French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on Twitter that the assailant was detained by an off-duty police officer and an off-duty corrections officer who were at the store when the attack happened. A video posted on social media purportedly shows the moment of the knifeman’s arrest. News channel LCI reported …
Read More »“I’m the only Muslim in the world who’s blown up a market and got away with it,” says provocative British filmmaker Rizwan Wadan
A video of a Muslim blowing up a crowded market could be seen as reinforcing a stereotype, but not to Rizwan Wadan of Pixeleyed Pictures. He’s the driving force behind the Error in Terror campaign, which has just launched a controversial new video. Clocking in at under two minutes, it …
Read More »Police charge 15-yo boy wih murder of 15-yo Tamim Ian Habimana amid spate of teenage stabbings in London
The suspect, identified as ‘A’, and a 14-year-old boy, ‘B’, were arrested in connection with the murder on Friday. Both remain in custody at a police station, the Met said in a statement. ‘A’ is scheduled to appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court later on Saturday. “I hope this reassures both …
Read More »Removal of Confederate statue in Charlottesville causes division, with protesters calling it an erasure of history
In 2017, the proposed removal of the statue led to the infamous Charlottesville Unite the Right rally, during which a protester against the event was killed during a car attack. Now, nearly four years after the rally, Charlottesville, Virginia has taken down the statue, with Mayor Nikuyah Walker calling it …
Read More »Breast-binding woke icon Emma Corrin is far more of a threat to young girls than the Page 3 ‘stunnas’ who bared their boobs
Unlike most other body parts, breasts are subject to the vagaries of fashion. One year, 1930s-inspired androgyny is all the rage; the next it’s hourglass curves we’re after. Honestly, it’s hard for a girl to keep up. But if changing fashion wasn’t enough to contend with, there’s politics too. And …
Read More »March against homophobia staged in Barcelona week after gay man Samuel Luiz beaten to death (VIDEO)
The rally in the Catalonia capital was organized by several local pro-LGBT and anti-hate groups. Police put the attendance at around 500, while organizers said as many as 2,500 joined the procession, which started at 5pm local time and lasted for several hours. The activists waved various Pride-themed flags and …
Read More »Russia’s ‘liberal’ opposition goes to war again… with itself: Yabloko tells SUPPORTERS of Navalny it doesn’t want their votes
“It was impossible to gather twenty people of whom ten weren’t enemies of the other ten. And if they weren’t, they soon were.” So said the Russian emigre writer Teffi in her short story ‘Gorodok,’ or ‘Little Town’. The aristocratic satirist was parodying the political divisions of the inter-war Russian …
Read More »US continues to commit ‘gross human rights violations’ both at home & abroad despite branding itself as global leader, says Moscow
This goes against America’s self-declared image of itself as a “global leader” in the protection of rights and freedoms around the world, Moscow said. In a lengthy report published on Thursday, Russia accused the US of “continuing to grossly violate human rights both inside and outside the country,” including through …
Read More »Lebanon’s Pfizer & AstraZeneca vaccination marathon canceled due to lack of electricity and internet connection at sites
A weekend vaccination drive in Lebanon was postponed due to a blackout at the The event planned for Saturday has been canceled due to “technical reasons related to the internet and electricity outage in most [vaccination] centers,” the Lebanese Vaccine Executive Committee said. The agency announced that the marathon has …
Read More »Billionaires’ space race: Bezos’ Blue Origin dunks on Branson’s Virgin Galactic ahead of crewed flight, saying it doesn’t count
The company of former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted a couple of infographics favorably comparing its primary craft to the one used by Virgin Galactic. “None of our astronauts have an asterisk next to their name,” Blue Origin bragged, referring to the fact that its competitor’s flight altitude only constitutes …
Read More »