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"I'd never seen an animal that fat. She could barely walk"A pig kept as a house pet in a Manchester flat and allowed to gorge on junk food for seven years ballooned to nearly three times its healthy weight. Portly Portia, who weighed a whopping 26 stone, was so overweight she could barely after being fed a diet of biscuits and coke say staff at the animal sanctuary where she was eventually taken. She was also 'utterly depressed' and had 'given up on her life' due to her condition they said. The staff put her on a strict pig-friendly diet...

Melinda French Gates has shared she is 'very nervous about artificial intelligence' being 'baked with bias' because there is a lack of women developing such tools. The comments appear to take a jab at ex-husband Bill Gates, 67, who is leading the charge for the systems and has faced sexual harassment allegations from former female staff. 'We don't have enough women who are computer scientists and expertise in artificial intelligence,' French Gates, 58, told CNN Thursday. She continued to explain that the tech needs to 'take all people's points of view and see society and, quite frankly, see the world...

Kelsea Ballerini can now be added to the list of artists to fall victim to unruly concertgoers flinging objects on stage during a show, following a string of similar recent incidents. The country artist was struck in the face by an object that was thrown at her on Wednesday during a performance in Idaho, as seen in social media videos.n he footage posted by concertgoers on Wednesday evening showed Ballerini flinching mid-song when the flung object hit her in the head. She subsequently paused the song and stepped offstage. “I’m fine,” the singer said Thursday in a statement posted to...

The DeSantis campaign on Friday shared a video, now seen more than 18 million times, that labels Trump as "the politician who did more than any other Republican to celebrate" Pride month and criticizes him for saying at the 2016 Republican National Convention that he would do everything he could "to protect our LGBTQ citizens." DeSantis' campaign contrasts Trump's record with his own. The video they shared touts the governor's support for controversial restrictions on LGBTQ people, particularly those who are transgender, including banning gender-affirming medical care for trans youth. The new DeSantis video quickly drew bipartisan criticism from the...

While some scholars have argued that the Bible’s description of King David ruling over a great kingdom is exaggerated, new research suggests that the land overseen by the Old Testament king was more well-developed than some experts believe. Prof. Yosef Garfinkel of the Institute of Archaeology at Hebrew University theorized in a paper published in the peer-reviewed Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology that King David ruled over an urban network of fortified cities, which supports the Bible’s description of his kingdom. Garfinkel outlined five different sites in his study — Khirbet Qeiyafa, Beth Shemesh, Lachish and Tell en-Naṣbeh and a country...

President Joe Biden will head to Europe at week’s end for a three-country trip intended to bolster the international coalition against Russian aggression as the war in Ukraine extends well into its second year. The main focus of Biden’s five-day visit will be the annual NATO summit, held this year in Vilnius, Lithuania. Also planned are stops in Helsinki, Finland, to commemorate the Nordic country’s entrance into the 31-nation military alliance in April, and Britain, the White House announced Sunday. The NATO meeting comes at the latest critical point in the war. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says counteroffensive and defensive...

According to France info, the three were sentenced on charges of plunder during the unrest First verdicts to participants in mass riots have been pronounced in the city of Grenoble in southeastern France, where three people were sentenced to prison terms of from three to four months, the France info radio station said on Sunday. According to France info, the three were sentenced on charges of plunder during the unrest. It also said that some 30 more people will face trial in this city. Most of them were detained for plundering on the night to Saturday. Unrest broke out in...

Ron Desantis was asked about how his presidential campaign is going... Thanks Michael Scott...

In the wake of last week's Supreme Court's ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions, Joe Biden has vowed to crack down on white 'privilege' in college admissions. According to Joseph Simonson and Andrew Kerr at the Washington Free Beacon: Shortly after the Supreme Court declared affirmative action college admission policies unconstitutional, President Joe Biden said his administration would direct the Department of Education to scrutinize how "practices like legacy admissions … expand privilege instead of opportunity." Good luck with that one, Joe, given that entrenched leftist elites who donate to Democrats are the ones in the crosshairs with...

On this week’s broadcast of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former Attorney General Eric Holder suggested President Joe Biden “let the system do its work” in the event of a hypothetical conviction of former President Donald Trump. Holder argued for signs of remorse from Trump and that he had turned his life around before Biden granted the pardon.

Parents had paid more than £1,000 for a year-long coaching programme at the club.The boy died after sustaining injuries at a self defence class (Image: Chinese media) An eight-year-old boy has allegedly been killed by his martial arts instructor just one day after joining a class in China. The child, whose identity has not been revealed, enrolled in self-defence lessons at the Chongde Juying Martial Arts Sports Club in Qingdao, Shandong. According to reports from Chinese media, parents had paid more than £1,000 for a year-long coaching programme at the club that had obtained its license and registration in April....

@DougAMacgregor HERE IS WHAT THE MEDIA WILL NOT TELL YOU.. Ukrainian forces are on the verge of collapse, they are totally demoralized. They've all been killed, it's OVER.

The King of the Netherlands used his historic speech on Saturday, July 1 to apologise for the country's role in slavery.King Willem-Alexander asked for forgiveness on a key anniversary of the abolition of slavery. The event was held to commemorate the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Dutch colonies. The speech comes just a few months after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued a similar apology last year. Get the latest royal news straight to your phone by joining our Whatsapp community! In his emotional speech, Willem-Alexander said: "Today, I stand before you. Today, as your King and...

Current and former U.S. service members tell DailyMail.com that Republicans' proposed amendments in next year's defense spending bill may not be comprehensive enough to undo the 'serious harassment' they endured by the Biden administration's strict COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Over 8,000 service members - many who sought religious exemptions - were fired for refusing to comply with the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate enacted in August 2021. Following outrage, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) terminated the mandate, but it did not reinstate service members who were fired for not receiving the shot nor provide any other compensation....

Just got a roku TV with a used camper trailer Simple Remote is dead, batteries are fine. I cannot believe that the on-set buttons are useless. I have reset the entire box and am stuck at the language menu. No way to select or enter from the buttons on the side. Can anyone help.

"Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. "Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance." Matthew, Chapter 25 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened...

Capt. Samuel Whittemore, a seventy-eight year old American farmer, became a legend on April 19, 1775 when he was shot in the face by British soldiers, bayoneted at least six times, and clubbed in the head with the butts of their muskets. Armed with a musket and horse pistol, Whittemore had crouched behind a wall near his home as the British retreated to Boston through Menotomy.[1] As a flank-guard approached, he shot two soldiers dead and possibly killed one more. Inevitably, the soldiers discovered the old farmer and inflicted their wrath upon him, leaving him for dead. Certainly we all...

A man who transitioned to become a woman when he was just 19 has laid bare his pain and heartbreak following the decision that 'destroyed' his life. Daniel Black, who is now 23, says he 'misses his genitals every day' after he took the drastic step to have transgender surgery before he had even reached 20 years old. The salon-owner is one of a growing number of people who have decided to detransition after life-changing surgery or hormone drugs. Daniel decided to become a woman after bullies at school made him doubt his masculinity and sexual orientation. He claims that...

China's Consulate General in Marseille complained to France after a bus carrying a Chinese tour group in the southern city had its windows smashed leading to minor injuries, China's Consular Affairs Office said in a statement on Sunday. The Consulate General's formal complaint called for France to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens and their property, the statement said. SNIP The Chinese tourists have since left France, the Consular Office statement said. Chinese citizens in France or heading to France should "strengthen prevention" and be "more vigilant and cautious" in light of the riots which have swept across the country...

A firm majority of Americans back the Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action in college admissions, according to a new poll. The ABC News/Ipsos survey showed 52% of Americans approve the decision, 32% disapprove, and 16% don’t know. Results varied by race and party affiliation: 75% of Republicans and 58% of independent voters approve the 6–3 Supreme Court decision, compared with 26% of Democrats. In a breakdown by race, 60% of white respondents, 58% of Asians, 40% of Hispanics and 25% of black respondents favored the landmark ruling.As a result of the high court’s decision, colleges and universities will...