Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was taken to the hospital early Monday morning for treatment of a probable intestinal obstruction, local media reported. Bolsonaro was admitted to the Vila Nova Star Hospital in Sao Paulo, G1 news website said. The politician was stabbed during the election campaign in 2018, and has …
Read More »Women ‘auctioned’ online in India through ‘lewd’ photos – reports
Photographs of hundreds of Indian Muslim women were shared on an app that reportedly auctioned the women online. The images, which were sourced from their social media accounts and apparently doctored, have sparked an uproar. The issue came to light after anonymous Twitter users shared details about the app, called …
Read More »Mall of America forced into lockdown after reports of active shooter (VIDEO)
Two people have been injured in a shooting at The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Shoppers were ordered to take shelter inside, as multiple police descended on the building. The incident unraveled at about 4.30 pm on Friday local time as the mall was full of visitors hunting for …
Read More »US media reports claim China deep in ‘brain warfare research’
During the last few years, a research institute in China has been busy developing weapons that would be able to “paralyze” enemies rather than killing them, US media reports claim. The Washington Times translated and analyzed three 2019 reports by the People’s Liberation Army, which had been published in the …
Read More »Ministers mull sending vaccine teams to homes of unjabbed – reports
Official data shows 89.7% of the UK population over 12 years old have had at least one shot of a vaccine, but those 10% who are still unvaccinated represent a source of constant concern for the authorities of all four parts of the UK. According to the Mail on Sunday, …
Read More »Kurz has new job and will move to US soon – reports
“In early February he will start his new job in a global company in Silicon Valley. The contract has been signed and the commitment should be made public soon,” the Kronen-Zeitung said. The newspaper added that the ex-chancellor will lead “a classic managerial life,” traveling between San Francisco, Vienna, Germany, …
Read More »Pentagon’s new extremism rules extend to ‘likes’ – reports
The new rules were rolled out on Monday, Department of Defense officials told AP, though the official document has not been made publicly available yet. It is the first update to the extremism policy since 2012. The update focuses “exclusively on actions” as opposed to “any particular ideology or any …
Read More »Judges mull Harvey Weinstein retrial – reports
The disgraced Hollywood mogul was sentenced to 23 years in jail last year after a jury found him guilty of rape and sexual assault. He currently faces additional charges of sexual misconduct, with a maximum penalty of 140 years behind bars. Weinstein’s legal team believes he did not receive a …
Read More »Russia to ban crypto – reports
The regulator reportedly sees the rise in the number of crypto transactions as a risk to the country’s financial stability. Digital assets have legal status in Russia but they cannot be used as a means of payment, as the government believes they could be used in money laundering or to …
Read More »The NY Times reports US forces ‘killed dozens in Syria.’ The reality is far worse.
They exposed a 2019 US bombing in Baghuz, eastern Syria, which killed 70 civilians, and that this was but one of numerous instances, with the Delta Force routinely launching “reckless airstrikes” while purportedly fighting ISIS. Stating the obvious: had the wanton and repeated mass murder of civilians been committed by …
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