US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s try to evade questions on a drone strike that allegedly killed a Kabul help employee backfired, as Senator Rand Paul identified that the goal ought to have been recognized earlier than the assault. ...

The Taliban authorities has instructed that it's "not crucial" for ladies to play sports activities of their new regime, together with cricket, per an announcement from the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural fee. ...

Dina Averina, the gymnastics sensation on the middle of an Olympic gold medal choice that led to accusations of politically-motivated bias in opposition to Russia, has spoken of her ache and insisted that she simply needs solutions. ...

A linguist induced uproar on British TV when he mentioned copying accents promoted lazy stereotypes and flirted with racism. However, let’s face it, all of us do it for banter – and most of us know the place to attract the road. ...

Younger, left-wing school college students don’t wish to root for Staff USA within the Olympics. Earlier than proper wingers seethe over their lack of patriotism, perhaps they need to take a second to ask whether or not Staff USA deserves their respect both. ...

Boffins Down Beneath have began calling shark assaults as ‘unfavorable encounters’ to attempt to counterbalance the pure worry people have that every one a shark desires to do is rip your legs off and eat them. However did anybody ask Jaws? ...

Virgin Galactic is about to fly its first crewed suborbital flight on Sunday. Blue Origin, which plans a manned mission later this month, dunked on its competitor, arguing its craft is just not actually a spaceship. ...

The White Home helps the primary son discover an ‘moral’ approach into his newest weird profession transfer, a foray into portray. This type of factor would usually be roundly questioned and mocked by pundits – however he is a Democrat. ...

A faculty in Scotland has cancelled Harper Lee’s celebrated novel as a way to ‘decolonise’ its examination curriculum. I’m all for bringing in additional books by non-white and feminine authors, however that shouldn’t imply all classics being dumped. ...

‘They Are Us’ is ready to chart the New Zealand PM’s actions within the wake of the assault, however activists declare it sidelines victims and survivors in favour of a white girl. Ought to Ardern’s response actually be ignored attributable to her race? ...