Hundreds evacuated as wildfires tear through Western Australia

A bus stop damaged by a fire is seen in Kwinana, Australia, on Monday. Western Australian fire authorities issued emergency warnings for out-of-control bushfires across the state. Photo by Richard Wainwright/EPA-EFE Jan. 5 (UPI) — Hundreds of residents in Western Australia … Read More

WORLDStrong earthquake hits lake in northern Mongolia

The epicenter (Credit: Google) A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck a lake along the Russia-Mongolia border, seismologists say. Only few details are currently available. The earthquake, which struck at 5:33 a.m. local time on Tuesday, … Read More

House Democrats’ quick 25th Amendment push urging Pence to remove Trump blocked by Republicans

Democrats said they would introduce an article of impeachment against Trump Monday. House Republicans blocked quick consideration of a bill calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office amid fallout from last week’s Capitol … Read More

National power grid breakdown plunges Pakistan into darkness

posted in: Far East, News

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A breakdown in Pakistan’s national power grid plunged the country into darkness on Saturday night, officials said. “A countrywide blackout has been caused by a sudden plunge in the frequency in the power transmission system,” Pakistan’s Power … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 8 January 2021

posted in: News, Weekly Update

Greetings from Tyler, Recent events beg a question, and it’s a big one. What will we NOT bow down for?  Americans are driving around solo, all masked up. Does that make some kind of sense, or are people just projecting … Read More

‘Completely untrustworthy’ – Iran leader bans import of US and UK-made COVID-19 vaccines

posted in: Middle East, News

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei —Reuters Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday banned the import of US and British-produced coronavirus vaccines, saying they were “completely untrustworthy.” “It’s not unlikely they would want to contaminate other nations. Given … Read More

U.S. intelligence agencies say Russia likely behind hacking of government agencies

posted in: News, Russia

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -The office of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday said Russia was “likely” behind a string of hacks identified last month that gained access to several federal agencies. The office, along with the FBI, the … Read More

Trump says he ‘will not be going’ to Biden’s inauguration

It will the first time since 1869 that a sitting president skips Inauguration Day. President Trump said Friday he “will not be going to the Inauguration” of President-elect Joe Biden — an extraordinary move that will make him the first … Read More

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