Officials in Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria blame Ukrainian drone strike after military site blast

A drone strike at a military installation in Moldova’s breakaway republic of Transnistria on Sunday destroyed a helicopter and ignited a fire, authorities in the pro-Russia region said. The area’s pro-Russia officials blamed the strike on Ukraine. Moldova’s Bureau for Reintegration Policies said in a statement that after examining video footage, they “do not confirm … Read more

A 5th worker confirmed dead in Italian construction site collapse as workplace safety sparks debate

ROME — Italian rescuers confirmed Saturday the death of a fifth worker after a concrete beam and layers of slabs collapsed at a supermarket construction site in the city of Florence a day earlier. “I’ve just been informed that rescuers are recovering the body of a fifth worker,” said Tuscany Region’s president, Eugenio Giani. Earlier, … Read more

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry launch rebranded site

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are back with a relaunched website, pivoting Archewell.com to Sussex.com. The renovated site features a smiling portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the 2023 Invictus Games, and so far includes two biography pages and a news page. The latest item shows Prince Harry presenting the NFL Man … Read more

Classic car auction site Bring a Trailer sales hit record $1.4 billion

1967 Porsche 910 Source: Bringatrailer.com Bring a Trailer, the popular online auction site for collectible cars, posted record sales in 2023, even as classic-car prices hit the skids. Bring a Trailer’s sales increased about 2% last year to over $1.4 billion from $1.35 billion in 2022, according to the company’s CEO Randy Nonnenberg. Bring a … Read more

Japan resumes landfill work at new US military site on Okinawa despite local opposition

TOKYO — Japanese construction workers on Wednesday resumed landfill work at the new site of the U.S. military base on Okinawa despite protests by the island’s residents that the move tramples on their rights and raises environmental concerns. The planned relocation site for the base, on Okinawa’s eastern coast, has been at the center of … Read more

Eli Lilly weight loss drug site may not upend industry

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Eli Lilly is shaking up the pharmaceutical industry with a new website offering telehealth prescriptions and direct home delivery of certain drugs, including its red-hot weight loss treatment Zepbound, to expand patient access.  The company’s direct-to-consumer push announced Thursday, the first of its kind for a big drugmaker, … Read more

The U.S. Government site hosting Jeffrey Epstein documents has crashed

The government site hosting the newly unsealed Jeffrey Epstein case files had one job. Unfortunately, PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) couldn’t withhold the strain of demand for the documents mentioning figures like Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and Stephen Hawking in relation to Jeffrey Epstein. According to Vice, the PACER site crashed soon after … Read more

OkCupid review January 2024: A site that makes online dating seem cool

Let’s cut the mushy bullshit and get straight to the point: Online dating gets old real fast. Connecting with people you likely wouldn’t have met before sounds amazing at first, but the steps preceding that potential success story can be cumbersome. What’s the point of answering questions (that everyone lies about anyway) if a site’s … Read more

U.S. military Osprey aircraft’s crash site in Japan located by divers

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave SEOUL — U.S. and Japanese rescue divers have found human remains and wreckage from the U.S. military Osprey aircraft that crashed last week into the sea near southern Japan with eight people onboard, the U.S. Air Force said Monday. The dive teams located the remains of five … Read more