AJ

🇨🇦 🇬🇪 🇪🇺 I am also a Chinese.

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

Chow Hang-tung has released her mitigation statement. It reads in part: “I find it entirely unpalatable that any political party can barter away a nation’s sovereignty, claim to represent the will of the people, appoint itself as the sole authority…
https://t.co/gGqdWqwioE

[AJ @Alger_Ji]

@HansGutbrod A gripping, well-told firsthand account of post-Soviet political intrigue that, beneath the personal drama, almost inadvertently reflects the broader tragedy of democracy in the Caucasus.

[Anita Anand @AnitaAnandMP]

One of Canada’s nation-building projects is now taking shape along the St. Lawrence River — moving a major piece of our economic future forward. Construction is underway on the $2.3-billion expansion of the Port of Montreal in Contrecoeur, which will increase capacity at the country’s second-largest port by 60 per cent.

Once operational, the new terminal will be able to handle up to 1.15 million containers every year, giving Canadian businesses greater access to global markets and strengthening one of our most important trade gateways.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: 𝕏 reveals it uncovered a Chinese bot farm of roughly 200,000 accounts, including hundreds used to influence U.S. debate over AI data centers & energy policy.

[AJ @Alger_Ji]

@Mikiashvili_M He is Kobahize's actual ally, so …

[Formula NEWS | English @FormulaGe]

Mamuka Mdinaradze, a senior Georgian Dream figure and close ally of Irakli Kobakhidze, has announced he is leaving politics less than a year after being appointed head of Georgia’s State Security Service.

His exit follows weeks of rapid reshuffling, during which he was moved across new and newly created roles inside the Georgian Dream system. In the same period, Mdinaradze was also decorated with several state awards in unusually quick succession.

The move comes amid growing speculation that Bidzina Ivanishvili is carrying out an internal purge within Georgian Dream’s ruling apparatus. Several former senior officials are already in prison, including ex-prime minister Irakli Gharibashvili, who has accused the authorities of political persecution from jail.

Mdinaradze also appeared in Gharibashvili’s latest prison letters, in which the former Georgian Dream prime minister described the case against him as politically managed and said he knew how “the system” operates.

[CTV News @CTVNews]

Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists, researchers, poaching many from U.S. https://t.co/qXs7qevXep

[Formula NEWS | English @FormulaGe]

Jailed former Georgian Dream PM Irakli Gharibashvili has released a new letter from prison, saying he will no longer attend court hearings because he knows “how the system manages a political process.”

The remark is notable because Gharibashvili was for years as Georgian Dream prosecuted and jailed numerous political opponents.

Gharibashvili said he did not attend the August 25 hearing, where the court set the date for a pre-trial session, because he sees no point in taking part in what he called a “political masquerade.”

“This is a ruthless political struggle, injustice and evil directed against me,” Gharibashvili wrote. “I no longer intend to take part in this shameful political masquerade.”

“I know how the system manages a political process,” Gharibashvili wrote. “I see no point in going to court hearings and taking part in a political masquerade. I am no longer participating in your spectacle.”

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Poilievre calls for Carney to reconvene Parliament to discuss rejected trade deal https://t.co/IdgW6tQe1e

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

My statement on Canada-U.S. trade negotiations:

[加拿大国际广播 @RCIZhongwen]

加美谈判破裂，商品关税生效 https://t.co/pi38LS6HV3
在两国未能于最后一刻达成贸易协议下，特朗普政府针对价值280亿元加拿大商品的最新一轮关税于周六午夜正式生效。

[AJ @Alger_Ji]

Sometimes I have to rely on facial features—Vance is even more despicable than Trump. He just hasn't had a bigger stage yet to reveal his shamelessness.I got the conclusion in 2025.

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Carney tried to ‘out-tough’ Trump in trade negotiations, Vance says https://t.co/uizz3mTXZc

[Protest 24 @protest_24]

Former PM Irakli Gharibashvili publishes another message from prison, stating he was coerced to admit further corruption charges to ensure he does not return to politics. Full letter translated without changes:

“I want to tell the public the truth about why I am in prison. The main goal of the so-called “battle against corruption” campaign launched last year was to put me in prison and destroy me politically. I declare with full responsibility that I did everything to avoid entering a confrontation with the team and a person dear to me. It is for this purpose that I refused to fight the legal battle and followed the destructive process for myself till the end, so as not to harm the interests of the state and the team.

Unfortunately, in return I received a staged dirty provocation, many lies and injustice. The public has not heard a single word from me all this time. I have endured this ordeal with complete patience.

But unexpectedly for me, in July, I received a letter that I published yesterday, which was sent to me by Mamuka Mdinaradze. On the same day, I explained my position to them, once again confirming that I was not going to return to politics, and offered my vision to insure against this “risk.” But in response, they told me that there was still a 1% risk that I would return to politics, and for this it was necessary to bring charges of corruption against me and admit it.

This was the red line that made me take the most difficult step in my life. Accordingly, since I have no other choice, I am forced to start a fight...”

[George Melashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦 @geomel_ge]

Irakli Gharibashvili, ex GD PM and one of the most loyal pillars of the regime, has just published a letter he says was orchestrated on Bidzina Ivanishvili's orders. The note - lays out a quiet deal: step down from a position, accept a reduced sentence (around 5 years under house arrest instead of a full term), and stay out of politics for good, in exchange for the threats against his family being called off. [1/8]

[Cult MTL @cultmtl]

Canada announces largest clean energy investment in North American history

“We are making Canada the best place in the world to build and invest in clean energy.” https://t.co/RG5FwA7NOL

[老周横眉 @laozhouhengmei]

新加坡被推倒的这名老人已经现身说法。

我还是挺同情他的。

他自己觉得完全不需要追究；当时身边的人都让他报警，但他选择放过对方，真是个好人。

据老人说，推倒老人的男子自称来自澳大利亚。

他推倒老人之后明显是害怕了，道歉并说请对方喝茶。

[JAMnews @JAMnewsCaucasus]

Saakashvili warns fuel deliveries to Abkhazia could signal wider deal with Russia

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that recent fuel deliveries to Abkhazia could be a sign of preparations for what he calls a major political deal between Georgia and Russia.

In a lengthy Facebook post, Saakashvili alleged that Moscow had sent the Georgian authorities draft agreements on restoring diplomatic relations and on mutual non-aggression, as well as separate agreements concerning Abkhazia and South Ossetia. He claimed the documents would recognise the two breakaway regions as parties to such agreements and said they had been handed directly to Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Saakashvili also claimed that the process was being overseen on the Russian side by Sergei Kiriyenko, a senior Kremlin official, and that Georgia's foreign ministry was not involved. He predicted that Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze could travel to Moscow in the coming weeks to sign the documents.

“The fuel supplies to Abkhazia, and presumably South Ossetia, are a sign and preparation for something very big,” Mr Saakashvili wrote. He accused Mr Ivanishvili of preparing to “pay the bill” he says Moscow presented for bringing the Georgian Dream founder to power in 2012 and for his subsequent enrichment.

He called the alleged agreements “documents of final betrayal and surrender” and said the government was preparing the public for them by promoting a narrative that Georgia was responsible for the 2008 war with Russia.

Saakashvili's comments come amid controversy over the first confirmed deliveries of fuel from Georgian-controlled territory into Abkhazia in decades.

A Georgian company, Solidus, has acknowledged supplying fuel to Abkhazia amid a severe shortage. Its owner, Giorgi Arveladze, initially said around 300 tonnes had been delivered, mainly for petrol stations in Gali. He later said the volume had increased to 400 tonnes.

The fuel was purchased from Repsol, which operates the Connect petrol-station chain in Georgia. Repsol has said that Solidus bought the fuel under a contract and that where the company subsequently resold it was outside Repsol's responsibility. It has also said no further deliveries to Solidus are planned.

The deliveries have triggered demands from Georgia's opposition for the government to disclose who authorised them, how the fuel was transported across the Enguri crossing and whether the shipments were humanitarian or commercial.

The government has acknowledged that fuel was sent to Abkhazia to help address shortages, while opposition politicians have questioned whether the deliveries could have wider implications for Georgia's relations with Russia.

Saakashvili urged opponents of the government to mobilise quickly, warning that “if we remain passive, future generations will remember today's generation very shamefully”.

He also called for engagement with Georgian Dream supporters and mid-level officials, arguing that even people loyal to the ruling party might oppose what he described as the “abolition of the country”.

The former president is currently serving a prison sentence in Georgia. His latest claims come amid a broader deterioration in relations between Georgia's government and Western partners, alongside what critics describe as a gradual rapprochement with Moscow.

[王局志安 @wangzhian8848]

辛苦作者写这么长，其实你们对我都有太高期待了，我不过是个新闻人，我的职业原则是尽可能搞清楚事实，以及事实层面的因果关系。至于其他的，比如立场，信仰之类的，我并不特别在意。每个人都生活在自己时代，都会被自己的环境和成长塑造，任何人都无法超越，包括那些认为自己超越了时代的人。这没什么可悲的。历史也非决定论，谁知道二百年后罗马还在不在呢？

[Liberal Party @liberal_party]

On National #AcadianDay, we celebrate the vibrant culture and history of the Acadian people, and recognize the vital role they continue to play in shaping Canada.