An American hunting influencer has sparked intense backlash after posting footage of herself capturing a wild baby wombat on the side of the road, removing it from its distressed mother for a photo opportunity. It was posted by Sam Jones who has been previously referred to as Samantha Strable in a hunting publication and goes by the … Read more
The Trump administration’s secret talks with Hamas were a “one-off situation” that “hasn’t borne fruit,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. Discussing the secret talks during his trip to Saudi Arabia, Rubio defended hostage envoy Adam Boehler’s decision to negotiate directly with Hamas earlier this month, breaking away from America’s decades-long policy and angering … Read more
New York Post columnist Douglas Murray won a libel claim Tuesday over an article that falsely accused him of “supporting violent racist attacks” during anti-immigration protests in the UK last year. Murray — a conservative author, journalist and commentator — clinched the victory against the Guardian Media Group over an Aug. 11, 2024 column by … Read more
A young woman has faced backlash for her “stupidity” after posting a video of herself diving into thick sea foam during ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred – with a microbiologist condemning her actions. South East Queensland and northern NSW are still being battered by rain and flooding caused by the downgraded cyclone, with flood warnings in effect for large parts of … Read more
Ukraine reportedly launched at least 337 drones into Russia on Tuesday in the largest-yet drone attack of the Moscow-Kyiv conflict, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. It came just before US and Ukrainian delegations were scheduled to meet for negotiation discussions in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Russia set the previous drone-attack record a … Read more
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) captured nine Russian troops who were forced into surrendering after a building was blown up beside them, an intense new video shows. Footage of the surrender, posted to Facebook on Monday, shows the SSO demanding from loudspeakers mounted on drones that the remainder of a Russian battalion give themselves up … Read more
A Russian teacher was caught watching porn on his computer while teaching physics to a group to 13- and 14-year-old students, reports say. A viral video filmed by one of Razif Nurgaliev’s pupils shows the unsuspecting teacher, 62, smirking at his screen while the projector connected to his computer played the X-rated content for the … Read more
President Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said Hamas has no other alternative but to disarm itself and exit Gaza for any cease-fire deal to work. Witkoff, who is traveling to Qatar on Monday to negotiate the next phase of the fragile truce, said peace cannot be reached so long as Hamas’ military wing continues … Read more
ROME — Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continued his recovery on Monday from double pneumonia and looks ahead to the 12th anniversary of his election amid questions about what the future of his papacy might look like. Francis followed the opening of the retreat by videoconference on Sunday: … Read more
North Korea condemned combined South Korea-US military exercises that began on Monday as a “dangerous provocative act”, citing the risk of an accidental shooting sparking a physical confrontation. The annual Freedom Shield drills are scheduled to run until March 20, although live-fire exercises remain suspended after South Korean jets mistakenly dropped bombs on a civilian town near … Read more