Sat 12 August 2023: Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned Ukraine’s “terrorist attack” on the Crimean Bridge on Saturday, saying it endangered the lives of innocent citizens and vowed repercussions. “There can be no justification for such barbaric actions and they will not go unanswered,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. Earlier, […]
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Sat 12 August 2023: France’s most recognizable landmark, Eiffel Tower was evacuated for a while after a bomb alert, a police source told Le Parisien on Saturday. Le Parisien is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news and local news of Paris and its suburbs. As this place is the favourite tourist […]
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Sat 12 August 2023: Elon Musk has said that his much-hyped cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg would take place in Italy, as authorities there confirmed talks about hosting a “great charity event.” While any showdown between the two tech titans has yet to be officially confirmed, Musk said Friday, on his X social media platform […]
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Sat 12 August 2023: The 29th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) began Friday in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Slovenian director Nenad Cicin-Sain’s Kiss the Future. The opening ceremony was held at the National Theater with major celebrities from the world of cinema taking to the red carpet parade. The SFF will run until […]
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Sat 12 August 2023: The confirmed death toll from this week’s wildfires in Maui has now reached 80, the Maui County government announced Friday at 9 p.m. HST (3 a.m. ET). “Firefighters continue working to extinguish flare-ups and contain fires in Lahaina, Pulehu/Kihei and Upcountry Maui,” the release said. “The number of fatalities is at 80.” There are […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: Ukraine is considering cancelling its visa-free programme with Israel and will request the country be excluded from the so-called Ramstein meetings due to its “unfriendly actions towards Ukraine and pro-Russian position on the international arena”, Kyiv Post has reported, citing sources in Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (RNBO). The Ramstein […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: Britain has removed migrants from a residential barge less than a week after they moved in, after Legionella bacteria was found in the water supply, the government said on Friday, Reuters reports. Britain had begun moving some migrants on to the large “Bibby Stockholm” barge on its southern coast at the beginning of the week as part of its […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: Downgrading the credit rating of the United States. The White House lashes out at the ‘flawed assessment’ by Fitch Ratings, but what’s worrying the financial experts? Is the world’s biggest economy in trouble? Join host Sohail Rahman. With guests: William Lee – Chief Economist, Milken Institute. Einar Tangen – Senior Fellow, […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: If you’ve considered sending a sexy photo, you’re not alone: research shows that up to 15% of adolescents and 48% of adults have sent sexually explicit texts or images. There’s no shame in sending intimate photos to a partner, but it’s not without risk. If someone betrays your trust and shares them online […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: Guillermo Lasso, the president of Ecuador, announced on Thursday that he has asked the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to help with the investigation into the assassination of a presidential contender. “I have asked the FBI for assistance in the investigation into the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio Valencia,” […]
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