After two decades and trillions of dollars dedicated to training the Afghan military to stand on its own two feet and prevail in combat against the Taliban and other Islamic insurgencies, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, was unable to provide a straight answer …
Read More »Hackers provide decryption tool to unlock IT systems of Irish health services after ransomware cyberattack
The move by the hackers was “an encouraging development,” the government said in a statement on Thursday. The country’s National Cyber Security Centre as well as private contractors were examining the provided tool to make sure it “would support restoration of our systems and rather than cause further harm,” the …
Read More »‘Almost like terrorists’? 3,500 ROUNDS of ammo, guns & SWORDS seized during raids on anti-lockdown activists in Austria
The Austrian law enforcement and domestic security services had launched a series of raids ahead of last weekend’s scheduled rally in Vienna, the Interior Ministry revealed on Thursday. The starting point for a probe was a Telegram chat frequented by the radical opponents of the Covid-19 lockdowns. The chat members …
Read More »Biden says US will help IDF ‘replenish Iron Dome,’ reiterates ‘full support’ to Israel in 1st speech after Gaza ceasefire
Reiterating Washington’s support for Israel’s “right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks” in a brief national address on Thursday evening, Biden said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “also shared with me his appreciation for the Iron Dome system, which our nations developed together and which has saved the lives of countless Israeli …
Read More »Ted Cruz bashed for retweeting mashup of Russian & US army recruiting ads and complaining about ‘emasculated’ US military
“Holy crap. Perhaps a woke, emasculated military is not the best idea…” Cruz tweeted on Thursday, above a video combining a Russian army recruitment ad with a recent US Army one. The minute-long mashup, originally posted on TikTok but retweeted on Wednesday, has already racked up nearly two million views. …
Read More »Wait, American universities are ‘right-wing institutions’? Does Teen Vogue publish facts or fairy tales?
That’s what University of Massachusetts Amherst professor Asheesh Kapur Siddique argued in a Teen Vogue feature published on Wednesday. If you thought Teen Vogue was about fast fashion and kissing tips for adolescent girls, dispense with that idea before diving in. The mag has taken a bizarre turn into identitarian …
Read More »For first time since 2017, Twitter re-opens verification for its best-behaved users
The social media giant announced the news on Thursday, stating over a series of tweets that verification would be immediately opened to the public, via a button on its app. Users who prove their identity, and whose accounts are deemed “authentic,” “notable” and “active” will be able to add the iconic …
Read More »EU reaches provisional deal for Covid-19 test & jab passports in major step for summer travel restart
The documentation will show if people have been vaccinated against the virus and if they’ve recently tested negative or recovered from infection, lawmakers said on Thursday, after a fourth round of negotiations. All EU nations will accept the passport, valid for 12 months, although it will not be a prerequisite …
Read More »Pelosi wants to boycott China Olympics over ‘human rights violations’ – but there’s an Israel-shaped log in her eye
As widely alleged but unaccountable war criminals go, Israel has held quite the enviable position for years, with the US serving as essentially a low-paid mercenary “daddy,” or bully-for-hire – one who can be called on to finish off from far away all fights Tel Aviv starts in its own …
Read More »‘I could hear their screams’: Inside Gaza’s Al-Wehda Street massacre
At roughly 1:30am on May 16, Israeli forces bombarded one of the best-kept neighbourhoods in Gaza without warning, killing at least 30 people and forever shattering the lives of its residents. The primary street hit that night, Al-Wehda Street, lies at the heart of the Al-Rimal area in Gaza City …
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