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Jordanian state media on Thursday reported eight to ten missiles launched by Iran were intercepted within Jordan’s airspace, while Qatar reported drone attacks. Iran previously attacked Bahrain and Kuwait after violating its peace deal with the United States to launch terror strikes on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Jordanian media reported Iran’s missile strike targeted the Azraq military base. Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it “destroyed” the U.S. command and control facility at Azraq, while Jordan said the Iranian missiles were intercepted without significant damage or loss of life. Kuwait said it detected and intercepted three…
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) requested that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “fully update” Kentucky residents on his health status as rumors surfaced that he may be “brain dead.” In a letter addressed to McConnell, Beshear said that Kentuckians have been concerned about McConnell’s health and his ability to continue to hold his position in the United States Senate. The senator is reported to have been hospitalized since he was admitted on June 14. “Over the last several weeks, Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned about the current state of your health and wellbeing, and ability to hold office in the United States…
An advocacy group believes driving under the influence of narcotics has reached epidemic proportions Drug-driving has become Britain’s biggest road safety threat, overtaking drunk-driving for the first time, a recent study suggests, fueling criticism of outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his government’s handling of the issue.It is illegal in the UK to drive while impaired by legal or illegal drugs, or with specified levels of certain controlled substances in the bloodstream. Convicted drug-drivers face a driving ban of at least one year, a fine, and up to six months in prison.According to figures obtained by the advocacy group IAM…
Argentina’s World Cup win over Egypt prompted criticism of referee Francois Letexier which was intensified by Wikipedia hoax edits made to Letexier’s article labeling him as Jewish, furthering antisemitic memes going viral. The hoax edits occurred even as the page was locked to prevent changes by new and unregistered editors. Social media posts from people fooled by the hoax went viral with the misinformation’s removal prompting similarly viral claims of a “cover-up” at Letexier’s page. The hoax content remained on Letexier’s page for eight hours. One edit later re-added the claim citing a reply from the Grok chatbot “confirming” Letexier…
“Acting President” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez on Wednesday announced that she sent a letter to King Charles III requesting the release of the nation’s frozen gold reserves in the U.K. Rodríguez claimed that the gold will be used for the “recovery” of Venezuela following June’s two devastating earthquakes. The ruling socialists have tried to “rescue” the gold for the past eight years after the bank froze the assets and prevented Nicolás Maduro from illegitimately taking control of them. WATCH — U.S. Rescue Workers Pull Crying Infant from Venezuelan Earthquake Rubble: For more than 40 years, Venezuela has housed dozens of tonnes of gold…
Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Moment,” former CIA Director Leon Panetta said President Donald Trump was hiding something about switching planes for his flight back from the NATO Summit in Turkey. Partial transcript as follows: PANETTA: You know, I’ve always been concerned about security issues with this kind of plane that’s built by another country, regardless of the fact that that country, we may have good relations with that country. The fact is that for from a security point of view, you have got to be concerned that there are going to be efforts to try to gather intelligence. And…
The Strait of Hormuz disruption is set to trigger the first annual decline in crude consumption since Covid-19, the energy watchdog says Global oil demand is on track to post its first annual decline since the Covid-19 pandemic as the US-Iran war has severely disrupted Middle Eastern oil production and exports, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. The Middle East conflict, triggered by the US-Israeli bombing campaign on Iran in late February, has slashed Gulf oil production and exports, prompting the largest-ever emergency stock release by IEA member countries. While exports have gradually resumed, production and inventories remain below…
Former Utah County Attorney David Leavitt has outrun accusations of an illegal adoption and ritualistic child abuse after attorneys within US Homeland Security Investigations shuttered an investigation into his actions. In an exclusive interview with The Last American Vagabond, a former Homeland Security Investigations analyst reveals how he was targeted by the US government for pursuing an investigation into a powerful Utah politician following a controversial adoption of a Native American baby. The analyst said that he and his colleague were sidelined after attempting to subpoena the Mormon Church’s internal hotline for reporting sexual abuse as part of their investigation. The…
Artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Google have been supplying advanced AI technology to subsidiaries of Chinese tech giants that appear on a Pentagon blacklist, revealing a significant loophole in America’s efforts to restrict Beijing’s AI development. The Financial Times reports that OpenAI and Google confirmed that they have been providing AI services to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent, which the U.S. government has accused of working with China’s military. While these sales are technically legal under current regulations, the revelations have intensified demands for stricter U.S. oversight of AI model exports, similar to existing restrictions on semiconductor chips…
An Argentine flight school pilot jumped out of a plane and to his death while midair on Saturday, leaving his student to land the aircraft by herself. “You know what you have to do, carry on,” flight instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo told a 22-year-old named Rosario before taking off his headset and seatbelt, opening the door, and jumping out of the plane, the student said, according to a report by CNN World. The 42-year-old flight pilot was later found dead in Toledo, Argentina, the country’s public prosecutor announced on Tuesday. Eduardo Álvarez — a director at the Flying Parrot Córdoba flying school where Bertazzo…