- A man in Quebec who had circulated conspiracy theories about the 2023 wildfires having been set by the government in order to "trick" people into believing that climate change is real has pleaded guilty to setting some of the fires himself.
- The Republicans, and especially Donald Trump, are increasingly repellent to young voters. That may not hurt them too much in the short run, since older voters have a higher turnout, but those older voters aren't going to be around forever.
- Another issue for the Republicans - while many of them recognize the utility of advance voting, they're having a hard time getting the MAGA crowd to go along with it, because of Trump's messaging about it making for "crooked elections". At least one of their candidates believes that this contributed to her defeat.
- France has joined the ranks of those opposing South Africa's genocide accusation against Israel, although they are politely asking the Israelis to conduct themselves in a nicer manner, if only for their own sake.
- The "Leahy Law" is a piece of legislation introduced in 1997 which is supposed to prohibit the US State Department and the Department of Defense from providing military assistance to foreign militaries with problematic human rights records. One country in particular seems to enjoy an unofficial exemption, though. Guess which country.
- There has been an exchange of fire between Iran and Pakistan. Just in case you were worried that the Middle East and South Asia were getting boring...
- High-profile lawyer Brian Greenspan is withdrawing from the Nygard case for "ethical reasons". He says this is the first time in his 50 year career that he has made such an application.
- Lac du Bonnet MLA Wayne Ewasko has been chosen as interim leader of the Manitoba PCs.
- A Republican member of the Kentucky legislature introduced a bill to amend the state's laws concerning incest. Under the proposed legislation it wouldn't be incest if it's just your cousin, although he's since withdrawn the bill following a backlash.
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