The incident happened at around 6:30pm when a group of music lovers gathered at Fernandez’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A man fired his rifle several times from the balcony of his apartment across the street, the LAPD said. No one was hurt in the shooting, with officers …
Read More »Facebook tech guru questions fight against misinformation
Andrew Bosworth, who leads technological research at Meta and is set to become the tech giant’s CTO next year, pushed back against critics who accuse social media like Facebook of harming society by failing to police speech on their platforms. “If your democracy can’t tolerate the speech of people, I’m …
Read More »Explosion at Russian convent school injuries at least 8, suspect reported dead
According to a source quoted by TASS, the presumed culprit has died due to blood loss. Citing an unnamed law enforcement source, the news agency reported that a man entered the site at around 8am and blew up the door of the Orthodox school located on the property. Police have identified …
Read More »Kentucky governor discloses real scale of tornado tragedy
Speaking to CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ on Sunday, Beshear provided an update on the destruction wrought in his state, which was the worst hit of multiple midwest states by the storm. He said the death toll currently stood at 80, but that he expected the number would rise and …
Read More »Indian beauty crowned Miss Universe 2021 in Israel
The 21-year-old actress-model from Punjab, India, outmatched her competitors in the final round after offering her advice to young women on “how to deal with the pressures they face today.” “The biggest pressure the youth of today is facing, is to believe in themselves,” she said. “To know that you …
Read More »Biden approval declining on most major issues – poll
Just 28% of US adults believe Biden is doing an adequate job in dealing with inflation, according to an ABC/Ipsos poll that was released on Sunday. Even among Democrats, only a slim majority (54%) give Biden a thumbs-up on inflation. A whopping 71% of independents disapprove – a troubling assessment …
Read More »President delegates power after contracting Covid
Ramaphosa’s office announced his condition on Sunday, saying the president, who is fully vaccinated, was tested after not feeling after “leaving the State Memorial Service in honor of former Deputy President FW de Klerk in Cape Town earlier today.” The president is currently self-isolating in Cape Town and he is …
Read More »Turkish leader calls out ‘main threat to democracy’
While social media networks were initially marketed as “a symbol of freedom,” they have become a menace to democratic society, Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared in a video message to a communications conference on Saturday, according to the Associated Press. “We try to protect our people, especially the vulnerable sections of …
Read More »Boris Johnson seeks to booster-jab all England adults by New Year
“Do not make the mistake of thinking Omicron can’t hurt you, can’t make you and your loved ones seriously ill,” Johnson warned, declaring that the variant was “doubling” in the UK. “No one should be in any doubt – there is a tidal wave of Omicron coming,” the PM said, …
Read More »Mayor admits ‘big legal questions’ over allowing non-citizens to vote
“I have mixed feelings,” de Blasio said on Sunday in a Fox News interview. “I’ve been very open about it on this law, and I think there are big legal questions, but I also respect the City Council. They made a decision.” He then tried to shift the conversation back …
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