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An expanded class of Danish conscripts reported for training on Monday as the country anticipates dueling threats from Russia and the United States.
“Denmark is facing a new reality where the threats to our security are more changing and complex than ever before,” the country’s Ministry of Defense said. “That is why conscription is being expanded and strengthened in recent years.”
Ariana Grande is to take a “much-deserved break” from public appearances and will no longer star in an upcoming musical production in London when she ends her Eternal Sunshine tour next month.
A representative for the US singer, 33, told People magazine that she “will be taking a step back from visibility” when the tour ends, after her appearances led to “endless, ongoing public scrutiny”.
Step back from the Ozempic.
When Canada announced earlier this year that it would allow a token number of Chinese-made electric vehicles into the country, the gesture didn’t seem so much about climate action as a sop to ease Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola.
Now, it very much appears like the opening gambit in a deeper engagement with China on clean energy. Following up on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s momentous meeting with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping in January, Industry Minister Melanie Joly was in Beijing last month to discuss the feasibility of Canadian-Chinese EV ventures.
Meanwhile, the Canada China Business Council is organizing a cleantech mission to China in Beijing in November.
The CBC is owned by China now.
Something Something, Elbows Up?
How bizzare that to enter the USA the bridge is past capacity and spilling into the streets of Niagara. With almost every American booth open.
Canadas side? 3 booths open and bridge is majority empty.
On a weekend, when Niagara Falls is… pic.twitter.com/eF7Kn1JkLA
— CDN_Karma (@cdn_karma) August 2, 2026
This is several kilometers before the border crossing into the US at Peace Arch this weekend… Where's the mainstream media? Ahhh, right, this fails to play into their narrative they have been constructing since Carney appeared.
Canada, under this, you are being played, you are… pic.twitter.com/N2judVkmMB— Fringe Truth (@TruthFringe) August 2, 2026
h/t Mauser
Oh, my gosh! @fancypants_s https://t.co/MV0eZwc4js
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) August 3, 2026
h/t Patti Jo
Non-Muslim officers and staff working at West Midlands Police have been invited to fast during Ramadan in an “act of solidarity”, The Telegraph can reveal.
The West Midlands Association of Muslim Police has said colleagues can take part in a fast for the day during the religious festival to raise money for charity.
West Midlands Police said the practice helped officers understand the “significance of Ramadan” for Muslim residents.
Some U.S. officials are condemning the apparent arson that destroyed a popular kosher restaurant in Montreal early Sunday morning, with some characterizing the incident as part of a broader pattern of antisemitic attacks.
Illinois Congressman Paul Schneider, co-chair of the Congressional Jewish Congress, said he and his colleagues “are disgusted and outraged” by what he described as “yet another heinous attack on Jewish-owned business.”
This girl decided to do a TikTok live without wearing hijab. Her parents saw it, so they burst into the room and beat her up.
This is Islam. pic.twitter.com/1Hj4BCdH3x
— Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ⚢ ❌❌✡️ (@sappholives83) August 1, 2026
Jamey Carney never tired of saying how happy she was with her new life in Ireland, describing relocating there as ‘the best decision’ she had ever made.
The American single mother, 43, had always been proud of her Irish roots, and finally left the US five years ago to set up home with her young daughter in Killarney, which sits in the heart of a dramatic landscape of lakes, mountains, waterfalls and ancient woods.
hirty years is a long time—long enough for one generation to grow into adulthood and another to begin.
With time, great public tragedies pass into history. Dates remain. Photographs endure. The language used to describe them becomes familiar through repetition.
The people themselves are more easily lost.
The Oxford Union held a debate on the proposition: “The West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam,” and the most notable thing about it was the fact that the host of the debate used the opportunity to make threats of violence against Tommy Robinson and Laurence Fox, arguing in favor alongside Jonathan Sacerdoti.
HOLY SH*T. The Oxford Union is compromised!
Tommy Robinson asked them can we agree that executing boys, ethnic cleansing and paedophilia are all wrong
And that Human rights, free speech, rights for children, women and gays should be protected
And they voted in favour of Islam pic.twitter.com/ZlQkEcUpp3
— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) July 31, 2026
Tim Hortons is a 3rd World Shithole https://t.co/oXE1IpCHjJ
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) August 2, 2026
Another wild night at Dundas Sqaure #Toronto pic.twitter.com/kOc2YHB4NN
— MitchUnseen🇨🇦 (@mitch6669) August 1, 2026
A growing number of west African countries are implementing or strengthening anti-LGBTQ+ laws, amid local political pressures and a global pushback against LGBTQ+ rights.
In March, Senegal doubled the maximum prison sentence for gay sex to 10 years and criminalised the “promotion” of homosexuality. Niger criminalised “sexual relations with a person of the same sex” in February, the first time same-sex intimacy had been outlawed in the country.
