Accused of dodgy dealing, the businessman was locked up in the notorious Matrosskaya Tishina prison, on the outskirts of the Russian capital, within days. After months of appeals he was released, first to house arrest in his upmarket residential building and, later, he was allowed to go out subject to curfew …
Read More »Israel has ‘proof’ Iran behind deadly ship attack off Oman, PM Bennett claims
Bennett claimed in a Sunday press conference that Iranians behind the attack wanted an “Israel target” and settled on the Mercer Street tanker. “I determine, with absolute certainty – Iran carried out the attack against the ship,” he said. “The intelligence evidence for this exists and we expect the international …
Read More »UK govt is working with companies to offer cheap fast food for Covid-vaxxed youth, despite warning of obesity risk
According to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Uber and its takeaway delivery service Uber Eats, as well as rival food delivery service Deliveroo, chain restaurant Pizza Pilgrims, and the ride-hailing platform Bolt, are involved with the plan. The DHSC announced on Sunday that the companies “will be …
Read More »The horrific beheading of a young female friend of a friend in Islamabad has finally made me understand why we need feminism
“What does it mean to be a feminist today?” someone once asked me. I answered, “I don’t know”, because, for a long time, I never quite identified with feminism. While at university in Britain, I’d long witnessed radical, third-wave feminists dominating the campuses. Though they insisted they believed in gender …
Read More »YouTube bans Sky News Australia for a week over alleged Covid misinformation
The one-week suspension was issued following a review of Sky News Australia’s “old videos,” the channel announced on Sunday. Under the terms of the temporary ban, for seven days, YouTube will allow no videos or livestreams to be posted by the channel, which has 1.86 million subscribers, and some earlier videos …
Read More »Jodie Whittaker’s torrid term in the TARDIS proves that, if Doctor Who hopes to have one, the future isn’t female
If you thought that Dr. Fauci was the most hated Doctor in the world, you would be mistaken. That title belongs to Jodie Whittaker and her portrayal of the thirteenth incarnation of Doctor Who. To Whovians around the globe, when an actor announces they are stepping down from the iconic …
Read More »Ukraine president Zelensky lauds ‘wonderful’ Svitolina for winning 1st Olympic tennis medal since independence with epic comeback
World number six Svitolina lost five games in a row to 22-year-old Kazakh Andreyevna Rybakina early in the women’s singles bronze medal match, battling back to narrowly avoid a straight sets defeat by taking the second on a 7-5 tie-break. The 26-year-old, who recently married fellow tennis star Gael Monfils, was …
Read More »‘We no longer have luxury of half-measures’: French hospital union chief calls for mandatory vaccination of everyone
“We no longer have the luxury of taking half-measures,” Frederic Valletoux, the head of the Hospital Federation of France (FHF) and the mayor of Fontainebleau, told Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper. “Everywhere, the indicators are going up again. The context of the epidemic shows us the limits of intermediate measures.” …
Read More »Universities are now more interested in indoctrinating students to accept diversity than in teaching them about their history
In higher education, diversity first emerged as a desirable value. It then became a dogma. On campuses, it has finally turned into a veritable industry. A new report on the promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), titled ‘Diversity University: DEI Bloat in the Academy’ provides compelling evidence that the …
Read More »UK debates usefulness of Latin after government expands teaching of language to state schools to break ‘elitist’ reputation
Latin lessons will be introduced in 40 schools from September next year as part of a scheme by the Department of Education to make the language more accessible for state school students, who, unlike their private-school counterparts, do not typically have the option of learning it. In a statement on …
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