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Shane Alderdice
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He/Him | Broadcast Operator | Uncle | Gamer | 🇨🇦

I have a passion for News, Education, Comedy and Art

I post my life and re-post my passions, and sometimes memes ;)
Opinions herein are mine alone.
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The Israeli military's initial claim that Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants were killed in Gaza last month is being scrutinized. Video evidence and eyewitness accounts suggest the victims were emergency workers in clearly marked vehicles reut.rs/4jqocrD
Israeli military changes initial account of Gaza aid worker killings
The military initially said soldiers had opened fire on vehicles in the dark without lights or markings, but video contradicted this. The 15 paramedics and emergency responders were shot dead and buried in a shallow grave.
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April 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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BREAKING: South Korea's Constitutional Court decided to oust President Yoon Suk Yeol, upholding parliament's impeachment motion over his short-lived imposition of martial law last year that sparked the country's worst political crisis in decades reut.rs/4i418NX
South Korea's Constitutional Court ousts impeached President Yoon
The ruling will cap months of political turmoil that have overshadowed efforts to deal with the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump at a time of slowing growth.
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April 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Only if you start using secure messaging systems for classified materials..
April 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Some 1,900 leading researchers accused the Trump administration in an open letter on Monday of conducting a “wholesale assault on U.S. science” that could set back research by decades and that threatens the health and safety of Americans.
Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say
Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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China's military said it had begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan to ‘serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent against Taiwanese independence,’ calling Taiwan's President Lai Ching-Te a ‘parasite’ reut.rs/4j8HwtL
China launches military drills around Taiwan, calls Taiwan President a "parasite"
China's military on Tuesday said it had begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan to "serve as a stern warning and powerful deterrent against Taiwanese independence", calling Taiwan's President Lai Ching-Te a "parasite".
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April 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has acknowledged that it grabbed a Maryland father with protected status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador—but claims that courts are powerless to order his return, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/Bot5mE4O
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
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April 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Al Jazeera strongly condemns the assassination of its correspondent in Gaza Hossam Shabat.
March 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.
NIH cuts funding for vaccine hesitancy research and and may target mRNA research too
The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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SCOOP: House Democratic leadership is "very unhappy" with those who went beyond traditional protest tactics, such as outfit coordination and refusal to clap during Trump's speech to Congress.
Scoop: House Democratic leaders privately confront Trump speech disruptors
Roughly a dozen Democrats were called into what one source described as a "come to Jesus" meeting.
www.axios.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Federal prosecutors allege Sean “Diddy” Combs forced an employee to engage in sex acts and threatened others with physical force and financial harm if they did not help him carry out a sex trafficking scheme that lasted two decades, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Thursday.
Prosecutors allege Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs forced employee to engage in sex act in amended indictment | CNN
Federal prosecutors allege Sean “Diddy” Combs forced an employee to engage in sex acts and threatened others with physical force and financial harm if they did not help him carry out a sex trafficking...
www.cnn.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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The Guardian view on why Canada matters: a nation in the global frontline | Editorial
The Guardian view on why Canada matters: a nation in the global frontline | Editorial
Editorial: Donald Trump has deliberately picked a fight with its northern neighbour. This malign strategy must be stopped
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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NEW: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said that his office has launched a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, prominent right-wing influencers who returned to the U.S. last week.
Florida AG launches criminal investigation into Tate brothers
"In Florida, this type of behavior is viewed as atrocious," the AG said.
www.axios.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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BREAKING: The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say.
The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say
The IRS is drafting plans to try to cut its workforce of roughly 90,000 people in half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation...
apnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
‘No Other Land,’ an Israeli-Palestinian collaboration, wins Oscar for best documentary

Source: AP News
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‘No Other Land,' an Israeli-Palestinian collaboration, wins Oscar for best documentary
The film tells the story of Palestinian activists fighting to protect their communities from demolition by the Israeli military.
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March 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waited for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in return, in an overnight exchange marking the final swap as part of a fragile truce in Gaza reut.rs/41yN8qC
Hamas hands over bodies of four hostages, Israel frees Palestinian prisoners
Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waited for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in return, in an overnight exchange marking the final swap as part of a fragile truce in Gaza.
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February 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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More than 20 civil service employees are resigning from Elon Musk’s DOGE, saying they refuse to “dismantle critical public services.”
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle ...
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February 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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UN general assembly backs resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
UN general assembly backs resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
US, Russia, Belarus and North Korea vote against resolution as 93 countries vote in favor, spurning rival US resolution The United Nations general assembly has backed a resolution drafted by Ukraine and the European Union condemning Russia on the third…
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Bangladesh resumed direct trade with Pakistan for the first time since its independence in 1971, with the first shipment of 50,000 tons of rice leaving Port Qasim under a government-to-government deal, officials said reut.rs/3CTn2Fv
Bangladesh and Pakistan resume direct trade after more than 50 years
Bangladesh has resumed direct trade with Pakistan for the first time since its independence in 1971, with the first shipment of 50,000 tonnes of rice leaving Port Qasim under a government-to-government deal, officials said.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Israeli tanks enter the northern occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years as part of an intensified military offensive that has forcibly displaced 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps.

— in pictures aje.io/3mj6ua
February 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Known as the red card, a resource distributed by the nonprofit Immigrant Legal Resource Center lists tips and legal rights for immigrants who might find themselves targeted by federal agents. Demand for the cards has surged since President Trump returned to office. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
February 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Bomb threat sent to anti-Trump conference singles out officer who tangled with ex-Proud Boys leader
Bomb threat sent to anti-Trump conference singles out officer who tangled with ex-Proud Boys leader
Enrique Tarrio denies involvement despite organizers attributing threat to someone claiming to be ‘Enrique T’ Attendees of a center-right political conference in Washington DC were forced to evacuate on Sunday, after someone claiming to be Enrique…
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM