The US influencer who disgusted Australians by separating a baby wombat from its mother for a video has snuck out of the country with her tail between her legs. News.com.au has confirmed that Samantha Strable, known online as Sam Jones, left the country this morning. It followed a threat to review her visa. “The department is … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the United Nations’ Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as antisemitic after its report on Thursday accusing the Jewish state of carrying out “genocidal acts” and sexual violence tactics against Palestinians. The UNHRC’s report alleged that Israel “intentionally attacked and destroyed” Gaza’s main fertility center with its blocking of aid medication that … Read more
A tourist is in a critical condition after leaning out of a moving train to pose for pictures in Sri Lanka, the latest casualty of a dangerous social media trend. The tourist, a 35-year-old woman from China, hit her head on a tunnel wall and fell off the train, suffering severe injuries to her head … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected the terms of President Trump’s proposed 30-day cease-fire in Ukraine, demanding that the West stop arming Kyiv before the Kremlin would consider such an arrangement. While he said Moscow was willing to “cease hostilities,” Putin said Moscow would only agree to the Trump deal if it were changed … Read more
A document prepared for the Kremlin proposes that Russia prolong the Ukraine war and drag out peace talks led by President Trump so that “a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine crisis cannot happen before 2026.” European intelligence services obtained the document — written by an influential think-tank in Moscow with ties to Russia’s Federal Security … Read more
A blast from the past! Archeologists unearthed fossilized bone fragments in a cave in Spain that may represent a previously unknown species — making it the oldest-known human fossil ever discovered in Western Europe. The left cheekbone and upper jaw of a partial skull belonging to an extinct human species were discovered at the Sima … Read more
Germany’s foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic was accidentally released from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, two German newspapers reported on Wednesday. According to a joint report by publications Die Zeit and Sueddeutscher Zeitung, Germany’s spying agency BND had indications that the institute had conducted gain-of-function experiments, whereby … Read more
The two little girls of an Israeli hostage are calling on President Trump to help save their father from Hamas captivity and bring him home. Omri Miran’s two daughters were seen in a viral video on X addressing the US president as they drew signs of support for their father, who remains among the 59 … Read more
Hamas sent a 4-year-old boy to approach an Israeli military outpost in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday — after soldiers there repeatedly opened fire on Gazans who approached the soldiers, officials say. The Israel Defense Forces spotted the child walking towards them at a security buffer zone overnight. The soldiers took the boy in and … Read more
An Australian surfer is presumed dead after a shark attack while his girlfriend and others watched on in horror, only weeks into the couple’s six-month-long dream vacation. Steven Payne, 37, was surfing the waters off of Wharton Beach — a remote area of Western Australia about 480 miles from Perth — when the shark mauled … Read more