The United States and Israel will cooperate militarily following Iran’s ballistic missile attack. After Gaza and Lebanon, attention now turns to Tehran. In the past few hours, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of the Israeli armed forces, discussed the current situation with US Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, commander of US Central Command, the department that coordinates US military actions in the Middle East. During the conversation, the two military commanders discussed “bilateral cooperation” before, during and after the Iranian ballistic missile attack. They also pledged to maintain coordination between the two militaries in the face of future events…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says China’s talk of peace in Ukraine “does not hold water.” This is what he said last Friday during a press conference after his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. Antony Blinken notably mentioned Washington’s concerns about Beijing’s “technical” support for Moscow. According to him, approximately 70% of the machine tools and 90% of the microelectronic components imported by Russia come from China and Hong Kong, reports the French media Midi Libre . The head of diplomacy goes on to say that China is helping Moscow produce its war material (rockets, missiles, armored vehicles and…
Rapper P Diddy is in jail in New York awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. He also faces a dozen sexual assault charges. But it’s been reported that there are more victims. 60 women and 60 men, so a total of 120 people, are filing complaints. The 120 new victims who accuse the rapper are said to have been drugged and assaulted for the most part during parties he organized at his home. The accusations include rape, violence, kidnapping, forced prostitution, and distribution of illegal videos. In front of the press, the victims’ lawyer announced explosive revelations during the trial: ” Influential…
In 2024, Saudi Arabia broke a sad record. In more than thirty years, it had never executed so many people. 198 people in total. A calculation made by AFP based on official media. In 2023, after Iran and China, Saudi Arabia is the country that has executed the most prisoners in the world, indicates the media Midi Libre , repeating the count of the NGO Amnesty International. On Saturday, Amnesty International denounced the Saudi authorities, accusing them of “engaging in a murderous madness”. Its Secretary General, Agnes Callamard, believes that Riyadh (the capital of Saudi Arabia) is showing a real and frightening…
American neoconservative and columnist, but also former writer of George W. Bush (known for his famous expression “axis of evil”), David Frum will not shout his joy if the Republican candidate wins the presidential election… Quite the contrary. It is the media L’Express which, during an interview, reports the rather worrying analysis of David Frum. Because he is intimately convinced: if Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, he will be much more dangerous than during his first term. According to the former author of Bush’s speeches, the Republican’s objective will be, above all, to take revenge. “And he will be surrounded…
Elena Vaelbe Trubitsina, three-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion and now president of the national federation, bitterly deplores the fact that her country is thus ostracized from international sport. “Sooner or later, Russia will return to international competitions,” says the President of the Russian Cross-Country Skiing Federation since 2010. The former Russian sports star thinks that her country should have resorted to force to obtain its reinstatement. In this regard, his statements are chilling: “If we had bombed the centre of London, we would have already been allowed to compete again. Russia has been fighting the outside world for centuries. It…
The teenage accomplice of a woman sentenced to life in prison for the murder and torture of a pensioner now has a new identity and is living in hiding. Lisa Healey was just 15 when she and her friend Sarah Davey brutally attacked pensioner Lily Lilley, 71, at her home in Failsworth, Manchester. Both were invited for a cup of tea by Mrs Lilley before he taunted her, sprayed her with shampoo and cut off her legs with a knife. The evil duo then murdered her and threw her body in a trash can before dumping it in a river. Criminal…
The United Nations secretary general has condemned Iranian strikes on Israel, after earlier being banned from the country for his initial response. Speaking to the UN Security Council, António Guterres said it was high time to stop what he called the “deadly cycle of tit-for-tat violence” in the Middle East. In an earlier statement, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared Guterres persona non grata and an “anti-Israel secretary-general who lends support to terrorists”. The comments were issued in response to Guterres initially calling for a ceasefire, but not specifically mentioning the Iran attack. Addressing the council, the UN secretary general…
reportedly advanced into some parts of the city and its surrounding area on Tuesday night, with residents reporting gunfire and heavy shelling. One wounded man who made it to hospital told the BBC “tanks stormed in” to his village without warning. Separately, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had struck Hamas targets located in four schools sheltering displaced people in central and northern Gaza. The IDF said Hamas members were operating inside “command and control centres” embedded inside schools in Muscat, Rimal, Bureij and Nuseirat. Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that at least nine civilians were killed at Muscat…
A Swedish general has said that the current period is even more dangerous than the Cold War, particularly because of Vladimir Putin’s erratic behaviour. General Michael Claesson, who became commander of the Swedish forces on Tuesday, argued that it was difficult to predict what would happen these days and that this made the situation more difficult to manage. “There are many similarities, but at the same time it is in many ways more unpredictable than the Cold War. There were other mechanisms and other dialogues at the time,” he told SVT. The army chief indicated that the Kremlin’s decisions did…
This news will be good for those we call Swifties, the unconditional fans of Taylor Swift. At an auction, a man paid no less than $4,000 (3,600 euros) to acquire a guitar “owned by Taylor Swift”… before completely destroying it with violent hammer blows.Videos of the strange event have gone viral on social media. Initially, everyone thought that the acoustic guitar in question had been signed by the American superstar. Information that turns out to be completely false today. According to a source close to the singer, interviewed by the media Variety , the guitar was never used by Swift and was…
Meghan Markle reportedly “wished” that Prince Harry would “drop these lawsuits, be happy and live in the moment.” The Duchess of Sussex “wishes” the Duke of Sussex would stop fighting for taxpayer-funded security, a former Archewell employee tells People magazine . While Meghan “supports Harry 100 percent,” she wants to put this all behind them. Harry and Meghan live in Montecito, California, with their 5-year-old son, Prince Archie , and 3-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet. Earlier in 2024, Harry tried to get taxpayers to fund his security, but was denied. The duke plans to appeal the decision in court. Harry, “determined to protect his family at all…
Seasonal depression is a treatable condition. Here are some tips from an expert on how to overcome it… Time change, shorter days, uncertain weather, yellowing trees, there is no doubt, autumn is here. Like the leaves that gradually fall, our morale takes off to land at the bottom of the gutters. Drowned in a thick fog, the light fades and here we are, left to endure the start of early evenings. While many are grateful for the heat having left us, others mourn the lack of light. It is largely because of this phenomenon linked to the change of rhythm…
In mid-May, a Romanian driver was killed on a motorway in Wallonia (Belgium): a sewer slab was thrown onto his truck from a bridge. Four months after the events, the court hopes that a reconstruction will finally make it possible to identify the real perpetrator. The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. near Héron, on the E42, towards Namur. An unknown person threw a manhole cover from a bridge. The cover went through the windshield of a truck, killing its driver instantly. His wife, sitting next to him, was able to take the wheel and stop the truck. Throwing sewer covers:…
Hurricane Helene, in its wake, came to sow chaos in the United States and more particularly in Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. The latest report, from Sunday, September 29, indicates at least 89 deaths. This weekend, the American states of the southeast have therefore begun a vast mission of relief, repair and cleaning, reports the French media Midi Libre. Storms and rains have followed one another with the passage of Hurricane Helene, depriving several million homes of electricity. Roads and bridges have also been destroyed due to disastrous flooding. In the 5 states mentioned above, the hurricane…
Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK has warned that Ukraine’s defeat would lead to a reshaping of the world order. During a Conservative Party conference on Tuesday, Valerii Zaluzhnyi called on Ukraine’s allies to remain united and continue to help his country as the war between the two neighbors has lasted for more than two years. “The stakes of this war go beyond Europe. If Ukraine falls, the world order will be changed,” he said. “The winner of this war will be able to shape the future of the world. That is why we must be absolutely clear: Ukraine must win…
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, better known as Sting, was born on October 2, 1951 in Newcastle, United Kingdom. The eldest of the family grew up near the shipyards that provided the livelihood for the region, in a modest, working-class home. He quickly became interested in music, encouraged by his mother, an amateur pianist and musical comedy enthusiast. He learned to play the piano, harmonica and mandolin. “I learned music with my record player. I dissected Beatles records with a manic obsession, putting the needle of the pick-up back on hundreds of times to analyze the magical sequence of chords, the…
The (increasingly) announced merger between Jumbo-Visma and Soudal Quick-Step continues to make noise… and waves. This hypothesis inevitably raises the question of the future of Remco Evenepoel who is hard to see integrating into a team with Vingegaard, Van Aert and Kuss, even if Roglic is expected to leave the Dutch team. Asked by het Nieuwsblad, Patrick Lefevere confirmed the existence of discussions with Jumbo-Visma for a possible merger, even specifying that a “letter of intent” had been signed by the managers of the two teams. “We should see things more clearly by Monday,” said the Belgian manager, who apologised…
Cristiano Ronaldo, to the great delight of his fans, has just launched into the “Youtube Game”. Since its launch on July 8, no fewer than 63.6 million people have already subscribed to his channel “UR Cristiano”. In just 90 minutes (the length of a match), the football star managed to break a record on the platform by reaching the one million subscriber mark. And the content that our dear CR7 offers is rather new since it addresses more his private life than his footballing exploits. We want to “show things that they don’t know, give people the opportunity to know that…
A group of Russian cybercriminals has hacked into several NATO member countries, including their intelligence agencies, in an attempt to glean valuable information and protect wanted Russian spies. The UK’s National Crime Agency has revealed that the group Evil Corp has suspiciously close ties to the Russian government. “Evil Corp occupied a privileged position and the relationship between the Russian state and this cybercriminal group went well beyond the typical state-criminal relationship of protection, bribery and racketeering,” the agency said in a briefing. The group, which operated from multiple locations in Moscow including cafes, is believed to have hacked several member…