Taliban: Kabul Checkpoint Bomb Blast Kills, Wounds Several

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul’s military airport Sunday morning killing and wounding “several” people, a Taliban official said, the first deadly blast of 2023 in Afghanistan. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the … Read More

UK Government Urged to ‘Get a Grip’ on NHS Emergency Care Amid Reports of Hundreds of Deaths

The government has been urged to “get a grip” of the crisis in England’s hospitals amid claims that up to 500 people a week are dying because of delays with emergency care. The president of the Royal College of Emergency … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – December 30, 2022

Greetings from Tyler, Here we are, days after the most promoted holiday of the year, and stranded airline passengers are still trying to get home.  Not that they ever got to their intended destination in the first place.  Canceled flights … Read More

Hersheys Sued for Millions Over Dark Chocolate Allegedly Containing Excessive Levels of Lead and Cadmium

A Long Island man filed a $5 million federal lawsuit against The Hershey Company Wednesday alleging that the company’s dark chocolate contains dangerous levels of heavy metals. In a 24-page class action complaint in a federal court in New York,Christopher … Read More

Vladimir Putin invites Xi Jinping to visit Russia next spring to show strength of ties with China

Vladimir Putin has invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to visit Russia next spring to show to the world to “demonstrate to the whole world how strong the Russian-Chinese friendship is”. In a year-end video call, the pair also reaffirmed … Read More

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