President Donald Trump came within a hair’s width of death on Tuesday, when an escalator at the United Nations headquarters briefly stalled in an act of intentional sabotage, leaving him exposed to the mercy of a theoretical assassin’s bullet. At least that’s how Trump’s supporters and right-wing commentators are imagining it. The 79-year-old president was indeed forced to walk up …
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Russia will expand aggression beyond Ukraine if Putin is not stopped, Zelensky warns
Vladimir Putin “will keep driving the war forward wider and deeper” if he is not stopped, Ukraine’s President Zelensky has warned. Speaking at the UN’s General Assembly in New York, Zelensky said more countries would be met with Russian aggression unless allies displayed a united front and ramped up support. He said all nations were threatened by a global arms …
Read More »Who stopped the UN escalator? Likely Trump's videographer, says UN – Reuters
Who stopped the UN escalator? Likely Trump’s videographer, says UN Reuters Leavitt calls for firing, investigation if UN escalator malfunction with Trumps on board intentional Fox News Trump UN escalator snafu: White House wants investigation of sudden stop CNBC U.N. escalator stops as Trump gets on; White House demands firing if intentional MSNBC News It’s all real estate Politico Source link
Read More »Flights stopped as radar and communication outages hit air traffic controllers in Dallas
Facebook Tweet Email Link Radar and communications outages in Dallas prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to stop flights Friday afternoon at the area’s two largest airports. “The FAA is slowing flights into Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport due to a reported equipment issue at Dallas TRACON,” the FAA said in a statement. The FAA is investigating the …
Read More »should research on mirror-image molecular biology be stopped?
In theory, all biological structures, functions and even organisms could be recreated in their mirror image, leading to endless possibilities.Credit: Getty This week, experts in synthetic biology and microbiology, among other fields, are gathering in Manchester, UK, to explore the benefits and risks of building synthetic life. One of the topics that will be discussed is how research might be …
Read More »Postal traffic to U.S. fell 80% after Trump administration stopped exemption on low-value parcels
Postal traffic into the United States plunged by more than 80% after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, the United Nations postal agency said Saturday. The Universal Postal Union says it has started rolling out new measures that can help postal operators around the world calculate and collect duties, or taxes, after the U.S. eliminated the so-called “de …
Read More »Why I Quit My $300K Google Job and Stopped Chasing Early Retirement
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Jim Tang, 27, about quitting his software engineering job at Google. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I always wanted to be a good son. I thought getting into a Big Tech company would make my parents proud and provide a high salary. I started working at …
Read More »The Notre Dame-Miami rivalry was peak college football. Then it abruptly stopped
Do you want to share your predictions, analysis or thoughts on Sunday’s Notre Dame-Miami game? Get involved with our coverage at live@theathletic.com. Pat Walsh set up shop outside the Orange Bowl figuring business would be good. A year earlier, as a senior at Notre Dame in 1988, he had made a small fortune selling “Catholics vs. Convicts” T-shirts around campus …
Read More »George Clooney’s Jay Kelly shows it’s time film and TV stopped drooling over the super-rich
Co-written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer, Jay Kelly follows countless other US films and television series, many of them influenced by HBO hit The White Lotus, which drool over the lifestyles of the rich and famous. At the moment, there are far too many of these glossy tributes to the one per cent on our screens, but most of them …
Read More »Wrestler who stopped vicious Raja Jackson attack speaks out
The wrestler who jumped into the chaotic scene of Raja Jackson attacking Stuart Smith revealed he took some punches as well. Douglas “The Epic” Malo told his side of the story in an interview posted to X. “When we’re in the f–king ring and I’m breaking it up and he shoots a f–king double leg on me,” Malo said. “And …
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