• KameraOne

    Drunk Russian man sets himself on fire to try remove his T-shirt

    Security camera footage in an elevator in the Russian city of Kirov captured a particularly idiotic action. Three apparently drunk men entered the elevator and tried to remove a torn T-shirt. In their incompetence, the drunkards grabbed a lighter - and almost caused a catastrophe.

  • The Independent

    Republican senator shouts at Muslim witness and falsely accuses her of supporting Hamas at hate crime hearing

    Louisiana’s John Kennedy repeatedly labels Arab-American a ‘Hamas’ supporter at hearing meant to address hate crimes

  • Reuters

    Dollar cedes ground, Asia stocks mixed as Fed looms large

    The dollar ceded some of its overnight gains on Wednesday while Asian stocks put in a mixed display as traders weighed the odds of a super-sized Federal Reserve interest rate cut later in the day. The U.S. currency dropped back sharply against the yen, handing back a third of its rally from Tuesday, when unexpectedly robust U.S. retail sales data was taken as weakening the case for aggressive Fed easing. The chances of the Fed kicking off its easing cycle with a super-sized cut of 50 basis points (bps) oscillated in Asia, retreating to 63% early in the day from 67% around the same time on Tuesday, according to LSEG data.