The Daily Populous

Friday November 7th, 2025 evening edition

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Conversations intercepted by Canada and the United Kingdom implicate high-level Indian officials in the assassination of a B.C. Sikh leader, Global News has confirmed.

British intelligence provided Canada with the initial tip that it had picked up communications tying India’s government to the 2023 shooting death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Canadian authorities later obtained their own intercept corroborating the involvement of Indian officials, among them Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah.

“It is the U.K.’s long-standing position that we do not comment on intelligence matters,” a spokesperson said on Thursday.

The intercepts would be “strong evidence,” since they come from the Five Eyes intelligence partnership between Canada, the U.K., U.S., Australia and New Zealand, said Dan Stanton, a former senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service officer.

“This is the gold standard of alliances,” said Stanton, who is writing a book on transnational repression.

RAW officer Vikash Yadav allegedly hired an Indian crime figure to kill Pannun, but also mentioned three targets in Canada. »

Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity

Authored by electrek.co

So solar power has been a great thing for Australia, especially with rooftop solar on Australian homes.

But it can lead to swingy electricity supply, given that solar only generates electricity when the sun is out.

In Australia and other places with high solar penetration, these negative electricity prices often happen during the day. »

House cleaner shot and killed after she showed up at wrong address in Indiana

Authored by cbsnews.com
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A house cleaner was shot and killed after arriving at the wrong house in an Indiana subdivision, police said Wednesday.

Officers determined that the man and woman were part of a cleaning crew that had mistakenly arrived at the wrong address.

A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed when she and her friends pulled into the wrong driveway in upstate New York in April 2023. »

Trump adds a new sign labeling ‘The Oval Office’ ... right outside the Oval Office

Authored by independent.co.uk

After living and working at the White House for nearly four years and 10 months in total, one might assume President Donald Trump can find his way to his office without getting lost.

But a White House spokesperson, Davis Ingle, defended the move as part of Trump’s efforts to improve the aesthetics of the entire White House complex.

“President Trump is making the White House beautiful and giving it the glory it deserves,” he said. »

'Mega-Layoffs' Under Trump as Corporations Have Cut 1 Million Jobs This Year—Most Since 2003

Authored by commondreams.org
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John Challenger, the CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, told the Post that the huge number of October layoffs showed the economy was entering "new territory.".

Democratic lawmakers were quick to seize on the news of mass layoffs as evidence that Trump is sending the US economy into a ditch.

"Trump put billionaires in charge of everything," remarked Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) in a social media post. »