Is Hong Kong now a police state? | The Stream
A year after China imposed a new sweeping security law, Hong Kong is a city transformed. Pro-democratic voices have been…
Branson vs Bezos: as the billionaires get ready to blast into space, who’s got the better plan?
Over the next fortnight, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will take off into space,…
Vital Signs: RBA governor Philip Lowe’s dangerous game on interest rates
There’s an idea in economics that policy makers need at least one tool for each target at which they are…
America’s Largest Police Department: “Come Have Fun In The NYPD Game Trailer”
By MassPrivateI Four years ago, when I wrote an article about police department ice cream trucks I thought only kids would be…
Grifter Heiress Angela Gulbenkian Has Pleaded Guilty to Scamming Collectors Out of Payments for Art They Never Received
Art dealer and grifter heiress Angela Gulbenkian pleaded guilty to stealing funds from clients last week at London’s Southwark Crown…
Aid groups urge UN to keep Syria’s last cross-border aid lifeline
A new UN resolution has been put forward to extend a mandate for aid deliveries to northern Syria. Nearly a…
Russia Drafting Law on Confiscation of Crypto Assets
Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has revealed that legislative amendments are being prepared on the confiscation of crypto assets. “A…
On the brink of disaster: how decades of progress in Afghanistan could be wiped out in short order
Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of an almost unimaginable disaster. The withdrawal of US and allied forces, scheduled by…
Australia and New Zealand are signing up for an international tax on the tech giants — but will it be enough?
Australia, New Zealand and many other countries are losing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year by not…
5 Specific Reasons Why You Should Stockpile Food Right Now
By Michael Snyder For decades, Americans have not needed to be concerned about food prices. Yes, prices would always go…
Public health alert – Venues of concern and sewage detection
NSW Health has been notified of a number of new venues of concern visited by confirmed cases of COVID‑19. Anyone…
We found a new type of stellar explosion that could explain a 13-billion-year-old mystery of the Milky Way’s elements
Until recently it was thought neutron star mergers were the only way heavy elements (heavier than Zinc) could be produced.…
Scientists Tracing Leonardo da Vinci’s Family Tree Have Tracked Down 14 Living Relatives—Including a 62-Year-Old Artist
Historians dedicated to tracing Leonardo da Vinci’s family tree have uncovered 14 living relatives of the Renaissance great in a…
How to cope with traffic jams (without going crazy) / UNSEEN (4/5) | DW Documentary
How much time have all of us lost in traffic? In Hanoi, getting around eats up huge chunks of your…