Russians begin picketing Turkish embassy in Moscow
A small group of picketers assembled near the Turkish embassy in Moscow earlier today, following news that two Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian plane near the Turkish border. According to tweets outside the embassy, four young people, including pro-Kremlin glamor-activist Maria Katasonova, came out in the snow to hold banners...
‘Chilling’ video of Chicago officer fatally shooting black teen sparks protests
The city of Chicago released video Tuesday of police officer Jason Van Dyke firing 16 shots into the body of Laquan McDonald, fatally wounding the 17-year-old. Though McDonald quickly falls to the ground, Van Dyke continues to fire into his body as the teenager jerks on the street. Puffs of smoke from the bullets can be seen...
Russian border guards detain Ukrainian activist at Crimea border
Activist of the Crimea-based Ukrainian Cultural Centre Veldar Shukurdzhiev was reportedly detained by Russian border guards at the administrative border with the occupied Crimea in the early hours of Wednesday, Krym.SOS reported on Facebook. "An activist of the Ukrainian Cultural Center Veldar Shukurdzhiev was detained...
ATO HQ reports serious escalation in Donbas, intelligence detects enemy drills
The situation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, was tense the whole day on Tuesday with almost all the sectors being under militant fire, according to the ATO Headquarters press center. "Terrorists continued firing almost in all the directions," the press center wrote in an update...
Meet The Hot Owner Of Bikini Beans Espresso (Photo)
I can't say that I'm a huge coffee drinker, but any cafe that is called Bikini Beans Espresso is a business that I would like to attend. It's how my interest for car washes peaks when the word "bikini" is put in front of car wash. I am just an eager, disgusting customer. Carlie Jo is the owner of Bikini...
She satirised the 60s alongside Peter Cook and appeared onscreen in classics from Alfie to Women in Love. Bron talks Corbyn, ‘consorts’, and what the Beatles taught her about fame
Eleanor Bron – delicate, poised and with fathomless, deep-hooded eyes – has had a long career. It stretches back to the satire boom of the 1960s, through a constellation of films such as Ken Russell’s Women in Love and Terence Davies’s The House of Mirth and up to this month, in rehearsals for a play at...
Militants use banned anti-aircraft systems, continue attacks on ATO forces
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 30 times overnight, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. "The situation in the Donbas conflict zone remains tense. Terrorists continue to resort to provocative fire in all directions. They...
Putin calls Turkey «accomplices of terrorists» after Russian jet shot down
Putin warns Turkey of “significant consequences,” speaking ahead of his Sochi meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan. "This event is beyond the normal framework of fighting against terrorism," Putin said, according to The Guardian. "Of course our military is doing heroic work against terrorism…...
Just a thought (PHOTO)
A selection of photos that at first sight are puzzling. But only after looking you know what's what. Show...
A Few Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Thanksgiving
The pilgrims stole from graves, the Wampanoag were devastated by disease, and the peace between them was political. When the Mayflower pilgrims and the Wampanoag sat down for the first Thanksgiving in 1621, it wasn’t actually that big of a deal. Likely, it was just a routine English harvest celebration. More...
Celebrities alike (photos)
As they say, every one of us around the world where something goes double. And you know, the stars, too, are no exception. I suggest you look at a small selection of celebrities alike as two drops of water. Paz Vega and Penelope Cruz Javier Bardem and Jeffrey Dean Morgan Blake Lively and Kesha Jenni Farley...
Bomb explodes in central Athens (PHOTOS)
A bomb exploded outside the offices of a Greek business federation in one of the busiest parts of Athens early on Tuesday, smashing windows but causing no injuries, police officials said, according to Reuters. The device, triggered by a timer and placed in a backpack near the entrance of the Hellenic Business Federation offices...