Month: May 2019

A man set himself on fire a short distance away from the White House in Washington, DC. The fire was put out by emergency services, officials confirmed, and the unidentified man has been hospitalized. The US Secret Service said in a tweet that the man lit himself on fire at approximately 12:20 pm local time,…

Former Cuban Olympian and UFC’s number one middleweight contender Yoel Romero has won a court judgement against a dietary supplement maker after it was concluded that the company was responsible for Romero’s 2015 failed drug test. Romero, 42, was awarded the $27.45 million judgement against Gold Star Performance Products at a New Jersey civil court on…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed a report claiming she has concluded the new leader of her center-right party isn’t up to leading the country. Merkel handed over the leadership of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in December and said she wouldn’t seek a fifth term as chancellor. In Sunday’s European Parliament…

A former NASA scientist who was imprisoned in Turkey after the failed 2016 coup has been set free. His release comes amid faltering negotiations between Washington and Ankara over the F-35 fighter jet. Serkan Golge, a dual Turkish-American citizen jailed more than two years ago, was released from custody Wednesday, the scientist’s wife confirmed to…

The US Energy Department has renamed liquefied natural gas (LNG) “freedom gas” in a last-ditch effort to convince European and Asian markets its product is superior to cheaper supplies piped in from Russia. The energy agency trumpeted the expansion of its Freeport, Texas LNG Terminal, boasting of a new facility constructed specifically to supply so-called…

After Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered a public statement standing by the findings of his final report, liberal commentators began reading between the lines. How long before Putin is accused of getting to Mueller? Mueller delivered his public statement on Wednesday, and offered very few surprises. His final report, which cleared President Donald Trump of…

Hundreds of thousands of children in war-torn Afghanistan are in danger of dying from malnutrition, with officials warning that the health crisis is growing day by day. UNICEF says it lacks funds to properly address the issue. Acute malnourishment affects an estimated two million children in Afghanistan. Of those, 600,000 are at risk of dying…

The commencement address Trump’s VP, Mike Pence, gave to West Point graduates recently goes down in history for all the wrong reasons. It was an address littered with war talk that was so extreme it was more compatible with a speech you would expect to hear from a character in a Hollywood spoof than from…

Russian breaststroke swimmer Yulia Efimova has shared her love for the sun, fruits and ocean with her social media followers, as Olympic medalist posted some raunchy near-naked snaps taken at Malibu beach in California. READ MORE: ‘Perfect body’: UFC female champ Jessica Andrade shares nude photo with her belt The 27-year-old Russia, who lives and trains…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been moved to the hospital wing of the Belmarsh prison in the UK, prompting concerns about his health pending the hearing on his extradition to the US. Assange’s health had already “significantly deteriorated” during the nearly seven years he spent inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and has continued to…