Dramatic footage has captured the moment a Coast Guard Watch opened fire on an eight-foot shark when it swam into the midst of the crew’s swim time in the Pacific, sending shipmates into a panic as they scrambled to get out of the sea to safety. Maritime Enforcement Specialist 1st Class Cintron, designated shark watch … Read more
A Coast Guard Watch opened fire on an eight-foot shark when it closed in on 40 crew members enjoying a swim call in the Pacific. Maritime Enforcement Specialist 1st Class Cintron, designated shark watch on board the US Coast Guard Cutter Kimball, fired shots at the Long-Fin Mako or Pelagic Thresher shark Wednesday when it was spotted … Read more
Army’s iconic bearskin hats worn by the Queen’s Guard are under threat from Brexit trade deals as animal rights campaigners push for a total ban on fur sales Seven British Army regiments are permitted to wear 18-inch bearskin hats The headwear has by used by the Army following the 1815 defeat of Napoleon Animal rights activists … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny may have been poisoned, tests carried out by German doctors have confirmed. In a statement Berlin’s Charite hospital, where he is being kept under armed guard, said Navalny had fallen ill from a cholinesterase inhibitor, adding that the specific substance was not known and would require further tests. ‘The outcome … Read more
They are two men called David – but the contrast between them could hardly be more stark. A BBC ‘lifer’ of more than 30 years, David Jordan is the Corporation’s chief trouble-shooter tasked with upholding its editorial standards and investigating when Auntie gets it wrong. Meanwhile, Jamaican-born David Whitely – better known as Sideman – … Read more
The family of a train guard who overturned a ban on non-white staff at British Railways in the 1960s has said his contribution to UK race relations should be taught in schools. Asquith Xavier applied for a promotion that would see him move from Marylebone Station to Euston in 1966, a shift that would boost … Read more
The family of a train guard who overturned a ban on non-white staff at British Railways in the 1960s has said his contribution to UK race relations should be taught in schools. Asquith Xavier applied for a promotion that would see him move from Marylebone Station to Euston in 1966, a shift that would boost … Read more
TikTok star Charli D’Amelio has reportedly hired full-time security after receiving threats on social media. TMZ reports that the 16-year-old, who is the most-followed star on TikTok , with 75.1 million followers, was threatened on social media by a user who said they were going to turn up at her family’s house in Norwalk, Connecticut. Her family … Read more
President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to quell Portland protests in an apparent attempt to save face hours after he backed down and agreed to remove federal troops from the city. Trump once again decried ‘agitators and anarchists’ in Portland during an address in Midland, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon following the … Read more
An FDNY diversity official has said that it’s ‘most definitely’ acceptable to keep a white firefighter off a ceremonial color guard so the flag bearers could all be black, according to a new report. White firefighter Lt. Daniel McWilliams filed a lawsuit claiming racial bias after he was removed from a flag-bearing unit at a … Read more