Days after a former WikiLeaks employee circulated the password to a tranche of classified US State Department cables in 2011, Julian Assange tried to get in touch with Hillary Clinton, then secretary of state. The phone call was originally captured in the Showtime documentary ‘Risk’, but a newly-released tape reveals …
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True leadership is about making decisions. So, there should have been no other course of action for the CEOs of UK PLC than to cancel Christmas. Boris Johnson (England), Nicola Sturgeon (Scotland), Mark Drakeford (Wales) and Arlene Foster (Northern Ireland) originally backed Christmas, announcing people could travel freely around the …
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The lawsuit claims that Pornhub owner Mindgeek knowingly benefited from Girls Do Porn videos on Pornhub and failed to moderate the images on its network of adult content sites. The 40 plaintiffs are demanding more than $40 million in damages along with legal fees and the money Mindgeek earned off …
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Never one to shy away from controversy, the author and activist called US coronavirus czar Anthony Fauci and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates “evil” while stating that the pharmaceutical industry is “wrought with corruption,” in a pot-stirring Twitter broadside. “Dr. Fauci is evil. Bill Gates is evil. The pharmaceutical industry is …
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Ruslan Mellin had to do a two-week-long shift on the Covid frontline in September. Being a maxillofacial surgeon and an arts school graduate, he wasn’t used to dealing with such emergencies, but when Covid came he – like many other doctors – had to retrain and go into the ‘red …
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You don’t hear a lot about it these days, but one should never forget that the Trump administration built its support around antagonism towards Mexico. His slogan: ‘Build a wall’ would ultimately define his presidency, not so much in terms of substance, but in terms of its nationalist appeal and …
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The digital currency was trading more than six percent higher, at $20,627 as of 14:15 GMT. It had been holding steady just below the $20,000 mark for most of the last three weeks. Bitcoin has gained more than 180 percent this year. Analysts attribute the surge to increased demand from larger investors (such as …
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According to Downdetector, which provides real time information about the status of websites, reports of problems with the app flooded in from across Europe, Russia and parts of Asia. The problems began appearing at around 1pm GMT. Downdetector stats show that 66 percent of the complaints relate to problems with …
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The White House counsel’s office is reviewing Ulbricht’s case, and the US president has privately expressed sympathy for the felon, the Daily Beast said, citing several sources familiar with the matter. In 2015 Ulbricht received a life sentence without the possibility of parole after being accused of computer fraud, money …
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Calling George Soros one of the biggest boogeymen in politics is not under-selling it. The Hungarian-born financier has become famous (or infamous) for the massive amounts of money that he is placing into political organizations and political campaigns. Sitting on a net worth of 8.6 billion dollars – which is …
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