This one-of-a-kind, beautiful story comes to us from New Hampshire, where a pawn shop worker saw a need and took care of it big time. A 91-year-old military veteran named Donald stopped into U.S. Gold & Pawn in Manchester, N.H. recently to sell some it…
Critics round on Albania’s prime minister over ‘Muslim Vatican’ plan
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama wants to establish a sovereign Muslim mini-state within his country based on the model of the Vatican. It would be created in Albania’s capital Tirana and run by the Muslim Bektashi order. However, it will take a long t…
Police don’t believe explosion in Cologne linked to string of blasts
Police in Cologne have a suspect in custody and are hunting for another after an explosion in the early hours of Wednesday destroyed a cafe. But police investigators don’t believe the suspects are involved in a series of other mysterious blasts that ha…
Germany’s Baerbock says Green Party must work to regain voter trust
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Wednesday that her Green Party needs to regain public trust after seeing eroding support among voters in several regional elections. Baerbock’s comments came hours after the co-chairs of the Greens, Omi…
Zelensky: Russia is planning attacks on Ukrainian nuclear plants
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to world leaders to keep his country’s fight against Russia’s invasion a top priority in his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. He raised to spectre of a global nuclear disaster at the start…
X will let blocked accounts still see user posts, Elon Musk says
Elon Musk has said social media platform X plans to scale back how its blocking tool works, so that blocked accounts will still be able to view a user’s public posts, but not engage with them. Currently, when an account blocks another on the site, it p…
Electronic music’s most influential instrument turns 60
What? The Moog Synthesizer. It was one of the first modular voltage-controlled oscillators and amplifiers, created by Robert Moog. In layman’s terms? Robert Moog’s synths were the first to entirely allow people to create and manipulate electronic music…
St Pauli outline co-operative plans to cut debt and boost investment
Plans by Bundesliga club St Pauli to become a co-operative have taken a step further with detailed proposals being outlined for the how the unusual football business model will work. The promoted Hamburg club are famous for their left-wing fans, who ha…
Emergent BioSolutions Confirms Orders Worth $400M Related To Smallpox, Mpox Vaccines
On Wednesday, Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS) said it secured approximately $400 million in orders in 2024 and 2025 associated with its vaccinia, smallpox, and mpox product portfolio. What Happened: The order includes the previously disclosed U.S…
Prétendue aide de 800 millions d’euros de la France : l’Algérie porte plainte contre l’eurodéputée Sarah Knafo
L’Algérie a réagi aux affirmations de l’eurodéputé Sarah Knafo sur une prétendue aide de 800 millions octroyée par la France à l’Algérie chaque année. L’État algérien a déposé plainte auprès du tribunal judiciaire de Paris pour diffusion de fake news à…