On April 26, 2025, a massive explosion rocked the Shahid Rajaee port near Bandar Abbas, Iran’s largest commercial port. The blast resulted in at least 70 deaths and over 1,200 injuries, according to official reports . The explosion originated from improperly stored chemicals, including ammonium perchlorate, a compound used in missile fuel. The responsible company,...
Catherine Heathwood BBC World Service Getty Images Pope Victor I (L), Pope Gelasius I and Pope Militades (R) are all believed to be of North African descent Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day. Their papacies were in the...
Oooh, wasn’t there some more welcome news on the Green grifting front yesterday. Back in January, even as Trump had already expressed his opposition to renewable energy in general and his disgust with the wind industry in particular, Governor Kathy Hochul of New York, in concert with the Biden administration’s last minute dash to shove...
Sweet Shepherd’s Bush Empire – 5 April 2025 – Live Review Sweet at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire reviewed by The Blockheads front man Mike Bennett. There’s nothing about the sweet catalogue that is not original. In the early ’70’s I was introduced to a very strange album called Gimme That Ding. On one side of...