Coffee giant Starbucks has confirmed that it plans to launch a line of olive oil-infused drinks in Italy. Chief executive Howard Schultz says olive oil’s “unexpected, velvety, buttery flavor… enhanced the coffee and lingers beautifully on the palate.” Starbucks have struggled to break into the Italian market, a nation which[Read More…]

Dutch soccer coach Erik Ten Hag won his first trophy as Manchester United manager after they defeated Newcastle United 2-0 in The Carabao Cup final.   This was Manchester United’s first trophy since 2017, while their opponents have not won a major trophy since 1969. Newcastle and Manchester United created a[Read More…]

Italian authorities have confirmed that 59 people died, including 12 children, after their wooden sailing boat crashed into some rocks off the southern coast of Italy on Sunday. The vessel left from Turkey and was carrying migrants from several different countries, including Afghanistan and Iran.  It sank after encountering choppy[Read More…]

A new report by Reuters revealed this week that a major shoe recycling program – launched by US petrochemical company Dow in partnership with the Singapore government – is actually reselling the shoes it collects from donation bins to vendors in remote regions. Reuters put Dow’s claims of recycling the[Read More…]

The Chinese military were deployed to the South China Sea where they sent six warnings to a US Navy reconnaissance aircraft, which was in the vicinity, demanding that it “leave immediately.” The reconnaissance aircraft in question was a Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance, which flew past China’s garrisons in the Spratly[Read More…]

In Hong Kong, police are conducting a manhunt for ex-husband of model, 28-year-old Abby Choi after her headless body was found in a house in a suburb. Choi had been reported missing on Tuesday. Authorities confirmed that parts of her corpse had been cooked with some being stored in a[Read More…]

Two days after pulling out of the last remaining nuclear proliferation treaty with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his pledge to increase Russia’s nuclear capabilities on Thursday as fears of a more global fallout from the Russian war grow. During his state of the nation address on[Read More…]

The Soviet BMP-1 was one of the first modern infantry fighting vehicles. It was a symbol of strength when it became active in 1966. Fifty-seven years later, the BMP-1 is obsolete.  This has presented a problem for Russia who are short of BMP-2 and BMP-3 vehicles.  They now have to[Read More…]

U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers and F-16 fighters flew with their Japanese and South Korean counterparts in separate training exercises on February 19th, this being one day after North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile which landed off the coast of Japan. North Korea followed with two more ballistic missile tests, as[Read More…]

White House officials are beginning to illuminate the public on how United States President Joe Biden managed to make a secret trip to an active war zone in Kyiv over the weekend without any information leaking ahead of time. The surprise visit made international headlines as the US president joined[Read More…]