‘Afghanistan’s Trustworthy Friend,’ Taliban Courting China for Infrastructure Investments and Trade
The Taliban and China have been intensely courting each other publicly in recent weeks, with representatives...
Child Sex-Crime FBI Investigator Charged for Sex Crimes Against Children
An FBI agent tasked with investigating sex crimes against children is now facing charges for allegedly...
Australians Worry About Possible Social Credit Score After TV News Segment Resurfaces
A resurfaced Australian television segment promoting an initiative recommended by a federal parliamentary...
Hollywood Film Crews Complain About Harsh Working Conditions On Sets
Hollywood crew members are opening up about how they are being pushed to their limits at work. Some have...
5-4 Ruling: Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Block Texas Abortion Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a motion to block a new abortion law from taking effect in Texas. In...
WHO Monitoring New ‘Mu’ COVID-19 Variant, Could Be Vaccine-Resistant
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified the B.1.621 strain of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), also known as Mu, as a Variant of Interest (VOI). The variant, first identified in Colombia in Jan. 2021, is...
Recording User Conservation Without Consent, Apple and Google Facing Lawsuits
Big tech firms Apple and Google are facing lawsuits due to reports of their voice assistants violating user privacy. Assistants record voices when users spell out certain keywords. Sometimes, the voice assistants accidentally record conversations...
50,000 Afghans Allowed Entry Into the United States As Americans Remain Stranded in Afghanistan
Alejandro Mayorkas, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, has stated that at least 50,000 Afghan nationals who evacuated following the Taliban takeover would be admitted into the United States. He did not say exactly how...
Oregon McDonald’s Hopes 14-Year-Olds Will Solve ‘Staffing Issues’
A banner hung up by the staff of a McDonald’s in Oregon has caught the attention of the Internet. It is calling for the services of teenagers to apply for a job due to “staffing...
Will Rogers – A Notable Quotable of the Past and Present
Will Rogers was one of the most well-known and highest-paid Hollywood actors of his time, but he was much more than a movie star; he was a folk hero, a philosopher, a humorist, a cultural...
Pfizer to Make $2.3 Billion Deal to Acquire Trillium, Blood Cancer Drugmaker
On Monday, Pfizer Inc. announced it would buy Canadian drug developer Trillium Therapeutics Inc via a $2.26 billion deal to reinforce its investments in blood cancer therapies. Pfizer already acquired a $25 million stake in...
Afghan TikTok Comedian Executed by Taliban Militants for Mocking Them
Footage of the abduction of Afghan TikTok comedian Nazar Mohammad, better known as Khasha Zwan, has surfaced, showing the man being held prisoner in the city of Kandahar. Death of a comedian On July 31st,...