Police unions in Germany have expressed their opposition to the legalization of possession and consumption of weed, in no uncertain terms. No such measures are planned for the near future, but law enforcement are apparently concerned with it being potentially included in the new ruling coalition agenda. “There has to …
Read More »More US soldiers killed themselves in few months than died from Covid-19 since start of pandemic, Pentagon reveals
Between the beginning of April and the end of June 2021, there were 139 total military suicides – 99 in active service, 14 among reservists, and 26 in the National Guard – says the latest report from the Defense Suicide Prevention Office (DSPO). The statistics released show a 46% surge …
Read More »British army to start delivering fuel to pumps next week, amid claims gas shortage ‘under control’ to quell panic buying
The so-called “Operation Escalin” will initially involve mobilising more than 200 soldiers, including 100 drivers, to deliver fuel to petrol station forecourts, defence secretary Ben Wallace announced on Friday. The Army fuel shipments will start arriving at stations on Monday. The move comes just two days after Prime Minister Boris …
Read More »It’s time for action on illegal migrants before the bodies start washing up on British shores
I remember being in the European Parliament when awful photographs of dead migrants being washed up on Turkish and Greek beaches began to be beamed around the world. It was a dreadful situation, because although our hearts went out to those who had perished in the Mediterranean, we also knew that …
Read More »US-Turkey relations ‘not healthy’ and failed to ‘start well with Biden,’ Erdogan says
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, Turkey’s president touched on the frosty relations between his government and the US, signaling it was up to the latter to fix the situation. The ongoing F-35 debacle remains the main problem in bilateral …
Read More »Rosatom to start setting up wind power stations across Russia, its press service says
“The current program for power supply agreements [under which the development of renewable energy sources is supported by the authorities] has been planned already, whereas, for the program for power-supply agreements 2.0, we are considering all possible territories of the country,” the source said. The list of regions for wind-power …
Read More »Thirty years ago, the START-1 nuclear deal made the world a safer place: Now, the US & Russia risk returning to an atomic standoff
When it entered into effect three years later, there was no USSR left. Nevertheless, its ambitious terms sought to draw a line under the steady increases in long-range nuclear weapons that had characterized the Cold War. Even more importantly, the pact actually reduced their numbers significantly, as cooler heads prevailed …
Read More »‘Bloody ridiculous’: Shambolic scenes as BOAT blocks start of men’s Olympic triathlon race in Tokyo (VIDEO)
As the 56 competitors lined up to begin the race, around half of them found their path still blocked by a vessel which was adjacent to the start platform. A host of athletes dived into the water to launch their bid for Olympic glory after the starting signal sounded – …
Read More »Republicans won’t win the culture war if they clutch their pearls and start moralizing just because a porn star agreed with them
There is no question the future of the Republican Party has been up in the air since Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election. Will they embrace the fiery, no-apologies strategy of Trump going forward? Will they continue to worship the man and see him as their only hope for …
Read More »X gender on my passport instead of male or female is just the start: I want to identify as a dolphin
Imagine if ALL your problems, all the worries that have ever niggled you in your whole life could just be washed away by replacing a single word with an ‘X’, just the one mind you: get rid of male/female, for example, and the world is a perfect place. This seems …
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