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Domino’s Pizza has apologised after a video of an employee appearing to pick his nose and wipe his hand on dough went viral. The video was filmed in the chain’s Amagasaki branch in the Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and posted on forum website Bakusai. It shows an employee, wearing Domino’s branded uniform and blue gloves, kneading dough and speaking to the person behind the camera.They then reach up to their face and appear to put their finger in their nose – before wiping it on the dough in front of them. X This content is provided by X, which may be…

02/15/2024February 15, 2024Russia mounts fresh missile attack on Kyiv, other citiesRussian forces launched missiles overnight, targeting Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, Ukraine’s officials said. Officials reported explosions in the regions of Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv and Poltava. In Kyiv, the local government said the “anti-aircraft defense destroyed all enemy missiles” aimed at the capital city. Governor of the eastern Zaporizhzhia region said one person was injured and “an infrastructure object” was hit. The Ukrainian air force reported that several Tu-95MS strategic bombers had taken off from the Olenya airfield in Russia’s far north, prompting a nationwide air alert which lasted for over two hours. Ukraine’s…

Russia is believed to be developing an anti-satellite weapon, the White House said on Thursday. US intelligence officials have information that Russia has obtained the capability but added that such a weapon is not currently operational. “First this is not an active capability that’s been deployed and though Russia’s pursuit of this particular capability is troubling, there is no immediate threat to anyone’s safety,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said. “We’re not talking about a weapon that can be used to used to attack human beings or cause physical destruction here on Earth.” Kirby said US President Joe Biden…

Israel says its special forces have raided the biggest functioning hospital in Gaza, with a number of suspects detained.The Israeli military said the operation at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis was “precise and limited” and claimed it had information Hamas fighters were hiding there.Israel also said the ruling militant group in Gaza may have kept hostages at the medical facility, and it was possible some captives’ bodies were at the site.Hamas has denied the accusations, calling them “lies”, with health authorities saying Israel has pushed out displaced people and medical workers’ families who were sheltering in the hospital.Middle East latest:Hezbollah…

The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates said that writing things down would make people forgetful. Now, thousands of years later, we’re in the fortunate position of being able to discuss Socrates’ thinking precisely because it was written down. Commentators often say the written word, books, is best and that computers negatively impact learning, almost for the same reasons that Socrates was against writing things down: forgetfulness, when memory is a cornerstone of learning. You may wonder: What have people got against new technologies? As more and more classrooms shift from print to digital books and other materials, researchers are looking into the impact on children’s learning.…

Donald Trump’s hush money trial will go ahead as scheduled after a judge on Thursday threw out his request to dismiss the criminal charges. Justice Juan Merchan set a trial date of March 25 for the case, which relates to money that the former US president allegedly paid to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. “Given all the information I have before me, we are moving ahead to jury selection on March 25,” the judge said. Trump repeated unfounded claims that the case brought against him is politically motivated. “They wouldn’t have brought this except for the…

The looming prospect of NATO-skeptic Donald Trump winning a second term as US president is serving as food for thought in Europe on everything from climate to trade. But this week, explosive comments from the isolationist front-runner to be the Republican Party’s candidate for president have pushed concerns about EU security to the fore and loomed large over a NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels on Thursday. At a campaign rally on Saturday, Trump implied he wouldn’t come to the aid of NATO states attacked by Russia if they hadn’t met the alliance’s military spending targets. In fact, he would have opted…

A trial date has been set in Donald Trump’s hush-money case, which centres on the claim he paid off two women – including an adult film star – after they said he had affairs with them. Jury selection will begin on Monday 25 March, a judge ruled today, turning down requests for a delay from Trump’s lawyers. The case centres on years-old accusations that Trump sought to bury stories about extramarital affairs that emerged during his 2016 presidential campaign.The decision means Trump will become the first former US president to stand trial on a criminal charge.Prosecutors claim he paid off…

The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates said that writing things down would make people forgetful. Now, thousands of years later, we’re in the fortunate position of being able to discuss Socrates’ thinking, precisely because it was written down. Commentators often say the written word — books — is best and that computers negatively impact learning, almost for the same reasons that Socrates was against writing things down: forgetfulness, when memory is a cornerstone of learning. You may wonder: What have people got against new technologies? As more and more classrooms shift from print to digital books and other materials, researchers are looking into the impact on…

South Africa’s mission to help bring peace and security to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has gotten off to a deadly start. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Thursday said that two of its soldiers had been killed in a mortar strike near the eastern city of Goma. The SANDF said that three more soldiers were injured in the attack, which took place on Wednesday. “A mortar landed inside one of the South African contingent military bases inflicting casualties and injuries to the SANDF soldiers,” the South African military said in a statement. The injured were…