Venice sees worst floods in 50 years
Oct. 20 (UPI) — Scores of the websites and apps, including Facebook, Disney+ and Reddit were hit by a global outage overnight caused by an “operational issue” at U.S. cloud services provider Amazon Web Services. At the peak of the incident, early Monday, AWS reported more than 70 of its own services were impacted before…
Buckingham Palace was forced to deny reports that King Charles III died on Monday after Russian media ran wild with reports based on a dubious-looking “announcement.” The statement, dated March 18 and featuring the seal of the British monarch’s official London residence, said: “The following announcement is made by royal communications. The King passed away…
The United States stepped up preparations for possible military action against Iran last night as the regime pleaded for peace talks. Drones were deployed to survey Iran’s defences, as another US ship entered the region and refuelling aircraft left bases in the mainland US for Europe. International diplomacy efforts were intensified last night in a…
The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a measure that would ban TikTok from operating in the United States or force a sale, posing the most serious threat yet to the popular short-form video platform. The bill passed the House 352 to 65 with one member voting present, showing wide bipartisan support with backing from House Speaker Mike…
Detailed look at the potential for Syrian intervention in Lebanon against Hezbollah, a long time foe of the new Syrian government. Complex tug and pull on Syria includes US encouragement, benefactor Turkey not wanting Hezbollah destroyed, and Israel not wanting Syria strengthened militarily as evidenced by strikes on an airbase today. Continue reading HERE Source:…
TOKYO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Canada is in discussions about joining an expanded AUKUS deal between the U.S., Britain, and Australia formed to counter China’s growing military influence in the Asia Pacific region, Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair said. Canada has said it wants to join a second pillar of AUKUS that will collaborate on…