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When summing up 2020 – a difficult year with the Covid-19 pandemic and an escalation in the confrontation between Beijing and Washington – prominent Chinese political scientist Yuan Peng wrote: “It no longer matters what is true or false – what matters is who controls the discourse.” The expert was referring …

Since the mid-1970s, foreigners have flown into Thailand as men and later flown back out as women. The Philippines, too, was something of a hotspot. Southeast Asia in general was long thought to be more tolerant of transgenderism. But now gender affirmation surgery is easing into the mainstream, it’s big business, and …

“A root cause in a lot of communities is the pandemic,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Thursday when questioned about reasons for a surge in lawlessness, including mass looting incidents. Psaki didn’t elaborate on the alleged connection between Covid-19 and the shelf-clearing thefts at luxury goods …

Discussing the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in an interview with NBC, broadcast on Monday, the Russian leader said there were “some grounds” for the outcry over racism in America and a number of other Western nations over the course of 2020. However, he added that the outrage had been …

It is a unique place in Ethiopia. To see alien landscapes, not necessarily to go to distant space. In the middle of the desert in Ethiopia is the lowest land volcano on the planet – Dallol, the top of which is located at an altitude of 48 meters below sea …

They still have something to surprise tourists. Many of the most famous landmarks in the world are iconic symbols of times past, and think they know everything already. However, despite their popularity, there are some unique but little known facts about these world-famous landmarks that attract tourists from all corners …

The NASA probe could detect evidence of life on Mars, but they were destroyed.A new analysis of data from 40 years ago, suggests that NASA (National aerospace Agency of the USA) could detect evidence of life on Mars, but they were destroyed on the way to the Ground. The Rover …

Scientists say that after death the consciousness of man continues to work.A recent study confirmed that human consciousness continues to work even after the body ceases to submit life signs. This means that the dead are aware of the fact of his own death. The scientists of Langone Medical center …

Industry and agriculture produce a large amount of methane, a greenhouse gas, working on global warming. Many bacteria also release methane in the process of metabolism. Part of it (or rather, 4% of what enters the atmosphere) is produced in the ocean, and it is puzzling scientists because it was …

Genes dictate their rules. Monarch – they are people too, although of Royal blood. So, nothing human is alien to them. As mere mortals, they are very similar to their grandparents, great-grandparents and other ancestors. British People magazine published an interesting collection, looking at that I wonder the similarity of …