Indonesian divers on Sunday took advantage of favorable weather and visibility conditions, allowing them to locate parts of the wreckage. Indonesian officials said that they recovered broken pieces of the fuselage with aircraft registration parts 23 meters (75 feet) below the Java Sea. Rescue workers earlier found small pieces of …
Read More »Pinterest cracks down on ‘hateful’ pro-Trump content in latest Big Tech purge of US president
The imageboard platform, best known for its cooking recipes and interior design tips, confirmed that it has been limiting hashtags related to pro-Trump topics, such as #StopTheSteal, in an effort to weed out unsavory content. #StopTheSteal, as well as other keywords, became popular among Trump supporters after the US president …
Read More »Three killed after massive avalanche hits ski resort in Russian Arctic city of Norilsk (VIDEOS)
The avalanche hit the Gora Otdelnaya (Separate Mountain) resort complex outside the city, which lies some 300km (190 miles) inside the Arctic Circle, late on Friday. The snow mass covered an area of around 300 square meters, crushing several huts that hosted skiers. The incident prompted a massive overnight rescue …
Read More »All guns blazing: UFC sensation Chimaev fires MACHINE GUN on visit to Chechen homeland after meeting Kadyrov (VIDEO)
The Chechen-born Chimaev, who emigrated to Sweden as a 19-year-old and now fights out of the Allstars Gym in Stockholm, has been back in the Russian republic in January for a visit during which he has met local children and also been feted by MMA fan Kadyrov. View this post …
Read More »Twitter quitter? UFC’s BMF champion Jorge Masvidal hints he’s LEAVING Twitter after Donald Trump booted off social media platform
Trump’s personal Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, was permanently suspended on Friday, while Trump’s attempts to tweet from the goverment’s @POTUS account and his campaign account, @TeamTrump, also resulted in the messages being deleted. And, with Trump, plus his legal advisor Sydney Powell and recently-pardoned General Michael Flynn all being banned from …
Read More »Magical Messi hits ANOTHER milestone as double strike against Granada sets La Liga record
Messi’s double-strike meant that the Argentine ace became the first player in La Liga history to hit double figures in 15 consecutive seasons. The record was spotted and shared online by football stats specialists Opta, who hailed Messi’s achievement as “extraterrestrial.” Barcelona ran out comfortable winners at the Los Carmenes …
Read More »New movie Pieces of a Woman is a story of forgiveness… so why is Netflix so keen to cancel its star, Shia LaBeouf?
Pieces of a Woman, the new arthouse film starring Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf that is garnering some Oscar buzz, premiered on Netflix on January 7. The film, written by Kata Wéber and directed by Kornél Mundruczó tells the story of a Boston couple who suffer a traumatic home birth …
Read More »Parler CEO denounces ‘coordinated attack’ by Big Tech as Amazon prepares to pull plug on its servers
While the conservative-friendly social media company hopes to move to a new hosting provider soon, it acknowledged that its options are “limited” due to a “coordinated effort” designed and timed to “inflict the most damage,” according Matze. Earlier on Saturday, Apple followed Google’s steps to purge Parler from its App …
Read More »Was that 1992 or ‘1984’? Trump haters call on Hollywood to DIGITALLY REMOVE president’s cameo appearance from Home Alone 2
“Breaking news: Donald Trump to be digitally replaced in ‘Home Alone 2’ with actor Christopher Plummer,” producer and writer Dan Slott quipped Friday night on Twitter. Podcast host and author John Rain said Disney Plus had announced the Plummer-for-Trump swap. Of course no such announcement was made, and Plummer, by …
Read More »‘Witch hunt’? Police officers & firefighters probed, employees losing jobs for partaking in US Capitol protest-turned-riot
“The department fully supports all lawful expressions of First Amendment freedom of speech, but the violent mob and events that unfolded at the US Capitol were unlawful and resulted in the death of another police officer,” Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz said Friday night in a statement. The two officers …
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