Wrestling Coach Fired For Mocking George Floyd’s Murder
A Washington state high school wrestling coach has been fired for mocking the murder of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer. Dave Hollenbeck, the first-year Wrestling Coach at Bethel High School posted a photo of himself on the floor, with a knee to the back of his neck as he smiles. The photo was similar to the images seen...
Austrian Chancellor will tell Vladimir Putin the truth about the war, “eye to eye”
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer intends to tell Russian President Vladimir Putin “the truth” about the war in Ukraine during their face to face meeting in Moscow on Monday, according to a top Au...
The “Stronger The Sanctions, The Quicker The War Will End,” Says Latvian Prime Minister
Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš has welcomed the latest round of sanctions against Moscow, saying the "stronger the sanctions, the quicker the war will end." "All member states are determined to move away from Russian energy depen...
Indiana Carries Out Its First Execution In 15 Years
Indiana, a US state, executed a mentally ill man on Wednesday for the first time in 15 years after he was found guilty of killing four people in 1997, including his own brother. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was executed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 12:44 am (0644 GMT) at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, officials said. His last...
UK Must Refrain From Retaliating If Trump Imposes Tariffs — Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch has urged Britain not to retaliate if Donald Trump imposes new tariffs on UK goods as part of his "liberation day" trade measures. The Conservative leader stressed that import levies “just make everyone poorer” and urged Labour ministers to push for a “comprehensive” trade deal. Despite efforts by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to secure an...
US Election: Democrat’s Leftist Mamdani Emerge As New York’s First Muslim Mayor
Democrats notched major victories across the United States on Tuesday, in a series of closely watched local elections seen as the first major electoral verdict on President Donald Trump’s tumultuous second term in the White House. In New York City, leftist Zohran Mamdani was projected to win the mayoral race, according to US networks NBC, CBS and CNN. The Democratic socialist and...
BREAKING: Spain Covid-19 Death Toll Overtakes China
Spain has Thursday overtaken China to record the world's second-highest death toll from coronavirus. Spanish officials reported 738 new deaths today, the country's biggest daily jump so far, taking the total from 2,696 to 3,434. The figure is now higher than the 3,285 people who have died in mainland China, where the outbreak began in late 2019. Italy still has the world's highest...
Indian Minister of External Affairs Defends Oil Imports From Russia
India's foreign minister on Friday defended Indian oil imports from Russia at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum, saying there is a need to be "even-handed." “Is buying Russian gas not funding the war? It’s only Indian money and oil coming to India whi...
Monkeypox Not As Concerning As Corona Virus – President Biden
President Biden on Monday said he doesn't believe an outbreak of monkeypox is as risky as the Covid-19 pandemic, tempering comments he made a day earlier that people should be "concerned." "We have had this monkeypox in large numbers in the past. W...
The War Against Ukraine Is A “Crusade” Against The “Collective West,” – Olaf Scholz
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is "a crusade against what Putin calls the collective West," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday. "All along Vladimir Putin and his enablers have made one thing very clear, this war is not only about Ukraine, they consider the war against Ukraine as part of a larger crusade," Scholz said in a pre-recorded...
