The United States ambassador to the UN, Bathsheba Nell Crocker, has said that Russia aims to kill or send to camps, gays, ethnic minorities and political opponents if it invades Protests could be violently put down if Russian invades Ukraine ( Image: REUTERS) Russia aims to kill or send to camps gays, ethnic minorities and … Read more
On Wednesday morning, houses were left buried beneath mud while appliances and cars were in piles on the streets. Petropolis, named for a former Brazilian emperor, has been a refuge for people escaping the summer heat and tourists keen to explore the so-called “Imperial City.” Its prosperity has also drawn poorer residents from Rio’s poorer … Read more
COTABATO, Philippines (AP) — Gunmen in the southern Philippines killed a Muslim rebel and eight of his companions in a road ambush Saturday that authorities said was apparently sparked by a land dispute. Several attackers raked two SUVs with assault rifle fire in an early morning ambush in an isolated farming village in Guindulungan town … Read more
Two drivers are facing charges after a chaotic road rage encounter on a North Carolina highway was captured on video, according to state law enforcement officials. The nearly two-minute video posted on Facebook just after 8 am on Wednesday, Feb. 9, showed a white van and black sedan swerving in and out of traffic before … Read more
an Alabama man allegedly paid his brother with a motorcycle to kill his ex-wife, according to an indictment recently unsealed. Jason Starr paid his brother, Darin Starr, with a 2016 Triumph motorcycle and additional money to kill Sara Starr, Jason’s ex-wife, according to an indictment that was unsealed on Jan. 24 in Montgomery Federal Court. … Read more
QUITO, Ecuador — A rain-weakened hillside collapsed in Ecuador’s capital, sweeping over homes and a sports field and killing at least 24 people, city officials said Tuesday. The Quito Security Department said at least 48 more people were injured while eight houses collapsed and others were damaged when the hillside gave way late Monday. The … Read more
BEIRUT (AP) – The frigid winter weather in Syria’s war-torn northwest has killed two babies in segregated IDP camps, a doctor and a war observer said Tuesday. Record-breaking temperatures and severe snow storms have engulfed much of the Middle East in recent weeks, from Gaza to Turkey. The cold and snow have hit many impoverished … Read more
A Kansas man was charged with threatening to kill President Biden — after telling federal agents that God had ordered him to go to Washington DC to “cut off the head of the serpent at the heart of the nation.” claim court documents. Scott Merryman drove Wednesday from his hometown of Independence, Kansas, to Hagerstown, … Read more
Researchers fear that a ‘killer’ lake in Africa could kill millions of people, studies show. Freshwater experts warn that Lake Kivu, located between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, harbors potentially explosive gases. Kivu is one of Africa’s great ‘rift’ lakes because it has formed over an area of extensional tectonics in the continental … Read more