Day: January 12, 2024

Popular TikTok food critic cancels San Francisco tour citing unsafe conditions: ‘Shocking to say the least’

6:53 pm January 12, 2024

Celebrity food critic Keith Lee canceled his culinary tour of San Francisco partway through because of its unsafe conditions and bad food, some of which he said caused him to have an allergic reaction. Lee, who has nearly 16 million followers on TikTok and more than half a billion likes on the content he posts […]

‘The View’ co-hosts say Sec. Austin ‘screwed up’ with hospital flap: ‘Stunning lack of transparency here’

6:37 pm January 12, 2024

“The View” co-hosts refused to let U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin off the hook for waiting days to disclose to the highest levels of the government that he had been in the hospital for an extended period. During the Friday episode of the ABC talk show, co-host Ana Navarro declared that Austin “screwed up,” while […]

Yemen’s Houthis vow US-UK joint airstrikes will ‘not go unanswered or unpunished’

6:16 pm January 12, 2024

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are warning Friday that a series of joint airstrikes carried out against them by the U.S. and British militaries will “not go unanswered or unpunished.” Houthis’ military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree issued the threat in a recording while the rebel group’s deputy foreign minister Hussein al-Ezzi added that “America and […]

Kenyan lawyers protest against President Ruto’s alleged judicial interference

6:16 pm January 12, 2024

Kenyan lawyers Friday demonstrated peacefully in Nairobi against what they say is judicial interference by President William Ruto, who has said he will disregard court orders from allegedly corrupt judges blocking his key development projects. In recent days, Ruto has also repeatedly threatened to remove judges he accuses of teaming up with his political rivals […]

Somali president’s son testifies in Turkey over fatal motorcycle crash

6:14 pm January 12, 2024

The son of Somalia’s president testified at an Istanbul court on Friday about the death of a motorcycle courier in the city, Turkish media reported. An arrest warrant had been issued for Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud after a diplomatic car he was driving allegedly hit Yunus Emre Gocer, 38, on a highway in Istanbul on […]