Times Square New Year’s Eve rings in 2018 [with record cold]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Idw1_uipk
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is pushing for a return to Russian energy imports, using rising fuel prices and economic concerns to strengthen its support after recent election gains. Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has renewed its call for a return to Russian energy supplies, capitalising on rising fuel prices and economic concerns…
The sky is falling — at least on Boeing. A second whistleblower has died under mysterious circumstances, just two months after another one allegedly shot himself in the head — and the attorneys for both men hope their deaths don’t scare away the at least 10 more whistleblowers who want the company to clean up…
May 7 (UPI) — Russian President Vladimir Putin was inaugurated to his fifth term in office on Tuesday despite much of the Western world, including the United States, boycotting the ceremony because of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. During the ceremony, Putin was handed a presidential insignia, a symbol of Russian presidential power. The insignia…
Israelis are voting on Tuesday, in the fifth election since 2019, and hoping to break the political deadlock that has paralysed the country for the past three and a half years. Although the cost of living is surging, Israeli-Palestinian tensions are boiling over and Iran remains a central threat, the foremost issue in the vote…
Germany has been struck by a second sabotage attempt on a major electricity grid, it has emerged. The incident yesterday has renewed fears that Russia is deliberately targeting Germany through a hybrid campaign aimed at sabotaging its critical infrastructure, as it came on the same day that a power plant was targeted with ‘home-made explosive rockets.’ It…
Israel says eight of the remaining 26 hostages due to be released by Hamas during the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal are dead. Government spokesman David Mencer told reporters that Israel had received a list from the Palestinian armed group overnight that provided information on the status of the hostages. “The list from…