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29/08/2025

Marguerite de la Rocque was left to die on a cursed island in 1542 after her uncle discovered her forbidden love affair.
The punishment was supposed to be death. Instead, it became the most incredible survival story in Canadian history.
Quebec's Isle of Demons earned its terrifying name for good reason. Polar bears roamed freely. Food was almost impossible to find. Winter temperatures could kill within hours. This was where Marguerite's uncle decided to maroon her as punishment for her scandalous affair.
Most people would have died within days. Marguerite refused to give up.
She found shelter in a cave that became her home for two brutal years. She learned to hunt and fish with makeshift tools. She fought off polar bears with nothing but determination and desperate courage. When starvation threatened to end her life, she found ways to survive that most people couldn't imagine.
Then something extraordinary happened. Alone on that frozen island, she gave birth.
Raising a child in those conditions should have been impossible. Every day was a battle against nature, hunger, and complete isolation. But Marguerite kept both herself and her baby alive through sheer willpower.
After 24 months of unimaginable hardship, fishermen spotted her signal fires. They couldn't believe what they found. A woman and child, alive against all odds on the most dangerous island in the region.
Marguerite de la Rocque proved that human spirit can overcome anything. She turned a death sentence into a testament to survival. Her story reminds us that sometimes the strongest people are forged in the most impossible circumstances.

29/08/2025

Occupied 🇵🇸:
Journalists Across 60 Nations Demand Entry into

Over 1,500 journalists from more than 60 countries have signed a powerful petition demanding unrestricted access to Gaza, denouncing the Israeli government’s deliberate blackout of independent reporting. The initiative, called “Freedom to Report,” highlights how foreign media have been barred from entering Gaza since the war erupted in October 2023, leaving the world dependent on filtered narratives controlled by the Israeli military. This suppression of journalism is not accidental; it is part of a wider strategy to hide the daily reality of bombardments, starvation, and mass displacement inflicted on Palestinians. By closing Gaza to the international press, Israel ensures that only its official version of events reaches global headlines, while the cries of the besieged remain unheard.

29/08/2025

China has reached a sci-fi milestone by making the first-ever direct 5G satellite-to-smartphone video call using a normal phone with no satellite equipment. The breakthrough, powered by the global 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) standard, means future satellite internet could seamlessly connect with everyday smartphones worldwide. It’s part of China’s ambitious Guowang megaconstellation project, aiming to launch 13,000 satellites for true global coverage from skyscraper-packed cities to remote mountain villages. Imagine live-streaming from anywhere without relying on cell towers. While challenges like speed, regulations, and capacity remain, this achievement points to a future where dropping signal may simply mean waiting for a satellite to reconnect.

29/08/2025

💰🌍 Bill Gates Just Gave Away $51 Billion — His Goal: End World Hunger

In one of the largest charitable donations in history, Bill Gates has pledged $51 billion to accelerate the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with the ambitious goal of tackling some of the world’s most urgent crises — including ending world hunger.

The move reshaped the billionaire rankings. Gates’ net worth dropped from $175 billion to $124 billion, knocking him out of the top five richest people. His former Microsoft deputy, Steve Ballmer, moved into fifth place with $172 billion, thanks to Microsoft stock he’s held since joining the company in 1980.

Gates has pledged to give away nearly all of his fortune over the next 20 years, with the foundation planned to close by 2045. His philosophy on wealth has long been clear: his children will inherit less than 1% of his estate, with the rest going toward solving global problems. “There are too many urgent problems to solve for me to hold onto resources that could be used to help people,” Gates wrote in May.

Ballmer, who famously bought the LA Clippers for $2 billion (now valued at $5.5 billion), has also given more than $4 billion through the Ballmer Group to improve economic mobility in the U.S. While their fortunes took different paths, both share a commitment to transformational philanthropy.

29/08/2025

UN Slams Israel Over Abductions at Gaza Aid Sites: ‘Food Lines Turned Into Kidnapping Traps’

Senior United Nations human rights experts have sounded the alarm over shocking reports of enforced disappearances at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres. The experts, including Francesca Albanese, Michael Fakhri, and the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances, condemned the Israeli military’s role in abducting starving Palestinians, among them even children, who had come simply to collect food. They warned that the practice amounts to torture and a war crime, stressing that using food as bait to detain and disappear civilians deepens Gaza’s already catastrophic humanitarian crisis. UN officials further cautioned that these disappearances will scare people away from aid points, accelerating the spread of hunger and starvation across the besieged territory.

Analysts say the motive behind these kidnappings is clear: Israel seeks to weaponise aid and terrorise the population into submission. By targeting people at GHF sites, locations already criticised as unsafe “death traps”, the Israeli forces can control who eats and who suffers, while simultaneously gathering detainees whose fates remain hidden. This is part of a broader strategy to dismantle Palestinian resilience by stripping away both dignity and survival. The experts have urged the dismantling of the GHF system, the restoration of UN-led aid delivery, and independent investigations to expose and hold accountable those responsible for turning food lines into killing fields and kidnapping zones.

29/08/2025

I shall not compromise
And to the last pulse in my veins
I shall resist.

Samih Al-Qasim, “Enemy of the sun,” in Enemy of the Sun: Poetry of Palestinian Resistance, Edited by Naseer Aruri and Edmund Ghareeb (Washington, DC and Dar es Salaam: Drum and Spear Press, 1970).

These words! Wow!

28/08/2025

Mexico reports 53% increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July

28/08/2025

Baltasar Ebang Engonga - nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s president and once at the centre of a s*x tape scandal - has been jailed for 8 years for embezzlement.

Nicknamed “Bello” for his looks, the former financial agency chief diverted public funds for personal use, a court ruled.

He gained notoriety in 2024 when leaked s*x videos surfaced, showing him with multiple women - including wives and relatives of powerful figures - while he was already under investigation for stashing money in Cayman Islands accounts.

Click the 👉 https://bbc.in/41uHLbI to read more.

26/08/2025

: The first U.S. case of flesh-eating screwworm has been reported. MORE BELOW 🔽

26/08/2025

07/04/2025

The Ouarkziz crater in western Algeria is a well-preserved impact structure formed approximately 70 million years ago.

Measuring around 3.5 kilometres in diameter, the crater was created when a meteorite struck what is now the Sahara Desert, leaving a circular depression still visible today.

The impact deformed the sedimentary rock layers, forming concentric rings, which are a distinguishing geological feature.

Erosion has since exposed the internal structure, providing valuable insights into impact processes and the Earth’s geological history.

The Ouarkziz crater is visible in this image acquired on 1 March 2025.