Russian TV bosses PULL video of schoolchildren spelling out birthday wishes to Vladimir Putin because they were afraid it made 70-year-old president look old The Russian leader turned 70 on Friday but celebrations were rather muted A video of hundreds of children wishing Putin a happy birthday was taken down It comes after rumours of … Read more
Biden has drained the oil stockpile to the lowest point in 40 YEARS: Pressure piles on President with little options left to try and curb the spike in gas prices after the OPEC slash Biden has drained the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its lowest level in 40 years Releases came in response to high gas … Read more
Shoppers are horrified to discover a head of cabbage on sale for $18 at a suburban supermarket: ‘You’ve got to really like cabbage’ A fruit and vegetable market in Brisbane is selling cabbages for $17.99 a head The price of cabbage in Queensland has risen in response to crop shortages Cabbages are largely unavailable online … Read more
Bill Gates has pledged to donate $20billion to his charitable foundation so it can increase its annual spending and help solve the world’s ‘big problems’ and ‘reduce suffering’. In the face of global setbacks including the pandemic, the war on Ukraine and the devastating impact of climate change, Gates said he was making the donation … Read more
Boris Johnson compares Ukraine conflict to Falklands war in dig at Argentina PM said he was ‘disappointed’ issue was raised as he met Argentinian president He met Alberto Fernandez on Monday at G7 summit on response to Russia’s war PM said sacrifice of lives ‘vindicated’ Falklanders’ right to choose their future Reportedly Mr Fernandez responded ‘we … Read more
‘Vladimir Putin is a lunatic with small man syndrome’: Defence Secretary Ben Wallace launches broadside at Russian leader and says the country is not winning war in Ukraine The UK Defence Secretary says he doesn’t believe Russia is winning the war Ben Wallace said the Russian leader has suffered the loss of 25,000 troops He … Read more
Families could be PAID to turn their lights off! National Grid plans to pay homes £6 for each kilowatt-hour they avoid using at peak times to avoid blackouts this winter The measures come amid spiraling energy costs made worse by war in Ukraine Households with smart meters could be paid £6 per kilowatt-hour not used … Read more
Vladimir Putin told Emmanuel Macron that he would rather play ice hockey than meet Joe Biden in a last-ditch call to avert the invasion of Ukraine in February. The flippant remark came on February 20 at the end of call which saw the French leader made what turned out to be a fruitless attempt to stop … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Edward Leigh is silent on Pope’s ‘Putin altar boy’ jibe By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 01:52 BST, 23 May 2022 | Updated: 02:25 BST, 23 May 2022 Good Catholics like to take their lead from the Pope. So one might have expected Tory grandee Sir Edward Leigh to have publicly … Read more
Russia will soon have 50 brand new nuclear missiles capable of reducing all enemies to a nuclear crater, the head of the country’s space agency has warned. Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos and a staunch Putin ally, said dozens of new Sarmat-2 missiles – measuring 14 storeys tall and weighing 208 tons – will … Read more
A Ukrainian refugee who embarked on a romance with her UK sponsor while staying with his family has denied being a ‘homewrecker’ and called the accusations ‘b*****t’. Sofiia Karkadym, 22, fled Lviv and moved in with Tony Garnett, 29, his wife Lorna and their two children in Bradford at the start of May. But Mr … Read more
Britain hits Russia with third wave of trade sanctions worth £1.7bn – including precious metals imports – in latest action against Putin’s war machine Britain hits Russia with third wave of trade sanctions and targets metals imports The new package – which also hits Belarus – is aimed at £1.7bn worth of trade Ministers take … Read more
Russia orders 174,000 new diplomatic passports ‘in suspected scam to allow Putin’s top officials, spies and their spouses to bypass sanctions and infiltrate the West’ The foreign ministry in Moscow has demanded 174K fresh diplomatic passports But the ministry has just 15,000 employees, of which only one in three should qualify as a diplomat, prompting … Read more