The Ukrainian Defense Ministry made a social media post on Saturday depicting Britain’s reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, aiming a shoulder-fired NLAW anti-tank missile launcher. The image is the latest in a line of controversial social media posts by the government in Kiev. In the drawing, the Queen is depicted …
Read More »German army needs ‘enemy image’ – top MP
A complex modernization of the German Armed Forces would require re-inventing “an image of an enemy,” Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, the head of the German Bundestag’s Defense Committee, has said. Now, as Russia continues its military operation in Ukraine, the Bundeswehr sees once again “what an enemy might look like,” the MP told …
Read More »Reuters mocked over paintball image in Ukraine conflict report
The Reuters news agency has become the target of online ridicule after it published a report on the Ukraine conflict alongside an image of what appeared to be people playing airsoft. The report was released on Monday, stating that Ukrainian soldiers had driven off Russian forces in Sumy Region, with …
Read More »Ukraine’s Zelensky shares image of soldier with Nazi insignia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked World War II Victory Day by sharing an image of a Ukrainian soldier wearing the ‘death’s head’ patch of an elite Nazi Waffen SS unit. While the picture was soon deleted from his social media, the Ministry of Defense in Kiev also posted the photo. …
Read More »Calls for violence against Russians hurt Ukraine’s image – Zelensky aide
Calls for the killing of Russian children or the castration of prisoners of war are absolutely unacceptable and ruin Ukraine’s image as a civilized European country, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday. Responding to two recent public scandals, Alexey Arestovich called on Ukrainians to respect the …
Read More »Kardashian body image worse for women than ultra-slim – study
Women exposed to the popular ‘slim-thick’ ideal epitomized by reality star Kim Kardashian and her sisters are more insecure about their own bodies than those exposed to the ‘heroin chic’ ultra-slim look of the 1990s, a York University study set to be published next month in the journal Body Image …
Read More »Black hole eruption as big as 16 Moons captured in ‘most comprehensive’ image
A new study of the nearest actively feeding supermassive black hole has revealed that the space phenomenon emits radio bubbles which extend over vast tracts of space when it feeds on infalling gas. In a piece published in Nature Astronomy on December 22, Dr. Benjamin McKinley from the Curtin University …
Read More »Canada’s international image is a kind and gentle one. But internally, this Canada Day was a reminder of the nation’s dark history
Yesterday was Canada Day, a celebration of Canada’s confederation, which occurred on that same date in 1867. Usually, the federal holiday is a day of celebration and festivities. But this year, after the harrowing discovery of hundreds of indigenous children’s unmarked graves, for many the day became a day of …
Read More »Journalist tricks Matt Gaetz & other Republicans into retweeting image of JFK killer Lee Harvey Oswald on Memorial Day
Klippenstein reached out to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp, and conservative author Dinesh D’Souza with a picture of his “veteran grandpa” on Monday, as Americans were celebrating Memorial Day, a federal holiday for honoring fallen US military personnel. “Sir, my grandpa’s a big fan of …
Read More »Hubble telescope team marks 31st birthday with image of rare ultra-bright star on the brink of annihilation
tAG Carinae, a type of star called a luminous blue variable (LBV), is located some 20,000 light years away. It is just a few million years old, and yet is soon to meet its doom, cosmically speaking. Estimated to be up to 70 times more massive than our Sun, it …
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