Islamic State militants fired a volley of rockets at Kabul’s rapidly emptying international airport on Monday, with just hours left before a deadline for U.S. forces to withdraw at the end of America’s longest war. The Pentagon is tight-lipped about final operations and has not specified when the withdrawal will… Read More
Historic: Museum chief remains sole candidate for Estonia’s presidency
Estonia is gearing up for an unusual presidential election in parliament. There will be only one candidate in Monday’s vote, a situation unprecedented since the Baltic nation regained its independence 30 years ago. President Kersti Kaljulaid’s five-year term expires on Oct. 10, and lawmakers in the 101-seat Riigikogu parliament must… Read More
A sign!? Lightning strikes the White House when Biden says…
President Joe Biden addressed the public on Wednesday night to address the deadly ISIS massacre at Kabul’s airport. However, the speech including an ominous sign for the Americans still trapped in Afghanistan. Lightning struck the White House around the time of the speech. Uh oh. Sponsored: Eerie WW2 Photo Reveals… Read More
Fed on track to slow aid for economy later this year
The Federal Reserve will start dialing back its ultra-low-rate policies this year as long as hiring continues to improve, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday, signaling the beginning of the end of the Fed’s extraordinary response to the pandemic recession. The Fed’s move could lead, over time, to somewhat higher borrowing… Read More
Taliban taunts Biden with claim
With their takeover complete and the U.S. in full retreat, the Taliban is gloating – giving interviews to Western reporters practically taunting President Joe Biden and defending late terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. “These are our happiest moments,” Zabiullah Mujahid told NBC News this week as he celebrated the departure… Read More
Update: Officials say several US Marines killed in Kabul airport attack
A U.S. official says several Marines were killed and a number of other American military were wounded Thursday in an attack on Kabul’s airport. U.S. officials have said that information is still coming in and they are trying to determine exact numbers of casualties. Sponsored: You Won’t Believe This Extreme… Read More
Explosion at Kabul airport; scores dead
An explosion went off on Thursday outside the Kabul airport, where thousands of people have gathered to try to flee the country during a Western airlift since the Taliban seized power earlier this month. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said a second explosion went off shortly after, and the twin suicide attacks… Read More
Australian farmer mourns aunt with heart-shaped love ewes
An Australian farmer couldn’t go to his aunt’s funeral because of pandemic restrictions so he paid his respects with a novel alternative: dozens of sheep arranged in the shape of a love heart. Drone-shot video of pregnant ewes munching barley in a paddock while unwittingly expressing Ben Jackson’s affection for… Read More
US WWII veteran reunites with Italians he saved as children
For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. On Monday, the 97-year-old World War II veteran met the… Read More
Japan further expands virus emergency areas amid Paralympics
Japan expanded its coronavirus state of emergency on Wednesday for a second week in a row, adding eight more prefectures as a surge in infections fueled by the delta variant strains the country’s health care system. The government last week extended the state of emergency until Sept. 12 and expanded… Read More
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