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KYIV — For two months, Ukraine has been signaling its intent to recapture the southern city of Kherson in what has been billed as a major counteroffensive and the moment that Kyiv turns the tide against Russia.What that push will look like is still a mystery, however. Ukrainian artillery and rockets provided by the U.S. and allies have smashed bridges and Russian ammunition depots close to the city, but the larger movement of infantry has yet to happen. Meanwhile, the Russians are reinforcing and digging in.Ukrainian officials have long said the fate of the war could be decided in the...

"Sometimes the struggles of daily life are enough to get anyone down. Now Klaus Schwab (who just revealed his nickname is ‘Box’) and his World Economic Forum (WEF) want to help. Their completely selfless and unevil plan is designed to put an end to depression and anxiety forever in the least James Bond-ian villain way ever and provide you with a sense of ‘renewal’. They want to get the word out quickly so they just had their #1 hit man, I mean advisor, futurist and historian Yuval Noah Harari announce that it is time to take a load off for...

A monkeypox patient's nose started to rot in one of the most shocking cases documented in the current outbreak. The 40-year-old man, from Germany, went to his GP with a red spot on his nose which was initially dismissed as sunburn. But within three days the skin on his nose started to die and turn black, leaving him with a painful, swollen scab. Around the same time white pus-filled spots developed across his entire body, which were particularly bad on his penis and around his mouth. A PCR test confirmed he was infected with monkeypox and he was taken to...

Police have released shocking footage of a diner following another restaurant patron outside before brutally beating him in a wordless attack – fracturing his skull. The New York City Police Department has launched a probe into the attack and released a video of the attack on Friday, August 12, in the Bronx. Police were called at 10.45pm to reports of a 52-year-old man being assaulted in front of the Fuego Tipico restaurant on 163 East 188 Street. The victim was found unconscious and unresponsive on the ground after the unprovoked attack with a head injury and was rushed to the...

Russia's Black Sea fleet based in annexed Crimea has installed a new commander, RIA news agency cited sources as saying on Wednesday, after Russian military bases on the peninsula were rocked by explosions in the past nine days. If confirmed, the removal of the previous commander Igor Osipov would mark the most prominent sacking of a military official in the nearly six months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine. State-owned RIA said the new chief, Viktor Sokolov, was introduced to members of the fleet's military council in the port of Sevastopol.

Just shortly after the news that one in three Burger King burgers sold in Belgium is meat-free, and in some locations even one in two, BK reveals that from now on, almost the entire Burger King range, including the popular classics, will be served on a plant-based basis in Austria. The fast-food giant has already demonstrated what the future could look like in an experiment in a restaurant in Vienna’s Margaretengürtel, where plant-based products became the new normal. Those who ordered without expressing a special request for “meat” received a veggie burger. And those who wanted to eat the popular...

Famous married actors Eric and Eliza Roberts came face-to-face with an intruder at their front door, Friday night. Eliza was dropped off at her San Fernando Valley home by her daughter around 9 p.m., according to TMZ. By the time the actress had made her way to the front door, her husband Eric had stepped out and found himself facing an intruder. “I know you,” the intruder said, before Eric sternly told him to leave. The incident unfolded shortly after Eliza exited the vehicle at the curb near her home and said goodbye to her daughter. She walked toward her...

Russia's military has praised civilian grade Chinese-made drones and robots for having performed well on the battlefield, leading their manufacturers to point out the equipment is not intended or sold for military purposes. When a video of a robot camera dog showed up with a grenade launcher on Russian state-sponsored media RIA Novosti this week, many immediately recognized it as Chinese Unitree Robotics' $2,700 Go1 robotic dog – albeit dressed in a sort of canine ninja suit. "Russian designers presented a sample of the M-81 robotic complex, capable of aimed shooting and transporting weapons, at the Army-2022 forum," announced RIA...

The National Academy of Sciences has barred Jane Lubchenco, a key White House climate aide, from involvement in NAS publications and activities for five years for violating its code of conduct before joining the administration, the organization said. Why it matters: The move represents a significant rebuke to Lubchenco, who is deputy director for climate and environment at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Driving the news: The NAS, the most prestigious science body in the U.S., said the decision, effective Aug. 8, stems from section 3 of its code of conduct. It states that members "shall...

Venice authorities have been trying to crack down on bad behaviour for years, with so-called “angels of decorum” patrolling the streets during summer and fines in place for people caught diving into or bathing in the canals, walking around bare-chested, feeding pigeons or dropping litter. Venezia Non è Disneyland keeps a close eye on the various infractions. In late July the group shared a video of a man jumping into the Grand Canal from a bridge, narrowly missing a passing boat. Last week Brugnaro called for “10 days in jail” for a 33-year-old Scottish tourist who was caught taking a...

Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Matthew 20:1–16 Friends, in today’s Gospel, we hear of a landowner who goes out to hire workers for his field, hiring some first thing in the morning and then others at different times during the day. Then he pays each the same wage. Why should those who have worked only an hour be paid the same as those who have slaved in the hot sun all day? Is the landowner really being unfair? Perhaps he saw something that the first workers didn’t see. Perhaps he saw, in his compassion, that their day spent waiting for...

Dean Karnazes said the coyote pounced and knocked him off his feet just as he reached Mile 37 in the Marin Headlands. Karnazes, 59, recorded an Instagram video at 3 a.m. Saturday moments after the attack. “I’m at a 150 mile trail run and I got attacked by a coyote. That was a first. It knocked me over,” Karnazes says in the video with blood still on his face. “Thankfully I’m running with poles and I whacked it and it ran away...” Karnazes was running alone with a headlamp to see through the darkness. Ultra marathon athletes run day and...

This week, Boston Children's Hospital made history by throwing the first child off the roof based on the child's "felt need to have their birdhood affirmed." The child is now back in treatment in Boston Children's Hospital for broken bones, but the hospital is standing by its decision to fling the child off the roof to affirm their right to flight. "Common questions from parents include: ‘Are you sure we should let little Johnny try to fly?' or ‘Could we try from a lower jump point before committing to the 2nd story?' or ‘Where are you taking my child??'" A...

“These attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police,” he added.”

SYDNEY, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Australia's former prime minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday he decided to be secretly sworn in to five key ministries during the coronavirus pandemic because he felt responsibility for the nation was his alone. Morrison, who stepped down as leader of the Liberal Party after losing a general election in May, addressed a news conference to answer a barrage of criticism from the Labor government and his own party over the unprecedented assumption of powers.

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The era of Donald Trump has brought a great many changes to the political world since 2016, and the year 2023 will be no different – the dynasties of Bush, Cheney, McCain, and Clinton will hold no quarter in either statewide or national office.With the defeat of Liz Cheney in the Wyoming Republican congressional primary on Tuesday, the franchise dynasties that have dominated the U.S. political landscape going all the way back to the 1970s came to a crashing halt.Whether or not the Republican Party takes control of Congress in November’s mid-term election, come January 23, there will be no...

As President Joe Biden signs the largest climate package in American history, some leftist’s are bothered by policymakers’ hesitance to create a tax on meat. Democratic lawmakers have long claimed that excrement produced by livestock and poultry farming — “farting cows,” as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) once put it — have an outsized impact on global temperatures. Discussion about crafting new disincentives for meat consumption resurfaced as the Inflation Reduction Act advanced through Congress after months of gridlock. Vox reporter Kenny Torrella, for instance, noted that the Inflation Reduction Act devotes 5% of its funds toward “changing farming practices” while...

About Lead singer of the all-female pop-rock group the Go-Go's who also released solo hits like "Leave a Light On" and "Mad About You." She released her biography, called Lips Unsealed, in 2010. It was reached #27 on The New York Times Best Seller list. Before Fame She started her music career as a drummer for the punk band The Germs and sang with Black Randy and the Metrosquad.

Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic "Das Boot" propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films "In the Line of Fire," "Air Force One" and "The Perfect Storm," has died. He was 81.