The ambassador was recalled on Saturday after French President Emmanuel Macron this week criticized the “political-military system” that emerged in Algeria after the former colony won independence in 1962, and supposedly formented a “hatred of France” in Algerian society. “Was there an Algerian nation before French colonization?” Macron reportedly asked …
Read More »BepiColombo probe snaps mesmerizing up-close PHOTOS of Mercury during mission’s first flyby of planet
The BepiColombo spacecraft, a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), flew by Mercury overnight, its closest approach being just 199km (123 miles) above the surface of the hard-to-reach planet. It snapped a handful of photos showing the densely cratered surface of …
Read More »‘Ole out, Sancho’s cr*p’: Cheeky young fans hijack MUTV to call for Solskjaer’s dismissal in hilarious scenes (VIDEO)
The pressure continues to rise on United’s Norwegian boss after yet another insipid performance this time at home to Everton, and when interviewed on live television by the club’s own station MUTV, these two fans couldn’t help but offer a concise description in United’s woes. “What did you think of …
Read More »Sopranos fans of the world rejoice, ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ is… an absolute triumph
Dum, dubba dum, dubba dum, dubba dum… that rolling bass at the start of The Sopranos TV show was a cast-iron guarantee. It meant strict quality control, a promise that a genius had his hand gripped tight to the tiller – upon the characters, upon the plot and upon the …
Read More »Global energy crunch could soon send oil prices to $100 & spur another economic crisis, Bank of America warns
The possibility of soaring oil prices and high inflationary pressure could become the trigger for a global crisis, the analysts warned in a note carried by Bloomberg. According to the multinational, gas-to-oil switching with record-high natural gas prices could cause additional oil demand. Moreover, energy demand is expected to grow …
Read More »Crypto-friendly El Salvador mines first bitcoin with energy from volcanoes
The mining operation, run by the state-controlled energy company LaGeo SA de CV, managed to generate 0.00599179 bitcoin, or about $269, using geothermal power from volcanoes, Bukele tweeted. Earlier this week, the president shared on Twitter a video of government-branded shipping containers carrying digital-currency miners to an energy facility in …
Read More »Man films a huge cannibal alligator eating another for lunch in a South Carolina backyard (VIDEO)
In the video, shared on Twitter by a user named Taylor Soper, an alligator can be seen half-submerged in a pond, another’s tail and back feet wriggling in its chops. In a matter of seconds, as the cannibal chews and swallows, just one of the feet can be seen, before …
Read More »Escape from Dunkirk? French police FIRE at migrant boat-runners with rubber bullets, cracking bones and sending two to hospital
A night patrol on the beach at Dunkirk last week came upon eight Iranian Kurdish men carrying a dinghy toward the shore and opened fire on them, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday. Two of the men were taken to hospital, one with a fractured leg and another with a …
Read More »It’s not just Biden’s snubs & US sanctions, Erdogan’s Turkey and Putin’s Russia are seeking closer ties out of sheer pragmatism
International commentary has been quick and, in the case of the US and EU, sometimes misleading. In part, that’s due to the news cycle’s demand for rapid responses. But there’s another reason as well: when it comes to the relationship between Moscow and Ankara, many observers put the cart before …
Read More »‘Don’t indulge young people who think they’re trans – many are mentally ill,’ says detrans woman who regrets removing her breasts
In recent times, liberals’ desire to embrace the burgeoning trans movement has meant that if someone says they’re trans, people have been encouraged to support them unconditionally. On the surface, this may appear to be ‘doing the right thing’. But according to one woman who has detransitioned, there is a …
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