Fri 02 June 2023: Sir Winston Churchill’s cigar, discovered in a glass jar 80 years ago, will be auctioned off. According to Sky News, Churchill, Britain’s wartime Prime Minister at the time, sent the half-smoked cigar to a consul general in Rabat, Morocco, in 1944. Hugh Stonehewer-Bird’s family stated he loved the cigar until his […]
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Thu 01 June 2023: In the past week, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod area announced the evacuation of minors due to continued cross-border attacks from Ukraine. It is possible that Ramzan Kadyrov’s Chechen fighters have been ordered to take aleading role in the war in Ukraine. The Wagner Group’s mercenary forces left the destroyed city […]
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Thu 01 June 2023: Certain M&S stores in UK have adopted the practice of showcasing a small number of expensive goods, such as steaks, while some Co-op stores have done the same with coffee jars, The Times reported. This change is in response to an increase in theft cases amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The […]
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Journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters, who reported on the soldier’s alleged war crimes, give a statement outside the Federal Court, in Sydney. Thu 01 June 2023: An Australian court has found that Ben Roberts-Smith, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery, probably killed unarmed civilians in Afghanistan as three newspapers reported […]
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Thu 01 June 2023: The United States House of Representatives has voted to advance a bipartisan bill to raise the debt ceiling, which limits the amount of money the federal government can borrow. After calling for a recorded vote, the House passed the bill 314 – 117 in a late night sitting on Wednesday. The vote comes […]
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Wed 31 May 2023: Following the drone strike on Moscow that injured two people, damaged property, angered the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group and has once again criticized the Russian military and political elite. Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose mercenary forces have played a significant part in Ukraine’s war, blamed the drone assault on out-of-touch politicians […]
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Clashes between NATO-led forces and local Serbs in Kosovo. Wed 31 May 2023: Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo have soared once again since last weekend, this time as the aftermath of local elections that were boycotted by the Serb majority in northern Kosovo. There have been violent clashes in Kosovo, with police and NATO-led peacekeepers facing off with local Serbs. Dozens of people […]
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Wed 31 May 2023: The Russian forces have destroyed the last Ukrainian warship in the port of Odesa, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “On May 29, as a result of a strike by a high-precision weapon of the Russian aerospace forces at .. the port of Odessa, the last warship of the Ukrainian naval […]
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Wed 31 May 2023: Archeologists at Pompeii said that they had uncovered three new skeletons at the site. The Roman city, located near the southern Italian city of Naples, was wiped out by the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The city was covered in volcanic ash, preserving the bodies of many of its […]
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Tue 30 May 2023: The WHO reported Tuesday, that more than 1,000 attacks on health-care systems in Ukraine have been registered since the beginning of the Russian invasion, more than in any prior humanitarian crisis. According to the World Health Organization’s European region office, the attacks have had an impact on medical personnel, supplies, infrastructure, […]
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