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Thomas Catenacci A Nigerian city purchased two trains intended for a high-speed rail line in Wisconsin more than a decade after the Obama administration doled out $810 million to the state for the project. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, Nigeria, visited Milwaukee, Wisconsin,…
Read More Failed Obama Rail Project In Wisconsin Collapses, Nigeria Purchases Unused Trains
Sebastian Hughes Hong Kong authorities announced they would kill 2,000 small animals after several hamsters contracted COVID-19 in a pet store, the Associated Press reported. An employee at the pet store tested positive for the Delta coronavirus variant on Monday in addition to several hamsters…
Read More COVID Positive Hamsters Lead To Slaughter Of 2,000 Small Animals In Hong Kong
Harry Wilmerding Local residents used a kayak to rescue a woman whose car fell into icy water after she attempted to drive over a frozen river, police said in a statement. A woman near Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, took selfie photos of herself standing on her sinking…
Read More Whoops: Canadian Woman Stands On Top Of Car To Take Selfie After Driving It Into Frozen River. Local Residents Rescue Her
Sebastian Hughes Officials in Beijing have urged for an end to overseas deliveries, saying that the Omicron coronavirus variant can spread by opening packages that originate in other countries, BBC News reported. The officials calling to end overseas deliveries cited the case of a woman…
Read More Chinese Officials Call To End Overseas Deliveries Because Of Omicron Variant
Two teenagers were arrested in the U.K. on Sunday in connection to the Texas synagogue terrorist hostage standoff, the Independent reported. Malik Faisal Akram died after an 11-hour standoff with the FBI while holding a rabbi and congregants hostage at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, near Dallas,…
Read More Two Teens In England Arrested In Connection With Texas Terror Investigation
Sebastian Hughes The president of Kazakhstan authorized security forces on Friday to shoot to kill anyone participating in unrest as his country faces massive protests that have already led to violence, the Associated Press reported. “I have given the order to law enforcement and the…
Read More Kazakh President Permits Forces To Shoot To Kill
Harry Wilmerding Dozens of people, including 12 police officers, were killed, and one officer who was beheaded, in one of the world’s largest countries Thursday during violent protests that saw government buildings set on fire, the Associated Press reported. Dozens of demonstrators were killed as…
Read More REPORT: Police In Kazakhstan Say 12 Officers Killed, One Beheaded During Violent Protest
A newborn boy was found in the trash bin of an airplane’s bathroom, leading to the arrest of his alleged mother, BBC News reported. Airport officers discovered the child while screening the Air Mauritius plane, which landed in Mauritius on Jan. 1, BBC News reported. They…
Read More Newborn Baby Abandoned In Airplane Toilet Bin, Mother Arrested
Sebastian Hughes Two armed drones were shot down as they approached a base near Baghdad’s international airport containing U.S. forces on Monday, Iraqi security sources told Reuters. The base’s defense system engaged “two fixed-wing suicide drones,” an official of the U.S.-led international military coalition told Reuters. Both…
Read More Drone Attack On US Base Foiled On Anniversary Of Iran’s Top General’s Assassination
Ailan Evans Hackers took over the website of Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post on Monday, replacing the site’s front page with an image referencing an Iranian military leader. The hack occurred early Monday, according to The Jerusalem Post, on the two-year anniversary of the Trump administration’s drone strike that…
Read More Hackers Take Over Major Newspaper, Show Former General Killed By Trump Admin On Website