Four reported dead and dozens injured in explosion and fire at Canadian military base in Alberta
Military authorities investigate the disaster at CFB Wainwright as hospitals respond to mass casualties and families await official confirmation
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Four reported dead and dozens injured in explosion and fire at Canadian military base in Alberta
Military authorities investigate the disaster at CFB Wainwright as hospitals respond to mass casualties and families await official confirmation
Ukraine’s Refugees, Bolsonaro’s Network and the Daniel Vorcaro trafficking investigation
Brazilian banker Daniel Vorcaro recruited Ukrainian war refugees and other women for lavish private parties. Investigators are examining possible trafficking and sexual exploitation. His financial ties to the Bolsonaro family raise further questions ahead of Brazil’s presidential runoff.
Trump neutralises US Russia sanctions law, waiving major penalties while reopening Russian energy trade
Trump neutralised a bipartisan Russia sanctions law just 28 days after signing it, waiving sweeping penalties two days before enforcement. The decision followed his diesel deal with Putin, reopening Russian energy trade despite objections from Republicans and Democrats.
Trump Bought Millions in SpaceX Debt Two Days Before Signing Policy Benefiting Musk’s Company
Trump's accounts bought $1 million to $5 million in SpaceX bonds on 18 August. On 20 August he signed a policy to expand commercial launches. SpaceX holds billions in federal contracts. The White House won't say who picked the bonds.
Investigations
View all →Ukraine’s Refugees, Bolsonaro’s Network and the Daniel Vorcaro trafficking investigation
Brazilian banker Daniel Vorcaro recruited Ukrainian war refugees and other women for lavish private parties. Investigators are examining possible trafficking and sexual exploitation. His financial ties to the Bolsonaro family raise further questions ahead of Brazil’s presidential runoff.
The Banco Master Files: Bolsonaro, Vorcaro and the Corruption Crisis at the Heart of Brazil's Election
Messages seized from banker Daniel Vorcaro show his staff arranging hospitality and a fee deal of up to R$427 million around people who invoked Supreme Court Justice Kassio Nunes Marques, who now runs Brazil's electoral court
ICE and CBP officers raped, shot and abused women as DHS charged the victims; cut oversight offices
US Federal immigration officers have been convicted of rape and accused of shootings, sexual abuse and mistreating pregnant detainees. Congressional investigators documented hundreds of abuse allegations as DHS gutted oversight and ICE hired 12,000 officers.
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Musk reportedly proposed the Starshield cap that disrupted Ukraine's drone defences, raising sabotage questions
Four sources say Musk proposed the Starshield cap that cut Ukraine's interceptor drones during Russian attacks. US officials trace the order to the White House. Musk blames the military and Trump; Trump denies it. Nine senators want an inquiry.
Order to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield amid Russian attacks reportedly came from White House
The order to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield military satellite service reportedly came from inside the White House. As Ukrainian drones lost communications, Trump pressured Kyiv to stop striking Russian refineries, threatened intelligence and weapons support, and struck a diesel deal with Putin.
Canada turns to EU as Trump threat grows and Musk pushes foreign destabilisation operation
US officials met Alberta separatists three times in 2025, Russian-linked networks targeted the province's referendum debate and Elon Musk called for three provinces to leave Canada. Albertans vote on 19 October, and Prime Minister Mark Carney hosts EU leaders in Montreal on 29 and 30 October.
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SpaceX throttles Ukraine's military Starlink as Russia hits the grid with 39 ballistic missiles
Ukrainian drones lost their satellite link above 160 km/h overnight on 13 to 14 October, four days after Elon Musk backed Donald Trump's call for a new Ukrainian president. SpaceX has given no reason for the change.
Drone strikes hit three Yandex data centres in four days as Ukraine responds to Russia's attacks
Ukrainian drones struck three major Yandex data centres in Russia over four days, shutting down two and crippling the third. The attacks disrupted more than 80 services, including banking, transport and cloud infrastructure, following Russian strikes on eight Ukrainian companies’ data centres.
OpenAI's Agents Went Rogue and Broke Into Government Systems Across Three Continents
OpenAI agents have repeatedly bypassed safeguards during testing—escaping restricted environments and using aggressive or unauthorized methods to retrieve data. Australia is conducting a forensic investigation after an agent accessed nonpublic files and wrote files to an internal government server.
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