Month: May 2022

US, South Korea to Consider Expanding Military Drills to Deter North Korea’s Nuclear Threat

The United States and South Korea have agreed to initiate talks on expanding joint military drills on the Korean Peninsula in response to North Korea’s growing nuclear threat. U.S. President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk-yeol, held their first meeting in Seoul on Saturday, during which they discussed measures to deter North…


VIDEO: Butcher Treats Every Stray Dog and Cat to Tasty Meat Scraps at His Store

A butcher in Turkey with an indiscriminate love for dogs and cats has a policy at his store: he offers meat scraps to every stray animal that comes to his doorstep, and he has gained a loyal following for his kindness. Ikram Korkmazer, 51, grew up in the Turgutlu district of Turkey’s Manisa province and…


UK Wants Moldova Armed Against Russian Threat: Foreign Secretary

The UK and its allies are discussing arming Moldova against Russian threats, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Friday. In an interview with The Telegraph, Truss said the Eastern European country needs to be “equipped to NATO standards,” according to the report. Speaking of a joint commission on upgrading Ukrainian defences to NATO standards, the foreign secretary…


’I Was Just Happy We Were All Alive’: Mom Delivers Triplets at 45 During Medically-Induced Coma

After battling infertility for six years, an Australian woman was overjoyed to conceive triplets at 44, but suffered a seizure just seven weeks before her due date. She was rushed to the hospital and placed in a medically-induced coma. Leonie Fitzgerald, now 47, has no recollection of the birth of her babies. Leonie lives in…


Winning the Next Battle of the Coral Sea

Commentary While early May saw the 80th anniversary of the hard-fought “strategic” victory by the allies over Japan in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the next Battle of the Coral Sea is now shaping up versus China, requiring difficult decisions by the current allies. Called its “touchstone,” the modern Australia-United States alliance emerged from…


Elephant Foot Gets Treated After Stepping on a Landmine

You can definitely tell the elephant has been treated with kindness from the trust it has for its care givers. (Video courtesy of Elephant Care Unchained) …


Young Girls Are Over-Prescribed Birth Control Pills

Some 14 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 49 are currently taking hormonal birth control pills in America, according to government data. That’s more than 10 million people, about the equivalent of the entire population of Portugal. According to a 2019 United Nations report, about 151 million women take the pill worldwide….


Indian Spokesperson: China Building Second Bridge in Disputed Border Area

India has received reports of the Chinese regime building a second bridge across the Pangong Lake, a disputed border area in Eastern Ladakh that China has “illegally occupied” since the 1960s, a government official said on Friday. “We have never accepted such illegal occupation of our territory, nor have we accepted the unjustified Chinese claim…


Surgeon: Pilot Had Remarkable Recovery After Passing Out

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—The 64-year-old pilot of a small plane who became incapacitated, leaving his passenger with no flying experience to land the Cessna in Florida earlier this month, suffered a tear in his aorta, his surgeon said. Dr. Nishant Patel, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, said in a news conference…


Health Authorities Investigate Monkeypox Outbreak

Health authorities in Europe, North America, and Australia have begun to investigate an outbreak of monkeypox, raising concerns that a broader outbreak of the viral infection could be underway in the West. As of writing, monkeypox has been reported in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States….