Tiago Kempinas, 37, and his girlfriend Gabrielle Nascimento, 27, had just got engaged while riding a hot air balloon in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state when the overloaded aircraft plunged back towards earth This is the bittersweet moment a couple got engaged on a hot air balloon moments before the overpacked aircraft suddenly came crashing back … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 17, 2025 10:17 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that he would likely extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app. Trump had signed an order in early April to … Read more
Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence as desperate residents struggle for food. Video shared on social media showed around a dozen mangled bodies lying in a street in Khan Younis in the … Read more
Smoke billows for the second day from the Shahran oil depot, northwest of Tehran, on June 16, 2025. – | Afp | Getty Images Top oil chief executives have raised the alarm over Israel and Iran’s escalating conflict, warning about the consequences of further attacks on key energy infrastructure. Israel’s surprise attack on Iran’s military and … Read more
Authorities in Pierce County, Washington, used a lasso to pull a man from a pond after he allegedly chased his father with a chainsaw over the weekend, according to bodycam footage released on Monday. Neighbors reported that a 32-year-old man was running after his father with a chainsaw in a yard, according to the Pierce … Read more
A two-month-old baby was found dead by local police, with “severe bruising” and signs of malnourishment – and the mother of the infant is in custody and has been charged with murder Mother charged with murdering her two-month-old baby A mother has been charged with the murder of her baby and is being held in … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Privacy officials for Canada and the United Kingdom are set to speak Tuesday about the findings of a joint investigation into a global data breach that occurred nearly two years ago at the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe. Canadian privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne and British information commissioner … Read more
Front Burner Palantir’s technology has been used by everyone from the CIA and Mossad to Airbus and Morgan Stanley. The multi-billion dollar big data software company is at the centre of many of the major issues of our time. CBC News · Posted: Jun 17, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago … Read more
Helsing uses AI to analyze large amounts of sensor and weapons system data from the battlefield. Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images European defense technology startup Helsing on Tuesday said that it’s raised 600 million euros ($693.6 million) in a bumper new round of funding. The investment was led by Prima Materia, … Read more
WASHINGTON — Days after a Minnesota state lawmaker was killed and another injured in a “politically motivated assassination,” President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would not call the state’s governor, eschewing a traditional presidential response to tragedies. “Why would I call him? I could call and say, ‘Hi, how you doing?’ The guy … Read more