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State’s education authorities scrapped semi-religious rite to settle lawsuit with parents Students at California public schools won’t be asked to recite a chant based on Aztec religious practices, which some parents compared to a prayer to “demotic” pagan gods, who used to get human sacrifices. The California Board of Education and Department of Education (CDE) […]
Approximately 40% of those polled said the president actually makes them ‘nervous’ Just days ahead of his one-year anniversary in the White House, President Joe Biden has been hit with a disappointing poll. It found a majority believing the US is doing “somewhat” or “very” badly. Half of the respondents in a new CBS poll […]
Residents of ‘Fucke’ have unanimously decided to rename their village, but the process will be long, with no guarantee of success The inhabitants of the small Swedish village of Fucke have formally applied to change its name, citing social-media frustrations and censorship as the reason for their discontent with the 16th-century name. The process was […]
The podcaster made headlines recently for a one-sided feud with Joe Rogan on Covid-19 YouTuber and podcaster Ethan Klein has announced that he’s removed two previous interviews he conducted “years ago” with psychologist Jordan Peterson, describing the author as offering a “dangerous gateway” to extremist views. In a tweet on Friday, Klein admitted Peterson had […]
Biden administration said one of the suspected hackers arrested in Russia was to blame for the Colonial Pipeline attack The Biden administration is “pleased” about Russia arresting several suspected hackers, including one allegedly behind the ransomware attack that led to week-long fuel shortages last year. A senior administration official, speaking with reporters on Friday, said […]
Researchers urge calm despite noting the rise in infants infected with Covid’s most contagious variant Data published on Friday by the UK’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies has warned the percentage of children aged under one in hospital with Covid has risen from 30% to 42% following the outbreak of the Omicron strain. A study […]
Being a bad person doesn’t disqualify you from receiving healthcare, many pointed out The New York Times upset some of its reader, with a report bluntly stating that the subject of experimental heart surgery had once maimed somebody. The victim’s family didn’t think the man deserved a second chance to live. The Gray Lady faced […]
Thousands of staff absences have contributed to mass flight cancellations Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has revealed 8,000 of its 75,000 employees have tested positive for Covid-19 in a matter of weeks, and he predicts a “difficult” time ahead for travel. Bastian revealed the numbers during an interview on CNBC on Thursday, and also […]
Photos and videos of a funeral in Italy show mourners covering a coffin with a Nazi flag and making fascist salutes The Vicariate of Rome has issued a statement condemning a funeral procession outside a church that saw mourners gather around a swastika-covered casket while shouting ‘Presente!’ and making fascist salutes with their right arms. […]
All four people on board a medical helicopter, including a sick infant, survived the crash landing outside a Pennsylvania church A medical helicopter transporting an infant to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia crashed in a nearby suburb, narrowly missing power lines and a church. Everyone on board survived without life-threatening injuries. Photos from the scene […]
The Omicron variant has sent US Covid cases hurtling through the roof despite the vaccination push The US shattered all records on Monday with a whopping 1.35 million new Covid-19 cases recorded. The news comes as hospitalizations with the infection also broke records. The troubling figures come courtesy of a fresh Reuters tally. Mondays typically […]
The London cop now faces a total of 29 charges, including 13 counts of rape London Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick has been charged with nine new offenses, including six counts of rape. Carrick is now facing 29 charges of sexual abuse. The Crown Prosecution Service on Monday revealed nine new charges against the 47-year-old […]
French islands’ lawmaker was accosted in front of his home by people furious over vaccine enforcement Protesters from the French overseas constituency of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon threw fistfuls of seaweed at their representative of the national parliament, angry over the vaccine mandate. The attack was condemned by politicians. The heated confrontation took place on Sunday in France’s […]
A social media post in praise of his wife backfired spectacularly for one Canadian politician Jon Reyes, a Canadian politician who serves as Manitoba’s minister of economic development, received heavy backlash after he publicly celebrated his wife for shoveling snow following a 12-hour hospital work shift. “Even after a 12 hour night shift at the […]
Pandemic restrictions have been tightened in Romania over fears that rising Covid-19 infections will overstretch the health system Stricter pandemic rules came into force in Romania on Saturday amid surging coronavirus cases, including a requirement to wear surgical or FFP2 masks at both indoor and outdoor public spaces. The decision made by the National Council […]