Flames consume high-rise in Milan; residents evacuated
Post Content Italian firefighters on Sunday battled a high-rise blaze in Milan that spread rapidly through a 20-story residential building and poured black smoke into the air. Residents were hurriedly evacuated. Mayor Giuseppe Sala said there were no reports of injuries or deaths, but that firefighters were kicking down doors, apartment by apartment, to make […]
Netanyahu told to return gifts received as prime minister on state trips
Read More The legal adviser to the Prime Minister’s Office is demanding that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, return gifts to the government that they allegedly took in violation of the law. They had received the gifts on official visits abroad on which it is customary that the leaders and sometimes […]
China’s Celebrity Fan Clubs the Latest Target Under Beijing’s Widening Online Crackdown
Read More For months, Chinese authorities have been cracking down on the country’s powerful internet sector, targeting an array of companies over issues from anti-trust to data security. Now, online celebrity fan clubs are the latest to feel the heat. The regime’s top internet regulator, in a bid to reign in what it described as […]
Satellites launched to determine source of methane, carbon dioxide emissions
Read More A US-based organisation is launching a constellation of satellites in space with the sole purpose of detecting methane and carbon dioxide concentrations across the globe. Concentrations of the toxic gases most responsible for climate change and toxic air pollution will be mapped by satellites and aircraft equipped with high-performance visible/infrared imaging spectrometers. The […]
Taliban assure world leaders they will let eligible people leave Afghanistan
Read More Afghanistan Taliban assure world leaders they will let eligible people leave Afghanistan Many British citizens stuck at Kabul airport after all UK troops left, as tensions and violence intensify Afghanistan – live updates , Jason Burke and Patrick Wintour Sun 29 Aug 2021 14.57 EDT Last modified on Sun 29 Aug 2021 14.58 […]
GAO: US Govt Expanding Use of Facial Recognition Technology
Despite states moving to restrict the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) amid privacy concerns, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported 10 federal agencies are ramping up the use of the technology.
Stanford professor blames ‘whiteness’ for opposition to school mask mandates: ‘White people are GOP’
Post Content A Stanford University professor went on a Twitter tirade targeting those who oppose school mask mandates, saying that people’s “whiteness” makes them believe they are “above” government action. “Make no mistake, this crazy opposition to mask wearing that is leading folks (read White ppl) to act violently at school board meetings & council […]
Overwhelming support for keeping US troops in Afghanistan until all Americans, Afghan allies, out: poll
Post Content A new national poll indicates that most Americans want U.S. troops to remain at the airport in Afghanistan‘s capital city of Kabul until all Americans, as well as Afghans who aided the U.S. during the 20 year conflict in the war torn central Asian country, are evacuated. More than 8 in 10 (84%) […]
Graham claims Afghanistan war ‘has not ended’ despite withdrawal: ‘We’ve entered into a new deadly chapter’
Post Content Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asserted Sunday that not only is the war in Afghanistan not ending with the Aug. 31 U.S. withdrawal, it is only going to get worse. After a suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul killed 13 American service members, Graham warned of “the parade of horribles that are about […]
Il fuoco che esce da un appartamento
Read More 29 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/edizione/milano/milano-incendio-in-un-grattacielo-l-edificio-ancora-in-fiamme/394807/395516&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> I Vigili del Fuoco sono intervenuti per estinguere le fiamme che hanno avvolto un palazzo di 15 piani a Milano in Via Antonini. Sono state sgomberate anche le abitazioni vicine. Molti curiosi in strada. Sul posto, […]