Donald Trump has said he is looking “very seriously, beyond seriously”, at the prospect of running in the 2024 US election race, only months after vacating the White House for Democratic president Joe Biden.
A senior Australian government minister did not rule out Australian citizens being forced to wear electronic ankle bracelets to ensure they adhere to home quarantine – even if they are fully vaccinated. The suggestion was initially made by journalist David Speers of ABC TV during an interview with Aussie Employment Minister Stuart Robert. “I guess […]
Photo credit: No. 10 Downing Street (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled a planned trip to India amid concerns about the country’s covid-19 rates, despite being fully vaccinated against the virus himself. Downing Street issued a joint statement this morning on behalf of both the Indian and British governments, saying that […]
The club looks set to miss out on a top four finish for the second year in a row with Mourinho at the helm, in what has been a disappointing season for all involved.
Dr Seuss Enterprises, the company which manages the intellectual property and estate of Dr Seuss, has told Gript that it did not threaten legal action against the satirical Babylon Bee site. They told Gript “The purported legal notice is a fake. It did not come from Dr. Seuss Enterprises or anyone associated with the organization.” Seth Dillon, […]
The European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Bernier, has warned that in France there is a growing appetite to exit the EU, and that French politicians should learn from Brexit as a cautionary tale. “We could draw some lessons from Brexit for ourselves,” Barnier told a conference in Le Touquet, France. “It’s now too late […]
A top French court has upheld a ruling that a migrant who his killed a 65-year-old Jewish woman in an anti-semitic attack was not guilty of murder because he was high on cannabis at the time of the killing. The incident originally took place in 2017, when Kobili Traoré from Mali, who was 27 at […]
Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s has called to “defund the police” & “dismantle” the justice system in a bizarre tweet following the fatal shooting of a young black man by a US police officer. “The murder of Daunte Wright is rooted in white supremacy and results from the intentional criminalization of Black and Brown […]
Russian Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy has ordered 1 million illegal immigrants to leave the country by June 15th of this year. In a statement to the leadership of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Gorovoy requested that the bloc take back their citizens, many of whom illegally reside in Russia. “These people will be […]
The value of Bitcoin slumped 4.6% this week after Turkey’s central bank announced it was banning the use of cryptocurrencies for purchasing goods and services, citing risks of “irreparable” damage to the national currency and economy. The decision appears likely to damage the growing Turkish crypto market, which has surged recently as the country’s national […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that European Commission President Urusla Von Der Leyen told him they were looking into acquiring “hundreds of millions” of vaccine doses for 2022 and 2023 so that a mass vaccination program of children could begin. “It might be interesting to note that the president of the [European] Commission was in […]
A young Argentinian woman has died during an abortion only months after the country legalised the procedure.