Earlier on Sunday, Taliban fighters made their way into Kabul, which had remained the now-defunct Afghan government’s last stronghold, after a largescale offensive in recent weeks saw the radical group seizing all other major urban areas in the country and encircling the capital. The gains by the militants occurred amid …
Read More »Large oil spill off Russia’s southern Black Sea coast prompts criminal investigation
The country’s Investigative Committee opened a case on Wednesday, saying it would investigate the incident following massive public uproar in Russia. The oil spill was first noticed off the coast near the port city of Novorossiysk on August 7. According to preliminary data, the oil leaked into the sea from …
Read More »SWASTIKA in State Department elevator prompts condemnations from Blinken, Israel
“Unfortunately, late yesterday a swastika was found carved in an elevator in our building here, at the State Department,” Deputy Spokesperson Jalina Porter told reporters on Tuesday. “This graffiti has been removed and the incident will be investigated,” she added. The crudely carved symbol was discovered inside Elevator 36 at …
Read More »UK head teacher prompts outrage, heated debate after revealing her school ban on ‘sexist’ expressions like ‘boys and girls’
Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, who heads the Anderton Park primary school in Birmingham, told the Good Morning Britain show on Thursday that students as young as three are taught to reject the use of the banned expressions by holding up posters. The program – which has stoked fierce debate among parents – …
Read More »80 pounds of EXPLOSIVES used in ‘gender reveal party’ prompts EARTHQUAKE reports in NH town
Some residents of Kingston said they suspected that an earthquake had occurred after the ground began to tremor on Tuesday evening, leading to property damage. But the real culprit was 80 pounds of Tannerite, an over-the-counter explosive target used for firearm practice, that had been detonated in a nearby quarry …
Read More »WHO ‘awaiting’ J&J Covid vaccine reviews as US suspension prompts drug maker to delay Europe rollout amid blood clot fears
“We’re watching closely, waiting for EMA (European Medicines Agency) and FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) reviews and monitoring the global database of adverse event reports to see if there have been cases anywhere else,” the WHO said in a statement to Reuters. On Tuesday, the FDA announced the suspension …
Read More »Nationwide weapon amnesty prompts citizen to turn TANK and ARTILLERY GUN over to the authorities (PHOTOS)
The police joked on Twitter that when they used a tank in a video clip to promote the policy earlier this year they couldn’t have imagined that someone would take the message so literally. But a man from the northern Hradec Kralove region did confess to the police that he …
Read More »‘Bring meth-making jobs back to America’: US senator’s nostalgia for ‘homegrown meth’ prompts mockery
“There is a flood of Mexican meth, Mexican heroin, Mexican fentanyl,” Daines said during a visit to the southern border with fellow Republican lawmakers. “Twenty years ago in Montana, meth was homemade. It was homegrown. And you had purity levels less than 30 percent. Today the meth that is getting …
Read More »Fans concerned for Barca boss Koeman after second NOSEBLEED prompts premature end to presser – before cause is clarified
Speaking to the press on Friday, Koeman was seen wiping blood from his nose several times and attempting to continue before having to leave the gathering. Reports said it was the second time Koeman, 57, had been afflicted by the problem in recent weeks as some sections of the Barca …
Read More »‘Blackout challenge’: Death of child participating in TikTok game prompts investigation by Italian authorities
The girl passed away in Palermo, Italy on Wednesday. She was found by her younger sister after the viral challenge she was reportedly attempting to recreate went tragically wrong. The ‘blackout challenge’ has been criticized and discouraged by medical officials after young people started choking themselves on camera in an …
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