Claims that the social networking services, all owned by Facebook Inc, had gone down first surfaced at around 1:00pm Eastern Time. There have been as many as 1.2 million reports of problems with Instagram and at least 23,000 for WhatsApp, according to information on Downdetector.com. Some users were hit with error …
Read More »Turkish leader Erdoğan slams NATO ally Biden for calling Putin a ‘killer,’ says US president’s remarks were ‘truly unacceptable’
Erdogan’s statement comes despite Turkey’s status as a NATO member, with Ankara appearing to take the side of Moscow over Washington. “Biden’s statements about Mr. Putin are not fitting of a president, and a president coming out and using such remarks against the president of a country like Russia is …
Read More »The Snyder Cut of Justice League is worth the wait as a true vindication of its director’s vision
After much consternation, speculation and hype, the eagerly anticipated Justice League Snyder Cut has finally premiered on HBO Max, and I watched all four hours of it. If you don’t know about the Snyder Cut, then you’re probably a healthy human being living a normal life. But just to get …
Read More »Candace Owens triggers Twitter by inviting Putin on show, says Biden dodged Kremlin request for debate over ‘mental health’ issues
The bold and harshly-worded take on Biden and Putin, which Owens asked her Twitter followers to share, came after the two world leaders exchanged ‘pleasantries’ through the media this week. Things kicked off when Biden called Putin a “killer” in an interview and promised that the Russian would “pay a …
Read More »Biden thinks he’s a tough-talking cowboy in a Western, so he should solve his differences with Putin by drawing guns at high noon
US President Biden’s response to a journalist asking if he thought Russian President Putin was “a killer” was, “Uh-huh. I do.” Rather than elaborate, Biden allowed himself to be hand-led straight into talk of “the price [Putin] is gonna pay.” How convenient. Does Biden think that he’s living in a Western? …
Read More »Am I to be labelled a hate criminal now that there’s a new law against misogyny? If so, thousands of women will be in the dock too
With international flights grounded and many hotels razed, the travel industry teeters on the brink of terminal decline. Yet, despite this devastating consequence of Covid-19, I predict that Britain’s airports will soon be packed with people desperate to flee the country. Not just holidaymakers embarking on last-minute deals, but grown …
Read More »Dropping off migrants with unchecked health & criminal history ‘like opening Pandora’s box’ – Arizona border town mayor to RT
“The number of migrants that come across on foot has ramped up substantially in just the last few weeks,” Chris Riggs, the mayor of Gila Bend, an Arizona border town of 2,000, told RT. Mayor Riggs said he began worrying after the town was notified that border control officials will …
Read More »‘Gestapo tactics’: NYC mayor de Blasio blasted after saying police should warn & threaten people over ‘hurtful’ behavior
“Even if something is not a criminal case, a perpetrator being confronted by the city, whether it’s NYPD or another agency, and being told that what they’ve done was very hurtful to another person” could deter people from offending others, de Blasio told reporters on Thursday, in response to a …
Read More »Chicken massacre: Stray tank-destroyer shell strikes henhouse during botched training exercise in Italy
The incident happened during a night training exercise in the northern Italian province of Pordenone, local media reported. The stray shell landed directly on a henhouse at a farm in the Vivaro municipality, killing some animals and partially collapsing the shed. The unlucky shot apparently came from one of the …
Read More »Shooting for the stars: Boom Bust explores the future of blockchain technology in the space industry
RT’s Boom Bust talks to industry experts about the big players and what they hope to accomplish. They also discuss the future of blockchain technology in the space sector, focusing on JPMorgan’s experiment of blockchain payments between satellites orbiting Earth. “This test ultimately showed that blockchain technology could power payments …
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