The accident happened late on Saturday as a rented Mercedes S500 was carrying Sobchak and two of her associates from the ski resort town of Krasnaya Polyana, a key site of the 2014 Winter Olympics, to Sochi airport. Sobchak had apparently been in Sochi to host a corporate event. The …
Read More »French teenager arrested for trying to enter hospital with President Emmanuel Macron’s vaccine passport – media
The 19-year-old presented Macron’s QR code at the door of a hospital in Marseille earlier this week, but didn’t fool security guards, who let him enter before calling the police. The teen was then arrested and taken into police custody, according to multiple reports in French media. He was later …
Read More »‘THIS is the government’s priorities?’: California mandates gender-neutral aisles in toy stores
The bill, signed into law by Newsom on Saturday, will require toy retailers and chains with more than 500 employees to display toys traditionally marketed at girls or boys together in a special area of floor space. This area can be “labeled at the discretion of the retailer,” according to …
Read More »Shelves stripped bare across UK as Brits rush to panic-buy ahead of Christmas
About eight million Britons were unable to purchase essential food for two weeks between September 22 and October 3, while one in six said they were struggling to find non-essential items, according to data tracked by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Two-thirds of British shoppers polled by retail magazine …
Read More »‘Teaching kids about race & gender? You’re stealing their innocence’: The American mom sued for asking a school why it teaches CRT
Four months ago, Rhode Island mom Nicole Solas, 38, asked the principal of her child’s kindergarten whether the kids would be learning about critical race theory (CRT). Not all parents in the US are happy about its being taught, with some being concerned it focuses on skin colour rather than individual …
Read More »As Turkey turns away from Biden & towards Putin, the US-led NATO military bloc is on the rocks due to American ambitions in Syria
However, while backing competing factions in bloody fighting across the Middle Eastern nation, the conflict has paradoxically brought the two powers closer together. So close, it seems, that even NATO is worrying about it. A major breakthrough in relations between Moscow and Ankara was evident when Turkey purchased Russia’s S-400 …
Read More »Trump blasts Biden for compromising US energy security as Washington turns to Russia & OPEC for more oil
“For the first time, we had secured our energy independence. Now they are asking OPEC, Russia, and other countries to send us some oil,” Donald Trump said, speaking at the ‘Save America’ rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on Saturday. “By the time I left office, we …
Read More »Forget YouTube imposters & throwback fights, Fury-Wilder classic proves boxing can shake off its identity crisis
Boxing has suffered from something of an identity crisis so far in 2021. The sport often proudly places itself in a privileged position compared to its combat sports peers, highlighting its so-called ‘sweet science’ and a storied lineage of pugilists and prizefighters dating back more than a century. But while …
Read More »California’s Newsom faces criticism after admitting 12yo daughter not jabbed amid own push for vaccine mandate for kids
Conservatives have been up in arms over the recent report that Newsom’s 12-year-old daughter has yet to get her Covid-19 jab despite her father publicly encouraging parents to vaccinate their children even though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to fully greenlight the immunization. Newsom told the Los …
Read More »Czech President Milos Zeman rushed to Central Military Hospital in ambulance right after meeting with PM Babis
The emergency vehicle that transported the president had markings on it that indicated it was a mobile ICU, eyewitnesses noted. In September, Zeman spent eight days in hospital, recovering from what he described as dehydration and mild exhaustion. The 77-year-old, who has been the head of state since 2013, started …
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