At least 50 calls have been made to poison control centres in Canada over accidental exposure to certain ingredients in COVID-19 rapid test kits, which can be poisonous if swallowed or absorbed through the skin, warns Health Canada.

In an advisory released on Thursday, the federal department stressed the kits are safe and effective when used as intended. However, many test kits include liquid solutions with chemical preservatives, such as sodium azide and ProClin preservatives that can pose a danger if ingested — particularly for children and pets.

"Small doses of sodium azide can lower blood pressure, and larger doses may cause more serious health effects. ProClin is also found in many kits. It contains chemicals that can cause skin and eye irritation, as well as allergic reactions," the advisory continues.

During a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday morning, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky asked that Jerusalem serve as a mediator with Russia to help resolve the military conflict between the countries.

The request was first reported by Israel’s Kan news, and then confirmed to The New York Times by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk and an unnamed Israeli official.

Korniychuk told the Times: “We do believe that Israel is the only democratic state in the world that has great relations with both Ukraine and Russia.” He added that Bennett did not give an immediate answer.

A far-left New York City man was convicted of threatening to kill Senator Manchin (D-WV) and two Fox News hosts, the feds announced on Friday.

48-year-old Ricky Johnson was convicted on Thursday of threatening a federal official and making interstate threats last year, the DOJ said.

Johnson faces up to 20 years in prison.

Twice-failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Friday lashed out at Trump, Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Republicans as Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine on Biden’s watch.

Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine this week after feeble Joe Biden waved sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

Trump had Putin under control, but Putin decided to invade Ukraine as soon as weakling Biden entered the White House.

The U.S. government is prepared to help Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leave Kyiv to avoid being captured or killed by advancing Russian forces. But so far, the president has refused to go. The Washington Post reported.

Zelensky pledged to remain in charge of his government despite grave personal risk. “According to the information we have, the enemy has marked me as target No. 1, my family as target No. 2,” he told Ukrainians in an address yesterday.

For the second time in a year, the Biden administration is seeking to divert Customs and Border Protection officers from the southern border crisis to an overseas conflict, this time to help process people fleeing the Russian assault on Ukraine.

The US asked China to help stop the invasion. The Chinese gave US intelligence to the Russians.

The US "argued that because China was widely seen as a partner of Russia, its global image could suffer." Amazing the emphasis we put on PR over everything.

One hundred and ten years ago, my grandfather on my mother’s side used to leave his parents’ home in an-Naqab and come to Gaza to trade.

Sulaiman Abu-Said would leave on his camel from an-Naqab at 5:00 am, arrive in Gaza at 7:00 am, sell his goods, and go back home at 5:00 pm. But that is history now. Today, Israel would never allow this to happen.

Moving without borders and traveling without restrictions is part of the nomads’ identity and way of life, but Israel destroyed that too.

Pointing to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Palestine/Israel, leaders of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada issued a Pastoral Letter Wednesday, writing, “Israeli policies and practices that discriminate against Palestinians—Christians and Muslims alike—are consistent with the international definition of the crime of apartheid.”

“The continuing occupation, denial of rights, and injustice that Palestinians endure is not consistent with our understanding of God’s vision for justice for all people, and therefore is sin,” the letter reads.

Early yesterday morning I woke up to the sound of war. I was half asleep. Trying to understand what was happening, I rubbed my eyes and washed my face. My parents and my siblings were sitting in silence in front of the TV on Al Jazeera live. They were all unblinkingly staring at the current tragic events in Ukraine. I asked my mom fearfully, “Did war break out?” She took a deep breath and said, “Yes.”

The sounds of shelling and missiles were buzzing in my ears as if they were close to our home. The scenery of unarmed innocent Ukrainian people gathering in front of the bus station trying to flee to a safe haven brought a profound sadness to my heart. Signs of fear and anxiety were apparent among the women and children. They do not know what’s coming.

So it looks not impossible that our new politically-purified multiracial multicultural U.S. Army might actually have to fight, you know, a war in Europe against Russia. This raises lot of interesting questions, but one of them is what is happening to the reputation of the last U.S. Army that fought and won a major war in Europe: World War II. The answer: that army is being, as they say, “reimagined” by the same forces that unleashed mass non-traditional immigration in 1965 and the elevation of questionable non-white role models such as Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King as part of the Great Replacement, demographically then culturally, of the Historic American Nation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has demanded a full refund for the millions of dollars he gave the Bidens after US President* Joe Biden let Russia invade Ukraine today.

“What do you think we actually thought Hunter Biden was a savvy businessman? You think he was worth all the money we paid that jackass?” Zelensky said in an exclusive phone interview with Genesius Times. “We even bought one of his god-awful paintings. You think we actually liked his art? Give me a break!”

Biden responded in a press release, “What do you think this is Amazon dot com? No refunds, sucker. Nada!”

It is estimated that corrupt officials in Ukraine funneled over $115 million to the Bidens since Biden was sworn in as vice president under Barack Obama.

In recent weeks, the US and other NATO countries sent weapons to Ukraine and trained the country's military while explicitly refusing to close the door to Ukraine's membership in the military alliance. Russia's ongoing military operation in Ukraine after months of diplomatic breakdown will cease if Ukraine agrees to demilitarize and to set a neutral course between Russia and NATO, the Kremlin has communicated. RT America's Alex Mihailovich reports. Then RT senior writer Nebojsa Malic, former Pentagon official Michael Maloof, and Prof. Peter Kuznick join Faran Fronczak to weigh in. RT's Murad Gazdiev and Roman Kosarev report from the Lugansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic on the latest events on the ground.

This past weekend, I was sitting in my hot tub, that’s really just a bathtub, that’s really just my neighbor’s bathtub that he lets me use when he’s out of town and doesn’t know I found his apartment key – and it occurred to me: I don’t think most Americans are happy with our political system. I don’t know why not.

I’ve got it! I just remembered. It’s because both mainstream parties are owned by corporate America, stand for the same shit, and they haven’t actually been face-to-face with a regular blue-collar human being since they fathered the first of their 14 children and the surrogate mother happened to bring her boyfriend to the birth (or as the rich call it, “the human baby transfer to its rightful owners”).

China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday announced that Taiwan is “not Ukraine” and has always been a part of China amid Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s calls to ramp up attention on military activities in response to the situation in Ukraine.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying dismissed the concerns of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who announced there might be worldwide consequences, including for Taiwan, if Western nations failed to support Ukraine’s independence, according to Reuters.

Ukraine had agreed to negotiate with Russia, picking the Polish capital of Warsaw as the site for talks, then “ghosted” Moscow as it began deploying rocket artillery inside civilian neighborhoods of major cities, the Kremlin claimed on Friday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said early in the day he was willing to talk with Russia to stop the “invasion” of Ukraine. The Kremlin had communicated Russia’s terms for ending the military operation aimed at “demilitarizing and denazifying” Kiev.

“The Ukrainian side said it had reconsidered the idea of holding talks in Minsk, chose Warsaw instead, and then disappeared,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday evening.

Moscow will respond to sanctions imposed by the US and its allies over Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, the head of the Russian Senate, Valentina Matviyenko, told journalists during her visit to Tajikistan on Friday.

“As for the reciprocal sanctions … they are ready,” Matviyenko said, adding that Russia’s response would not mirror the restrictions imposed by Washington and its allies but would instead hit the western nations where it hurts.

“We are well aware of the West’s weak spots and we have drafted an entire package … a series of potential sanctions to be used against those nations that announced sanctions against Russia,” the Senate head has said, adding that “the West has many soft spots.”

An American solar panel factory has announced it has been forced to close after Democrat Joe Biden handed the industry to Communist China.LG Electronics in Huntsville, Alabama, will now close as it can no longer compete with the flood of cheap Chinese solar equipment.The company announced the shuttering of its manufacturing operation is resulting in the layoffs of about 160 American employees.Another 60 Americans who are employed as contract workers have also lost their jobs.

The move comes just weeks after Biden exempted foreign-made bifacial solar panels from United States tariffs earlier this month.

While some nations (UK, Poland, and Lithuania for example) are pushing hard for Russia to be shut out of SWIFT - the global electronic payment-messaging system - many others are anxious of executing the so-called 'nuclear option' for fear of the potential blowback.

“The EU isn’t on board with removing Russia from SWIFT for one thing because the EU isn’t on board with letting go of Russian energy,” said Erik Meyersson, a Stockholm-based senior economist covering the Eurozone at Svenska Handelsbanken AB.

The former president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, was unhappy that some nations - Germany, Italy, and Hungary (who just happen to get significant amounts of their energy supply from Russia) rejected the call for SWIFT shutout...

First, it's important to understand the history of "no-fly zones" as a concept.

They are a purely modern phenomenon – one that was *never* employed by the U.S. during the Cold War – because enforcing an NFZ against the USSR would have risked nuclear war.

China has announced it is fully open to Russian wheat imports, in the latest sign of their strengthening bilateral ties as the Ukraine crisis is unfolding before a global audience and in the wake of fresh sanctions being imposed on Moscow.

The announcement by China’s General Administration of Customs was made public on Thursday, hours after Russian troops launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine. However, the agreement was part of a package of deals made during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing early this month.

China had previously restricted imports of Russian grain due to phytosanitary concerns – measures for the control of plant diseases, especially in agricultural crops – and China’s latest customs statement also said Russia would take all measures to mitigate infestation risks.

India is exploring ways to set up a rupee payment mechanism for trade with Russia to soften the blow on New Delhi of Western sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, government and banking sources said.

Indian officials are concerned that vital supplies of fertilizer from Russia could be disrupted as sanctions intensify, threatening India's vast farm sector.

India has called for an end to violence in Ukraine but refrained from outright condemnation of Russia, with which it has long-standing political and security ties.

Russia invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea on Thursday in the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two, prompting tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.

FACEBOOK WILL TEMPORARILY allow its billions of users to praise the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi military unit previously banned from being freely discussed under the company’s Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, The Intercept has learned.

The International Space Station program will continue business as usual, NASA assures us as the U.S. government levies new sanctions against Russia.

Russia invaded Ukraine today (Feb. 24) in a series of military attacks. This action, which sparked international criticism, also prompted new and severe sanctions, U.S. President Joe Biden announced in a public address today. However, despite the new sanctions and continued warfare, NASA has asserted that civil cooperation between the U.S. and Russia in space, particularly with regard to the International Space Station, will continue.

NATO countries have not yet sent troops to Ukraine but they are reportedly sending supplies. In Russia, Chechen troops are reportedly readying for a trip to Ukraine.
Reports from both sides indicate troops and supplies are being sent to Ukraine.

NATO supplies have been reportedly sent to Ukraine.

An intense winter storm will dump a mix of heavy snow and freezing rain on the US Northeast on Friday, creating dangerous travel conditions while knocking out power to homes and businesses.

A region reaching from northern Ohio up through Pennsylvania and into New York state is expected to get 1/4 inch (.6 cm) of ice accumulation, while as much as a foot (30 cm) of snow was in the forecast to the north in New England through the day, the National Weather Service said.

The weather service issued ice and winter storm advisories, warning motorists that a thick layer of ice and blowing snow were expected to accumulate on roads throughout the day.

"Stay off the roads as much as possible. If you need to travel, slow down and don't crowd the plows," New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a tweet on Friday morning.

President Biden said he hoped the Senate would "move promptly" to confirm his Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, and noted that he had met with ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

"I'm pleased to nominate Judge Jackson who will bring extraordinary qualifications, deep experience in intellect and rigorous judicial record to the court," Biden said. "Judge Jackson deserves to be confirmed as the next justice of the Supreme Court."

"I met with the chairman and ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Chuck Grassley and my hope is that they will move promptly and I know they'll move fairly," Biden continued.

The group 'Moms for America' said they are joining The Peoples Convoy as it heads to Washington, D.C. One America's Caitlin Sinclair has more from Orlando.

In yet another major coincidence benefitting the Democrat establishment and their allies, the Secret Service claims they can’t locate Hunter Biden’s travel records from 2010, 2011, and 2013.

That came after Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson sent the Service a letter last month requesting unredacted records related to Hunter’s travels between January 2009 and January 2017, and noted missing travel records for 2010, 2011, and 2013.

Russia is now threatening Sweden and Finland with military action if they join NATO, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday.

During a press conference on Friday, Maria Zakharova addressed the ongoing war with Ukraine, as well as Russia’s path forward. Her remarks included a threat of “serious military-political repercussions” against Sweden and Finland if the two nations seek to join NATO.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky complained that he had been “left alone” by the west and that NATO leaders were “afraid” as he considers signing a ‘neutrality deal’ with Russia that would bring an end to the attack.

Multiple loud blasts were heard again overnight in Kiev as the fighting raged on, with cruise or ballistic missiles hitting numerous targets around the capital.

The White House says Russian forces are now a mere 20 miles from Kiev.

During a speech made from what appeared to be a bunker President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his anger at western leaders, complaining that he had been “left behind” to face Putin’s war machine alone.

On Wednesday, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley accused President Biden of “failing” in his response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – declaring the President is failing to deliver in a “major leadership moment.”

“President Biden promised a “swift and severe” response. He did not deliver,” Haley tweeted, moments after the President addressed the nation from the White House.

Tamara Lich, an assistant organizer of the “Freedom Convoy” protest against COVID-19 restrictions in Canada, has been denied bail.

On Tuesday, Justice Julie Bourgeois on the Ontario Court of Justice determined that Lich, who was arrested last Thursday on charges of counseling to commit mischief, was likely to repeat her alleged transgressions if released on bail.

Establishment media are up in arms regarding the plans CNN’s new management has in store to get the disturbed network back on track when it comes to reporting the news.

A new report says Discovery’s board member John Malone will “play a huge role” in steering CNN back on course, specifically in a direction away from what last network head Jeff Zucker delved the outlet into.

President Joe Biden’s sanctions on Russia will also harm Americans “just as much, if not more” and will give Russian President Vladimir Putin an advantage over the United States in his push to take over Ukraine, Rep. James Comer suggested Wednesday on Newsmax.

Russia on Friday rejected talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and made it clear that it was seeking to topple his democratically elected government, which Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov said was steered by “neo-Nazis” and the West.

“We do not see the possibility of recognizing as democratic a government that persecutes and uses methods of genocide against its own people,” Mr. Lavrov said during a news conference in Moscow.

Moscow also vowed that the conflict would soon be over.

(Update 13:02pm ET): NATO Chief Stoltenberg said on Friday that NATO members would provide more weapons and air defense systems to Ukraine, according to the Wall Street Journal's Anthony DeRosa.

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Friday that we must step up sanctions against Russia and that we are open to cutting Russia out of the SWIFT international payments system. Just because we have been thinking about the consequences of cutting Russia out of SWIFT doesn't mean we are against it, Lindner added.

Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion of a democratic country that has fueled fears of wider war in Europe and triggered worldwide efforts to make Russia stop.

With reports of hundreds of casualties from the warfare — including shelling that sliced through a Kyiv apartment building and pummeled bridges and schools — there also were growing signs that Vladimir Putin’s Russia may be seeking to overthrow Ukraine’s government. It would be his boldest effort yet to redraw the world map and revive Moscow’s Cold War-era influence.

Vladimir Putin has appealed directly to Ukrainian troops and told them "it will be easier for us to agree if you take power in your own hands".

During the address, the Russian president said it was "easier to negotiate with you" than the "gang of Nazis that has captured Kyiv" - an apparent reference to Ukraine's leadership in the capital.

"I once again appeal to the military personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine: do not allow neo-Nazis and (Ukrainian radical nationalists) to use your children, wives and elders as human shields," he said at a televised meeting with Russia's security council.

In this writer’s estimate, the Ukraine issue is a distraction to pull America in, and then something more serious will take place. Could it be that China is getting ready to invade Taiwan? Keep in mind that the best and most sophisticated manufacturer of microchips (particularly for high tech equipment – military or otherwise), is in Taiwan, and if China takes over, it’s game over for America.

A message from South Africa to the Canadian truckers. I compiled this video in honour of all of those brave individuals who rose up for their God-given birthright – freedom. They did it because they had a heart full of compassion, love and empathy towards their fellow humans. Even though no one ever asks if driving those long hauls makes them tired or if all the hours spent on the road makes them lonely – no they just accept that the trucker will be there and be on time.

May God bless the Canadian truck drivers.