Month: May 2022

EasyJet to Cancel More Than 20 Daily Half-Term Flights From London Gatwick

EasyJet is to cancel more than 200 flights over the next 10 days as transport disruption hampers the outset of the half-term break. The airline said the cancellations would affect about 24 flights per day from London’s Gatwick airport between May 28 and June 6. It added the cancellations were “necessary to provide reliable services…


Parents Give Birth to Rare Albino Twins, Share Family Life With Their 4-Year-Old Daughters

When a man from Argentina and his wife welcomed a set of twins, they were surprised to see their little girls were born with snow-white hair, as they were the first twins to have albinism in their country. Now four years later, their proud parents say they’re as healthy as can be. (Courtesy of Carlos Gabriel…


Notes From the Front Lines of the Culture War

“If the Founding Fathers can be discarded,” Douglas Murray says, “and Abraham Lincoln can be discarded, and everyone else can be discarded from American history, what have you got left?” In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek and author and journalist Douglas Murray discuss critical race theory, the ongoing assaults on…


US Consumer Sentiment in May Falls to an Almost 10-year Low

The final May edition of the University of Michigan’s Sentiment Survey, which was released on May 27, delivered even worse results than the preliminary May data with a further drop in consumer sentiment. The index fell from 65.2 in April to 59.1 in the initial May report to 58.4 in the final—the lowest level since August…


LIVE UPDATES: Ukraine’s Former President Blocked From Leaving the Country

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 28. Click here for updates from May 27. Ukraine’s Former President Blocked From Leaving the Country Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was prevented from leaving Ukraine to take part in a meeting of a NATO body in Lithuania, his party’s parliamentary faction said on Saturday. Poroshenko was stopped…


LIVE UPDATES: US Buys More Stingers After Missiles’ Success in Ukraine

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 28. Click here for updates from May 27. US Buys More Stingers After Missiles’ Success in Ukraine The U.S. Army said on Friday it has awarded a contract worth $625 million to Raytheon Technologies Corp for anti-aircraft Stinger missiles in order to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine. U.S….


LIVE UPDATES: Russian Forces Blast Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk After Claiming Capture of Railway Junction Town

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 28. Click here for updates from May 27. Russian Forces Blast Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk After Claiming Capture of Railway Junction Town Russian forces were assaulting the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday after saying they had captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman as Moscow pressed its offensive in…


LIVE UPDATES: Russia Forces Blast Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk After Claiming Capture of Railway Junction Town

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 28. Click here for updates from May 27. Russia Forces Blast Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk After Claiming Capture of Railway Junction Town Russian forces were assaulting the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday after saying they had captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman as Moscow pressed its offensive in…


LIVE UPDATES: Ukraine Says Russian Advances Could Force Retreat in Part of East

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 28. Click here for updates from May 27. Ukraine Says Russian Advances Could Force Retreat in Part of East Ukrainian forces may have to retreat from their last pocket in the Luhansk region to avoid being captured, a Ukrainian official said, as Russian troops press an advance in…


Woman Rescues Injured Pelican

She expertly tackled and transported the huge bird. …