Britain has announced that the BBC Licence will be abolished by 2028, putting to an eventual end ‘elderly being threatened with prison’ over avoiding the tax. The UK government has announced that the nation will be scrapping the TV Licence that funds the British Broadcasting Corporation sometime in 2027, with […]
Month: January 2022
POLITICO Playbook: Civil rights leaders fume after meeting with Sinema – POLITICO
While previous meetings between Sen.Kyrsten Sinema and the civil rights leaders ended with mutual respect and a promise to continue talking, this time, given the senator’s remarks on Thursday, sources say the relationship has soured.| J.Scott Applewhite/AP Photo DRIVING THE DAY On Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., a group of major […]
Colleyville, Texas: Hostages safely rescued at Texas synagogue, suspect is dead, officials say
The FBI on Sunday identified Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British national, as the man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in an hours-long standoff Saturday before a rescue team entered the building and killed the suspect.An FBI Hostage Rescue Team killed Akram after the hostages were […]
Thyroid cancer
Thyroid cancer occurs in the cells of the thyroid — a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your neck, just below your Adam’s apple.Your thyroid produces hormones that regulate your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight.Thyroid cancer might not cause any symptoms at first.But as it grows, […]
Investigating who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis – 60 Minutes
Seventy-five years after its publication, “The Diary of Anne Frank” remains among the most widely-read books in the world.Blinkering between hope and despair, the account of a Jewish teenager’s life in hiding in an annex behind an Amsterdam warehouse, gave voice and a face to millions of victims of the […]
Former Obama adviser pleads guilty to stealing $218K from schools
A former Obama administration adviser pleaded guilty to wire fraud and stealing $218,000 from charter schools, announced the Southern District of New York (SDNY) on Friday.”Seth Andrew, a former White House advisor, admitted today to devising a scheme to steal from the very same schools he helped create.Andrew now faces […]
SWAT Team Deployed To Congregation Beth Israel In Colleyville – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A hostage situation at a synagogue in Colleyville on Saturday, January 15 ended after nearly 11 hours when law enforcement safely rescued all four hostages. Local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies worked together to save the hostages. READ MORE: Greater Manchester Police Arrest 2 Teens […]
Sidhu invites Elon Musk to Punjab; says, will create Ludhiana as electric vehicle industry hub
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu.(File photo.) NEW DELHI: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday invited tech czar Elon Musk to set up shop in Punjab emphasising that under his ‘ Punjab model ‘, Ludhiana will become a hub for electric vehicles and battery industry. Musk had earlier said […]
China and Russia are teaming up against NASA in the race to put a base on the Moon — RT Op-ed
When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon in 1969, it was one of, if not the most, iconic moments in human history; and it had immense geopolitical consequences.For the previous decade and a half, the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a high-stakes space race with each […]
Games Bring Space Exploration Home. But They Omit the Full Risks
+++lead-in-textnnImagine hurtling past asteroids on a cutting-edge spacecraft, calculating the speed boost you’ll get by whipping past a massive planet, navigating space radiation hazards, and developing plausible and speculative technologies for rocket propulsion and for sifting for valuable resources.It’s not just NASA scientists who study such things; with the latest […]