🇬🇧 Woke British air force running out of pilots

Royal Air Force bosses have launched a desperate search for pilots after a secret attempt to favor non-white, female applicants backfired, the Mail reports.

The pilot shortage has become so urgent that air chiefs are now encouraging older candidates with at least some flight experience to enlist.

The RAF was also forced to admit that its target of having 40% of the force be female and 20% from ethnic minority backgrounds by 2030 is "unrealistic."

Such a blow to PM Starmer's desire to put "jets in the sky" to "protect" Ukraine...

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🚢 A series of explosions have occurred on board a tanker after a collision off the coast of Britain. An emergency operation is underway to extinguish the fire, vessel owners Crowley has said.

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📉 Bitcoin dips below $80,000

Bitcoin continues to fall, raising concerns among investors. Despite all the buzz surrounding Donald Trump's Crypto Summit, it seems the event hasn't had any significant effect on the price of the leading cryptocurrency.

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💢 North Korea warns US-South Korea drills could spark war

The DPRK has strongly condemned joint US-South Korea military drills, calling them a “provocative act” with the potential to trigger war with just “an accidental single shot.”

Tensions are already running high after a South Korean fighter jet mistakenly dropped eight bombs on a village during a training exercise on March 6, injuring 15 people.

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⛹️‍♂️ Morinari Watanabe, a candidate for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency, says he plans to bring Russian athletes back to international competitions.

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⛔️ X outages: What's known so far?

▪️ X faces its third consecutive outage this Monday.

▪️Thousands of US users were restricted from accessing the platform, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.

▪️The number of outage reports peaked at 40,000 earlier in the day, and now sits around 27,800.

▪️Over 10,800 UK users also reported issues.

▪️The cause of the outages isn't clear right now. Neither the company nor its owner Elon Musk has commented on the situation.

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🔎🇨🇦 TOP 5 mishaps of Canada's new PM Mark Carney

The banker-turned-politician has won the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada's new PM. However, he has been criticized over a raft of controversies in the past. Let’s delve into them.

1️⃣Handling of global financial crisis

▪️Carney served as the Bank of Canada's governor during the 2008 global financial meltdown. He was accused of showing a lack of response to the crisis.

▪️Later analysis showed that the relative stability of Canadian banks at the time was a product of historical circumstances and measures taken by former Supreme Court judge Willard Estey, the National Post reported.

2️⃣Blatant backing of Zelensky's regime

▪️Carney has repeatedly expressed support for Kiev, saying he is “proud of the military and humanitarian support Canada has provided” to Ukraine.

▪️He posted the “Slava Ukraini”* slogan associated with Ukraine’s WWII-era Nazi collaborators and modern-day Ukrainian nationalists.

3️⃣Dubious political career

▪️Unlike most PM-hopefuls, Carney has never held political office. However, his allegations that he was “an outsider” and was distanced from the Liberal Party is nothing but “a bold-faced lie,” the National Post said.

▪️Carney was publicly welcomed to the party by former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland last year as her “longtime and respected friend.”

4️⃣Brookfield office relocation & payment case

▪️Carney is under scrutiny for overseeing the move of Brookfield Asset Management's (BAM) head office from Toronto to the US during his time as board chairman, the CBC writes.

▪️Carney asserts the decision was made after he left the company in January 2025, but Conservatives accuse him of lying and criticize him for helping move a Canadian company to "Donald Trump's hometown."

▪️Carney also refuses to disclose compensation from all of his BAM entities from 2020 onward “to the detriment of all Canadians”, The Globe and Mail reported.

5️⃣Support for climate change narrative

▪️The Conservative Party slammed Carney in 2019 for underlying the role of finance in addressing climate change. As the UN special envoy on climate action and finance, he advocated for the financial sector to adopt net-zero investing.

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⚔️ X is facing a massive cyberattack - Elon Musk has confirmed

Musk hinted that a coordinated group or even a country may be involved in the attack.

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🇺🇸🇸🇦 Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Saudi Arabia to hold talks with the Ukrainian delegation.

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📹 Zelensky sends apology letter to Trump over White House tension

Volodymyr Zelensky has officially apologized to Donald Trump for the heated exchange that took place at the White House, according to US special envoy Steve Witkoff.

Witkoff revealed that there were extensive discussions between teams from the US, Ukraine, and European nations involved in the talks. He described Zelensky’s apology as a sign of progress in repairing relations.

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📹 The threat to France is not Russia, but bankruptcy — Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

“We're on the verge of a seizure of French savings,” the leader of the Republic Arise party emphasized.

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🔎 Which of Europe's weapons would TURN INTO SCRAP if the US pushes a KILL SWITCH?

Europe relies heavily on US weapons, so if the US stopped military cooperation with the EU and the UK, they would face a major issue.

▪️F-35 – these warplanes depend on US Autonomic Logistics Information System for maintenance support and software updates.

▪️Drones – US-made UAVs employed by European powers, such as the ubiquitous MQ-9 Reaper, depend on US satellite communications and software support.

▪️Trident missiles – the UK nuclear option primarily consists of US-made Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles, which regularly undergo maintenance in the United States.

▪️US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile systems also depend on US information sharing.

Other advanced US weapons, linked to US communication and satellite systems, could be impacted if US information support ends. These include surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft like:

▪️P-8 Poseidon
▪️RC-135V/W Rivet Joint
▪️E-7 Wedgetail

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▪️Top 5 mishaps of Canada's new PM Mark Carney

▪️X outages: What's known so far?

▪️Violence in Syria: Key things you need to know so far

▪️Arabs, Kurds, Druze, Alawites: Who else composes Syria’s ethnic and religious mosaic?

▪️Which of Europe's weapons would turn into scrap if the US pushes a kill switch?

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🚫 DNI Tulsi Gabbard revokes Blinken’s, Sullivan’s security clearances

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🚨 UKRAINIAN IPs behind a MASSIVE CYBERATTACK on X — Musk

💬 "We're not sure exactly what happened, but there was a massive cyberattack to try to bring down the X system with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area," X CEO Elon Musk told Fox News.

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📹 ‘These must be some VERY ENTERPRISING 8-YEAR-OLDS’ – Musk uncovers where SBA loans went

💬 “Why were hundreds of millions of dollars of Small Business Administration loans were given out to people aged 11 and under, according to the Social Security?” DOGE head Elon Musk asked.

💬 “Why are the 20 MILLION people who are DEFINITELY DEAD marked as alive in the Social Security database?” Musk added, revealing the apparent "undead."

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📹 THROWBACK: ‘Assad looks better than the other side’ – Trump

In 2015, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump urged the US to leave Syria and cautioned against supporting “the other side” opposed to now-ousted President Bashar al-Assad.

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📹 ‘Democrats are trying to IMPORT VOTERS’ – Musk

💬 “This is why the Democrats are so upset about the situation, because if we turn off this gigantic money magnet for illegal immigrants, then they will leave and they [the Democrats] will LOSE VOTERS,” DOGE head Elon Musk told Fox News.

💬 “And that's also why there's no voter ID needed. In fact, in California and New York State, you're NOT ALLOWED to show voter ID,” Musk emphasized.

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