Inside Queen Elizabeth's Complicated Relationships With Her Children
From Good Housekeeping Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are parents to four children — Prince Charles, 71, Princess Anne, 69, Prince Andrew, 59, and Prince Edward, 55. Her Majesty’s relationship with her kids is a topic explored in season 3 of the Netflix series The Crown. Besides being the Queen of England and Head…
Epstein Suicide: Guards Say They're Scapegoats for a Broken System
NEW YORK — Two jail guards who were on duty when Jeffrey Epstein killed himself browsed the internet and napped during the night before his body was found, instead of checking on him every half-hour as they were required to do, prosecutors have said. The guards then lied, prosecutors said, on official logs, indicating that…
Utah banning ‘conversion therapy’ with Mormon church backing
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is on its way to becoming the 19th state to ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy in January after state officials formed a proposal that has the support of the influential Church of a Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert announced Tuesday night that church…
24-Cylinder Monster Truck Big Rig Sells for $12 Million
From Popular Mechanics Want to talk about over-the-top? Well, this is about as outrageous as it gets. This truck is the result of a seven year project put together by Mike Harrah, and it’s about the most insane thing we’ve ever seen touch the pavement. Even wilder? It just sold at auction for an incredible…
Iraqi protesters torch Iran consulate amid deadly protests
Najaf (Iraq) (AFP) – Iraqi protesters torched the Iranian consulate in the holy city of Najaf on Wednesday in a dramatic escalation of anti-government demonstrations that have left more than 350 people dead. Tall flames and thick clouds of smoke rose from the entrance of the consulate in the southern city, AFP’s correspondent there said.…
Iran admits 200,000 took part in recent anti-government protests, 731 banks torched
Iran’s interior minister on Wednesday disclosed that up to 200,000 people took part in recent anti-government protests, sparked by the sudden hiking of petrol prices, but did not reveal an official toll of how many people were killed. In a televised briefing, Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli claimed protesters attacked more than 50 military and police barracks and…
Iran says hundreds of banks were torched in 'vast' unrest plot
By Babak Dehghanpisheh GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran’s top leader on Wednesday denounced an outbreak of deadly unrest as a “very dangerous conspiracy” as authorities reported about 731 banks and 140 government sites had been torched in the disturbances. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the protests amounted to a plot that Iranians had defeated, referring…
Russia says it showed hypersonic nuclear missile system to U.S. inspectors
MOSCOW, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Russia’s Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday it had shown the country’s new Avangard nuclear missile system to U.S. inspectors for the first time, a move Moscow said showed a key arms control treaty was still effective. Russia is due to deploy next month the Avangard system, a hypersonic glide…
Could the United Kingdom Make the F-35 Stealth Fighter Hypersonic?
Key Point: It’ll be easier to turn the F-35 hypersonic than older model planes. Can an F-35 be turned into a hypersonic aircraft? News last month that Britain is boosting its hypersonic weapons program didn’t come as a surprise. Many other nations are doing it. What caught everyone’s attention was that there are plans to rework…
Back to the Future: China is Putting Hypersonic Missiles on a 1950s Bomber
Key Point: Could this work in a combat scenario? Click Here: liverpool mens jersey China’s H6-K may be an old Soviet-designed bomber—but it’s getting twenty-first century missiles. Chinese H-6Ks—a knockoff of the 1950s Soviet Tu-16 bomber—will be armed with hypersonic weapons, according to Chinese media. “The warplane could eventually be armed with hypersonic weapons that…