Two people have died after a car explosion at a checkpoint near Rainbow Bridge, which connects the US with Canada, the Associated Press reported, citing local authorities. An eyewitness at the scene, Mike Guenther, said: 'We see this car coming down towards the border and he was flying over 100mph... he went up into the air and we've just seen a fire ball, that's all we could … [Read more...]
Wagner boss claims to have taken control of Russian military HQ in Rostov
Authorities in Moscow have increased security after the head of the Wagner mercenary group claimed to have seized control of all military sites in the city of Rostov-on-Don, and demanded Russia’s military leadership come to him after accusing them of killing his forces. Vladimir Putin gave an emergency televised address on Saturday accusing Yevgeny Prigozhin of urging an 'armed … [Read more...]
TikTok CEO shown video threatening committee chair during Congress hearing
TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, testified before US Congress on Thursday amid growing security concerns, with the Biden administration threatening to remove the app from the US entirely. During the hearing, Republican Kat Cammack showed Congress a TikTok video inciting violence towards the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with the chair of the committee named in the captions. The … [Read more...]
Turkey hit by two more powerful earthquakes two weeks after disaster
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake and a second measuring 5.8 have hit Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, terrifying those left in a region devastated by twin earthquakes two weeks ago. Turkey’s interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, said that at least three people were killed and 213 wounded by the latest quakes. The latest quakes threaten yet more devastation in a region where many … [Read more...]
International teams arrive in Turkey as search for survivors continues following earthquakes
International rescue missions have rushed to Turkey and Syria after one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the region in at least a century left more than 4,800 people dead, thousands injured and an unknown number trapped in the rubble. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub The early-morning quake and dozens of aftershocks brought down … [Read more...]
Chinese ‘spy balloon’ spotted flying over US
A video filmed in Montana appears to show a Chinese spy balloon flying over the US. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub The Pentagon has said it is tracking the balloon but decided against shooting it down for safety reasons. Defence officials said the balloon had been watched since it entered US airspace, flying at high altitude, a few days … [Read more...]
The moment a suspected Chinese spy balloon is shot down over east coast of US
Footage shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon being shot down over the Carolina coast. Two US fighter jets circled the balloon before launching an air missile to destroy it. Beijing claimed it was a weather observation airship that had been blown off course, but the Pentagon claimed it had been able to manoeuvre and make deliberate turns. The US said it reached Montana, home to … [Read more...]
Congresswoman Katie Porter grills billionaire CEO over pay disparity at JP Morgan
California Democratic congresswoman Katie Porter spelled out to JP Morgan's CEO, Jamie Dimon, the real-world implications of the low wages his bank pays its junior employees at a senate hearing on Wednesday. After running Dimon through the numbers, Porter found that a single mother on the bank's starting salary for a teller would be $567 in the red at the end of each month. … [Read more...]
Congresswoman Katie Porter secures free coronavirus testing for all Americans
The US representative Katie Porter has secured free coronavirus testing for all Americans after presenting compelling evidence in the US House of Representatives on Thursday. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub According to her calculations, coronavirus testing would cost a citizen a minimum of $1,331. She pressed a member of the … [Read more...]
Kevin McCarthy takes vote losses to six as US House of Representatives adjourns again
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed for the sixth time in two days to capture the speaker’s gavel. After the House adjourned for a few hours, McCarthy and his allies went into negotiations with the Republican holdouts without a clear path forward to end the standoff, then pushed back a seventh vote on the House leadership until Thursday The Guardian publishes independent … [Read more...]