North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared to have undergone a dramatic weight loss when he spoke at a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party. Kim’s physique has noticeably slimmed down in recent months amid reported food shortages. Kim spent this week chairing a plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party …
Read More »Renowned Russian actress talks like a PRO & pulls her weight during ISS docking – Peresild will shoot first feature film in space
The well known performer and movie-maker Klim Shipenko joined professional cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov on board the Soyuz MS-19, which blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Tuesday morning. Later in the day the spaceship failed to dock with the ISS in automatic mode, so the approach was aborted, and Shkaplerov successfully …
Read More »Russia’s ‘strongest man’ famed for incredible weight-lifting feats while performing splits dies of Covid
“Yes, unfortunately, sad news came – Vladimir Sineglazov has died of coronavirus, he was 61 years old,” said the local press-service in Sineglazov’s hometown of Yelets, around 400km to the south of Moscow. According to reports, the former muscleman had spent several days in a coma in intensive care after contracting …
Read More »Britain is punching above its weight and living in the past as it announces plans to build nuclear warheads and take on China
Boris Johnson has confirmed Britain’s intentions to tilt towards the Indo-Pacific with a primary focus on China in the UK’s latest security and foreign policy review. Although the comprehensive document and its tone were not specifically anti-Beijing and acknowledged that Britain’s trading relationship with China was important, it branded the …
Read More »Biden throws weight behind Newsom as campaign to recall California governor says it nears 1.5mn signatures needed to trigger vote
Biden’s spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, took to Twitter on Tuesday to voice support for the embattled governor, stating that the president considers him an ally in many areas and does not endorse the fast-growing recall campaign. “In addition to sharing a commitment to a range of issues with Gavin Newsom from …
Read More »AOC throws weight behind GameStop hedge fund massacre, takes a dig at Wall Street’s ‘long history of treating economy as a casino’
The New York congresswoman took to Twitter on Wednesday night to poke fun at the “Wall Streeters” racking up major losses amid a push by online trolls to punish GameStop short-sellers, deliberately driving up the value of the retailers’ stock. “Gotta admit it’s really something to see Wall Streeters with …
Read More »Fighting post-lockdown weight gain? UK plans unhealthy food and drink restrictions to beat obesity as part of battle against Covid
The UK government plans to prohibit supermarkets from displaying unhealthy snacks and drinks at checkout areas, entrances, and at the end of aisles, in an effort to combat obesity. The new rules – planned for rollout in early 2022 – will also ban unhealthy special offers, restaurant soda free refills, …
Read More »Ghislaine Maxwell lawyers say she’s losing hair & weight in jail, claim authorities’ similar ‘negligence’ led to Epstein’s suicide
“While her weight may currently be fairly consistent, she had lost over 15 pounds, and she is sustaining hair loss,” wrote attorney Bobbi Sternheim to the District Judge Alison Nathan, who is overseeing Maxwell’s case. The letter was filed in response to the Federal Bureau of Prisons defending the socialite’s …
Read More »‘Stupid & dangerous’: American football fans row over weight limit for kids after footage of ‘NFL-sized 10yo’ emerges (VIDEO)
Dwarfing his teammates and rivals as he waited to receive possession, the purported child proceeds to pummel through the opposition defense and towards the line on a charge forward that would give any player of that age little hope of stopping him. Fans said that the wide receiver had activated …
Read More »‘Support both on and off the battlefield’: Turkey throws weight behind ‘brotherly Azerbaijan,’ in fresh escalation
Speaking after a visit to the Azerbaijani embassy in Ankara, Çavuşoğlu told the press that the only way the fighting will end is if Yerevan rolls back on the ‘occupation’ of Nagorno-Karabakh. On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed similar sentiments. “We talked about the aggression of Armenia and …
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