The six-day shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline network, the biggest fuel-carrying infrastructure facility in the United States, which supplies almost half of the gasoline and diesel that the East Coast consumes, was prompted by a ransomware cyberattack. The attack forced the Colonial Pipeline Company, the pipeline’s operator, to halt supplies …
Read More »2yo girl hurt in Chicago drive-by shooting, hours after city’s gun violence left 5 teens & young boy with gunshot wounds
The shooting occurred around 7pm local time on Friday near the steps of the Cook County courthouse in Chicago’s Southwest Side. The toddler was sitting in the back seat of a car when someone drove up and fired shots from another vehicle, police said. The little girl was hospitalized with …
Read More »The next big things: Plus-size models grace catwalks & Playboy covers as ‘fat acceptance’ movement starts to win its battle
Kat Henry – whose Instagram page is here – came third in last year’s Miss Great Britain beauty pageant. Her dress size is 16-18, and she’s FAT. That three letter F-word used to be taboo, but there’s now a burgeoning ‘fat acceptance’ movement sweeping the world. The new emphasis has …
Read More »Semiconductor chip shortage expected to cost automakers $110 billion in revenues in 2021
The New York-based consultancy has raised the previous outlook by 81.5%. In January, AlixPartners expected the shortage to cost the industry $60.6 billion in revenue. The group expects global car production to drop by 3.9 million units this year – up from the 2.2 million vehicle production cut projected in …
Read More »Violent extremists could ‘exploit’ lifting of Covid-19 restrictions & attack large gatherings, US officials warn
The DHS released the new National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin on Friday. The DHS said that extremists motivated by racial and ethnic hatred have in the past attacked “houses of worship and crowded commercial facilities or gatherings.” The agency also warned that violent criminals could target protesters at events linked …
Read More »Chelsea owner Abramovich tipped to attend Champions League final – as UEFA is slammed for making it near-impossible for fans to go
After withdrawing his visa application in 2018, the Russian owner, who is an Israeli citizen, has not seen the Blues play anywhere in the UK, making it unlikely that he would have been at the showpiece had many fans been obliged by the match being moved to Wembley. Yesterday’s announcement has …
Read More »Pentagon says leaked VIDEO showing mysterious spherical object is genuine & under investigation by ‘UFO task force’
First published on Friday by filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, the grainy infrared footage shows a round object hovering over the ocean before abruptly plunging into the water. Soon after the video began making the rounds, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed that it was filmed by American sailors. “I can confirm that the …
Read More »SIX children & 2 women killed in Israeli airstrike on crowded Gaza refugee camp – reports
The IDF dropped at least three bombs on a three-storey home in the al-Shati refugee camp early on Saturday morning, according to a witness cited by the Times of Israel. While Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra initially put the death toll at seven, he said the figure was expected …
Read More »Mission impossible? Russian actress competing with Tom Cruise in race to blast into orbit & shoot first feature film in space
On Thursday, Russian officials announced that a Soyuz rocket would blast off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 5 this year, carrying an actor and a director to shoot what is hoped will be the first feature film made in outer space. Yulia Peresild, a 36-year old actress …
Read More »‘Let them drive Teslas’: Jennifer Granholm turns into a green Marie Antoinette as she lectures Americans on gas shortages
“Let them eat cake,” A phrase infamously attributed to the doomed queen of France, Marie Antoinette, when she was told the peasants had no bread, has become synonymous with out of touch elites. It illustrates the detachment of someone of great status and wealth when they speak ignorantly about the …
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