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Spain is set to become the first European country to offer “menstrual leave.” According to The Telegraph, the progressive measure is part of a reform plan that will guarantee up to three days off of work every month for those who suffer from severe period pain. The Spanish government is expected to approve the package during its cabinet […]
More than 300 civilians were evacuated Saturday from a steel mill in Mariupol, Ukraine, following an ongoing Russian assault at the plant ahead of Victory Day festivities in Moscow. “All women, children and elderly people have been evacuated from Azovstal. This part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation has been completed,” Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchu announced via social […]
A 60-year-old man in Germany allegedly received roughly 90 COVID-19 vaccines just to sell vaccination cards. The man, whose name has not been released, reportedly got his COVID-19 vaccination shots in the eastern state of Saxony, CBS News writes. This transpired “for months” until he was confronted by police over his ploy to sell the cards, which included authentic vaccine batch […]
Belarus has granted refugee status to 49-year-old Evan Neumann, a California man who is facing more than a dozen charges in connection to the Jan. 6 riots. Belarusian state-run media confirmed the decision via Twitter on Tuesday, more than a year after Neumann fled to Europe from the United States. The Belarusian Telegraph Agency posted […]
President Vladimir Putin said early on Thursday that Russia has authorized a “special military operation” that will be conducted in eastern Ukraine, according to The New York Times and the Associated Press. The sound of “large booms” was reported around Kramatorsk, Ukraine at about the same time that Putin made the announcement. In a televised address, the […]
Joe Biden says he’s now convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine. “We have reason to believe the Russian forces are planning to and intend to attack Ukraine in the coming week, in the coming days,” Biden said Friday during a White House press conference. “We believe that they will target Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, […]
Saturnino de la Fuente García, who was named the world’s oldest man by Guinness World Records in September of 2021, has died at the age of 112, according to Guinness. De la Fuente García reportedly died at his home in León, a city in northwest Spain. He was born Feb. 11, 1909, and lived to be 112 years and 341 […]
Norway’s military is addressing an underwear, sock, and bra shortage by telling those who have completed their service to return their undergarments for use by the next wave of recruits, Washington Post reports. Conscripts were once allowed to keep their underwear and shirts, as well as headgear and field boots, but when the military started to feel the […]
A brothel in Austria is offering a free sex session in exchange for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, Reuters reports. The FunPalast: Sex Star Sauna Club will be administering the vaccine every Monday from 4 to 10 p.m. for the rest of November, and anyone who shows up to get the shot during that time will […]
A California man facing charges in connection with the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol has fled to Belarus in attempt to seek political asylum there. NBC News reports Evan Neumann, 48, discussed his departure in an interview Monday with a Belarusian news channel, revealing that his lawyer had recommended he flee to Europe. Neumann, who […]
