SCOTLAND’S EX-LEADER NICOLA STURGEON ARRESTED IN SNP FINANCE PROBE

Sun 11 June 2023: Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into the SNP’s funding and finances. A 52-year-old lady was brought into custody as a suspect and is being questioned by detectives, according to police. The arrest on Sunday was the third in the investigation, which has sent shockwaves through Scotland’s political system. Sturgeon’s husband, former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, was arrested in April as part of the investigation. The former SNP leader, who stood down in March, was then arrested and questioned […]

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NORD STREAM SABOTAGE PROBE TURNS TO CLUES IN POLAND: REPORT

Sun 11 June 2023: Investigators in Germany are examining evidence suggesting a sabotage team used Poland as an operating base to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The investigators reconstructed the two-week voyage of the Andromeda, a 50-foot (15-metre) yacht suspected of being involved in the sabotage […]

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“OTTAWA MUSLIM COMMUNITY JOINS PROTEST AGAINST GENDER IDEOLOGY TEACHINGS IN SCHOOLS”

Sun 11 June 2023: Members of Ottawa’s diverse Muslim community joined a group of people protesting certain teachings in schools, alongside parental rights advocate Chris Elston (Billboard Chris) and student activist Josh Alexander on Friday. The protest aimed to challenge narratives from activists on both sides, who had resorted to divisive labels such as “christo-fascists,” […]

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META IN TALKS WITH OPRAH WINFREY AND DALAI LAMA TO EXPLORE ITS TWITTER-LIKE APP

Sat 10 June 2023: The future micro-blogging network “sanely run” from Meta will use Instagram’s account system to automatically populate a user’s information. According to The Verge, Meta is in talks with prominent figures including Oprah Winfrey, the Dalai Lama, and DJ Slime about becoming early users of their Twitter alternative. The ‘ActivityPub’ decentralized social […]

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UKRAINE’S ARMY REPORTS NEW GAINS; RUSSIAN FORCES HALTING, PUTIN CLAIMS

Sat 10 June 2023: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.  In the past day, Ukraine’s military conducted attacks […]

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MUSLIM CHARITY IN CANADA WINS SETTLEMENT OVER FALSE TERROR ACCUSATIONS

Sat 10 June 2023: A large Muslim charity, suing those who charged it funded terrorist groups, won an out-of-court settlement against its accusers, it was reported Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. The defendants also retracted their claims as part of the settlement. Islamic Relief Canada, one of the country’s largest Muslim charities, filed a CAN$2.5 million (US$1.87 million) […]

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UK SCRAMBLES TO INTERCEPT RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT TWICE IN 24 HOURS AS TENSIONS ESCALATE

Fri 09 June 2023: British fighter jets were dispatched twice in the past 24 hours to intercept three Russian aircraft that were flying close to NATO airspace, the UK claimed on Friday. Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft and Su-27 fighter jet were intercepted on Thursday evening by Swedish Air Force Gripens and Royal Air Force Typhoons […]

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BAN ON HUAWEI WILL BE ‘BRAZEN’ VIOLATION OF MARKET PRINCIPLES, CHINA SAYS

Fri 09 June 2023: China said on Wednesday that the EU’s decision to impose a ban on Chinese technology giant Huawei would be a “brazen” violation of the values of free trade, a market economy, and competitiveness that the “EU claims to champion.” Huawei has never compromised the security of any European nation since it […]

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