🚨🇲🇲DEATH TOLL FROM MYANMAR QUAKE RISES TO 1,600

Over 3,400 people have been affected by the earthquake, Xinhua reports.

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📹Russian patrol aircraft flies low over USS Carl Vinson

A video has surfaced online showing a Russian Il-38N Novella anti-sub plane flying over the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, escorted by American fighter jets.

The footage, allegedly filmed by the Russian crew, captures a close pass by a US F-35C Lightning II under the Russian plane's left wing. Below the Russian aircraft, the massive US warship is clearly visible.

Earlier, another viral video shot from the USS Carl Vinson showed the low-altitude flyby of the Russian anti-submarine aircraft, making for a dramatic scene over open waters.

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🎤'Macron, we will not die for Ukraine': Anti-war rally in Paris

Led by Florian Philippot, leader of the French party Patriots, protesters marched through central Paris chanting slogans, including "Frexit," seemingly calling for France to leave the EU.

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🌑Partial solar eclipse over Moscow today

It was the first of two expected eclipses to be visible in the Russian capital this year, with the next set for September 21.

While there was no real “WOW” effect this time — as the Moon blocked only 1.8% of the Sun’s surface — it still had a somewhat familiar feeling.

Did you get a chance to see it?

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©️Same as the old boss: Mark Carney becomes yet another Canadian PM mired in controversy

Canada simply cannot catch a break as, just like his scandal-plagued predecessor Justin Trudeau, Canada’s current Prime Minister Mark Carney has been mired in a scandal of his own.

At least 10 instances of apparent plagiarism have been discovered by the National Post in Carney’s 1995 Oxford University doctorate thesis, where he used “full quotes, paraphrases, or slightly modified quotes from four previous works without proper acknowledgement or attribution.”

These accusations, once made public, caused a veritable meltdown in Carney’s Liberal Party, which has postulated him for next month's elections.

The Liberals responded with a statement from Carney’s doctoral supervisor in Oxford who insisted that she sees “no evidence of plagiarism” in the thesis in question, despite said evidence literally being provided by the newspaper.

The Liberal Party also sought to portray Geoffrey Sigalet, academician who examined the evidence, as a “Conservative donor,” even though his contributions in 2022 amounted to a whopping $288, as the newspaper mockingly pointed out.

Seems like Canada has a new tradition: its prime minister simply has to be embroiled in some kind of scandal or controversy. Can anyone break this trend?

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