Covid-19 has claimed one life every five minutes in Romania during October, official data indicates, as the country’s inoculation campaign lags and hospitals are inundated with coronavirus patients. On Tuesday, the EasternRead More…
Russia to fine Google up to 20% of annual turnover for failing to delete banned content
Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor said it would seek to fine American tech giant Google for repeatedly failing to remove content deemed illegal as soon as this week. The fine will amount toRead More…
Pandemic-hit NHS wastes over £560mn yearly on ‘unnecessary’ & addictive pills with severe withdrawal symptoms – study
Despite the Covid pandemic, the NHS is reportedly wasting as much as £568 million yearly on habit-forming drugs like painkillers and sleeping pills that the majority of patients do not need, leadingRead More…
Texas governor accused of attacking trans kids & ‘rallying right with bullsh*t & fear’ over bill on gender participation in sports
The governor of Texas is set to sign a bill stopping transgender pupils from joining school sports teams matching their gender identity – and that has led to accusations that the lawRead More…
Czech lawmakers move to strip ailing President Zeman of power amid constitutional crisis; universal fury batters chief-of-staff
A Czech Senate commission has approved the redistribution of President Milos Zeman’s duties to a number of other top officials. He was rushed to hospital after his ally, Prime Minister Andrej Babis,Read More…
Moscow proposed adding US to Normandy Format discussions on Ukraine, but Germany & France REJECTED it, reveals Russian FM Lavrov
Moscow proposed inviting the US to join the Normandy Format discussions on the war in east Ukraine, but Germany and France categorically refused to allow Washington in, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey LavrovRead More…
Czech president’s aides under investigation for not informing officials or public that leader was extremely ill
Czech police have opened an investigation into whether President Milos Zeman’s aides committed a crime by not telling other officials or the public that the country’s leader was not fit to carryRead More…
Japanese man arrested after using deepfake technology to uncensor & resell porn videos in first AI case
A Japanese man who removed mandatory censorship from pornography using artificial intelligence and resold the images was arrested on Monday for violating laws on copyright and obscenity. 43-year-old Masayuki Nakamoto reportedly madeRead More…
Bitcoin will skyrocket to $168,000 when futures start trading on Wall Street – Fundstrat
The price of bitcoin could nearly triple when the first crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) makes its New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) debut on Tuesday, according to analysts at US research consultancy Fundstrat.Read More…
Rumors of Chinese ‘hypersonic missile test’ don’t worry Russia given ‘allied relations,’ Moscow says, as US warns of global threat
The first purported test of a Chinese missile that can fly faster than the speed of sound might be causing consternation in the West but, as a close partner of Beijing, RussiaRead More…