “sever the connection” between Spain’s diplomatic mission and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank over Madrid’s recognition of a Palestinian state....
Judge slams Quebec youth protection after Inuk teen placed in 64 different foster homes (www.cbc.ca)
A Quebec court judge has issued a scathing decision identifying major long-standing problems in youth protection services for Inuit children in Quebec’s North, in a case where a teenage girl was sent to 64 different foster homes in less than 10 years....
Mercury poisoning near Grassy Narrows First Nation worsened by ongoing industrial pollution, study suggests (www.cbc.ca)
A new study from the University of Western Ontario suggests mercury contamination in northwestern Ontario’s English-Wabigoon River has been made worse by ongoing industrial pollution....
Daycare says Ontario's funding model threatens it with closure (www.cbc.ca)
A Toronto daycare that signed on to the national childcare program is now in such financial difficulty that its board is considering closure, a plight that advocates say reveals flaws in how Ontario funds the system....
Loblaws, Sobeys owners under investigation by Competition Bureau for alleged anti-competitive conduct (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.”...
Gazans fleeing Rafah say they now live in misery next to massive garbage dump (www.cbc.ca)
In Khan Younis, where Gaza’s Al-Aqsa University once stood, thousands of families say they’re being forced to live next to what has become a putrid temporary garbage dump....
US intelligence agencies' embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent (apnews.com)
Long before generative AI’s boom, a Silicon Valley firm contracted to collect and analyze non-classified data on illicit Chinese fentanyl trafficking made a compelling case for its embrace by U.S. intelligence agencies....
Despite surging demand for long-term care, providers struggle to find workers (apnews.com)
The hardest part of Culix Wibonele’s first job in long-term care was not getting injured....
Security Council approves resolution decrying attacks on UN and aid workers and demanding protection (apnews.com)
The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Friday that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel and demands that all combatants protect them in accordance with international law....
Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines (www.reuters.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond....
Food bound for Gaza rots in the sun as Egypt's Rafah crossing stays shut (www.reuters.com)
Some of the food supplies waiting to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt have begun to rot as the Rafah border crossing remains shut to aid deliveries for a third week and people inside the Palestinian enclave face worsening hunger....
After Pegasus Was Blacklisted, Its CEO Swore Off Spyware. Now He’s the King of Israeli AI. (theintercept.com)
Windows XP (lemmy.zip)
'LOL No:' Maker of 'F*CK THE LAPD' Shirt Laughs at Cops' Copyright Threat (www.404media.co)
Study says Europeans fear migration more than climate change – DW – 05/08/2024 (www.dw.com)
Corporations are buying local vet clinics — raising questions about price, choice and quality of care (www.cbc.ca)
The big companies, known as consolidators, have bought hundreds of clinics from 2012 onwards, according to records and reports, across the country, because pets and vets are big money....