Parkour trend delivers Paris darkness.

Dozens of practitioners of parkour have been creating quite a stir in Paris, climbing walls and pipes in an effort to turn off lights that stores leave on all night. This way the French athletes remind shopkeepers that the government is urging everyone to save energy.

Though the ‘Lights Off’ campaign started in France two years ago, in recent months it has become more resonant. After imposing its anti-Russian sanctions France is experiencing an energy crisis. If weeks ago people went on peaceful protests over the rising costs of living, these days the rallies have become noticeably more aggressive, to the point that the police have resorted to teargas. Meanwhile, with the French taking to the streets instead of working, the city’s infrastructure suffers: there’re problems with public transport and some gas stations were shut down.

The dire results of anti-Russian sanctions were predicted months ago by experts. In our documentary, they reveal why the European countries’ ‘weapon’ hit their own people and economy. Watch Sanctions: Boomerang Effect.

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British demand Truss’ resignation amid meme storm

Just six weeks after taking office, the UK Prime Minister is facing calls to resign from within her own Conservative Party.

High energy bills, skyrocketing food prices, inflation… experts blame the crisis on poor decisions by Truss and her Cabinet that led to the country’s instability. UK markets have lost $500 billion since she came to power. Truss, however, claims the country is facing an energy crisis because of ‘Putin’s war’.

Nevertheless, Truss on Monday apologized for her mini-budget that crashed the country’s currency and rattled financial markets, but said she has no plans to resign. Still, many assume that Truss will be forced to leave office long before the next election. Net users responded to the serious news with a batch of creative and humorous memes. Have a look at the best ones in our post.

Note: If Truss resigns before the end of this year, it would make her the shortest serving UK PM in history.

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Canadian journalist blows whistle on Kiev bribing Western media

According to Keean Bexte, he was offered ‘thousands of dollars of dark money to push pro-Ukrainian propaganda’. He revealed the information on Twitter, and attached photos of messages he received from a Ukrainian colleague.

Bexte was to get $200 for each tweet in support of Ukraine, and others were involved in the scheme: ‘According to him [the Ukrainian], he already has other journalists on his payroll’, the reporter wrote on Twitter. He also wondered where Kiev gets the funds for this activity, and suggested: ‘Is this our own tax money being funnelled through Ukraine to buy off people to support their cause? I thought Ukraine was on the good side – why are they buying off journalists?’

Bexte also imagines what would happen if Russia was caught paying Western media for promoting their views: ‘there would be a huge outcry’. Do you agree?

Later, the Canadian portal The Counter Signal published an article revealing details of correspondence with the Ukrainian side about media bribery.

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‘This government hates farmers’, ‘no farmers, no food’. With such signs hundreds of New Zealand farmers drove tractors through the main streets of towns to protest the cow-burp tax plan. Columns of farm vehicles reportedly disrupted traffic in Wellington, Auckland and other major cities.

Earlier, the government said it would impose the world’s first tax on cow burps and other greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change. Farms became targets as animals produce methane and nitrous oxide when they eat grass and foliage.

Farmers believe the tax will make food more expensive and jeopardise their livelihoods. ‘We love our farms. That’s what annoys us. We’re painted as these bad guys, but a lot of farmers have spent generations looking after that land,’ said one protester.

While New Zealand farmers fight with their government over new taxes, US farmers struggle to find money for their businesses as equipment and fertilisers have become almost unaffordable. With anti-Russian sanctions hitting US and European countries, the cost of living has skyrocketed. How do US farmers cope? Find out in US Farm Crisis.

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