A clinical psychologist and professor who teaches a required course on diversity at George Washington University allegedly created a hostile environment conducive to violence against civilians, according to a complaint filed with the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Dr. Lara Sheehi serves on the board of the USA-Palestine Mental Health Network and … Read more
Archaeologists excavating a burial mound in the city of Nara have discovered a wooden coffin with a nearly 9ft long sword and a copper mirror, photos show. Photo of a screenshot from the Nara Town Hall video Buried under the clay soil, two metal shapes accompanied a wooden coffin: one long and skinny, colored orange … Read more
The Ukrainian government recently renewed its push for drones, which can fly further than 1,100 miles while carrying laser-guided munitions and advanced optics for long-range surveillance. Despite General Atomics’ offer to transfer the two drones, “there are limits to what an American defense company can do to support a situation like this,” CEO Linden Blue … Read more
[Source] A restaurant in Japan has said it will take legal action against a student who was filmed licking his fingers and then touching his conveyor belt sushi. The Instagram Stories video, which is no longer available for viewing, shows a young student directly licking a bottle of soy sauce and a cup before putting … Read more
During a recent broadcast on Russian state television, a former senior Russian official predicted that an attack on Moscow by Ukraine or its allies was inevitable. Andrei Fedorov, Russia’s former deputy foreign minister and former adviser to Russia’s prime minister and vice president, made the prediction during a panel hosted by foreign policy analyst Maxim … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Expressed by artificial intelligence. The West doesn’t really say “never” about fighter jets for Ukraine – it just wants to focus first on getting weapons from Kyiv for an imminent offensive. This is the sentiment emerging in the wake of US President Joe Biden’s emphatic ‘no’ – echoed … Read more
CNN — An Iranian couple, both influential on social media, have been sentenced to long prison terms after a video emerged showing them dancing in a main square in the capital Tehran. In a video shared widely on social media, Astiyazh Haghighi, 21, is seen dancing without a headscarf with her fiancé Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, … Read more
Junta extends state of emergency, says elections must be held ‘The current situation is unfolding under unusual circumstances,’ says acting president Deserted streets in some Myanmar towns for silent protest Protesters hold rallies in Thailand and the Philippines Feb 1 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta has extended the country’s state of emergency for another six months, … Read more
JThe enemy on the other side of the wood is heard as the wind blows towards the deep Ukrainian trenches. Russian voices carry through the frigid air, as do the grunts of tanks and the hum of suicide bombers and reconnaissance drones. But that’s not all that comes over the pines to break the disarming … Read more
TOURNAI, Belgium, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Freddy Versluys doesn’t like being called an arms dealer. But he has a big warehouse full of used tanks for sale. Standing next to dozens of German-made Leopard 1 tanks and other military vehicles in the cold warehouse in eastern Belgium, Versluys pointed out that he was the CEO … Read more
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