The city of Montclair, located in California’s Pomona Valley, has decreed that starting next week, employees who want to work without a mask will have to wear a sticker showing they’ve had a Covid shot. According to City Manager Edward Starr, the policy is designed to ensure that Montclair is …
Read More »Belgium’s South Korea envoy recalled ‘without delay’ after wife’s SECOND brawl with locals
While the ministry told Politico on Wednesday that the circumstances of the dust-up “remain unclear,” Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes said that after yet another incident, Ambassador Peter Lescouhier should “return to Belgium without further delay,” citing Brussels’ “desire to maintain excellent relations with the Republic of Korea.” The move came …
Read More »20 years & not even a note?! US left Bagram Air Base in middle of the night without telling new Afghan commander – reports
“We [heard] some rumor that the Americans had left Bagram… and finally by seven o’clock in the morning, we understood that it was confirmed,” the base’s new commander, Gen. Mir Asadullah Kohistani, told the Associated Press on Tuesday. The electricity had been shut off and the Americans gone for over …
Read More »US Supreme Court overturns ‘permission slip’ for cops to enter homes without warrants in new ruling
The case that led to the ruling may have seemed minor, but it could have major repercussions for policing going forward. In a unanimous vote, the Supreme Court ruled that police had violated a California man’s rights when they entered his garage after pursuing him for allegedly playing music too …
Read More »Apple warns looming EU legislation allowing ‘sideloading’ apps without App Store will ‘destroy’ iPhone security
The US-based tech giant, which currently requires apps to be downloaded to devices through its proprietary App Store, would be forced to allow “sideloading” – permitting users to download apps themselves without going through the Apple-controlled central marketplace – under the proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA) awaiting passage in the …
Read More »Autonomous drones may have ‘hunted down’ and attacked troops in Libya without human control – UN report
According to the report, anti-government Libyan National Army fighters, under military commander Khalifa Haftar, were retreating last March following an unsuccessful attack on Tripoli, when they ran into a swarm of terrifying aerial opponents. They were “hunted down” by unmanned drones, as well as “lethal autonomous weapons systems,” the latter of …
Read More »CDC, Fauci say vaccinated people can resume normal activities without masking up… with a few exceptions
“If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. We have all longed for this moment, when we can get back to some sense of normalcy,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday. Fully vaccinated people now do …
Read More »‘They’re coming to kill us’: Canada’s Rebel News CANCELED by PayPal without notice, founder says
“Look, this isn’t a mistake. It’s a cancel culture attack on the largest independent news agency in Canada. It’s censorship,” Levant announced on Thursday, in a fundraising appeal for legal fees to sue PayPal. “They’re finally coming to kill us,” the Rebel News account tweeted. According to Levant, PayPal sent …
Read More »‘Starship has landed’: WATCH Elon Musk’s rocket touch down WITHOUT exploding
“Starship landing nominal!” Musk tweeted on Wednesday, after the SN15 vessel successfully touched down on the landing pad in Boca Chica, Texas – just north of the border with Mexico. The 150-foot (45 meter) tall SN15 had taken off at 5:24 pm local time (10:24 GMT) and flew to the …
Read More »Sofagate: Von der Leyen ‘surprised’ after embarrassingly left without a chair at EU summit with Turkish president
Speaking on Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen’s spokesperson, Eric Mamer, said his boss should have been treated equally to European Council President Charles Michel during a meeting which saw the European Commission president left sitting alone on a sofa during their meeting with the Turkish leader. The incident has already …
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