Has Britain’s new foreign secretary registered on your radar yet? Liz Truss has only been in the role for three months, but she is unquestionably the most embarrassing top politician the UK has ever seen. That’s quite a claim, but it’s not unfounded. On Wednesday, she gave a speech to …
Read More »Going out in style: converted Tesla hearse makes its debut
The electric hearse, called the ‘Wisper’ (sic), produces zero emissions and will operate across almost 60 funeral branches run by the Portsmouth-based company Southern Co-op. The catafalque is reportedly being recharged at its sites using electricity from renewable sources. The service vehicle, measuring around 5.8 meters [19 feet] in length, …
Read More »US makes war promise to NATO members on ‘eastern flank’
However, Washington has pledged that it’s prepared to “bolster” members of its NATO military bloc. “We do not know whether Putin has made a decision about further military escalation in Ukraine, but we do know he’s putting in place the capacity to engage in such escalation should he decide to do …
Read More »Duterte-backed candidate makes sudden exit from presidential race
“I am withdrawing from the race. Having said this, I leave my fate to God and to the Filipino people as I vow to do my best every day to serve selflessly and tirelessly,” Senator Christopher ‘Bong’ Go told reporters in San Juan City on Tuesday. Go noted that his …
Read More »Biden admin makes move on paused vax mandate
“Delaying the Standard would likely cost many lives per day, in addition to large numbers of hospitalizations, other serious health effects,” the Department of Justice wrote to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The request comes as President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate faces emergency hearings, after the Fifth Circuit Court …
Read More »Restaurant chain invests all profits in bitcoin and makes a fortune
Quick-service restaurant chain Tahini’s, based in London, Ontario, which serves Middle Eastern cuisine, made its first investment in bitcoin in August 2020 when it cost around $12,000 per token. Despite recent drops, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization traded at over $56,390 early Tuesday morning, nearly five times higher …
Read More »Cop fired over Rittenhouse donation makes demand
Former Norfolk Police Lieutenant William Kelly has told The Daily Mail, in an interview given on the day Rittenhouse’s not-guilty verdict came in, that he deserves his job back from the “hypocrite” police chief who fired him. Kelly, 42, made headlines in April after it was revealed he’d donated to …
Read More »International Criminal Court makes surprise move in Philippines drug war probe
The ICC’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan said the probe was suspended after the Philippine government filed a request to defer the case earlier this month, according to court documents cited by Reuters on Friday. “The prosecution has temporarily suspended its investigative activities while it assesses the scope and effect of …
Read More »Israel will be destroyed if it makes any mistake with us, Iran warns
He went on to claim that while Tel Aviv may start an altercation with the Islamic Republic, it will be Iran that ends it. Should Israel make any mistake in its dealings with Tehran, Iran will only speed up its eradication, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh warned. Iran launched fresh military …
Read More »The new report on UK’s botched Covid strategy makes me so angry. It’s basically a catalogue of missteps that led to 150,000 deaths
The release of the highly anticipated parliamentary report offers no comfort whatsoever to the families and loved ones of those who have so far fallen victim to the Covid-19 virus in the UK. But it does make you angry. Very. Bloody. Angry. Parliamentary reports rarely give rise to much emotion. …
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