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Swim stars set for Games showdown as South Korea get eSports revenge
Swim stars set for Games showdown as South Korea get eSports revenge
Swimming stars Zhang Yufei and Siobhan Haughey were primed to battle for gold at the Asian Games on Thursday as South Korea wrought vengeance on hosts China in...
2023-09-28 15:25
Author who duped Greg Abbott with fake Garth Brooks story calls him ‘one of the dumbest people in the country’
Author who duped Greg Abbott with fake Garth Brooks story calls him ‘one of the dumbest people in the country’
Greg Abbott has been branded “one of the dumbest people in the country” by the author of a satirical story about country music star Garth Brooks that was reshared by the Texas governor. Christopher Blair runs the parody website The Dunning-Kruger-Times, which posted the story that Mr Brooks had been booed off the stage at the 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree last month after calling his conservative fans “a**holes.” The entire story was made-up - but Mr Abbott didn’t seem to notice. “When I saw [Mr Abbott’s repost], I was besides myself with joy,” Mr Blair told The Guardian. “He’s one of the dumbest people in the country.” “As soon as I wrote the headline, I said to myself that it might be a little bit much,” Mr Blair said. “But it wasn’t.” The Texas governor had tweeted a link to the story on 25 June with the caption: “Garth Brooks Booed Off Stage at 123rd Annual Texas Country Jamboree. Go woke. Go broke.” “Garth called his conservative fans. ‘a**holes’ Good job Texas,” he added. His tweet seemed to refer to a question-and-answer session with the country singer last month in which he said his new bar in Nashville planned to “serve every brand of beer,” shutting down the idea that it wouldn’t serve Bud Light, following the conservative-led boycott of the beer brand. “Our thing is this: If you come into this house, love one another,” Mr Brooks said. “If you’re an a**hole, there are plenty of other places on lower Broadway to go.” The governor has since deleted his tweet, but reactions to the tweet are still up. Democratic Texas Congressman Greg Casar tweeted: “Gov Abbott just accidentally posted a satire article because he wants to hate on queer Texans and Garth Brooks so bad.” “The Texas Country Jamboree doesn’t exist. Hambriston, Texas is not real. And the Governor is not fit to tweet, much less govern,” he explained. Read More Greg Abbott mocked after falling for hoax story about Garth Brooks being booed off stage Garth Brooks commended for not bowing to anti-LGBT trolls and refusing to boycott Bud Light First Amendment group sues Texas Governor and others over the state's TikTok ban on official devices Wembymania set to hit Las Vegas, as Spurs rookie 'can't wait' for his NBA debut at Summer League Joe Manchin fuels speculation around third-party 2024 run with No Labels event George Santos repays himself $85K raised from lackluster reelection fundraising
2023-07-17 22:40
Nissan Safari Rally Z Tribute brings rallying heritage to life at 2023 SEMA show
Nissan Safari Rally Z Tribute brings rallying heritage to life at 2023 SEMA show
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 30, 2023--
2023-10-30 19:00
Singapore Is Fighting Rising Seas to Save $50 Billion in Real Estate
Singapore Is Fighting Rising Seas to Save $50 Billion in Real Estate
(Bloomberg Markets) -- During a half-century of independence, Singapore has fought to expand its territory, inch by hard-won inch. On
2023-10-10 07:30
Hundreds of most vulnerable left in Nagorno-Karabakh after mass exodus
Hundreds of most vulnerable left in Nagorno-Karabakh after mass exodus
Only a few hundred ethnic Armenians, mostly the sick and the elderly, are left in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said, describing “deserted" and "surreal” streets after nearly 80 per cent of the population fled in a few days. Teams of ICRC staffers roamed Karabakh’s main city with megaphones looking for those who remained in the enclave, which has operated for three decades as a de facto Armenian state despite being internationally recognised as being part of Azerbaijan. Last month Baku launched a lightning military operation to take control of the separatist region. More than 100,000 ethnic Armenians have fled to neighbouring Armenia over the last week, fearing reprisals. The most vulnerable are among those who had stayed behind, ICRC team lead Marco Succi said from the Karabakh capital known as Stepanakert by Armenia and Khankendi by Azerbaijan. "The hospitals....are not functioning; the medical personnel left; the water board authorities left; the director of the morgue also left. So this scenario, the scene is quite surreal,” he said. He described finding one bed-ridden cancer patient who had just undergone a colostomy, was on her own and had run out of medication. She was showing signs of malnutrition, despite being left provisions. “Neighbours had left her with food and water several days beforehand, but her supplies were running low. She had finished all her medication and could not take care of herself,” he said. “The neighbours could not take her with them, and while she waited for help, she had started to lose all hope.” Video footage from the main city showed empty streets littered with abandoned prams, suitcases, and children’s toys. In the border regions of Armenia, families who fled told The Independent they fled with whatever they could carry with them. “I just have the clothes I’m standing in,” said Gregory Ayvazyan, 58, a PE teacher who was picking through a pile of donated clothes in Goris. The Armenian authorities, who are struggling to house and support the tens of thousands who are now homeless and jobless, have accused Azerbaijan of instigating "a direct act of ethnic cleansing and depriving people of their motherland." Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry strongly rejected the accusations, arguing their departure was "their personal and individual decision and has nothing to do with forced relocation." On Tuesday, Armenia's parliament voted to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) which could bring it one step closer to instigating war crimes investigations against Baku. But the move adds further strain to the country's ties with its old ally Russia, which brokered a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan following a war in 2020 and has peacekeeping troops deployed in the region. Armenian officials have argued the move has nothing to do with Russia and was prompted by Azerbaijan's aggression towards the country. Earlier this year the ICC issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin over events in Ukraine and so Kremlin called Yerevan’s decision to join the court an "unfriendly step”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow had questions for its current leadership - which will now have to arrest Putin should he visit Armenia, due to an outstanding ICC warrant against him. The exodus of ethnic Armenians closes a centuries-old chapter of history and a thirty-year fight for independence by the majority-Armenian population, which ignited shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union when a bloody war erupted between Azerbaijan and separatist Armenian fighters, resulting in an Armenian win and the displacement of Azerbaijani citizens. In 2020, Baku launched a military operation to take back the 4,400km enclave, a war in which thousands of people died. Russia brokered a fragile truce, but in December Azerbaijan cut one of the only supply roads and enforced a blockade on Nagorno-Karabakh, strangling food, fuel and water supplies. And then on 19 September, they launched a 24-hour military offensive which forced the outgunned separatists, weakened by the siege, to lay down their weapons and agree to dissolve. Amid reports that Karabakh Armenian officials had been arrested, and fearing reprisals, tens of thousands of Armenians fled to neighbouring Armenia. The United Nations sent its first delegation to Nagorno Karabakh in decades this week and said that only between 50 and 1,000 Armenians were left. In Armenia, Joe Lowry, spokesperson for the UN’s migration agency said “it’s kind of a hidden humanitarian emergency right now because 100,000 people are dispersed all around [Armenia]”. “They are going to face immense strain from, firstly, the goodwill of people that are sheltering them and, secondly, on the national services that are there - healthcare, education, jobs, accommodation.” In Nagorno Karabakh, the ICRC’s Mr Succi said they were trying to bring in essential food to the area and medical supplies to local hospitals which were now unstaffed. He described helping evacuate an 85-year-old lady and her two daughters who cleaned up their house and arranged clothes and food in the fridge as they left. “Despite speaking through tears as she left, she told us: ‘I hope any people coming to live in my house stay well, and never experience war.’ These moments reveal the trials and tribulations of people left behind in the rush,” Mr Succo said. Read More The Body in the Woods | An Independent TV Original Documentary The harrowing discovery at centre of The Independent’s new documentary Armenia's parliament votes to join the International Criminal Court, straining ties with ally Russia Last bus of fleeing Armenians leaves Nagorno-Karabakh: ‘It’s a ghost town’ Armenians describe escape after fall of Nagorno-Karabakh
2023-10-04 00:27
Noel Gallagher not 'surprised' by Oasis streaming success
Noel Gallagher not 'surprised' by Oasis streaming success
Oasis star Noel Gallagher has teamed up with the organisers of National Album Day to celebrate the band's two Definitely Maybe and (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? being named the top two most streamed records from the 1990s
2023-10-13 19:00
Nintendo eShop Sale: Bandai Namco Deals
Nintendo eShop Sale: Bandai Namco Deals
Bandai Namco currently has various of its most popular titles on sale on the Nintendo eShop, as of Aug. 8.
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Barcelona Is Internationally Recognized as a Destination for Gastronomic Excellence by Michelin Guide
Barcelona Is Internationally Recognized as a Destination for Gastronomic Excellence by Michelin Guide
BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 21, 2023--
2023-11-21 18:18
Guardians call-up could paint themselves into corner at catcher
Guardians call-up could paint themselves into corner at catcher
The Cleveland Guardians have called up top catching prospect Bo Naylor this weekend, and it could cause the team to make a tough decision if he plays well.The Cleveland Guardians are sitting below .500 in the AL Central and entered Sunday with a 20-24 record. They lost their series-opening game ...
2023-05-22 12:28
Destiny 2's Season of the Seraph Launches Tuesday
Destiny 2's Season of the Seraph Launches Tuesday
Destiny 2 has officially unveiled the final installment of its Witch Queen era, titled "Season of the Seraph." The season,
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Seattle Sounders vs Atlanta United - MLS preview: TV channel, live stream, team news & prediction
Seattle Sounders vs Atlanta United - MLS preview: TV channel, live stream, team news & prediction
Everything you need to know ahead of Atlanta United's MLS showdown with Seattle Sounders.
2023-08-19 21:00
Uzbeks see little chance for change in looming election
Uzbeks see little chance for change in looming election
In the streets of Tashkent, there is little doubt as to who will win Sunday's...
2023-07-08 00:42