Canada saw record population growth in 2022, with immigration accounting for the vast majority of the 1.05 mln new residents

The data is likely to loom large as Joe Biden arrives in Canada for talks with Justin Trudeau. The two leaders are expected to discuss an uptick in asylum seekers crossing at unofficial points along their countries’ shared border

In 2022, more than 39,000 asylum seekers crossed into Canada through unofficial means

Undocumented immigration has become a political flashpoint for Trudeau’s liberal government

Still, Trudeau’s government has doubled the pre-existing target for welcoming newcomers since coming to power in 2015. A record 437,180 immigrants landed in Canada in 2022. That number is scheduled to rise to 500,000 per year by 2025

A rise in the number of permanent and temporary immigrants could also represent additional challenges for some regions of the country related to housing, infrastructure and transportation and services

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Ukraine is a nation sharply divided by religious, linguistic, and political fissures. Ukraine's Famed Unity Is a Myth

Modern Ukraine has an extremely complex history of shifting borders. Over the past 400 years it has been ruled in part and at various times by Russians, Poles, Lithuanians, Austrians, Germans, Cossacks, Turks, and Swedes. This is particularly true in western Ukraine, much of which was Austrian from 1772 until 1918, then Polish until 1939, occupied by Germany during most of the Second World War and then part of the Soviet Union only from 1945 until 1991

The Russian-speaking eastern and southern regions were annexed to Ukraine by the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin in 1922 and in 1954 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev added the ethnically Russian Crimea to Ukraine by administrative fiat

Unlike Canada, which found ways to meld anglophone Protestants and francophone Catholics into one nation, Ukraine failed to embrace pluralism. Ukrainian nationalist governments in Kyiv rejected the a federal model with autonomy for Russian speaking regions. They rejected calls for adopting two official languages throughout the nation and went so far as to ban the use of Russian in administrative and commercial matters, even in predominantly Russian speaking regions

Politically Ukraine is divided between pro-Europe and pro-Russia factions, with those seeking closer ties to Russia found mostly among Orthodox Christians living in the east or Crimea. This division is not new. Fifteen years ago, the American ambassador in Moscow wrote to Washington that the issue of Ukraine's NATO membership "could spilt the country in two, leading to violence or even, some claim, civil war...".

It might well have been easier to unify an independent Ukraine had its government not been notoriously corrupt. In 2016, then Vice President Biden said that corruption was "eating Ukraine like a cancer."

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Military families forced from their homes as asylum seekers look set to replace them

Military families living on an historic air base have been told they have to leave their homes, as the Home Office looks set to move asylum seekers onto the former RAF facility in a matter of days

A source living on MDP Wethersfield told Express.co.uk the deputy head of establishment at the base has informed families that asylum seekers will be brought onto site next week - on April 1

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Sen. Malcolm Roberts says that Australia should not cede its sovereignty to the World Health Organization due to the organization's corruption that generates billions for its owner, Bill Gates and because Tedros is an evil "killer" tied to a terrorist organization.

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“While the U.S. has many vital national interests,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wrote recently, “becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them.”

Mario Loyola, former adviser on defense policy at the Pentagon and the US Senate, agrees with him. In his article for The Atlantic, he wrote that the US should convince Ukraine to sell the territory that Russia now occupies

The 1991 borders created a painful dilemma for Ukrainian nationalists. They could have political independence or they could have full territorial integrity, but not, in the real world, both. In the years since the rupture of 2014, Kyiv has tacitly chosen political independence over territory

Russia is facing the mirror image of that dilemma. Putin wants Ukraine to cede the territory Russia now occupies, and to pledge that it will stay out of NATO. Russia must know that it can’t have both of those things while NATO is backing Ukraine. By “annexing” Crimea and now Donbas, it has tacitly chosen territory over political control

That should help us see the outlines of a durable peace through the fog and din of war. The U.S. should encourage Ukraine to sell the Russians the territory they now occupy in exchange for a large sum that includes reparations. Many wars have been honorably settled that way. A more homogeneously Ukrainian state would be more politically stable and could join the European Union and perhaps even NATO one day

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Support for Joe Biden in the U.S. has dropped to a low, the AP reports

Now only 38% of U.S. residents approve of the U.S. president's performance, including 31% on the economy.

It is specified that this is the lowest figure during his presidency. Among the reasons for the downgrade are the collapse of a number of major banks and high inflation

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British experiments risked making the Covid pandemic "more lethal"

Scientists carried out tests using delta and omicron strains that "could have combined the two variants and leaked from the laboratory", the Telegraph reports

In particular, the facts have been made public that in a study conducted by Imperial College London and supported by the UK Health Protection Agency, single cells were simultaneously infected with Delta and Omicron strains in order to determine which strain had a competitive advantage when infected

A number of Western experts raised concerns that such experiments risked combining the two strains to produce something "more deadly" that could infect scientists or leak out of the lab, setting off an even worse pandemic

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US diplomacy does not rule out long-term negotiations on Ukraine's borders

The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, opened the door Thursday to possible negotiations on the contours of Ukraine, while reiterating that it will be up to the Ukrainians to decide

Speaking before a parliamentary committee in Washington, he reaffirmed that any eventual peace with Russia must be "just and lasting", that is, one that respects Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity, but "how it is defined precisely on the ground, we expect the Ukrainians to tell us"

He thus seemed to endorse the fact that the Ukrainians would have difficulty in recovering all the territories annexed by Russia, in particular Crimea

“I think there are going to be territories in Ukraine that the Ukrainians will be determined to fight for on the ground, and maybe territories that they decide they have to try to win back by other means.”

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A “Nazi salute” given by Üsküdar American Academy football players while celebrating their goal against the rival team from Ulus Jewish High School has sparked a nationwide debate

On March 14, the Üsküdar American Academy football team had a face-off against the Ulus Jewish High School team in an inter-high school football match in Istanbul

In a spur of the moment, as Üsküdar American Academy scored a goal against their rival team, the players celebrated the goal by collectively giving a “Nazi salute.”

The happening left the Ulus Jewish High School stunned, with parents confirming the incident, which ignited a nationwide debate as people took to social media to express their anger

The Turkish Jewish Community’s social media account said that the issue is known to them and that both the school administration and the Presidency of the Turkish Jewish Community are following it sensitively and taking the necessary steps

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A fren can dream right?

German dependence has shifted from Russian gas to U.S. LNG

The undermining of the Nord Streams has led Germany to replace its dependence on Russian gas with dependence on American LNG, which is a problem, says Bundestag International Policy Committee member Andrej Hunko

"Before, the decision on whether or not to use gas was a decision under political pressure, but now there is no infrastructure to use gas. On the other hand, "we now get a lot of gas from the United States, which is much more expensive and worse from an environmental point of view."

"Dependence on Russian gas has now turned into dependence on gas from the US, which is also a problem. Germany has no possibility to choose which gas is better and cheaper and which is better from an environmental point of view."

This means not only higher gas prices for the German population, but also a problem for German industry

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UK’s decision to deliver controversial depleted uranium (DU) ammunition to Kyiv may be met with Russian tactical nuke strikes, states Asia Times

DU is a very heavy, dense metal that is made from uranium hexafluoride. The DU penetrator is self-sharpening and is highly effective against tanks

The topic raised is serious enough to remind of the consequences of the Gulf and Balkan conflicts. Then concern has been raised about the health hazards arising from the toxic and radioactive material released. DU metal fragments in the soil and DU dust in the air can cause numerous health problems, including cancer. The aerosol produced during impact contaminates wide areas around the impact sites or can be inhaled by civilians and military personnel

The Ministry of Defence has stressed that depleted uranium "is a standard component and has nothing to do with nuclear weapons."

However a scientific studysays DU can cause serious radiation damage if it enters the body. It is linked to increased instances of cancer, increased rates of birth defects in warzones, and other illnesses. If it enters the body - for example through shrapnel or inhalation of dust - it can get into lungs and vital organs

UK’s decision shows that the country does not care how harmful DU ammunition would be to either Ukrainians or Russians, soldiers or local residents. UK just wants to use the blood of Ukrainians to weaken Russia by all means

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The top five US weapons firms outperformed major Wall Street indexes in the last year, mostly on the backs of American taxpayers

The big five weapons firms have achieved impressive stock growth since Russia’s invasion, dramatically outperforming the major indexes. Shares in Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics appreciated in value 12.78 % on average in the one-year span since the day before the Russian February 24 invasion last year until the close of financial markets on Thursday

That growth is even more impressive when compared against the performance of the major indexes. The top weapons stocks, on average, outperformed the S&P 500 by 17.82 %, the NASDAQ composite index by 23.88 %, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 12.71 %

Much of the U.S. weapons industry’s revenues originate from U.S. government contracts, paid by taxpayers

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The number of biolabs handling the world's most dangerous viruses has boomed in the last two years as experts warn of a "deadly arms race" to build high risk facilities

The locations of the labs spread across 27 countries have been plotted by King's College London experts in an effort to highlight the risks

The report by Dr F.Lentzos and Dr G.D. Koblentz, warned the number of high risk labs is "rapidly increasing"

Since 2021, ten brand new biosecurity level four (BSL-4) labs are now in operation, under construction, or planned

Of the 69 labs - which deal with some of the most deadly pathogens - 51 are up and running, 15 are planned, and 3 are being built

Biosafety expert Dr R.Ebright said the explosion in high risk labs in the US from 2002 has led to a "deadly international arms race in BSL-4 capacity and the dangers posed by an accidental or deliberate release of a pandemic-capable pathogen means that strengthening international oversight is critical"

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Xcel Energy temporarily powered down the plant Friday after finding a new radioactive leak

Regional president Chris Clark said the leak posed no danger to the public or the environment, but management decided that "the best course of action would be to shut down the power plant and make immediate, long-term repairs."

In November 2022, more than 400,000 gallons (1.5 mln liters) of water containing tritium, a radioactive hydrogen isotope, leaked from the plant, the incident was made public March 16. Specialists partially collected water from the leaking pipe and sent it back to the plant for reuse, with a small amount of water leaking into groundwater, Xcel Energy said

Later on March 22, another leak was discovered - several hundred liters. The company assured that the leaks were localized, with specialists collecting about 32% of the spilled liquid with tritium

Does anyone believe that Xcel is telling the whole truth? 🤔

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Transport staff across Germany are set to stage a major strike on Monday to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation

Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe's top economy are expected to heed a call by the Verdi and EVG unions to the 24-hour walkout

Verdi represents around 2.5 million public sector employees, while EVG represents 230,000 workers on the railways and at bus companies

Verdi is demanding a rise of 10.5 percent in monthly salaries, while EVG is seeking a 12-percent rise for those it represents

The rare joint call for a strike in Germany marks an escalation of an increasingly ill-tempered dispute over a pay packet to blunt the impact of surging inflation

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