🎤'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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🏚Myanmar's earthquake danger: A deadly fault line

“The region where Myanmar and Thailand are located sits on an active subduction zone [area of specific lithospheric collision]," explains Dr. Cao Dinh Trieu, a Vietnamese geophysicist, adding that it is connected to the fault that caused the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, one of the most powerful in recorded history.

“This is precisely why the threat of strong earthquakes in Myanmar should not be taken lightly,” he tells Sputnik.

"Strong earthquakes frequently occur in Myanmar, as well as in northern Laos and northern Thailand, similar to north-western Vietnam. These areas contain deep fault lines, making powerful underground tremors possible,” agrees Professor Nguyen Hong Phuong, chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Geophysics in Vietnam.

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar claimed the lives of at least 1,600 people, with 3,400 others affected.

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