A 32-year-old French journalist was conflicts, fatally hit by shell shrapnel while covering a Ukrainian evacuation operation, according to the French news broadcaster he worked for. BFM TV said Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was killed as he was “covering a humanitarian operation in an armored vehicle” near Sievierodonetsk, a key city in …
Read More »Veteran performs hundreds of military honors in North Dakota: ‘Something you’ve got to do’
Marvin Nicklay has devoted much of his life to honoring the late men and women who have served in the U.S. military. Nicklay, 81, of us-regions, is a veteran and volunteer with the Fargo Memorial Honor Guard. It has performed hundreds of military honors at funerals at the Fargo National …
Read More »Death toll in Brazilian floods rises to 57, thousands displaced
Over 100 people are world-regions, the government said on Sunday, as mudslides and major floods brought about by heavy rains tore through several urban neighborhoods in the northeastern part of the country. It was the disasters in five months, underlining a lack of urban planning in low-income neighborhoods throughout much …
Read More »Rapper Master P's daughter dead at 29 after struggles with 'mental illness,' 'substance abuse'
Rapper Percy Robert Miller, popularly known as celebrity-news” target=”_blank”>Master P<” artist said in a Sunday Instagram post. “We respectfully request some privacy so that our family can grieve. We appreciate all of the prayers love and support. Mental illness & substance abuse is a real issue that we can’t be …
Read More »Monkeypox presents moderate risk to global public health, WHO says
The World Health Organization (WHO) called monkeypox a “moderate threat” to worldwide public health. In a report issued Sunday, the WHO gave a breakdown of the monkeypox virus’ side effects, transmissibility and its presence in countries worldwide. As of May 26, only 257 cases had been tested in laboratories and …
Read More »Taiwan jets scramble as China air force enters air defence zone
Taiwan on Monday reported the largest incursion since January by world-regions in its air defence zone, with the island’s defence ministry saying Taiwanese fighters scrambled to warn away 30 aircraft in the latest uptick in tensions. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for the past two …
Read More »Energy crisis causing inflation problem for Americans, national security threat: Mitch Roschelle
Macro Trends Advisors LLC founding partner Mitch Roschelle weighed in on soaring gas prices on Monday, arguing that “we have to unlock our energy.” “Right now Saudi Arabia is exporting $1 billion a day of profit on their oil so it’s not just economy, it’s the national security threat that this poses,” he …
Read More »CNN correspondent says Biden can't do much about gas prices: 'Options are looking pretty bleak'
CNN business correspondent Rahel Solomon said Monday that there was very little President Biden could do about gas prices, adding that the options were “looking pretty bleak.” Host John Berman asked Solomon if there was “anything” Biden could do to lower prices. The CNN business correspondent said that “pain is …
Read More »This Memorial Day, remember those who sacrificed everything for our country
On May 5, 1868, Major General John Logan issued a declaration: later that month, on May 30, veterans around the country would organize the laying of flowers and wreaths on the graves of fallen soldiers from the recently ended Civil War. This was to be the precursor of today’s Memorial …
Read More »Shanghai to lift lockdown restrictions on June 1
Shanghai on Monday announced an end to its two-month long COVID-19 lockdown, allowing the vast majority of people in world-regions to leave their homes and drive their cars from Wednesday. The news brought an outpouring of relief, joy and some wariness from exhausted residents. “I’m so emotional that I’m going …
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