# us & canada (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover us & canada. Page: Feed: --- ## ['Abhorrent': Women in Swans' alleged sexual assault probe fear for their lives, lawyer says](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/sydney-swans-investigation-dean-cox/sc1fxs16e) _2026-08-21 · Top Stories_ A lawyer for the women said his clients are "suffering severe stress and anxiety". ## ['House of cards': The uncertain future of addiction help in Australia](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/addiction-help-funding-australia/p4rafh7zu) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ Half a million Australians are said to be exposed amid "significant uncertainty" about funding for the sector. ## [Gaza mediators say Israeli strikes undermining peace efforts at a 'critical juncture'](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/gaza-mediators-condemn-israel-strikes/o80f6xm9z) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ Israeli strikes have killed at least 16 Palestinians since Tuesday, according to Gaza medics. ## [After two decades, China is preparing its boldest Moon mission yet](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/china-preparing-moon-mission/cjuayau29) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ China's ambitious space program will take it to the moon as soon as next month, and it's looking for water. ## ['Impact across the board': Australia's housing downturn enters a new phase](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/impact-across-the-board-australias-housing-downturn-enters-a-new-phase/pmxnw3r29) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ Housing prices in capital cities have been in decline. Now, the downturn has spread further. ## [Albanese wanted 'full accountability' from Israel. Instead, Australia is 'outraged'](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/albanese-wanted-full-accountability-from-israel-instead-australia-is-outraged/4gkrntmbm) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ Outrage over Israel's response to aid worker Zomi Frankcom's killing is the latest flashpoint in a relationship that's no longer warm. ## [Australia's new media bargaining laws put pressure on tech platforms to pay for news](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australias-media-bargaining-laws-pressure-tech-platforms-pay-for-news/3xxbppzrs) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ The passage of the News Bargaining laws comes just 24 hours after laws restricting gambling advertisements. ## [Missing teenager Lily Hooper found dead, as family initially given wrong information](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/lily-hooper-found-bushwalker-nsw/dry2xdd2u) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ NSW Police have admitted the 18-year-old's family was initially told she had been found alive. ## [Here's which Centrelink payments are going up and by how much](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/centrelink-payment-increases-september-2026/igimdqs6n) _2026-08-20 · Top Stories_ Millions of Australians receiving Centrelink payments will see changes to their fortnightly payment rates. ## ['They deserve more': Frankcom's family speaks as Israel rebuked over 'insulting' move](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-is-outraged-penny-wong-condemns-israels-decision-over-zomi-frankcom/1gzvkt2n6) _2026-08-19 · Top Stories_ The family says Israel's decision denies justice, while the federal government argues key questions about the strike remain unresolved. ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wi2weSqFdPYk) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## ['I get along with him': Trump says he'll meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/donald-trump-meeting-kim-jong-un/fhea06mjp) _2026-08-19 · Top Stories_ In an unusual move, Trump also cited a specific number of warheads that he said North Korea holds. ## [Can you access your super early? Australia's rules and exceptions explained](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/when-can-you-access-super-early-australia-rules-retirement-savings/o7pfxgu22) _2026-08-19 · Top Stories_ A $20,000 withdrawal could have a far bigger impact on your future than you might expect. ## ['Left feeling like a burden': How the government's new NDIS changes may impact you](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/how-the-governments-ndis-changes-may-impact-you/st0moik7m) _2026-08-19 · Top Stories_ What you need to know about the ways in which the NDIS is about to change. ## ['Power of the purse': What Trump stands to lose in US midterm test](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/trump-united-states-midterm-elections-whats-at-stake/exsf53yil) _2026-08-19 · Top Stories_ As midterm primaries continue with elections in several states this week, analysts are predicting a shake-up. ## [Why a 52-metre SpaceX rocket ended up off the coast of Christmas Island](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/why-52-metre-spacex-rocket-ended-up-coast-christmas-island/lf6y6ekst) _2026-08-19 · Top Stories_ The rocket's arrival at the remote island caused a stir among the locals. ## [Criminal networks in crosshairs as Australia and Thailand deepen ties](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-thailand-target-scammers-expanded-security-partnership/hfonjrint) _2026-08-19 · Top Stories_ From scam syndicates to fuel security, Australia and Thailand have mapped out a closer strategic partnership. ## [Labor reveals super increase position amid 'predatory' practices crackdown](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/labor-super-increase-position-predatory-practices-crackdown/8ez4mxi2d) _2026-08-19 · Top Stories_ The government drew a line on compulsory superannuation as it unveiled tougher consumer protections. ## ['We have let down our partners and families': Suspended Sydney Swans players break silence](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/sanctioned-sydney-swans-players-break-silence/ybcdismbh) _2026-08-19 · Top Stories_ The club said the five players — who were named earlier on Wednesday — have been suspended for a breach of standards for being out late. ## [Welcome to Dubai: Kinahan Cartel’s Visas Revealed](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/08/01/welcome-to-dubai-kinahan-cartels-visas-revealed/) _2026-08-01 · Financial Investigations Team · bellingcat_ This article is the result of a collaboration with The Sunday Times. You can find their corresponding piece here. A key leader of the Kinahan cartel who is wanted by authorities around the world and has been living in hiding in Dubai for a decade has just had his Emirates residence permit renewed. A Bellingcat \[…\] The post Welcome to Dubai: Kinahan Cartel’s Visas Revealed appeared first on… ## [Will Ronaldo Cry​? World Cup Fans Bet Billions Through Prediction Markets](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07/30/will-ronaldo-cry-world-cup-fans-bet-billions-through-prediction-markets/) _2026-07-30 · Miguel Ramalho · bellingcat_ Football fans wagered more than US $14 billion on the FIFA World Cup through prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi, a Bellingcat analysis has found. On the crypto-based Polymarket, which provides more information about individual trading accounts than its rival American site Kalshi, we also found that just 1% of users collected the vast majority of \[…\] The post Will Ronaldo Cry​? World Cup Fans… ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Gr0qnOgTJUFZ) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [Shahed-Type Drones Filmed During Mali Village Attacks](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07/24/shahed-type-drones-filmed-during-attack-on-mali-villages/) _2026-07-24 · Sebastian Vandermeersch · bellingcat_ Bellingcat has geolocated footage showing Shahed-136 type kamikaze drones in operation in Mali. Defence Blog and France 24 previously published reports that these drones were being deployed on the battlefield in northern Mali. But Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique subsequently verified two recent strikes using geolocation, satellite imagery and expert analysis to provide some of the \[…\] The post… [Listen](https://bcat-archive.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/no-dups/dd4b8fb995efb14fdcb96ca4/e792ef521a1943f69afaf0cd.mp4) ## [Identifying the Crypto Entrepreneur Linked to Popular Forum Trading in ‘Leaked’ Nudes of Women](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07/16/leakedbb-crypto-entrepreneur/) _2026-07-16 · Kolina Koltai · bellingcat_ This investigation is a collaboration between Bellingcat and New Zealand news site The Press. You can read The Press’ piece here. Content warning: This article discusses non-consensual sexually explicit content and child sexual abuse material. In 2024, a former track and field coach in Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced to five years in jail for attempting \[…\] The post Identifying the Crypto… ## [Between Graves and Uncertainty: The Management of the Dead After Venezuela’s Earthquake](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07/06/between-graves-and-uncertainty-the-management-of-the-dead-after-venezuelas-earthquake/) _2026-07-06 · Carlos Gonzales · bellingcat_ Bellingcat has geolocated footage circulating on social media that appears to show coffins placed in newly dug trenches following the recent deadly earthquakes in Venezuela. The site identified extends over two hectares beside an existing cemetery in La Esperanza, a town near La Guaira on the country’s northern coast. It was visited by a representative of \[…\] The post Between Graves and… ## [Burning Forests: Tools for Tracking and Reporting Wildfire Damage](https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2026/06/30/burning-forests-tools-for-tracking-and-reporting-wildfire-damage/) _2026-06-30 · Galen Reich · bellingcat_ If you’ve seen reports of a wildfire in your region and you’re looking for open source data, NASA’s fire-tracking tool is often the first place to start. It provides a heat signature and an approximate location. But detection is only the first step in understanding what’s happened. In this guide, we explore ways to analyse \[…\] The post Burning Forests: Tools for Tracking and Reporting Wildfire… ## [Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/29/satellite-imagery-shows-scale-of-venezuela-earthquake-damage/) _2026-06-29 · Conflict and Human Rights Team · bellingcat_ At least 1,719 people are reported to have died after two devastating earthquakes struck northwestern Venezuela last week. The final casualty count is expected to rise significantly. Some media outlets report resident’s growing frustration with the Venezuelan government and its recovery efforts. Sky News on June 29 reported that the United Nations Coordinator for Humanitarian \[…\] The post… ## [Poster Boy: Sanctioned Kinahan Cartel Lieutenant Found Playing Padel in Dubai](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/27/poster-boy-sanctioned-kinahan-cartel-lieutenant-found-playing-padel-in-dubai/) _2026-06-27 · Financial Investigations Team · bellingcat_ This article is the result of a collaboration with The Sunday Times. You can find their corresponding piece here. Every Friday evening, the brochure says, players can compete to win cash prizes in one of the world’s fastest-growing racquet sports. The padel club in Dubai’s west is the picture of modern wellness culture: climate-controlled courts, \[…\] The post Poster Boy: Sanctioned Kinahan Cartel… [Listen](https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2026/06/1aa_Vid_Top_dixon062026.mp4) ## [How to Use AI to Help Find Civilian Harm](https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2026/06/25/how-to-use-ai-to-help-find-civilian-harm-conflict-report-monitor-war-machine-learning-telegram/) _2026-06-25 · Miguel Ramalho · bellingcat_ Between February 2022 and September 2025, Bellingcat staff and volunteers collected, geolocated, and shared more than 2,500 incidents of civilian harm following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As part of this effort, Bellingcat tested a new machine learning model intended to rank Telegram social media posts on their likelihood of containing incidents of civilian harm. \[…\] The post How to… ## [Rhino Horn, Leopard Skin and Tiger Claws Sold Openly on Facebook](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/24/rhino-horn-leopard-skin-and-tiger-claws-sold-openly-on-facebook/) _2026-06-24 · Ziyu Wan · bellingcat_ Warning: Includes graphic descriptions of animal harm and images of animal parts from the outset. A Bellingcat investigation has uncovered a Myanmar-based wildlife trafficker who has operated openly across social media for at least six years, claiming to have sold tiger bones, rhino horn, elephant skin and other products from protected and endangered species to \[…\] The post Rhino Horn, Leopard… [Listen](https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2026/06/Opening-video-1.mp4) ## [What We’re Watching: Separatists go bust, Canada goes social, US readies tax retaliation](https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/what-were-watching-separatists-go-bust-canada-goes-social-us-readies-tax-retaliation) _2025-06-26 · Stephen Maher · GZERO Media_ Alberta separatists underwhelm in local election Alberta’s separatist movement came up short in a bellwether by-election in rural Calgary on Monday, winning a disappointing 19% of the vote in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills. Cameron Davies , leader of the separatist Alberta Republican Party, came in third, behind the governing United Conservative Party and the left-leaning New Democratic Party. Although… ## [Three takeaways from the NATO summit](https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/three-takeaways-from-the-nato-summit) _2025-06-26 · Stephen Maher · GZERO Media_ The two-day NATO summit at the Hague wrapped on Wednesday. The top line? At an event noticeably scripted to heap flattery on Donald Trump , alliance members agreed to the US president’s demand they boost military spending to 5% of GDP over the next decade. Trump appeared pleased and now says he fully supports NATO’s Article 5 collective defense clause, a commitment he had previously declined to… ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ANVja4HHB7oG) _2025-06-26 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Hard Numbers: Canada tracks illegal Iranians, US slashes pro-democracy programs, small town sees last graduate, bear goes to the dentist](https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/hard-numbers-small-town-sees-last-graduate-canada-tracks-illegal-iranians-and-more) _2025-06-26 · Riley Callanan · GZERO Media_ 115: Canada’s border agency has opened at least 115 investigations into how suspected agents of Iran were able to enter Canada despite being banned from the country since 2022. Three individuals have been given deportation orders, and another has already been removed from the country. 1.3 billion: The US State Department has been advised by the Office of Budget and Management to end nearly all… ## [Graphic Truth: The Trump effect on Canada’s US-bound exports](https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/the-trump-effect-on-canadas-us-bound-exports) _2025-06-26 · Ari Winkleman · GZERO Media_ The US-Canada relationship has hit new lows since US President Donald Trump took office in January. In the early weeks of his presidency, he not only threatened to annex Canada, but Trump also imposed hefty tariffs on key Canadian exports, including auto parts and metals, triggering a trade war across one of the most commercially integrated borders in the world. As a result, Canada’s exports to… ## [Hard Numbers: Fed holds interest rates, Canada’s population stays flat, LNG plant to open in B.C., US nabs suspects in “largest jewelry heist”](https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/hard-numbers-fed-holds-interest-rates-canadas-population-stays-flat-lng-plant-to-open-in-b-c-us-nabs-suspects-in-largest-jewelry-heist) _2025-06-18 · Lizzy Yee · GZERO Media_ 4: The US Fed on Wednesday held interest rates steady for the fourth time in a row, awaiting more data on the economic impact of Donald Trump’s tariff policies. Trump himself this week blasted Fed Chair Jerome Powell as “a stupid person, frankly” for not resuming the rate cuts that began last fall. 0%: Canada recorded a population growth of 0% in the first quarter of 2025, the lowest mark since… ## [What we’re watching: The subnational US-Canada relationship, Golden Dome’s leaden weight, MAGA Iran crackup](https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/what-were-watching-the-subnational-us-canada-relationship-golden-domes-leaden-weight-maga-iran-crackup) _2025-06-18 · David Moscrop · GZERO Media_ Premiers meet with governors to shape US-Canada relations While the national level drama played out between Donald Trump and Mark Carney at the G7 in Kananaskis, a lot of important US-Canada work was going on with far less fanfare in Boston , where five Canadian premiers met with governors and delegations from seven US states. The groups talked trade and tariffs, reflecting a Canadian strategy of… ## [Was the G7 a success for host Canada? Let’s take a look!](https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/gzn-6-18-2025) _2025-06-18 · David Moscrop · GZERO Media_ The G7 meeting this week was always going to be a tricky one. Set against the backdrop of the picturesque mountains of the Kananaskis Range, the meeting also took place amid a much uglier global tableau of trade wars between the world’s largest economies, and ongoing actual wars between Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Hamas and, on the summit’s eve, Israel’s airstrikes on Iran. All of that was in… ## [Hard Numbers: Newsom goes national, CDC reinstates DOGE’d employees, & More](https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/gzn-hns-june-12-2025) _2025-06-12 · Alex Kliment · GZERO Media_ 8: California Governor Gavin Newsom posted an eight-minute video on social media Tuesday night in which he berated US President Donald Trump for sending federal troops into Los Angeles to support local police amid protests and riots against immigration enforcement. Newsom has been increasingly positioning himself as a national-level opponent of Trump. 450: The US Centers for Disease Control has… ## [Carney pledges massive military spending: What’s it for?](https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/carney-pledges-massive-military-spending) _2025-06-12 · Stephen Maher · GZERO Media_ In 2023, the Washington Post embarrassed Justin Trudeau when it published a leaked Pentagon report bemoaning Canada’s “widespread defense shortfalls.” They were so bad, the paper said, they were “straining partner relationships and alliance contributions.” For years, NATO allies were frustrated that the Canadians persistently failed to meet the 2% spending target that is supposed to be the cover… ## [What We’re Watching: Canada-US deal takes shape, G7 kicks off in Kananaskis, Wildfires rage](https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/gzn-watchings-june-12-2025) _2025-06-12 · Stephen Maher · GZERO Media_ Canada, US may be closer to a deal Canadian and US officials may be approaching at least the framework of a deal covering trade and other issues, CBC reported Wednesday. Sources say that in exchange for tariff relief from the United States, Canada would agree to participate in Washington’s Golden Dome missile defense program and build infrastructure in the Arctic. But Canadian officials have…