"A 5.4-magnitude earthquake rocked British Columbia's southwest coast shaking up residents, and issuing a reminder that the area is seismic zone.
Natural Resources Canada said the quake was centred 24 kilometres north-northeast of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast and while it originally set the quake's magnitude at 5.1. However the quake shook major population centers including Metro Vancouver and Victoria for several seconds and was felt as far away as Prince George in central B.C., about 800 kilometres away.
The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said there was no risk of a tsunami." AP
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with the U.S. Special Representative forUkraine and Russia, Gen. Keith Kellogg. “Meeting with General Kellogg: good conversation, lots of details,” Zelensky wrote in a Telegram post.
“Grateful to the United States for all the help and bipartisan support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.” NV
"Hamas terrorists have proven again and again that they’re capable of indescribable acts of evil that most people can’t even begin to fathom. On Oct. 7, 2023, they unleashed a savage surprise assault on Israel and killed innocent men, women, and yes, babies, and they took hundreds of hostages back with them to the Gaza Strip.
On Thursday alone, the sadists celebrated like it was Mardi Gras as they handed over the bodies of two children who they apparently killed in captivity. They also returned their mother, as agreed—or did they? Turns out the twisted psychopaths had another cruel trick up their sleeves, and in fact the Israel Defense Forces say they actually turned over the corpse of an unknown person who was not an Israeli hostage at all.
Sometimes, it’s hard to believe that human beings can descend to such depths." RS
"Polls show that former Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny would win with 65% of the vote. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky would lose to his former commander-in-chief, Valery Zaluzhny, by a large margin if elections were held in Ukraine today, The Economist reports, citing internal polling.
Zelensky’s five-year presidential term expired in May 2024, and he has refused to hold elections since, citing martial law.? RT
"Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss told the audience at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that her country is "failing," and needs a MAGA-type movement to save it."We now have a major problem in Britain that judges are making decisions that should be made by politicians," said Truss, speaking from National Harbor, Maryland, and adding that the British judiciary is "no longer accountable" due to reforms by her predecessor, Tony Blair, who handed power over to an "unelected bureaucracy."
"There’s no doubt in my mind that until those changes are reversed, we do not have a functioning country. The British state is now failing, is not working. The decisions are not being made by politicians," Truss continued.
Truss also said that UK voters have grown increasingly angry because they keep voting for change - only to be let down over and over, including by current PM Keir Starmer." ZeroHedge
"Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 87 drones launched by Russian forces in a massive air assault on Ukraine." Ukrin
"121 combat encounters were recorded between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian invaders on the front line.
Over the past day, aviation, missile troops, and artillery of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit eight clusters of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, a command post, two EW stations, and 10 artillery systems of the Russian invaders.In the Kharkiv sector, the Ukrainian forces successfully repelled three enemy attacks near Vovchansk and Zapadne.
In the Kupiansk sector, seven combat encounters took place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and the Russian troops near Zahryzove and Petropavlivka.
In the Lyman sector, the Ukrainian forces stopped five enemy attacks. The Russians concentrated their efforts near Yampolivka and Kolodiazi.
In the Siversk sector, near Bilohorivka, the Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled two enemy attacks.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the Ukrainian forces stopped four attempts by the invaders to advance near Vasiukivka and Chasiv Yar.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy attempted to advance 10 times near Toretsk.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 34 Russian attacks. The enemy’s activity was most intense near the settlements of Promin, Pokrovsk, Pishchane, Lysivka, Vodiane Druhe, Serhiivka, Nadiivka, Bohdanivka, Sribne, Andriivka, and Ulakly.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue to hold the enemy back in the Novopavlivka sector. In the areas of Kostiantynopil, Rozdolne, Novoocheretove, and Pryvilne, the Russian invaders attempted to break through the Ukrainian defensive lines 12 times but were repelled.
In the Huliaipole sector, the enemy attempted to advance three times near Novosilka and Novopil.
In the Orikhiv sector, the Russian forces carried out five assaults on the Ukrainian positions near Novoandriivka and Stepove.
In the Prydniprovske sector, the enemy did not carry out any active actions over the past day." Ukrin
