The Swiss under-23 fencing team turns its back on the Israeli team during the medal ceremony of the European Fencing Championship in protest against genocide.

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Vancouver police say several people have been killed and multiple others injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd at a street festival Saturday evening.

The incident happened shortly after 8 p.m. near East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street, where the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party was taking place.

Police said the driver is in custody.

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Just happened hours ago, I'm not really plugged into socials so I'm not sure what's known or fake

The PLA deploying their thirst traps to win the hearts and minds of Vietnam:
https://xcancel.com/XH_Lee23/status/1916059226734268449

Apple aims to source all US iPhones from India in pivot away from China

Apple plans to shift the assembly of all US-sold iPhones to India as soon as next year, according to people familiar with the matter, as President Donald Trump’s trade war forces the tech giant to pivot away from China.

Only the assembly stage is being moved to India, internal components will still be manufactured in China

Some news from the Kursk front. Russian forces fully liberated the Kursk oblast border areas today. Russia confirmed that some DPRK troops (including elite Special Operations Forces) participated in the Kursk border area’s liberation.

Russian forces liberated the last Kiev-occupied Kursk oblast village, Gornal: https://sputnikglobe.com/20250426/russias-kursk-region-completely-liberated-from-ukrainian-forces---kremlin-1121935136.html

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated, “The soldiers of the Korean People's Army, in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Russia and the DPRK, which entered into force on December 4, 2024, fought shoulder to shoulder in one trench and shed blood with our soldiers and officers in the Kursk Region and made a significant contribution to the liberation of the Russian land from enemy invaders.” https://sputnikglobe.com/20250426/n-koreas-solidarity-on-liberating-kursk-region-demonstrates-high-allied-level-relations---moscow-1121938683.html

Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov stated, “The DPRK military, acting shoulder to shoulder with the Russian military in Kursk Region, showed resilience and heroism.” https://www.rt.com/russia/616356-north-korean-troops-kursk/

Patrick Lancaster has his cw blurred dead

US airstrikes continue on Yemen for the 43rd day and night in a row.

Airstrikes hit the following governorates:

Ma'rib

• Multiple rounds of airstrikes in Madghal district.

Hodeidah

• 3 on the captured "Galaxy Leader ship.
• Multiple rounds of airstrikes on Kamaran Island.
• Multiple rounds of airstrikes on the already destroyed Ras Issa fuel port, potentially damaging a tanker ship.

Al-Jawf

• 4 on Al-Anan district

Saada

• 3 on Al Salem District
• 4 on Kitaf district.

Sana'a

• Multiple rounds of airstrikes on the Al-Sab'een and Bani Al-Harith districts..

Warning for potential graphic imagery during ongoing airstrikes:

Al Masirah TV twitter

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The two latest statements from the Yemeni Armed Forces:

Unlike last time where there was supporting video evidence of a ballistic missile impact, I haven't seen any videos of an impact from this latest ballistic missile strike.

Rally attended by over 250000 people against the Lai regime:
https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20250426003700-260407?chdtv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TopCth7qIw

The black signs they're holding are pretty cringe (It says "Oppose green (color of the DPP) communism. Fight against dictatorship"), but I skipped through the livestream and saw Han Kuo-yu made a speech about how Taiwan can't fall into the trap of becoming the next Ukraine. And this isn't the first major political rally against the Lai regime either.

Anyways, we need to keep calm and trust the plan.

Yesterday was Carnation Day in Portugal. I'm gonna pull a mainstream media and instead of talking about the thousands of people who marched down Liberty Avenue to celebrate, I'm going to focus only on a far-right protest that happened the same day and got pretty dramatic.

So a bunch of far-right groupings, including a small but old far-right party called "Ergue-te" (which means "Rise up") scheduled a protest that would happen at the Martim Moniz plaza where they would march there and roast a pig, literally. Now, a lot of immigrants hang out and live there including from muslim countries so obviously this is supposed to be a provocation but, just to explain how dumb this is, if someone here is ever in Lisbon check out the plaza, it's pretty much just a tourist spot, mostly because it's outside a metro station and there are a lot foreign food restaurants around it, but aside from some subcontinent dudes hanging out in the garden just chilling, it's really not that different from most of Lisbon and honestly it's a place I always recommend to people who visit. So the whole thing is the far-right playing up xenophobic sentiments around people specifically from that region of the world, a lot of which do immigrate to Portugal for seasonal and other low-wage work.

So, because they asked for permission to protest the police had to evaluate whether they could do so safely so that the mayor's office could approve it. At first, the police gave the ok, then when obviously they realized there would be a bunch of counter protests they backed out and gave the "Not ok", so the Mayor unauthorized the protest. Now if this had been the far-right Chega party organizing this protest, that would be the end of it, they'd stick to yelling about how the government doesn't even let you publicly roast a pig, they're pretty politically astute unfortunately.

But these guys are extra crazy so they decided to hold the protest anyway, and in a rare sight, after pretty clearly provoking both the counter-protestors AND the police who were there to keep the counter-protestors from caving their heads in, well...

(CW: Police violence) Some got smacked, some got detained and some got arrested.

(CW: Hog violence) To show how blatant this thing was, here's a clip of one of these guys caught on camera, pretty clearly infiltrating the counter-protest to start a fight and rile everybody up.

A state of emergency will be declared in Bandar Abbas due to the possible spread of hazardous substances due to the fire in Shahid Rajaee Port. Saudi Foreign Ministry: 'Saudi Arabia is willing to provide any help or assistance that Iran may need'

It is likely that large amounts of sulfur have been released into the air, causing difficulties breathing, irritation to eyes, and inflammation of the lungs. 8 people confirmed dead so far. The Minister of Roads, Farzaneh Sadeq, visited the site of the fires. The chief of the local firefighting department complains they don't have enough equipment to extinguish the fire.

The situation is very bad. The fire is spreading to other areas of the port, including areas with flammable containers, and more explosions are likely to happen. The order has been issued to completely evacuate the entire port and all its surrounding facilities.

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