Ladd stepped in at short notice to replace original headliner Holly Holm, having failed to make weight for a bantamweight showdown just two weeks previously. But moving to 145lbs – where many feel she is best suited – did not help Ladd as she offered little against Dumont, who was …
Read More »RT’s special coverage as Russian movie crew returns to Earth after first-ever space shoot
Actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko spent 12 days in space, where they filmed footage for an upcoming drama titled ‘The Challenge’. Peresild stars in it as a cardiac surgeon who is recruited to go to the International Space Station to perform an emergency procedure on an ailing cosmonaut. …
Read More »‘We don’t believe you’: NFL fans in disbelief after search of 650,000 emails ‘didn’t find any offensive content’ amid Gruden row
An anonymous individual familiar with the documents revealed the news to The Associated Press. They said that the NFL didn’t “identify other areas and other individuals it has to contact at club leadership or league leadership levels”. The league hasn’t yet publicly released its findings across 650,000 emails that independent …
Read More »McGregor enjoys son’s christening at Vatican after sharing whiskey with Mourinho & being mobbed in streets of Rome (VIDEO)
The Irishman continues to recover from a horror leg break in his last octagon outing. Suffering a doctor stoppage loss in the first round of a trilogy bout with bitter rival Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, he has since been seen in cities such as Chicago, where he threw out …
Read More »US Navy insists destroyer was on ‘routine’ mission after Russia summons military attache over Sea of Japan incident
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that it had summoned the US military attache in Moscow to protest the incident earlier in the day, when a Russian vessel had to warn off the US Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the Peter the Great Bay near Vladivostok. “The statement from the …
Read More »Moscow summons US military attache after Russian Navy ‘intercepts’ American warship close to country’s borders in Sea of Japan
“The representative of the US Armed Forces was informed of the position of the Russian military in connection with an attempt by the US Navy destroyer Chafee to violate the state border of the Russian Federation in the Peter the Great Bay area on October 15,” the Defense Ministry said …
Read More »Multiple casualties reported after explosion at mosque gates in Afghanistan’s Kandahar
The explosion hit the Imam Barga mosque while Shia worshippers were gathering at a packed Friday prayers, leaving local media reporting multiple casualties, although an exact number is not yet known. The cause of the blast has not been confirmed but it is thought to have been a suicide bombing. …
Read More »Former US President Clinton in ‘good spirits’ after being hospitalized in ICU with blood infection ‘not related to Covid-19’
“On Tuesday evening, President Clinton was admitted to [University of California Irvine] Medical Center to receive treatment for a non-Covid-related infection,” Angel Urena, a spokesman for the former commander in chief, said in a statement on Thursday night. Clinton is 75 years old. Citing a person “familiar” with the situation, the Hill reported that Clinton …
Read More »Trump ally Bannon to be held in criminal contempt after defying subpoena order from Jan 6 House committee
Bannon’s lawyer had previously announced that his client was not going to comply with the order, one of a handful sent to top Trump allies over the January 6 Capitol riot. Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi) announced the pursuit of a criminal contempt charge on Thursday morning, adding that the …
Read More »Syrian soldier killed, 3 wounded after ‘Israeli attack’ south of Palmyra – state media
The attack near Palmyra came in the late hours of Wednesday night, killing one soldier and wounding three others, SANA reported, citing a military source that pinned the strikes on “the Israeli enemy.” “The Israeli enemy carried out an air aggression from the direction of the al-Tanf area towards the Palmyra area, …
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