Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and the city council have agreed to a $1.6 billion budget, which includes $191 million for the city’s police – an increase of more than $20 million for the year of 2022. This will bring the budget nearly back to what it was before the city …
Read More »CEO ‘taking time off’ after firing 900 workers over Zoom
Vishal Garg attained nationwide infamy for firing the employees over Zoom, accusing them of “stealing from the company” by not working hard enough. A letter sent to employees from the company’s board of directors on Friday promised that Better.com would be bringing in an outside firm to “do a leadership and cultural …
Read More »Million-strong rave planned after govt Covid lockdown Christmas party scandal
Johnson has been at the center of political controversy this month after it was alleged by multiple sources that a Christmas party with dozens of attendees was held at Downing Street last year, while millions of Brits were told by the government to stay at home and away from their …
Read More »Ukrainian navy ship sails away from Russian waters after ‘provocation’ – Moscow
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) released a statement earlier saying that the Ukrainian command ship ‘Donbass’ was sailing toward the Kerch-Yenikalsky canal, which connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, near Crimea, without prior notification to the Russian side. According to the FSB, the intruder initially did not …
Read More »German MPs elect new chancellor after 16 years of Merkel rule
The new chancellor received 395 votes for his candidacy. Scholz needed the support of at least 369 lawmakers – an absolute majority – out of 736 Bundestag MPs. The three-party government coalition he heads occupies 416 seats in the Lower House of the German Parliament. His election marks a major …
Read More »TV show deletes poll after 89% oppose mandatory vaccination
The poll, which asked viewers whether it was “time to make vaccines mandatory” in response to the spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, was posted to Twitter on Tuesday and soon received more than 42,000 votes. A whopping 89% of those who voted opposed any scheme to make vaccination mandatory, …
Read More »Putin and Biden wrap up video meeting after 2 hours of talks
The much-anticipated video “summit” on Tuesday touched on a number of topics, including the American accusation that Russia is amassing troops to “invade” Ukraine, which Moscow has dismissed as “fake news.” READ MORE: First images released from crucial Putin & Biden summit (VIDEO) Contact at the highest level was “badly …
Read More »Chris Cuomo describes how thick-skinned he is after losing another show
“The way my time ended at CNN was hard,” Cuomo said on Monday. “While I have a thick skin, I also have a family, for whom the past week has been extraordinarily difficult.” Cuomo said he will be focusing on “what comes next” and promised to be “back in touch” …
Read More »Babies hospitalized after getting Covid-19 vaccine by mistake
The shocking blunder was first reported by the media and officially confirmed on Sunday by local authorities in the Sorocaba municipality of Brazil’s Sao Paulo state. A two-month-old girl and a four-month-old boy had arrived at a medical facility in the area last Wednesday to get the shots of the …
Read More »Alec Baldwin erases Twitter account after ‘Rust’ interview
Baldwin’s account @AlecBaldwin – which was used by both Baldwin personally and the Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation – disappeared this week shortly after ABC News aired the first interview the actor gave since fatally shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set of his movie ‘Rust.’ The account had over one …
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