The repossession was revealed after court filings against John Earle Sullivan were unsealed on Thursday. Sullivan also received additional criminal charges for his actions during the events of January 6 and is now facing a total of eight criminal counts. Sullivan is an oddball figure among the more than 440 …
Read More »Why did it take football’s European Super League crisis to show Britain that selling its prize assets abroad is a bad idea?
RIP the European Super League. It was fun while it almost lasted. Much like England’s chances of ever winning another major trophy, on paper, the European Super League (ESL) flattered to deceive. With a team sheet of galacticosthat included Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus, its formation looked unstoppable. But that was …
Read More »‘Selling out democracy’? Activists call for boycott of Toyota for supporting ‘sedition’ after donation to Republicans
Liberals on social media were up in arms after discovering data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that showed a $1,000 donation to Rep. Alex Mooney (R-West Virginia) on February 4 from Toyota. The donation comes after the company said it would reevaluate its criteria for donations, following the riot …
Read More »New HBO documentary ‘Q: Into the Storm’ is just like QAnon in that it is vapid entertainment selling itself as truth
Q: Into the Storm is the new HBO documentary miniseries that explores the QAnon conspiracy theory and the collection of people mixed up in it. The first two episodes of the six-part series, produced and directed by Cullen Hoback, premiered on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday night. The final …
Read More »Brazilian state slaps Apple with $1.9-million fine for selling iPhones without power chargers
The penalty comes months after the regulator required the US tech company to ship the iPhone 12 and other new models of the popular cell phone with a power brick and corresponding cable. In October, the Cupertino-based firm made the controversial decision to remove the charger and EarPods from new …
Read More »‘We said: Inshallah’: US sanctions fail to prevent Iran from selling record amount of crude to energy-hungry China
China has never halted imports of Iranian crude completely, despite the US sanctions, with most shipments reportedly being indirect, officially identified as oil from the other Gulf states. The Islamic republic has shipped some 17.8 million tons of crude to Chinese ports over the past 14 months, with volumes hitting …
Read More »Tweet for $300K? Twitter boss Jack Dorsey is selling first-ever tweet and the bids are flying in
Dorsey’s almost 15-year-old message “just setting up my twttr” attracted whopping offers after he posted a link to a tweets marketplace called Valuables on Friday. The intense bidding war put the Twitter co-founder’s post at $363,000 as of Saturday morning (around 8am GMT). While the sale was announced, at least …
Read More »South Africa considers selling or swapping its AstraZeneca vaccine stash over efficacy concerns
Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize revealed the country was set to begin rolling out Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine next week. The vaccination drive will come as an “implementation study” and will target the country’s health workers. So far, South Africa has secured only a …
Read More »South Africa considers selling or swapping its AstraZeneca vaccine stash over efficacy concerns
Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize revealed the country was set to begin rolling out Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine next week. The vaccination drive will come as an “implementation study” and will target the country’s health workers. So far, South Africa has secured only a …
Read More »Criminal gangs selling fake negative Covid-19 tests needed by most air travelers, Europol warns
Europol said on Monday that several suspects were recently arrested selling the fraudulent papers at airports in France and the UK. The gangs had been peddling the fake negative tests online and via messaging chats in Spain and the Netherlands, it said. As part of ongoing pandemic-related restrictions internationally, a …
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