And the Rest of It

To wit:

Zoom calls have allowed federal agencies to make “big decisions” in secret without recordkeeping, says Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard. The Access To Information chief said federal employees must be compelled to record calls or keep meticulous minutes: “We need to make sure where the money’s being spent.”

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The Israeli military apparently used a brilliant deceptive maneuver to take out Hamas’s terrorist fighting force and underground tunnels — in a single blow.

 

I'm sure it's nothing to be concerned about:

A private company called ITPS Canada is training foreign fighter pilots on “aircraft to aircraft combat, aircraft to ground combat and aerobatics”, according to the statement given by Giorgio Clementi the owner of the company.

The pilots are here for a year to learn everything about 20 different aircraft from single engine propeller planes to large jets. Clients have included the Italian, Turkish, Malaysian, and Chinese Air forces.

This China:

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte barred his cabinet from talking about the South China Sea in public on Monday after weeks of strong rebukes by his ministers against China's conduct in the contested waters.

Tensions between the Philippines and its giant neighbour have escalated since March, with Manila filing daily diplomatic protests over the presence of hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels in disputed portions of the South China Sea.

Because enrichment or something:

The plaintiffs say employers at Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) confiscated their passports, held them under constant surveillance and threatened to dock their pay for speaking to visitors. One of them alleges he was docked nearly 30 per cent of his monthly pay after being “observed without a helmet on.”

The workers were lured under false pretence by the temple’s management and their associates, who they say promised them stonework and construction jobs in the United States. Instead, workers claim they were trafficked to New Jersey using R-1 religious visas and kept as manual laborers since as far back as 2012. The lawsuit cites violation of state labour laws, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act.