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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would “briefly pause” an operation to help escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing progress toward a comprehensive agreement with Iran. "We have mutually agreed (?) that, while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. had successfully secured a path through the waterway and that hundreds of commercial ships were lining up (???) to pass through. The four-week-old truce with Iran was not over, he added. http://apple.news/ASfwPatGfTryOxkoPAA_oPA Asked what Iran...

Actually, that was the last balanced budget in Canada federally in 2015 in the spring. By fall of 2015…not so much.

http://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZRhgJdcp_Hw (YouTube & US Says Iran Ceasefire Still in Place After Clashes Over Hormuz) A ceasefire is a temporary cessation, truce, or suspension of active hostilities and military operations agreed upon by opposing sides. It is designed to stop violence—often...

We were up here. Want a bottle of whiskey or a prescription or to get onto public transport or into a bank, you had to do both. You had vaccinations a year before we did up here, & each nation followed different paths and circumstances.

Yeah…we get the same horse shit up here from Carney as he moves numbers around in the columns, then claims that his deficits are lower than Trudeau (some of them) in the smoke and mirrors. We ‘really’ haven’t had a balanced budget in over a decade, but it is what it is.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted at a Pentagon briefing Tuesday that the ceasefire was "not over" despite the clashes in the strait. The U.S. military said Tehran's forces attacked U.S. Navy and commercial ships Monday with cruise missiles, and launched drones and small boats at the...

Understanding the global copper supply crunch is essential context for evaluating why the Zambia US health aid minerals deal has attracted such intense geopolitical attention from Washington. Copper is not simply a commodity in this context. It is a foundational input for the energy transition...

A fragile truce in the Middle East was under strain on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Gulf as they wrestled for control of the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters could not independently verify events in the strait as the two sides issued contradictory statements...

(YouTube & Explosion, fire on South Korean vessel in Strait of Hormuz under investigation) (YouTube & Iran attacks U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz amid ‘Project Freedom’) Donald Trump is calling the initiative "Project Freedom" rather than "Operation Freedom" to frame it as a humanitarian...

Zambia's government said on Monday that it opposed a U.S. attempt ‌to tie health funding to access to critical minerals, giving details for the first time about why negotiations with Washington over two proposed agreements have stalled...

The U.S. military said on Monday it destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted Iranian cruise missiles and drones fired by Tehran as it sought to thwart a new U.S. naval effort to open shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, declined...

The U.A.E., which has backed tougher action against Iran, sounded alerts for the first time since early April, saying it was targeted by four missiles and a number of drones. It confirmed a drone hit sparked a fire at the crucial oil hub of Fujairah, which the country has used to pump much of...

http://apple.news/AAkYrh1ECQouWAg4IU3mH-g The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said no commercial vessels had crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, saying claims by US officials that two US-flagged ships had passed were “baseless and entirely false”.

Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi said that Iran had "repeatedly" stated that the Hormuz Strait "is under the control" of the Iranian armed forces, and safe passage through it must be co-ordinated with it "under all circumstances". http://apple.news/AyfjGVEOnRqGljwOJWOW5UA Responding to Trump’s new naval...

Whatever…the United States will launch an effort on Monday to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, giving few details about what could be a sweeping attempt to help hundreds of vessels and some 20,000 seafarers. Iran quickly denounced it as...

Or maybe both or maybe neither, and maybe if your aunt had balls she’d be your uncle, or maybe just Auntie Harry Balls? A cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz said it was attacked by multiple small craft, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center on...

The builders of the Coastal Gaslink pipeline had gone through all the motions of getting the project approved, including securing the endorsement of the elected band council of the Wetʼsuwetʼen First Nation. Nevertheless, the blockades began entirely because a minority faction of Wetʼsuwetʼen...

President Trump has declared the US-Iran war a "total and complete victory" and stated that hostilities have "terminated," citing the destruction of Iran's navy and drone capabilities, even as Democrats and critics argue the conflict remains unresolved. Trump has repeatedly claimed "100%"...

The C8 Modular Rail Rifle, first unveiled at an Ottawa military trade show in 2024, is lighter, more accurate and stealthier than the C7 assault rifle currently in Canadian Armed Forces service. (YouTube & Denmark Gets First M/25 (Colt C8 MRR) Rifles, Orders 26,000 More) Although it’s made in...