A passenger jet operated by Kiev’s SkyUp Airlines had to abort its flight from Portugal to the Ukrainian capital on Saturday after the aircraft’s Irish-based owner prohibited it from entering Ukraine’s airspace. The move comes amid claims from Western governments and media alleging that Russia is poised to invade Ukraine …
Read More »Biden told to scare Russia with new sanctions
Former US State Department and national security officials have argued that President Joe Biden must forestall a potential Russian attack on Ukraine by threatening Moscow with “major and painful” sanctions. A group of 24 former US national security officials and diplomats urged the West to “widen its political counteroffensive” against …
Read More »Bomb scare at mall as shoplifter shows grenade (VIDEOS)
The booming trade ahead of New Year celebrations was disrupted at the Metropolis shopping mall, located in the northwest of Russia’s capital, on Sunday evening due to the dramatic shoplifting incident. The bomb scare began when security of one of the mall’s outlets caught a suspected thief, who reportedly stole …
Read More »Aim of Assange’s prosecution is to ‘scare others’ – Rafael Correa to RT
“It’s such a paradox that on the International Human Rights Day a tremendous attack was committed on the human rights of a journalist – for the sin of having told the truth,” Rafael Correa, who ruled Ecuador between 2007 and 2017, told in an interview to RT Spanish, where he hosted …
Read More »CDC expands Covid-19 booster advice amid Omicron scare
“Everyone ages 18 and older should get a booster shot either when they are six months after their initial Pfizer or Moderna series or two months after their initial J&J vaccine,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement on Monday. Citing “early data from South Africa” where the …
Read More »‘Bomb scare’ forces Ryanair jet to make emergency landing in Belarus, authorities detain wanted editor of banned Telegram channel
Roman Protasevich is the editor of Belamova, a Telegram channel established last year by Igor Losik, a consultant for US state-run media organisation RFE/RL. Belamova was effectively outlawed last month, after a court in the eastern Belarusian city of Gomel declared it an “extremist” organization. Losik was arrested last summer …
Read More »So much for a Covid baby boom: A big drop in the number of kids being born shows what happens if you scare people about the future
When the UK first went into lockdown in March 2020, the fact that we were all stuck at home most of the time with nothing much to do led many people to assume that the pandemic might lead to a ‘baby boom.’ How much could we ‘Netflix and chill’ and …
Read More »‘Why don’t you come up with a new scare tactic?’ Nikki Haley roasted for declaring ‘socialism’ the soon-to-be Dem ‘default policy’
“2020 was the year socialism went mainstream,” the Republican politician tweeted, adding that it was a “dangerous ideology, which has failed everywhere it has been tried & ruined countless lives.” With the Biden administration taking the reins, “now is the time to renew the fight for capitalism,” Haley added. The …
Read More »There are thousands of Covid strains, so this new scare is NOT a big deal, but politicians just love their new authoritarianism
Let me set the scene. The world (we are told) is in the grip of a deadly plague. Health services (we are told) are on the brink of collapse. And just when you think things cannot get any worse, the horrific news comes down from on high that our invisible …
Read More »Creepy pictures can scare of brave souls. Photo
They seemed to reveal all sorts of phobias. Each of us has a special animosity, which we can not bear to endure. Some people can not stand the sounds of chewing food, and they can fly into a rage at the slightest sound of chomping. Other annoying seeing a single …
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