China’s Online Retailer Firm JD.com Expands Layoffs as Economy Worsens
As Beijing’s regulators turn up the heat on a heavily saturated internet sector, adding financial pressure...
Man Who Kidnapped 26 Children and Buried Them Alive Seeks Parole for the 18th Time
Frederick Newhall Woods, one of three men convicted for a 1976 kidnapping that resulted in 26 children...
As Ukraine’s Nazis, Domestic Terrorism, and War Crimes Are Normalized, the World’s Spectators Grow Numb
Commentary As Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine enters its fifth week, the horrors of...
26 Million People Under Shanghai Lockdown as Chinese Regime Deploys Strictest COVID Measures Since Pandemic
In a desperate bid to control a growing outbreak in Shanghai, authorities in China have enacted the most...
US COVID-19 Relief Program Labeled the ‘Biggest Fraud In a Generation’
A multi-billion dollar relief plan, intended to support businesses in the U.S. grappling with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, has turned into a multi-billion dollar disaster with prosecutors now saying that billions of dollars...
Japanese Startup Builds Electroshock Bracelet to Inflict Pain On Metaverse Users
A Japanese startup has created a bracelet that transfers and mimics bodily movements into virtual reality settings while also delivering to users haptic, virtually generated stimuli, such as pain. H2L, a Tokyo-based, Sony-backed startup that...
Cestum Veneris – A Mesmerizing Mystery of the Sea
The ocean is a restless and enigmatic place. Below its surface, the diaphanous comb jelly Cestum veneris or “Venus Girdle'' (from the Greek goddess of love and the word "kestos" meaning girdle), may be found...
Chinese Mobile Giant Huawei Reports Decrease in Sales but Soaring Profit as Top Executive Is Released from House Arrest
Chinese telecom maker Huawei announced Monday, March 28, that despite a decrease in sales, its overall profit rose by 76 percent in 2021.The company claimed 2021 revenue of 636.8 billion yuan ($99.9 billion), down 28.6...
Videos of Domestic Terrorism, Violence Against Russian POWs Shade Ukraine’s Public Image
When Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin announced the commencement of a Special Military Operation against Ukraine on Feb. 23, the democratic western world was unanimously up in arms. While #StandWithUkraine and emojis of the Ukrainian...
Dozens of MS-13 Gang-Related Weekend Killings Prompts El Salvador to Declare a State of Emergency
El Salvador’s congress has granted a request by President Nayib Bukele, to declare a state of emergency “throughout the national territory” following dozens of gang-related killings over the weekend. On Friday, 14 people were killed...
Black Boxes Recovered From Ill-fated China Eastern Flight, Begin Analysis
Rescue teams have located two black boxes from the wreckage of China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 after the plane crashed into a mountainous zone of China’s southern Guangxi Province on March 21. Investigators have said...
Russia Orders Gas Payments In Rubles by All ‘Unfriendly’ Countries by March 31
On Monday, March 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed his government, the Russian central bank and Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom to demand payment in rubles for the delivery of gas to “unfriendly countries.” The...