New Murals by Mysterious Street Artist Banksy Appear in London (VIDEOS)

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New Christmas mural by Banksy.

We have been following the developments regarding the elusive Graffiti artist Banksy, be it the appearance of new artwork of his, or even controversies about his identity, as you can read in Mysterious Graffiti Star Banksy May Be Doxxed in Lawsuit – Underground Figure Is Now a Collective of Artists, Backed by an Army of Lawyers, Art Dealers and Curators.

After his last mural was painted over by the authorities, this one is unlikely to generate controversy.

BBC reported: Continue…

Disgraced Former Prince Andrew Stripped of His Gun License, Can Only Use Firearms Under Supervision

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The hunter becomes the hunted.

For his long association with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is facing a long list of repercussions that seem to have no end.

Now, the avid hunter has surrendered his firearms license to the Met Police – the same police force who dropped the investigation into his alleged crimes.

The Telegraph reported: Continue…

Spanish Rightwing Vox Party SURGES in Regional Elections, as Crumbling Minority Coalition Led by Socialist PM Sánchez Is Mired in Corruption and Sexual Misconduct Scandals

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Scandal-plagued Spanish Socialists lose badly in Extremadura.

In a normal world, a Prime Minister whose right-hand man, his party head, plus his own wife and brother are all investigated in corruption scandals would have resigned long ago.

But we’re talking about Euro-Socialists who never, ever give up power – even if sexual harassment claims are plaguing their party like locusts.

They just go on, leading a broken minority government.

That’s the case of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s embattled Socialists, who have just suffered a hard defeat in Sunday’s regional election in Extremadura.

The PSOE crumbled to their worst-ever result in the western region, as the rightwing Vox more than doubled its seats.

It’s yet another blow to the Socialists amid non-stop corruption and misconduct allegations.

France 24 reported: Continue…

A faith-based animated film dominates the box office and brings family, authority, and traditional values ​​back to the center of cinema

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In the latest cultural and cinematic news, something has happened that deserves attention beyond the usual noise of premieres, viral campaigns, and red carpets.

The animated film DAVID , produced by Angel Studios, has become the number one box office hit after an opening weekend that reached $22 million .

This is not an anecdotal figure or a fluke success. It outperformed productions backed by major studios, established franchises, and titles driven by multimillion-dollar advertising campaigns.

What happened raises uncomfortable questions for an industry that has spent years insisting that audiences have changed their values ​​and that traditional stories no longer resonate. Continue…

Trump Admin Bans Anti-Free Speech EU Globalists From Entering US

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America finally draws a line in the sand against foreign meddlers…

Modernity.news Steve Watson details below that the Trump administration has slapped visa bans on former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and four other ‘anti-disinformation’ activists, accusing them of coercing American social media companies to censor viewpoints they dislike.

The move signals a zero-tolerance policy toward extraterritorial censorship, especially after the EU’s recent assaults on Elon Musk’s X.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid it out clearly: “For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose. The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship.” Continue…

Greta Thunberg Arrested Under The UK's Terrorism Act

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg has once again found herself in police custody after joining a demonstration outside the London offices of Aspen Insurance.

This British firm is a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense contractor.

Authorities arrested Thunberg under the UK Terrorism Act for displaying a sign in support of Palestine Action, a group the British government has classified as a terrorist organization.

The arrest marks the latest chapter in Thunberg's evolution from teenage climate crusader to an adult pro-Palestinian advocate. Continue…

Italy Slaps Apple With $116 Million Fine Over Double-Consent Requirement On Apps

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Italy's version of the Federal Trade Commission fined Apple, Inc. nearly $116 million over what it says were overly-restrictive privacy rules that required third-party app developers to obtain user consent for data collection and tracking when it comes to delivering targeted advertising.

Italy's watchdog authority - the AGCM, said on Monday that Apple and its subsidiaries abused its "super-dominant" market position by requiring said consumer protections.

The fine stems from a May 2023 joint investigation by the AGCM, European Commission, Italian Data Protection Authority (GPDP in Italian), and other national competition authorities into the restrictions from Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework.

AGCM claims that in April 2021, Apple began requiring app developers to obtain user consent in addition to previously existing consent requirements that had been granted through Apple's own consent prompt. This double-consent requirement violates article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

"Third-party app developers are required to obtain specific consent for the collection and linking of data for advertising purposes through Apple’s ATT prompt," said the AGCM. "However, such prompt does not meet privacy legislation requirements, forcing developers to double the consent request for the same purpose."

As the Epoch Times notes further, in an executive summary of the investigation’s findings, the Italian Competition Authority of Rome lauded Apple’s efforts to safeguard user privacy within its operating system. Continue…

Pentagon Partners With xAI Service For Military's Growing Artificial Intelligence Toolset

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The U.S. military is set to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) toolset in a new partnership with Elon Musk’s xAI service.

Musk’s xAI service owns the Grok family of generative AI chatbots, which are available on the X social media platform. Those Grok-based models are now set to join the military’s GenAI.mil platform of artificial intelligence tools, which the Pentagon launched earlier this month.

The xAI models will integrate with GenAI.mil in early 2026, according to a Dec. 22 Pentagon press statement.

The Pentagon said xAI’s models will allow both uniformed and civilian personnel within the Department of War to securely handle so-called controlled unclassified information in their daily workflows. The term “controlled unclassified information” describes materials that are not considered classified, but which are not marked for public release.

“Users will also gain access to real‑time global insights from the X platform, providing War Department personnel with a decisive information advantage,” the Pentagon said in a statement. Continue…

Russell Brand Charged with New Allegations of Rape, Sexual Assault

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Actor and comedian Russell Brand has been charged with two new offenses — one rape and one sexual assault — from two new women, London’s Metropolitan Police said Tuesday.

Brand is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 20 on the new allegations.

Brand pleaded not guilty to five previous charges earlier this year. Those charges were from four women who allege assaults from 1999 to 2005. That trial is set for June 16. He is on conditional bail until then.

“The women who have made reports, including those connected to the two new charges, continue to receive support from specially trained officers,” said the Met’s detective chief inspector Tariq Farooqi.

A piece published by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches in 2023 includes allegations of rape as well physical and mental abuse from multiple women in Britain and the United States between 2006 and 2013.

The new rape charge is from between Feb. 7 and March 1, 2009. The new sexual assault charge comes from a different woman and is from Aug. 21 and Dec. 9, 2009.

Soon after the initial allegations, YouTube stopped monetizing Brand’s channels.

Brand is also a defendant in a civil case that alleges he sexually assaulted an anonymous Jane Doe plaintiff on the set of the remake movie Arthur in 2010.

India launches commercial satellite (VIDEO)

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India has successfully launched its heaviest commercial communications satellite to a low earth orbit.

The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) LVM3 ‘Baahubali’ rocket launched the BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite of US-based AST SpaceMobile from Sriharikota in southern India.

“LVM3-M6 successfully and precisely injected the BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite in the intended orbit,” ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan said on Wednesday.

“We are strengthening the foundations for future missions such as Gaganyaan, expanding commercial launch services and deepening global partnerships,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X. “This increased capability and boost to self-reliance are wonderful for the coming generations.” Continue…

A British and a Canadian free speech campaigner have demanded an investigation after they were arrested by Belgian police for peacefully demonstrating against giving children puberty blockers.

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@lois_mcl_miller, a spokesman for the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), and Chris Elston, a campaigner known as @BillboardChris, have formally requested an investigation and demanded compensation after they were arrested on the streets of Brussels in June for expressing views about the harmful effects of hormone-altering drugs on children.

The challenge is likely to inflame tensions between Washington and European allies in an escalating row over freedom of speech protections.

The US state department said at the time that it was “looking into the matter” and that it “strongly supports the peaceful freedom of expression for all”.

The two campaigners were standing in a square in the centre of the Belgian capital having conversations with passers-by while wearing signs that read “children cannot consent to puberty blockers” and “children are never born in the wrong body”.

Mrs Mclatchie-Miller, who is British, had initially called the police for help after they were harassed while trying to conduct interviews and a crowd formed around them.

Footage of the incident shows the pair being surrounded by four police vehicles and 14 officers who asked them to stop filming and said they had to remove the signs or face arrest.

The pair were held in custody for several hours, searched, and had their signs confiscated and destroyed but were never charged.

Mr Elston, a campaigner from Canada who is known for travelling across the world wearing sandwich boards with messages on them and engaging people in conversation about the subject, claimed he was stripped down to his underwear.

Mrs McLatchie Miller and Mr Elston have now written to the Belgian government, the chief of police, the mayor’s office, the ombudsman and the police watchdog to demand an investigation into their arrest, acknowledgement that their free speech rights were violated, and appropriate compensation.

Petition E-7025: Canada is sick of floor crossing traitors.

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4800 signatures to 21,000 in less than 24 hours.

You want to cross the floor?

By election.

Sign it: https://ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7025

Canada’s Most Wanted Rabih Alkhalil Arrested — You Won’t Believe How

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Rabih Alkhalil arrested — but not in the way most people expect.

For years, Canada’s most wanted fugitive operated in the background of major organized-crime investigations, rarely visible, rarely charged, yet repeatedly linked to violence, trafficking, and the Wolfpack Alliance through structure rather than presence.

This video examines how Rabih Alkhalil rose by avoiding attention, how coalitions replaced hierarchies in Canada’s underworld, and how public violence became a method of enforcement instead of emotion. It follows the investigations that closed in quietly — through encrypted communications, surveillance patterns, border systems, and institutional pressure — long before headlines ever caught up.

Rather than focusing on spectacle, this breakdown explains how Rabih Alkhalil was arrested, why the process took years, and what his case reveals about how modern organized crime survives arrests, convictions, and even escapes. The story doesn’t end with one individual — it exposes systems that continue functioning after names disappear.

Manitoba targets 'price discrimination' as grocery stores use 'differential pricing' to charge consumers disparate costs for goods

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Manitoba’s NDP government is weighing new restrictions on grocery pricing, including a crackdown on so-called “differential pricing” and possible expanded controls on milk, as the province continues to grapple with rising costs and stubborn inflation.

Premier Wab Kinew said the province is examining practices where consumers are charged different prices for the same grocery items, sometimes based on data collected online.

"An online grocery seller might charge people different prices based on their demographic information that have been tracked online," Kinew said in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press.

Kinew pointed to third-party delivery platforms as a concern. “Third-party apps are definitely one example that we’ve seen,” he said. “Third-party delivery apps can charge people different prices based on what they know about you as an online consumer. And we just want to see fairness, and we want to see better prices.” He did not cite specific Manitoba cases. Continue…

Canadian church destroyed in arson attack just before Christmas

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Arson is suspected in the destruction of a rural church in British Columbia, Canada. The Island Gospel Church was engulfed in flames on Dec. 20 and authorities responding to the scene immediately suspected foul play.

Twenty firefighters responded to the fire and it took four hours for them to put the fire out. They stayed on to clean up for several hours after, as well. There were no injuries and two areas of the church, the auditorium and classroom, were saved, said Maple Ridge News.

A 19-year-old suspect has been arrested after an investigation and a search warrant was acted upon. "He has been charged with break and enter commit an indictable offence therein, arson, and intentionally or recklessly cause damage by fire or explosion to property," reports My Bulkley Lakes Now. The damage estimate will likely be more than $5 million, said Fire Chief Robert Krause. Continue…

Canada Eases Single-Use Plastics Rules to Allow US Export, Keeps Domestic Restrictions

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Ottawa is easing its ban on single-use plastics to allow exports to the United States, saying the policy’s environmental benefits do not justify the economic costs.

The environment department on Dec. 20 provided notice of proposed amendments to the single-use plastics prohibition regulations that would lift the ban on the production, import, and sale of single-use plastics for export, while maintaining domestic restrictions.

The notice was issued the same day the export ban was set to take effect, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, with Ottawa saying the domestic economy is now facing pressures that did not exist when the regulations were drafted in 2022.

“The prohibition on export will not fulfil an environmental objective commensurate to its economic impact,” the environment department wrote in a regulatory impact analysis statement. “The prohibition on export is not required to ensure that the regulations effectively protect the environment from the harms of plastic pollution.”

Ottawa is retaining the domestic portion of the prohibition regulations—which ban the manufacture, import, and sale of six single-use plastic items, including straws, grocery bags, six-pack rings, stir sticks, cutlery, and disposable polystyrene food containers—saying the measures “remain effective” in achieving the regulations’ environmental objectives.

The ban on manufacturing and importing for most of the products took effect in December 2022, and the ban on selling the products came into force a year later. Continue…

Mother of Abandoned Infant Located: Toronto Police

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Toronto police say they’ve located the mother of an infant who was found in the Yonge Street and Broadway Avenue area.

Toronto Police Service spokesperson Stephanie Miceli said the baby was found on Dec. 21 around 10:40 a.m.

“A newborn baby was located and taken to hospital. The baby’s mother has also been located. Both are receiving care,” Miceli told The Epoch Times in an email.

She said police would not be releasing further details.

The incident comes about two months after Longueuil, Que., police reported on two separate incidents involving infants that were abandoned. Continue…

Cocaine Hidden in Frozen Fruit From Colombia Intercepted at BC Port

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Canada’s border agency says its officers in British Columbia recently confiscated more than 26 kilograms of cocaine concealed within a container that was declared as a shipment of frozen fruit from Colombia.

The drugs were discovered by officers at the Tsawwassen Container Examination Facility on Oct. 31 with the help of detector dogs, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said in a Dec. 22 press release.

The officers found 23 bricks of cocaine hidden in the ceiling of the shipping container, the agency said. The drugs, which weighed 26.2 kilograms in total, were handed over to the drug and organized crime investigators unit within the RCMP.

“This successful seizure is a direct result of the vigilance and dedication of the CBSA officers who keep our country safe,” CBSA Pacific Region regional director general Nina Patel said in the press release.

CBSA officers in British Columbia have made 10,428 narcotic seizures between January and October this year that included 727 kilograms of cocaine, the agency said.

A large portion of the confiscated cocaine was discovered within a shipment of vehicle parts at Vancouver International Airport during a Sept. 3 inspection. Continue…

PEI Man Faces Province’s First Hate Crime Charge for Alleged Antisemitic Posts: RCMP

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A 25-year-old Prince Edward Island man is facing what the RCMP are describing as the first hate crime charges laid in the province after a lengthy investigation into “anti-Semitic” social media posts.

Matthan Runighan has been charged with public promotion ofa hatred against Jews and wilful promotion of anti-Semitism in connection with the investigation, the RCMP said in a Dec. 23 press release.

The RCMP said the investigation was launched earlier this year after it received several complaints about social media posts.

The initial investigation led police to execute a “public safety” warrant at a P.E.I home where police said officers seized a 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition.

Runighan was arrested and charged with four firearm offences, including illegal possession of a firearm on Aug. 7 in connection with the search.

He was released on conditions which police allege he breached three times in August and September. He was arrested in September and was released by the court after a remand hearing, the RCMP said. Continue…