‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys

‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys

Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently” round up two baboon troops coming into repeated conflict with residents. The animals will be sterilised and permanently moved to a newly constructed sanctuary. The plan has been fiercely criticised by animal rights activists, who say the monkeys should remain roaming freely, and that less destructive options have not been properly considered.

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New York Times executive fatally shot allegedly by elderly in-laws

New York Times executive fatally shot allegedly by elderly in-laws

A New York Times executive was fatally shot in California, allegedly by his wife’s elderly parents who have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Jonathan McKinsey, 40, the newspaper’s director of engineering for games player experience, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a car park in Dublin – 35 miles (56km) west of San Francisco – on Saturday afternoon, police said.

Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, his parents-in-law who are both 77 years old, are facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder.

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Teen becomes first person to face terror charges because of his ‘hatred for humanity’

Teen becomes first person to face terror charges because of his ‘hatred for humanity’

A teenager found with an axe and a stash of knives in a duffle bag has been charged with preparing a terrorist attack in the first case said to be motivated by ‘misanthropy’, a hatred of humanity.

It comes amid concerns that young people preparing mass casualty attacks are escaping with relatively minor charges because they are not considered to have an ideology.

Terrorist attacks are defined as the use or threat of serious violence for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause.

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Marc Miller says online safety bill raises ‘fine line’ over legitimate discussion

Marc Miller says online safety bill raises ‘fine line’ over legitimate discussion

CALGARY — Heritage Minister Marc Miller says the federal government faces a “very fine line” in deciding how its proposed online safety rules would affect public discussion.

As reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, Miller told journalists there must be room for discussion online, while acknowledging differing views about freedom of expression. Bill C-34, introduced June 10, has yet to pass second reading in the House of Commons.

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Trump Ally Nemesis Is Favorite for Nobel Peace Prize

Trump Ally Nemesis Is Favorite for Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize, but his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney has now emerged as an unlikely favorite in the race.

The Canadian prime minister has surged ahead of Trump in at least one prediction market for the 2026 prize, giving the U.S. president a “near-zero” chance of winning the long-coveted award following his war in Iran.

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‘A joyful place’: a new museum coaxes Austrians to embrace The Sound of Music

‘A joyful place’: a new museum coaxes Austrians to embrace The Sound of Music

Let’s start at the very beginning – famously, a very good place to start.

Just two decades after the second world war, a Hollywood crew descended on Salzburg with stars, show tunes and a compelling, essentially true story of love and opposition to Adolf Hitler: The Sound of Music.

The Austrian city, still economically and morally devastated from the Nazi period, wasn’t quite ready to receive them.


Don’t mention the war.

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DND report says sexualized jokes and ‘microaggressions’ persist despite culture change campaign

DND report says sexualized jokes and ‘microaggressions’ persist despite culture change campaign

Sexualized jokes, “microaggressions” and other inappropriate behaviour continue within Canada’s military despite a decade-long effort to change workplace culture, according to a Department of National Defence report.

The report, Evaluation Of Defence Team Culture, said overt misconduct has become less acceptable since DND began its culture-change campaign in 2015, but investigators found less obvious behaviour continues to affect military and civilian workplaces.

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