In a photo that ruffled many feathers, mostly among American conservatives, the members of Taliban’s commando unit Badri 313 are seen donning full camouflage and fancy tactical gear, including night vision goggles – seemingly recreating an iconic WWII photo of American troops raising the US flag atop Mount Suribachi during …
Read More »Eyebrow-raising and then some: new Android feature lets users control phones with facial expressions
Android users will gain the expanded ability to manipulate their phones with their facial expressions using a newly expanded Google feature called ‘Camera Switches’ that was recently included in the operating system’s Switch Access tool suite upgrade, XDA Developers reported on Sunday. Camera Switches previously allowed users to interact with …
Read More »Conservative pundit trolls AOC… by raising $50k for her grandma?
“Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her – my 1st time in a year+ [because] of COVID,” Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet on Wednesday, referring to her grandmother. The post also included two photos of her grandma’s house, in …
Read More »Australia’s puerile and provocative war-mongering towards China is raising the risk of all-out military conflict
Australia’s relationship with China has been in a state of crisis for the past year, and relations have degenerated even further over the past two weeks – despite attempts by China to ease tensions. Last week, Wang Xining, the Chinese deputy head of mission in Australia, took the unprecedented step …
Read More »Ex-CIA boss Brennan says Pentagon’s declassified UFO videos are ‘eyebrow-raising,’ advises ‘to keep an open mind’
“I’ve seen some of those videos from Navy pilots, and I must tell you that they are quite eyebrow-raising when you look at them,” Brennan said in a recent interview at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. Among the several recently-declassified videos was the so-called ‘tic tac’ craft captured on camera …
Read More »Covid rates in uni towns across UK are raising tensions among locals, but don’t blame the students – it’s fatcat bosses’ fault
In Nottingham, where I live, people are angry and upset by the recent restrictions that have seen the city and the surrounding county placed into tier two of the government’s three-tier classification system to try to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Many locals are blaming Nottingham’s students for the rapid …
Read More »Raising the retirement age to Supplement the budget of 21.5 billion rubles
MOSCOW, 3 Mar — RIA Novosti. The Russian budget could save 21.5 billion rubles due to the improvement of the pension system. About this newspaper “Izvestia” with reference to the analytical note prepared by the National rating Agency (NRA). It is emphasized that the effect of changes in pension legislation, …
Read More »Raising taxes will not. VAT will remain at 7 per cent. In Singapore
The government of Singapore has cancelled the VAT increase due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore also reported that some sectors of the economy will receive tax benefits in connection with the losses from the epidemic. SINGAPORE, February 18. /TASS/. The Singapore government has postponed plans …
Read More »The Federation Council approved raising the minimum wage
The Federation Council approved a law that from 1 January 2020 raises the minimum wage (SMIC). With the New year the minimum wage will be 12 thousand 130 roubles per month (currently 11 thousand 280 rubles). The law was passed by the Parliament on 12 December. Recall now the minimum …
Read More »New raising the retirement age is waiting for Russia in 5 years
After all the turmoil that has made the state over the past few years in the pension reform, perhaps the only hope of the Russians to a decent old age remained a non-state pension funds (NPF). Those who managed to transfer their accumulative part of pensions to the beginning of …
Read More »