Alla Pugacheva receiving an award from President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Dec. 22, 2014. AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service Iconic Russian singer Alla Pugacheva has condemned the war in Ukraine. The recipient of countless state awards, Pugacheva said the war's goals were "illusory." She asked to be designated a "foreign agent," […]
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A retired tech tycoon has pledged $33 million to raise an army of civilian marksmen and ‘black bear warriors’ to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion
Retired tech tycoon Robert Tsao also announced that he had regained his Taiwanese identity after giving up his Singaporean citizenship. SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images A retired Taiwanese tech mogul is pledging his millions to fund training for civilian troops. He says he'd pay a private military training outfit to train 3 million civilians for […]
Marvel’s Secret Invasion Series Eyes Kingsley Ben-Adir for a Lead Role
RELATED STORIES It appears that Disney+‘s Secret Invasion has found one of its leaders, in Kingsley Ben-Adir. Announced in December during the Walt Disney Company’s Investor Day 2020, the live-action Marvel series stars MCU vet Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury while Captain Marvel‘s Ben Mendelsohn will reprise his role as the shapeshifting Skrull named […]
Drones Drop Poison Bombs to Fight One Island’s Rat Invasion
On the Galapagos Island of Seymour Norte, conservationists scramble to destroy every last invasive rodent before the ecosystem descends into chaos. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c490c5fdd72b32c56117fdb/master/pass/galapagosdrone.jpg
Jellyfish Invasion Forces More Than a Dozen Beach Closures in Australia
Jellyfish Invasion Forces More Than a Dozen Beach Closures in Australia Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site […]
Red, white & blue dawn? US aerial drill simulates full-scale ‘forcible entry’ invasion
A “conga line” of over 10 transport aircrafts startled aviation fans during the US military’s annual “Joint Forcible Entry Exercise” in the skies of Nevada. Noticing the large line of C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft carriers prepared for take off at the Dyess Air Force base in Texas early Sunday morning, some aviation […]
Invasion of the mud monster: California can’t stop onslaught of seeping soil
California is currently fighting a losing battle to contain a rather turgid and slow moving foe. The state is attempting to stop a creeping mud geyser threatening local infrastructure near the town of Niland, Imperial County. The movement of the mass of gloopy soil could be likened to a creature from a horror B-movie, thanks […]
Chinese Entrepreneurs Launch the Next Caribbean Invasion
Tall and well-groomed, Brian Rochester has eyes that smile when he talks about the fellowship he says exists between Chinese immigrants and Trinidadians of African or Indian descent at the Grace Chapel church in the heart of Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Richards, in his mid-30s, has for the past three […]
Prosecutors dismiss an invasion of privacy charge against Missouri governor Eric Greitens
Jeff Roberson/AP St. Louis prosecutors dismissed the criminal invasion of privacy charge against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens. Greitens was indicted in February on a felony invasion of privacy charge in connection with an admitted extramarital affair in 2015 before his election. Prosecutors said they would refile the case after deciding whether to pursue a special […]
Recommended Reading: The ‘Stories’ invasion won’t relent anytime soon
Why ‘Stories’ Took Over Your Smartphone Ian Bogost, The Atlantic Snapchat may have created the monster, but in nearly every social (and some not-so-social) app you fire up, you’ll be greeted with a feed of Stories. In fact, Facebook says the format is on pace to be more popular than a primary feed as the […]