An alleged Israeli airstrike near Syria’s capital of Damascus reportedly led to the deaths of three Syrian soldiers Several Syrian military servicemen have been killed after missiles targeted an area in the vicinity of Damascus, Syria’s state media reported. The country’s anti-missile defenses shot down most of the projectiles that have also inflicted material damage, […]
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French first lady sues over transgender claims
Brigitte Macron is dragging two women to court for publishing scandalous claims about her online Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, has sued two women who spread rumors that she underwent a sex change, according to an AFP report on Friday. The case comes as her husband gears up for a tough reelection […]
Journalist claims he was ‘canceled’ for investigating Fauci
The fired journalist had earlier revealed that the White House chief medical advisor was being paid more than President Biden himself A longtime Forbes contributor said on Monday that he was sacked from the magazine for his coverage of the financial dealings of Dr. Anthony Fauci, including a report on the White House chief medical […]
Levi’s ex-president claims she was ousted over Covid protests
The longtime Levi’s employee said she was offered a $1 million severance after complaints about her Covid views Levi’s brand president Jennifer Sey claimed on Monday that she was forced out of the famous clothing company over her views on school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Writing on US journalist Bari Weiss’ Substack, Sey […]
AI could already be ‘slightly conscious’, expert claims
Other experts are skeptical, accusing the OpenAI researcher of “trolling” The co-founder of a San Francisco-based AI research laboratory claimed in a Twitter post this week that “today’s largest neural networks” could already be “slightly conscious.” Ilya Sutskever from OpenAI did not clarify what system or systems he was referring to, or how exactly he […]
Prince Andrew was ‘sex pest’, masseuse claims
British royal badgered his massage therapist during nude sessions, report claims A massage therapist who worked for Prince Andrew has told a British tabloid that the disgraced royal was a “constant sex pest,” who asked inappropriate questions about her sex life and “overstepped the line.” Andrew is facing accusations far more serious than being “creepy,” […]
Bill Gates claims he can stop future pandemics
In an upcoming book, the Microsoft co-founder says that better vaccines and “pathogen surveillance” can stop the next outbreak Microsoft co-founder and vaccine advocate Bill Gates has written a book outlining “the lessons we can learn” from Covid-19, claiming that, by investing in healthcare, vaccines, and “global pathogen surveillance,” another pandemic like Covid-19 can be […]
Israel claims ‘freedom of action’ against Iran
A military option against Tehran remains on the table, PM Naftali Bennett indicated Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett dubbed Iran the “greatest threat to the State of Israel” during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday. The prime minister also spoke to US President Joe Biden for the first time in months to discuss growing […]
Alternative fundraiser for Freedom Convoy claims ‘DDoS & bot’ attacks
Despite technical issues, GoFundMe competitor GiveSendGo has managed to raise over $1 million in just 12 hours Christian fundraising website GiveSendGo has blamed “heavy DDoS and bot attacks” for server downtime after taking over raising cash for the Canadian trucker convoy on Friday. The platform began raising funds for the truckers protesting against Covid-19 vaccine passports and […]
Biden claims ISIS leader blew up himself and his family
US president said terrorist chief killed himself and his family as US forces closed in, but Syrian media say US shelled civilians President Joe Biden has doubled down on earlier reports that Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi detonated a suicide device as US forces closed in on him, killing several […]
Greece sent migrants to their deaths, Turkish minister claims
Minister says 12 of 22 migrants ‘pushed back’ by Greece were stripped of their shoes and froze to death Turkey’s Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu, accused Greek authorities of allowing a dozen migrants to perish in the cold without their shoes, after turning them back from the Greek border. Soylu shared photos supposedly showing the migrants’ […]
Lockdowns virtually useless in curbing Covid-19 deaths, study claims
A meta-analysis suggested mandating social distancing was ineffective during the first wave of the pandemic Compulsory social distancing measures, touted to the public as necessary to fight back the spread of Covid-19, did not have any significant effect on mortality rates during the first wave of the disease, a new study said. Policymakers could have […]
Feminist claims police arrested her for anti-trans posters
The British women’s rights activist has reportedly been accused of a hate crime, and had a feminist book seized by police Women’s rights campaigner Jennifer Swayne was arrested for an alleged hate crime over the weekend, and had stickers and an academic book seized by police, after she plastered her home town with posters critical […]
UK govt responds to claims it ignored billions of pounds of Covid fraud
Figures showed that 2.5% of the more than £19 billion given in self-employment support was lost to fraud UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has rejected media reports that the government had “written off” £4.3 billion ($5.76 billion) of Covid support that was stolen by fraudsters during the pandemic, despite setting up a taskforce to tackle scammers. […]
Military claims power in Burkina Faso coup
Members of the African nation’s military say they’ve deposed the president, seized control, and suspended the constitution Members of Burkina Faso’s military appeared on state television channel, RTB, on Monday, claiming to have seized control of the West African nation. The soldiers said that they had suspended the constitution due to the failure of Kaboré […]