Chicago public schools are set to continue in-person classes after the city’s teachers union backed a plan with the local school district to establish new pandemic safety measures, ending a standoff that lasted nearly a week. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) House of Delegates voted to resume face-to-face learning on …
Read More »‘Clown and visionary’ named Time’s Person of the Year
With a net worth of $250 billion, Musk became the world’s richest person this year, the magazine pointed out in an article setting out the reasons for its choice. The 50-year-old’s rocket company, SpaceX, has beaten Boeing and all its other rivals to “own America’s spacefaring future,” it said, while …
Read More »NZ says ‘yes’ to 25-person orgies as part of new Covid rules
Speaking in an interview with New Zealand’s Seven Sharp on Friday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that the traffic light system, which is being implemented as the country reopens from strict Covid-19 measures, would allow for the most intimate of gatherings. Having been asked to explain some of the finer …
Read More »Waukesha parade incident: Police say 20+ people injured, ‘person of interest’ identified
Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson revealed that over 20 people suffered injuries in wake of the incident at the holiday parade on Sunday afternoon, that saw a red SUV breaking through police barriers and ramming into parade-goers, including a marching band. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Read More »Man dies in Moscow Metro while saving person who jumped in front of train
The tragedy occurred at Skhodnenskaya Station in the northwestern part of the Russian capital. A video recorded by the CCTV camera showed a man suddenly rushing towards the edge of the platform in an apparent attempt to jump in front of an arriving train. A second man is then seen …
Read More »‘No sane person’ believes in ‘freedom of speech’ in the West, RT editor-in-chief says as YouTube censors German-language channels
The purportedly permanent removal of the two YouTube channels, RT DE and Der Fehlende Part, followed a broad campaign against RT’s operations waged by German media and government officials, Simonyan insisted on Wednesday. The effort stemmed from the rapid audience growth the now-defunct channels have enjoyed, she believes. “Before the removal …
Read More »Head of Russia’s Emergency Ministry dies in line of duty after ‘saving a person’s life’ in exercises near Arctic city of Norilsk
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Read More »THIRD person dies in Japan after receiving Moderna Covid vaccine from batch recalled over stainless steel contamination
The man, 49, got his second Covid-19 jab on August 11 and was pronounced dead the following morning, local media reported, citing the Health Ministry. It is so far unclear if his death was linked to the vaccination. It is also unknown if the deceased had any underlying health conditions …
Read More »‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ can lead to rape? That’s it, will the last person to leave Planet Woke please turn out the lights?
Imagine the woke paradise of the future. The Taliban in Afghanistan would certainly recognise it, they brook no deviation from their strict interpretation of Islam and will destroy you if you don’t go along with them. That’s because ‘God’ says that this is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Likewise …
Read More »CIA chief held secret in-person talks with Taliban leader in Kabul, media says, as evacuation deadline looms
Burns conducted face-to-face talks with the Taliban’s de facto leader Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul on Monday, the Washington Post reported, citing US officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The CIA declined to comment on the report. A spokesperson for the agency told Axios last week that Burns …
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