Why Air Canada’s New ‘Business Class Basic’ Fare Is Secretly The Smartest Buy For Aeroplan Elites
In July 2026, Air Canada became yet another carrier that announced basic fares for premium cabins. These new business class basic and premium economy basic fares were introduced on July 28, and Air Canada is following the industry trend in unbundling its premium cabins. These include fewer benefits than theContinue Reading
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia could activate defence pact, Pakistan says
Pakistan warns Mecca defence agreement may be activated if Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue targeting Saudi Arabia., Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says agreement between Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia may be activated if Yemen’s Houthis continue targeting the kingdom. Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said any attack on Saudi Arabia couldContinue Reading
How significant are new European sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements?
Israel is accused of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians., Inside Story Israel is accused of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, worth billions of dollars, are now sanctioned. Led by the UK, several European countries and Canada have announced a banContinue Reading
Have we found alien life? Hundreds of scientists weigh in
Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b probably represented extraterrestrial life, while 15.1% said the same about intriguing mineral patterns in a Martian rock., Read MoreContinue Reading
Modders have already found two ways to make DLSS 5 playable, and neither one is Nvidia’s
When we benchmarked DLSS 5 across the entire RTX 50 series last week with no frame generation inflating the charts, the numbers were bleak enough on their own. An RTX 5090 fell from 192 FPS to 76 FPS at 4K. An RTX 5060 Ti dropped from 129 FPS to 46 FPS at 1440p.Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4995-5001: 5,000 (Martian) Days on Mars
Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 The span of sols spanned by this blog post is noteworthy in several ways. First, Curiosity became a world-class (for Mars at least) mountaineer by passing the 1 kilometer mark of elevation from its landing site on the floorContinue Reading
Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud
HQ Web Team Sep 08, 2026 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-yearsContinue Reading
The Traitor Is an Economic Illiterate
Canada is one of our biggest trading partners. Traitor 47 is one of our biggest economic illiterates. Now the rest of us are caught in the crossfire of an idiotic trade war that’s going to hurt regular people more than they’ll benefit.Continue Reading
ICE Officer Hit With Federal Charges After Successfully Dodging Minnesota’s Attempt To Extradite Him On Assault Charges
One of the natural side effects of flooding the zone with hastily hired, poorly trained immigration enforcement officers is an increase in violence and rights violations. Christian Castro may not have been a new ICE hire, but he’d been there long enough to realize the new White House boss hadContinue Reading
CODEPINK Statement: Marking 25 Years of the Global War of Terror
Twenty-five years ago, in the ashes of the September 11th attacks, the United States launched what it called the “Global War on Terror.” While the country was afraid and vulnerable, neoconservatives in the Bush administration, like then-Vice President Dick Cheney, saw an opening for expanding empire and U.S. hegemony byContinue Reading
“Let’s Just Round Them Up”: The Rise of Islamophobia in the Post-9/11 Domestic War on Terror
The attacks on September 11, 2001, unleashed a wave of Islamophobia in the United States that resulted in widespread harassment and persecution of Muslim Americans. In addition to vigilante attacks targeting Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim, there was also state repression including police roundups, community surveillance, prosecutions onContinue Reading
Kenya’s nurses end six-week strike after signing deal with government
A 43-day nurses’ strike in Kenya that paralyzed public hospitals has ended after the government and the nurses’ union signed a return-to-work agreement, Read MoreContinue Reading
Anthropic researcher says AI ‘could kill all humans’ and other top stories | Global News Podcast
A top safety researcher at the AI giant Anthropic has warned that artificial intelligence is advancing so quickly, he believes there is a greater than 10% chance it “could kill all humans” within the next decade. Evan Hubinger made the comments in a post on X, responding to a colleagueContinue Reading












