The Covid pandemic has been a difficult time for all of us – except, of course, for documentary filmmakers, who seem to be living through the most booming of boom times. In recent months, two much-hyped HBO documentaries – Spike Lee’s‘NYC Epicenter: 9/11 – 2021 ½’and Nanfu Wang’s ‘In the …
Read More »US airstrike hits suicide bomber vehicle posing ‘imminent threat’ to Kabul airport – Pentagon
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid announced details of the strike on Sunday, shortly after US officials told Reuters that the American military had launched a “military strike” on suspected Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) militants. Mujahid said that the strike targeted a vehicle used by the would-be bombers, and US Central Command …
Read More »Russia is finally embracing the electric vehicle boom
Russia is expected to start work on its EV infrastructure creation, starting in Moscow. The city plans to install 200 EV charging stations annually, until 600 are established by 2023, beginning in 2021. The head of the city’s transport department, Maxim Liksutov, stated “There are around 2,000 (electric) cars in …
Read More »Spacecraft for sale: Russia’s Roscosmos agency advertises vehicle used to bring International Space Station crew back to Earth
The module is being sold by Glavkosmos, a subsidiary of Roscosmos created in 1985. According to its website, the purchase would be ideal for any aerospace exposition. It is the first time the state has sold such an artefact, and no price has been publicly listed. “If this object attracts …
Read More »US Capitol on lockdown after vehicle rams into 2 police officers, suspect in custody (WATCH LIVE)
“Someone rammed a vehicle into two” officers at the checkpoint on Constitution Avenue shortly after 1 pm on Friday, Capitol Police said. “A suspect is in custody. Both officers are injured. All three have been transported to the hospital.” Video from the scene showed a black car smashed against one …
Read More »Three police injured, SWAT vehicle damaged and local cars FLIPPED as Colorado university party turns violent (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
The violence occurred in the University Hill neighborhood of Boulder, Colorado on Saturday night, as hundreds of partygoers shot off fireworks and flouted social-distancing rules and mask-wearing advice. Police began receiving a slew of complaints about 7pm local time and by 8:30pm the SWAT team had arrived to begin clearing …
Read More »Dallas police rescinds memo for officers to ignore stolen vehicle, criminal mischief calls after it’s leaked online
The internal memo, that began making rounds online on Saturday, was to come into force Monday, January 4, and would have seen police officers no longer being dispatched to 911 calls dealing with stolen cars, criminal mischief, reckless damage, graffiti, runaway children and identity theft among other offences. The 911 …
Read More »‘Multiple’ people injured after vehicle ‘plows’ into Black Lives Matter protesters in New York
A NYPD spokesman confirmed that a vehicle “plowed” into the protesters at the corner of 39th Street and Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan on Friday afternoon, shortly after 4 pm local time. The injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, police added. Dozens of officers cordoned off the area after …
Read More »Blow for new Moldovan President Sandu as diplomatic vehicle caught trying to smuggle anabolic steroids across Ukrainian border
In a statement on Saturday, the Ukrainian government said that “the products were found in the cargo compartment of a minibus with license plates of the diplomatic corps.” It has also been reported that the vehicle had been stopped by Moldovan officials before leaving the country. Chisinau’s Foreign Ministry has …
Read More »Riot police with armored vehicle deployed to evict ‘anarcha-queer-feminist’ commune in Berlin (VIDEOS)
Dozens of police officers were deployed against the activists who had barricaded themselves inside an apartment complex in Berlin’s Friedrichshain district. An armored vehicle was seen outside the building as a police unit was positioned on the roof. Electricity and water were cut off in the complex. At 7am local …
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