European nations resurrect, expand compulsory military service in face of Russian threat
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European nations resurrect, expand compulsory military service in face of Russian threat

ByNews Polite

Some European countries have resurrected or expanded their compulsory military service after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine — a once-unthinkable policy shift fueled by the notion that they’d have to respond quickly if the Russian bear trudges across their borders. Many nations ended their drafts after the Soviet Union collapsed in…

12 dead as raging floods destroy highway bridge — sending cars into river
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12 dead as raging floods destroy highway bridge — sending cars into river

ByNews Polite

Raging floods tore down part of a highway bridge in Taiwan on Friday, killing 12 people with at least 30 others still believed to be missing, according to authorities. A 130-foot section of the bridge in Yanping Village collapsed around 8:40 p.m. Friday, sending vehicles plunging into the Jinqian River…

Australian grandfather collapses at eight-year-old grandson’s funeral and dies
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Australian grandfather collapses at eight-year-old grandson’s funeral and dies

ByNews Polite

A grandfather has tragically collapsed at his eight-year-old grandson’s funeral and died, leaving a Sydney family in “unimaginable pain”. Stan had farewelled little Tommy — who died of cancer earlier this month — at a funeral service last week when he walked out of the chapel and collapsed. The grandfather…

Italian journalist Giulia Cortese told to pay PM Giorgia Meloni 5,000 euros for Tweet mocking her height
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Italian journalist Giulia Cortese told to pay PM Giorgia Meloni 5,000 euros for Tweet mocking her height

ByNews Polite

A Milan court has ordered a journalist to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni damages of 5,000 euros ($5,465) for making fun of her in a social media post, news agency ANSA and other local media reported. The journalist Giulia Cortese was also fined 1,200 euros ($1,307) and suspended for…

Controversial suicide pod dubbed the ‘Tesla of euthanasia’ to be used for the first time
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Controversial suicide pod dubbed the ‘Tesla of euthanasia’ to be used for the first time

ByNews Polite

A suicide pod dubbed the “Tesla of euthanasia” will be used for the first time next week. Sarco, a 3D-printed capsule, was first unveiled at the Venice Design Festival in 2019 and reportedly offers a painless death within 10 minutes of entering with the push of a button, reported Metro….

Five bloodied and bruised female Israeli troops on their first day of captivity in Gaza
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Five bloodied and bruised female Israeli troops on their first day of captivity in Gaza

ByNews Polite

The families of five female Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hamas released harrowing images of the bloodied and bruised women’s first days in the terrorists’ clutches. The main photograph, shared by The Missing Hostages and Missing Families Forum on Tuesday, shows Liri Albag, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa, and Karina Ariev sitting…

Flight attendant forced to hold up toilet door that came loose minutes into 16-hour flight to New York
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Flight attendant forced to hold up toilet door that came loose minutes into 16-hour flight to New York

ByNews Polite

This must have left her down in the dumps. A Cathy Pacific flight attendant was left with a loo-ny job on a 16-hour flight to New York this week — holding up a bathroom door after it broke minutes into the trip. The bathroom door came off its hinges just…

IDF says it took out Hamas operatives hiding in UNRWA school; 12 reported dead
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IDF says it took out Hamas operatives hiding in UNRWA school; 12 reported dead

ByNews Polite

The Israeli army said it took out several Hamas operatives hiding in a UNRWA-affiliated school in central Gaza on Sunday, the latest airstrike on the embattled United Nation schools-turned-shelters. Twelve people were killed in the strike, according to the Palestinian terror group Hamas. Israeli military officials said the attack on…