The British Royal Marines are to take over some of the “traditional” roles of the nation’s special forces units – the Special Air Service (SAS) and Special Boat Service (SBS) – as they are preparing for some new “higher risk” counter-state tasks, Totten said. The brigadier himself is in command …
Read More »‘Does the bra double as a bulletproof vest?’ M&S ridiculed for launch of ‘inclusive’ lingerie range inspired by George Floyd
In a press statement on Monday, the retailer proudly unveiled its new “nothing neutral about it” lingerie range, claiming to offer its customers “more colours, more sizes and more choice.” It boasted that it had always led the way on “inclusivity”, offering sizes from six to 24 and employing “representative …
Read More »Fewer nukes stockpiled in 2021, but more of them primed for launch, as US and Russia upgrade arsenals, arms watchdog reports
At the start of the year, there were around 13,080 nuclear weapons stockpiled by nine nations – the US, Russia, the UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea – which is down from 13,400 a year prior, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported on Monday. Yet, …
Read More »Police launch probe after man claims officers drove NAILS into his hands & feet for flouting mask mandate (VIDEO)
A resident of the city of Bareilly, the 28-year-old man was seen with a large nail sticking out of his hand in a video making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday. The man’s mother told local media he was taken into custody after a scuffle with police, who …
Read More »IDF jets launch ‘extensive attacks’ on Gaza as violence enters 2nd week
“Our fighter jets are currently striking terror targets in Gaza,” the IDF tweeted around 2am Monday, amid reports of Israeli warplanes targeting dozens of locations all across the Gaza Strip. There were also reports of several Hamas rocket interceptions over Israel earlier on Sunday night, although on a much smaller scale …
Read More »Israeli TV reports DIRECT HIT on Tel Aviv building as Palestinians launch ‘hundreds’ of rockets from Gaza (VIDEO)
According to regional media, at least 130 rockets have been fired from Gaza on Tuesday evening, targeting Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities. Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, launched “hundreds” of rockets, the Gaza-based Shehab news agency reported. Palestinians said the barrage is a response to the destruction …
Read More »Not another SNL skit? SpaceX to launch DOGE-1 satellite TO THE MOON in 2022, Elon Musk says
Musk repeatedly plugged Dogecoin during this Saturday’s episode of the SNL, but even before the skit where he pronounced it “a hustle” (jokingly or not) came to its punchline, the cryptocurrency plummeted by almost 30%. READ MORE: ‘It’s a hustle’: Elon Musk DESTROYS Dogecoin as he brings crypto memes to …
Read More »Elon Musk’s comedy debut crashes and burns on the SNL launch pad, but the mission was ultimately a success for him
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk guest hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’ last night and if laughs were rocket fuel, he wouldn’t make it to New Jersey never mind Mars. To Musk’s great credit, he was totally out of his element but gave it his all and even poked fun at himself, but …
Read More »WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket take off with 36 satellites in a launch commemorating Gagarin’s historic space flight
The rocket took off at 7.14 a.m. local time (2214 GMT) on Sunday. The launch went without a hitch, with all the rocket’s stages detaching according to the schedule. The head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin later confirmed that all 36 satellites successfully separated from the carrier. “The …
Read More »Georgia & Ukraine launch ‘remarkable’ attack on academic freedom after Russian invited by Irish professor to talk about… Russia
Donnacha Ó Beacháin is an internationally-respected professor with extensive experience teaching students about politics in the countries that once formed the Soviet Union. He was targeted by two diplomats who claimed that his program, named ‘Russia and the post-Soviet space’, was spreading “disinformation and Russian propaganda narratives.” Georgia and Ukraine, …
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