According to the TASS news agency, about 100 people from various far-right nationalist groups participated in a celebration of the military division’s 77th anniversary. In response to the march, the country’s second largest parliamentary grouping ‘Opposition Platform – For Life’ asked for a “tough reaction” against the Nazis, and demanded …
Read More »FAA issues Boeing with new airworthiness directive to fix electrical issues with troubled 737 MAX model
The safety regulator issued a new airworthiness directive to Boeing on Wednesday after the US manufacturer earlier said it had paused deliveries of the 737 MAX model to allow time for the electrical issues to be fixed. The problem, which affects 106 Boeing planes globally, including 71 in the US, …
Read More »Juror in Chauvin trial goes on cable news tour, says jury felt ‘no pressure’ to arrive at guilty verdict
Mitchell, who was juror 52, went on a cable news tour Wednesday, making appearances on CNN, ABC News’ Good Morning America and CBS’ This Morning. He told CBS’ Gayle King that he and his fellow jurors felt no outside pressure to arrive at guilty verdicts for Chauvin. “I don’t think …
Read More »China launches core module of its planned PERMANENT space station into orbit (VIDEOS)
Carried on a Long March 5B rocket, China’s ‘Tianhe’ module was sent into orbit on Thursday, the first of three major components for the new space station. The launch, which appeared to go off without a hitch, was broadcast on state TV. Tianhe, which means ‘Harmony of the Heavens’, will …
Read More »Angry Renault workers take bosses ‘hostage’ for 12 hours in bid to block factory sale
Around 350 employees picketing Renault’s Fonderie de Bretagne factory in Brittany held seven managers “hostage” on Tuesday as they prevented them from leaving work. The incident comes after the automaker announced plans to sell or close the facility. Following several attempts to convince the workers to release their “hostages,” the executives were …
Read More »FDR’s Second Coming? Biden’s vision of America’s future is straight out of the 1930s
Wednesday night’s speech to the joint session of Congress was uncharacteristically long for Biden, clocking in at over an hour. However, it was very much his speech, including occasional shouting and emotional manipulation woven throughout. Someone’s cell phone rang at one point, echoing around the mostly empty chamber. Only 200 …
Read More »Biden singles out ‘white supremacist terrorism’ as the most lethal threat to America, as he pushes for gun control & police reform
Using a discussion about America’s “forever wars” to segue into domestic matters during his speech on Wednesday night, Biden said that while the “terrorist threat” had been “degraded” in Afghanistan, local white supremacist groups now pose the most “lethal” threat to the “homeland,” citing the word of US intelligence agencies. …
Read More »Chicago releases GRAPHIC video of police shooting Anthony Alvarez amid calls for foot pursuit reform
Footage released on Wednesday by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) is stitched together from officer body cameras and commercial and residential security cameras, showing Alvarez running away when a police car turned on its lights at a gas station. He fled into a residential neighborhood, and officers chased …
Read More »Off to live on a cyberfarm? NYPD retires robot cop dog after public outcry over ‘creepy’ & ‘dystopian’ tech
Deputy police commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism John Miller told the New York Times on Wednesday that the robot, named “Digidog” by the department, would no longer be used, saying a contract with its creator was cancelled after the canine became a “target” for public criticism. “People had figured out …
Read More »Supersoldiers & AI generals? Top Space Force scientist says Pentagon must adopt ‘human augmentation’ tech to beat out adversaries
At an event hosted by the Airforce Research Laboratory (AFRL) on Wednesday, Dr. Joel Mozer, chief scientist for the Space Force, said “superhuman” technologies are on the horizon, insisting the US “cannot afford to lag in this area.” “In the last century, Western civilization transformed from an industrial-based society to …
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