A petition calling on Hollywood to “ban the use of real firearms on film sets” received nearly 10,000 signatures following the incident, and support from actor Xander Berkeley, actress Tara Platt, and cinematographer Eben Bolter. “There’s no reason to have guns loaded with blanks or anything on set anymore. Should …
Read More »Up to 200 Americans still stranded in Afghanistan, State Dept says, nearly 2 months after ending Kabul evacuation mission
Between 100 and 200 Americans who wish to leave the country are still stuck there, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters during a Friday press briefing, claiming the numbers are “far from static” and are “constantly changing.” “Any figure, any precise figure is nothing more than a momentary snapshot …
Read More »There’s still fire in the public’s belly, and we’re seeing more and more of it as Covid fatigue grows
The derogatory use of the word ‘sheep’ – both singular and collective – was herded into vogue over the last couple of years, as Covid-19 debates made easy use of the ovine insult. Whether it was conspiracy theorists and anti-vaccination crusaders looking to belittle anyone in a mask and seeking …
Read More »Taliban recognition still off the table for Berlin, Merkel says as EU pledges $1.2 billion in aid to Afghanistan
The Taliban militants did not form the inclusive government required by the international community, the chancellor said on Tuesday following a G20 video conference. The question of the Taliban’s political recognition is, thus, not on her agenda for the moment, she added. “Nevertheless, there should and must be talks,” she …
Read More »US is only country in the world still hanging on to chemical weapons, Russia says, after Washington unveils ‘Novichok’ questions
On Tuesday, Moscow’s embassy in Washington issued a fiery statement after the US and 44 other countries presented a series of answers from Russia over the incident as part of a missive passed over to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Navalny and his German doctors insist …
Read More »‘Alive and well’: Border Patrol horse unit still operates despite being banned by Biden admin after ‘whipping’ hoax, media reports
The only change that was made after the US Department of Homeland Security suspended use of horse-mounted patrols last week was that the equestrian unit stopped working on the banks of the Rio Grande River near Del Rio, Texas, the Washington Examiner reported on Friday, citing an unidentified Border Patrol …
Read More »‘We’re in the middle of a pandemic’: Psaki claims Biden still expelling refugees… because of Trump’s ‘bleach’ comments?
While defending the Biden administration’s decision to continue a Trump-era policy of expelling asylum seekers, Psaki argued that Title 42 was a public health issue the White House would have made much better progress on, if not for Trump. Psaki was referring to an April 2020 briefing in which Trump …
Read More »Elon Musk and Grimes split to cavalcade of memes, insisting they still ‘love each other’ and will co-parent ‘Baby X’
The SpaceX tycoon and Tesla founder told entertainment-news website Page Six on Friday that, though the pair are “semi-separated,” they remain close – indeed, he said, she was currently staying with him, and “Baby X” was “in the adjacent room.” Baby X would appear to be Daddy’s moniker for X …
Read More »How do you deal with the Taliban? With West still reeling from militants’ victory in Afghanistan, Russia & China are taking charge
The lasting effects of the Taliban’s rapid re-conquest of Afghanistan, ending with their seizure of the city in the middle of August, are still unfolding. What comes next for the country, and for its place in the world, is still to be decided. One piece of wishful thinking already debunked …
Read More »‘He’s still sleeping’: Musk mocks Biden for ‘ignoring’ SpaceX’s historic all-civilian orbital mission
While it lasted only three days, the space flight was widely touted as the world’s first and progressive in many ways, so one might think the achievement deserved at least a nod from the White House. But one of Musk’s followers noted that the “President of the United States has …
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