New Delhi, India – Police in India’s capital New Delhi have arrested a Muslim journalist for allegedly hurting religious sentiment in what critics say is the latest example of declining press freedom in the country under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of India’s leading fact-checking website Alt News, has long been in … Read more
Russian forces have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, in Ukraine’s Luhansk region, delivering a significant victory for President Vladimir Putin, four months after he ordered his troops into Ukraine. The fall of Severodonetsk on Saturday came after the strategic city – with a pre-war population of 100,000 – endured weeks of … Read more
The Queen looked ecstatic as she made an unexpected return to work today after she traveled to Scotland for her first public duties since the Platinum Jubilee. Her Majesty is in Edinburgh with members of her family for their traditional week of events north of the border including meeting with Nicola Sturgeon. The 96-year-old, who … Read more
Afghan girl carries a donated matrace after an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Friday. A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes in the country’s deadliest quake in two decades, the state-run news agency reported. (Ebrahim Nooroozi, Associated Press) Estimated read time: 5-6 … Read more
Last Saturday, Lithuania banned the transit of goods subjected to European Union sanctions through its territory to the Russian exclave Kaliningrad, which is on the Baltic Sea and about 1,300km (800 miles) from Moscow. Lithuania said the move was in line with European sanctions. Infuriated, Moscow called it a “blockade” and promised to respond. The … Read more
Netflix has been accused of unsafe working practices to occur in the production of its new original series The Chosen One after two actors were killed in a car accident that left six others injured. Raymundo Garduno Cruz and Juan Francisco Gonzalez Aguilar were killed in a remote part of the state of Baja California … Read more
The latest episode of SmackDown saw the return of The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar), who attacked The New Day and Shanky to turn heel. The duo of Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods have come out of their feud against Sheamus, Ridge Holland, and Butch. The former tag team champions also recently teamed up with … Read more
A king of 1980s nightlife, Mark Fleischman caroused with the likes of Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Rick James and John Belushi. He owned the last nightclub incarnation of Studio 54, and, by his own admission, enjoyed more than his fair share of illegal substances. Threesomes were commonplace, as was boozing and coking it up with … Read more
Santa’s getting company. Fast-melting sea ice has opened a potential new Arctic shipping lane across the North Pole, which will give powerful nations easier access to the frozen zone’s vast riches — but has also sparked fears of war. The Arctic Council predicts that, during the summers, sea ice will be gone by 2040 — … Read more
A king of 1980s nightlife, Mark Fleischman caroused with the likes of Ron Wood, Keith Richards, Rick James and John Belushi. He owned the last nightclub incarnation of Studio 54, and, by his own admission, enjoyed more than his fair share of illegal substances. Threesomes were commonplace, as was boozing and coking it up with … Read more
