Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes as heavy rainfall caused flooding and widespread damage Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes on Sunday night as Storm Franklin battered the UK, causing at least one river to burst its banks. At least 400 homes were evacuated in South Manchester after the authorities issued […]
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Number of e-scooter accidents revealed by insurers
German insurance firms paid out an average of €3,850 ($4,313) for each incident E-scooters have caused a total of 1,150 accidents leading to injuries in just one year, Germany’s Insurance Association revealed on Monday, in the first such national report on the electric two-wheelers. The group presented its report two and a half years after […]
Buildings collapse as country hit by major earthquake
Guatemala has experienced a major tremor and two aftershocks A major earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Guatemala overnight on Wednesday. Footage shared on social media showed collapsed buildings in the Central American nation, with falling debris having damaged vehicles and landslides hitting many routes, forcing emergency workers to be deployed to […]
Chris Hedges: US traditionally solves domestic political crises by waging war
War is used to divert American public attention from government corruption and incompetence The US is a de facto one-party state where the ideology of national security is sacrosanct, unsustainable debt props up the empire, and the primary business is war. When all else fails, when you are clueless about how to halt a 7.5% […]
Museum returns painting looted by Nazis 71 years ago
The artwork was stolen from a Jewish couple that fled the regime in Germany A fine arts museum in Belgium has returned a painting to the heirs of a German Jewish couple who had their property stolen by the Nazi regime before World War II. ‘Blumenstilleben,’ (Still Life with Flowers) painted in 1913 by German […]
EU-Russia orbiter captures picture of Mars surface etched by dust devils
Scientists say powerful whirlwinds created the surreal landscape The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter – a joint project by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia’s Roscosmos – has captured an image of Mars’ southern highlands, with an intricate pattern made of windswept knobs, conical mounds, and ridges. The ESA posted the picture on Twitter on […]
Rapper who was pardoned by Trump shot
Kodak Black and two other people were injured in a shooting outside a nightclub that was hosting an afterparty for a Justin Bieber concert Florida rapper Kodak Black, one of the celebrities whom then-US President Donald Trump pardoned just before leaving office last year, was among three people who were shot and injured outside a […]
Former BBC reporter ‘kidnapped by Taliban’ – ex-Afghan VP
Journalist Andrew North is among a group of nine Westerners held by the new Afghan leadership, the self-exiled ex-official claims Amrullah Saleh, the former vice president of Afghanistan, says the Taliban “kidnapped” nine foreign nationals from Western countries, including a journalist who once worked for the BBC before going independent. Andrew North was identified by […]
UK govt labeled ‘distinctly shifty’ by ex-PM
John Major, who led Britain in the ‘90s, said no government can function if its every word is treated with suspicion Former Conversative prime minister John Major issued a damning indictment of Boris Johnson’s government on Thursday, suggesting that the embattled British leader is losing the trust of the people due to his “distinctly shifty” […]
University to pay $243mn to victims of alleged sex abuse by gynecologist
Hundreds of US women accuse a former doctor of groping them during checkups The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has agreed to pay $243.6 million to 203 women who alleged that the university’s former gynecologist-oncologist, Dr. James Heaps, sexually abused them during vaginal and breast exams. The settlement was announced on Tuesday. Heaps, who […]
Canada’s truck protest mimicked by another nation (VIDEO)
Hundreds of trucks, cars and camper vans have clogged the streets of New Zealand’s capital Wellington A convoy of trucks, cars and camper vans has blocked the streets around New Zealand’s parliament building in the nation’s capital of Wellington on Tuesday. Hundreds of people turned out to protest against the government’s Covid-19 restrictions, which have […]
Suspected Jihadist cell targeted by police in EU state, 13 detained
More than 100 Belgian police were involved in multiple raids around Antwerp on Tuesday Thirteen people were detained on Tuesday on suspicion of having links to a jihadist group, following numerous police raids in and around the Belgian port city of Antwerp. Anti-terrorism magistrates had given approval for the raids, which involved more than 100 […]
Canada-US bridge blocked by Freedom Convoy (VIDEOS)
Truckers disrupted traffic for nearly a day in protest over Covid vaccine mandates and travel restrictions Canadian truckers forced the closure of the US-bound route from Ottawa to Michigan across Ambassador Bridge on Monday as part of ongoing Freedom Convoy protests in the region. Police in Ontario confirmed the next day that the route has […]
California prison ‘rape club’ exposed by media investigation
Female inmates were subjected to ‘rampant sexual abuse,’ according to AP The federal correctional facility in Dublin, California permitted and covered up sexual abuse carried out by staff members, according to a Sunday report by the Associated Press, citing internal Federal Bureau of Prisons statements from inmates and former employees, detailing instances of abuse. According […]
Cyberattacks reported by European energy companies
At least two Belgian companies have been hit by hackers in the latest alleged incident Belgian authorities have opened investigations into alleged cyberattacks directed against at least two energy companies in the Belgian ports of Antwerp and Ghent. The case was opened just days after German officials said they were looking into a similar cybercrime. […]