Son usage par les plus jeunes n’est ni inévitable ni nécessaire, affirme le maire Zohran Mamdani.

Le Montréalais, premier choix de l’équipe au dernier repêchage, pourrait être bientôt sous contrat.

Trente nouvelles poursuites judiciaires ont été entreprises contre la société d’intelligence artificielle OpenAI et son fondateur, Sam Altman, dans le cadre de la tuerie survenue à Tumbler Ridge, en Colombie-Britannique.

Many members of Congress in the most competitive re-election races are skipping the chance to share a pep rally stage with President Trump.

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Il revient désormais aux juges d'instruction de décider d'un éventuel renvoi en procès dans ce pan de l'information judiciaire ouverte en 2019.

An island that appeared to suddenly materialize, then vanish, on Williston Lake in British Columbia over the summer was rediscovered on the massive reservoir on Monday. 

Once you’ve taken that all in, let’s ask the important question: How the heck did that happen? 

The existence of the disappearing island—a floating mass of trees and vegetation that measures about 230 feet by 460 feet—sparked international attention last month after Rocky Avery, a local resident, posted a viral video of it that was sent to him by one of his boater friends, according to CBC News.

Bob Gammer, a spokesperson for BC Hydro, was initially suspicious that the video might be AI, but confirmed it was authentic after spotting the island drifting about 60 miles west of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in satellite images taken on July 21. In satellite images from August 5th and circulated last week, it was no longer visible, sparking a search over the past few days that led to its rediscovery about 20 miles northwest of where it had previously been spotted.

“We had some earlier satellite imagery that confirmed that this wasn't just a hoax or some kind of AI thing, and that it really was real,” Gammer told 404 Media in a call. “Since then we've had more photos from people on their boats on the water sailing right up to this island, and additional satellite imagery that puts it all together to say that this is a real thing. It’s a sizable island.”

As it turns out, this isn’t a new phenomenon—though Gammer said it hasn’t been reported on Williston Lake before. Floating islands form on shorelines over many years, as natural rafts made of driftwood can allow plants and trees to grow above the water. These platforms can then detach in certain conditions, such as stormy weather or flooded shores, allowing them to meander into the water. 

Williston Lake is a reservoir created by the massive W.A.C. Bennett Dam, which stands more than 600 feet high. Due to high snowpack and precipitation, the dam was opened in June and July, filling the reservoir for the first time in 14 years, according to Gammer. These high water levels, in addition to strong winds, likely dislodged the island, allowing it to float freely in the water.

“This is all brand new to us,” Gammer said. “We've never seen anything like this on the reservoir.”

BC Hydro is urging boaters to keep their distance and not to step on the island. Despite its size, the forested mass is structurally flimsy and hazardous to walk on. Other than birds, no animals have been spotted on the island. However, animals have accidentally been swept away on these natural rafts; indeed, many species have crossed oceans and reached new continents this way.

The island doesn’t pose any risk to the dam or vessels, and its journey around the lake is now being monitored by BC Hydro through satellite images and eyewitness reports. This waterborne woodland may disintegrate over time, or become reattached to the shoreline. If it survives until winter, it could be frozen into the ice and perhaps thaw out again in spring.

“It's a break from everyday reality, and so it's really captured a lot of attention,” Gammer said. “There's a lot of media interest, and it's been great to be able to tell the story. And who knows how long this will last? I mean, in terms of its news value, I'm sure it'll disappear within a few days. But the island will be there for a while. We'll be monitoring it, and if there's anything exciting about it, we may be able to tell that story too.”

L’absence de Pogacar permettra au public de voir plusieurs coureurs se battre jusqu’à la toute fin pour le titre.

On September 2, a Russian drone struck near Train No. 53/54 (Odesa–Dnipro) at one of the stations on the Dnipro Railway, damaging the locomotive; no one was injured.

The practice is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on rooting it out this year, claiming without evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote.

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La Lavalloise l’a emporté 6-4, 6-1 contre la Thaïlandaise Mananchaya Sawangkaew.

L’Allemand a battu l’Italien 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-4 lors de leur match aux Internationaux de tennis des États-Unis.

Avec ces plus de 3000 départs, la plateforme cherche notamment à «supprimer des niveaux hiérarchiques».

Chinese and Gulf state airlines are among those still using Russian airspace. Meanwhile, Russia says it will intensify its own attacks on Ukraine.

Chinese and Gulf state airlines are among those still using Russian airspace. Meanwhile, Russia says it will intensify its own attacks on Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and National Police shut down a Kyiv-based network of several dozen people who allegedly used fake cryptocurrency investment platforms and malicious code to steal digital assets from citizens of EU countries, the SBU said on 1 September.

Investigators identified the alleged organizer as a 25-year-old Kyiv IT specialist, according to the SBU. The case reaches beyond Ukraine because the agency says the alleged victims were EU citizens. The agency said the network’s monthly turnover from funds obtained illegally could reach $1 million during its most lucrative periods.

The SBU said investigators had documented alleged crimes by every member of the group. However, its statement did not specify how long the network had operated, how many EU citizens were affected, which countries they lived in, or the total amount allegedly stolen.

The agency did not name any foreign law enforcement partners involved.

How the crypto ring operated

The alleged organizer of the crypto ring recruited other tech workers in the capital, the SBU said. Posing as cryptocurrency-platform representatives, they offered targets seemingly profitable ways to invest in digital assets.

The network found victims by posting about supposedly lucrative crypto projects in popular Telegram channels, then showed them fabricated trading results and fake profits to make the operation look legitimate, investigators said.

Engaged targets were sent a link to a counterfeit site that mimicked a real crypto service and were persuaded to connect their wallets and approve a transaction, the SBU said. The site carried malicious code called a “drainer” that, the agency said, let the operators withdraw the victims’ assets to addresses they controlled—emptying the wallets.

During 23 searches of the suspects’ offices and homes, officers seized phones, computers, money believed to be criminal proceeds, and 16 high-end cars, including Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz models, the SBU said.

Authorities were still deciding whether to serve notices of suspicion, while the investigation continued under the Prosecutor General’s Office, the SBU said. Those involved could face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.

Ukraine’s role in combating cross-border cybercrime

Ukraine has previously joined with foreign agencies to pursue cross-border cyber threats. In April, the SBU said it worked with the FBI, EU law enforcement, and Polish counterintelligence to disrupt Russian military-intelligence spying through hacked routers. The operation blocked more than 100 servers and removed hundreds of routers in Ukraine from Russian control.

Le chef de l'Etat avait personnellement décidé de prêter la tapisserie pour un an lors de sa visite d'Etat au Royaume-Uni en juillet 2025, afin de "revivifier la relation culturelle" et marquer "la confiance" actuelle entre Paris et Londres.

Deux postes électriques ont été sabotés en moins de 24 heures. Pour l’heure, aucun lien n’est établi avec Moscou. Ces actes interviennent au lendemain de la mise en cause directe de la Russie par Berlin dans l’attaque au drone de l’aéroport de Leipzig. Les capitales européennes durcissent le ton face au Kremlin.

Experts have expressed deep concerns that the practice runs afoul of the fourth amendment’s right to privacy

Federal prosecutors have declined to say whether they secretly obtained phone records for the journalist Don Lemon using an unusual administrative summons, his lawyers said in a Monday court filing, highlighting concern about a controversial legal authority the government has claimed to gather information as it charged Lemon and dozens of others with civil rights crimes in connection to a January protest at a church in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

In January, officials served Verizon with an administrative summons for a log of Lemon’s phone records between 19 December and 20 January. The subpoena did not come from a grand jury, as is typical in criminal investigation, and also was not a court-approved search warrant. Instead, it was a unilateral request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which said it was requesting the information under 19 USC 1509 – an obscure law that gives the department power to investigate records related to customs issues. Experts say the government is abusing that authority to gather records on journalists, activists, unions, non-profits and online critics, and have expressed deep concerns that the practice runs afoul of the fourth amendment’s right to privacy.

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Russian losses reached one of the highest of the entire full-scale war in August, Ukraine's Defense Ministry says, citing General Staff data. Last month, Ukraine killed or wounded 42,020 invaders.

As its frontline losses climb, Russia is escalating its terror against Ukraine's civilians. Moscow uses large numbers of ballistic missiles and new jet-powered drones to do it. Russia opened its latest drone assault on 27 August, two days after CIA director John Ratcliffe arrived in Moscow, and has kept it up since.

For comparison, Russia lost 42,860 soldiers in July, 33,760 in May, and 39,290 in June, the ministry says.

Ukraine takes another step toward its goal

Ukraine's Defense Ministry states that effectively destroying Russian manpower and logistics is among its priorities, so that Russia's losses reach a level that forces it to abandon its plans of conquest.

"August's losses for the Russian army were another step toward reaching that goal," the Defense Ministry says.

Ukraine began its logistics lockdown late this May. It is a coordinated campaign to scale up medium-range drone strikes against Russian supply convoys, depots, command nodes, and air-defense systems 20 to 200 kilometers behind the front.

Russia loses more than men

Ukraine's Defense Forces also struck 13,835 vehicles and fuel tankers in August.

Over the month they hit an estimated:

• 89 tanks;
• 197 armored combat vehicles.
• On top of that, 1,827 Russian artillery systems were destroyed or disabled.

"Inflicting such losses systematically raises the cost of continuing the war for Russia and forces it to spend ever more resources replacing manpower, equipment, and weapons," the ministry says.

How does Russia answer the losses?

Ukraine's Office of the President has said Russia is preparing an additional mobilization wave in 2026–2027, aiming to draft 300,000 people this year and 300,000 next. Those figures are a response to the steady rise in frontline losses, the office adds.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin called that information "nonsense" after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek.

At the same time, legal-aid organizations report a covert mobilization across Russia's regions and occupied territories. Over the past month and a half, residents of at least 17 Russian regions have complained of forcible detention, beatings, and coercion into signing contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry.

Un étudiant d’une université de l’Ontario a été arrêté dans le cadre d’une enquête de contre-espionnage menée aux États-Unis. Il est soupçonné d’avoir pris des photos dans les aéroports de Toronto et de Chicago à la demande d’une personne qu’il croyait être un représentant du gouvernement chinois.

Kazakhstan’s privately owned Kondensat refinery will process Russian crude and return about 70% of the resulting petroleum products to Russia, Kazakh Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said on 25 August, Radio Liberty reported.

Based on figures reported by Radio Liberty, the roughly 70% of Kondensat’s maximum gasoline output bound for Russia would amount to about 0.3% of the country’s daily summer gasoline demand. That makes the arrangement a limited stopgap rather than a solution. John Roberts of the Atlantic Council nevertheless told the outlet that even small additional supplies could help during an acute shortage, including at the front: “It helps, but it doesn’t solve the problem.”

Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked dozens of Russian refineries offline in recent months, forcing Moscow to restrict fuel exports and reimpose rationing, Radio Liberty reported. Gasoline caps returned to Moscow and St. Petersburg in August, while Rosneft reportedly limited fills to 30 liters per car at every station nationwide.

Kondensat has processed Russian oil before. The refinery began handling supplies delivered through Tatneft’s TANECO refinery in 2024, when Kazakhstan and Russia agreed to permit exports of fuel produced from Russian feedstock back to Russia. The arrangement was renewed in 2025, according to Radio Liberty.

Central Asia has no spare refining capacity that could materially change Russia’s situation, Ukrainian energy analyst Hennadiy Riabtsev told Radio Liberty’s Schemes project. Possible contributions from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, China, and Belarus would remain a drop in the ocean for the Russian market, he said.

Prospective suppliers also understand that Russian fuel demand supports the war effort and that assisting Moscow could carry sanctions risks, Ukraine’s presidential sanctions commissioner, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, told Schemes. Kyiv therefore does not expect a queue of countries willing to supply Russia with petroleum products, he said.

Russia’s fuel shortage gives Kazakhstan room to bargain

Russia’s shortage has spread from gas station queues to farming and public transport, with fuel-sale restrictions officially covering more than 40 regions by July, Euromaidan Press reported, citing The Moscow Times. Moscow’s export restrictions have also raised prices and tightened supplies across Central Asia.

Yet Russia’s growing dependence gives Kazakhstan additional bargaining room. Ukrainian strikes have previously prompted Russian retailer Wildberries to expand its warehousing operations in Kazakhstan, while Astana has promoted domestic competitors.

The Russian army has attacked some energy facilities in the Kharkiv region more than 50 times.

Paul Miller, an openly racist fighter, derided Ben Azoulay, and a spectator was ejected for waving a swastika flag

Democrats in Florida have condemned a professional mixed martial arts event in Orlando at which an openly racist fighter derided his beaten opponent as “a short little fucking Jew prick”, and a spectator was ejected for waving a giant swastika flag.

Anna Eskamani, a Democratic state representative running to become the city’s mayor, said Saturday’s event, and the assertion by city officials that they were compelled to host it, were unacceptable.

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Russian forces attacked Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region with FPV drones, resulting in large-scale fires in three nine-story buildings.

The Russian president’s remarks at a 3 a.m. news conference — and Moscow’s intensifying strikes on Kyiv — suggested that he sees little chance of a deal to end his war in Ukraine.

La longue fin de semaine s’annonce agréable d’un point de vue météo pour la grande majorité des Québécois.

Le promoteur Immostar compte réaliser un projet résidentiel permettant de revitaliser le secteur.

La rage du raton laveur n’a pas encore été détectée à Montréal, mais les autorités prennent les devants en lançant une campagne d’immunisation.

Bruno Marchand ne serait jamais d’accord «avec des projets qui menaceraient» la reconnaissance du Vieux-Québec comme site du patrimoine mondial.

Plusieurs secteurs au nord et à l'ouest de l'île de Montréal sont visés mercredi par une veille jaune d'orages violents d'Environnement Canada.

Le chef péquiste Paul St-Pierre Plamondon imposerait 60 minutes d'activité physique quotidienne dans les écoles

L’adolescente de 15 ans, décédée sur le site de l’ancienne usine Belgo à Shawinigan, en avril 2025, a chuté accidentellement.

Péquistes et conservateurs crient au scandale.

Trente nouvelles poursuites ont été déposées contre OpenAI en lien avec la fusillade qui a fait huit morts dans une école secondaire de Tumbler Ridge.

Un jeune camionneur fait face à la justice pour avoir fauché mortellement un homme et son fils de 6 ans sur l’autoroute 30.

Deux hommes et une femme ont été arrêtés pour fraude après avoir attiré l’attention d’employés d’une institution financière de Sainte-Marie, en Beauce

Une île flottante disparaît et réapparaît en Colombie-Britannique.

Liam Mooney a fait une casquette pour dénoncer la décision de Donald Trump de changer le nom en « lac Amérique ».

Des chutes de neiges plus abondantes et une augmentation des tempêtes devraient marquer l’hiver 2026-2027 pour la plupart des régions du Canada.

La marge bénéficiaire qu’Alimentation Couche-Tard réalise sur chaque litre d’essence vendu a bondi avec la hausse des prix du pétrole.

In a Trump-voting town named after Lake Ontario, residents have strong feelings about the president rechristening it to Lake America.

As of Tuesday, the 30-year-old navigation tool was Apple’s No. 1 free app after the company rebuffed an executive order renaming the Great Lake.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week renaming it Lake America, as part of his feud with Canada.

Enric Mas est toujours en tête du classement général.

Christophe Gomart, eurodéputé Les Républicains, général et ancien directeur du renseignement militaire, était l'invité d'Hadrien Bect, mercredi, sur franceinfo.