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A three-year-old boy is in critical condition after a man, thought to be a stranger, threw him into the crocodile enclosure at an English zoo. Cambridgeshire Constabulary said they arrested a 30-year-old man on Thursday afternoon after a child was thrown into the crocodile enclosure at Johnsons Zoological Gardens in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The victim was rushed to hospital and was described as having serious injuries, and being in “critical but stable” condition. The man, who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and the child are not understood to have been known to each other. Police said their major crimes…
The Cuban Communist Party debuted a set of economic reforms on Thursday, allegedly intended to facilitate attracting foreign investment, that would make it easier for regime-approved individuals to create corporations or buy shares of existing entities – clearly a response to American sanctions targeting the Party’s most important money-making entities. While mainstream media covering the announcement this week insisted on referring to the reforms as “unprecedented” and “historic,” in reality, the Cuban regime announces some form of allegedly “unprecedented” economic reform every few years as a ploy to attract international investment. In 2021, for example, the Cuban government claimed that it had…
In what now seems like many, many moons ago, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) once tried and failed to question President Donald Trump’s Knicks fandom by referencing the “1993 championship team.” Knicks guard Tyler Kolek has not forgotten. A post from X influencer Kaitlin Bennett spotted Kolek in a t-shirt commemorating the Knicks’ mythical 1993 championship team. “Knicks player Tyler Kolek appears to defend Trump and troll NY Governor Kathy Hochul with a ‘1993 World Champions’ shirt, after she said, ‘I’d ask Trump to name the starting lineup of the 1993 championship team’ (which they never won),” Bennett wrote.…
The story behind the most destructive act of industrial sabotage in history is still a web of excuses and misdirection The Nord Stream saga has taken a turn for the absurd, with a new book claiming that the star saboteur who blew up the gas pipelines was a Ukrainian erotic model-turned-deep sea diver. This detail is the latest addition to an ever-shifting story – while one key coincidence has completely flown under the radar.Published on June 19, ‘The Nord Stream Conspiracy: The Greatest Sabotage in History’ promises an inside look at the operation that destroyed the Nord Stream lines. Author…
President Donald Trump’s peace plan is already “bearing real fruits for the American people,” Vice President JD Vance said during a press conference on Thursday. Vance announced at the press conference that 12.5 million barrels of oil went to the Strait of Hormuz last night, noting that it is a “high” since the beginning of the conflict. “Oil prices are down nearly at their level from the pre-war conflict. Gas prices dropped below $4 a gallon today, for the first time since the conflict, and importantly, they’re gonna keep falling further, given how low oil prices are,” Vance announced. WATCH — JD…
Shipping traffic is reportedly beginning to move through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran promised to reopen without tolls or ransoms as part of its ceasefire deal with the United States. Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), an agency it created during the war to control traffic through the strait, published a new set of procedures for safe passage on Friday. The first large merchant ships were seen heading into the previously empty traffic lanes of the strait within hours of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) receiving signatures from President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday. Ship…
Friday on MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, also known as the SAVE America Act, was the “most anti-election democracy thing that’s ever been proposed.” Host Lawrence O’Donnell said, “That’s Donald Trump’s prediction today that the Republican Party will never win another election. You will be the next Senate majority leader. And he’s saying all of that because the Republicans in the Senate are not trying to push through his bill to restrict voting in this.” Schumer said, “Well. That’s right. This is a horrible thing, the SAVE…
The war on Iran has not demonstrated weakness, the US president has insisted, despite a peace deal widely seen as anemic US President Donald Trump has denied that the war on Iran has highlighted the limits of his ability to project power, telling Axios on Thursday that “there are no limits.”On Tuesday, Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding, extending a 60-day ceasefire and laying the ground for further talks. Iran has claimed that the US president signed the agreement “out of desperation,” which Trump has vehemently denied.In an interview on ‘The Axios Show’, the president was asked whether…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has reportedly been lobbying Congress to include provisions granting legal immunity from child-harm claims in proposed legislation, as the company confronts thousands of social media addiction lawsuits from young users and their families. Reuters reports that Meta has been actively lobbying Congress to include provisions granting legal immunity from child-harm claims in proposed legislation, as the company confronts thousands of lawsuits from young users and their families. According to a source familiar with the matter and proposed legislative language reviewed by Reuters, the social media giant is seeking protection from liability related to products such as Instagram. The…
Socialist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday demanded that President Donald Trump not “meddle in Brazil’s elections” after Trump commented on the recent conviction of Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. According to Brazilian outlets, Lula claimed that President Trump “acts like an emperor” and asserted that he considered his attitude towards Brazil to be “disrespectful.” Both President Trump and Lula traveled to Evian, France, to participate in this week’s G7 Summit, hosted by the French government of President Emmanuel Macron. Asked by reporters for comment on his exchanges with Lula during the G7 Summit, President…