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 […]
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Man declares himself woman to retire early – media
A savvy male has reportedly been able to profit from a loophole in Switzerland’s new sex-change legislation A Swiss man reportedly exploited a loophole in the country’s new simplified sex-change legislation and registered as a woman so that he could become eligible for a lavish pension a year earlier. Starting from January 1, a ten-minute-long […]
‘He persuaded himself to survive’: The Japanese soldier who never surrendered
Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi kept on fighting for Japan for decades. His relatives told RT the story of his duty. For the rest of the planet, World War II ended in 1945, but, for one foot soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, it kept on going for another 28 years. It was early evening on January […]
Wheelchair-bound Malawi politician with US roots shoots himself in parliament office in dispute over special vehicle he relied on
Ex-MP Clement Chiwaya, who had been disabled by polio since childhood, has shot and killed himself at the clerk’s office in Malawi’s Parliament, citing a row over ownership of a specially adapted vehicle that enabled him to drive. Chiwaya, who had served as an MP for 15 years and was deputy speaker from 2014 to […]