Daily Archives: August 17, 2021
French ambassador hasn’t left Kabul as Robert Peston claims
As the Taliban advanced towards Kabul on Sunday, 15 August, the French ambassador in Afghanistan David Martinon tweeted a video of him in what appears to be a helicopter saying he was leaving the Afghan capital’s former “green zone”. Journalist Robert Peston claimed the ambassador was leaving Kabul itself, as did the MailOnline. This is… Read More »
Samaritans doesn’t have a text number anymore
A post on Facebook which has been shared more than 20,000 times claims that anyone who is feeling depressed or suicidal can text a number and receive a response from a crisis counsellor connected to Samaritans. This information is out of date and no longer correct. Samaritans confirmed to Full Fact that the text number… Read More »
How To Cope With Traumatic Events And Stress
It was about 1:45 am on a Thursday morning in June. I can vividly remember waking up and frantically clenching my sheets. Everything was shaking all around me. I felt disoriented. I had no idea what was going on. At first, I thought that perhaps I was waking up from some kind of intense earthquake-themed… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – Smugglaroos Delivering Dunkaroos
25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 300
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 299, click here. 1. A French boy introduces himself to Indian soldiers who had just arrived in France to fight alongside French and British forces, Marseilles, 30 September 1914. 2. The priest and the dying soldier, 1962. 3. An injured man protesting the Yeltsin government during…… Read More »