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The globe’s top reserve currencies, the US dollar and euro, have become “toxic” for Russia, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday. “The American and European currencies are toxic for us. What should we do with them?” he asked while speaking to students at a university in Moscow. “What do …

A number of people were hospitalized with breathing difficulties in London on Wednesday, after a chemical reaction caused a release of poisonous chlorine gas at a swimming pool. Residents nearby were asked to close their windows as firefighters ventilated the toxic fumes. Workers at the London Aquatics Center at Queen …

I must confess that I find sanctimonious celebrity sermons particularly nauseating. So, when I hear acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch stating that society needs to address ‘toxic masculinity’ I reach for my metaphorical sick bucket. Cumberbatch smugly pontificated that ‘we need to fix the behaviour of men.’ In his sermon from Hollywood …

Speaking to Moscow daily Vedomosti, Igor Ashmanov, who sits on the country’s Human Rights Council, revealed that he had developed a “catalog” which he described as similar to the online Wikipedia tool. According to Ashmanov, this project would highlight topics that won’t be banned “any time soon” but could have …

“Do you know how bad the situation is? People have to wear masks even at home,” Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said, grilling government officials.   The court said central and state officials must make “an emergency decision” and present plans to fight the smog on Monday. Ramana suggested that authorities should …

At the beginning of this week, US trade representative Katherine Tai delivered a keynote speech that set out the Biden administration’s trade policy concerning China. Predictably, the address came with a litany of complaints against what are frequently described as China’s ‘unfair economic practices’. Tai also said the US would …

The lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma reached the ocean near the town of Tazacorte shortly after 11pm local time on Tuesday, news channel TVE Canarias reported. The volcano, which began erupting on September 19, has been ejecting massive flows of lava that have …

Lisa Wilson was once one of the darlings of the elite football championship and its fans after coming to prominence during the NFL draft in late April. Dubbed the event’s “real MVP” and causing a Twitter frenzy by trending on the social network, the mother-of-six and self-described fitness fanatic was complimented on …

The basic pitch for ‘net zero’ policies to combat climate change is this: a warming world will be devastating, but we can cut emissions down to next-to-nothing by using renewable energy technologies like wind and solar, which will keep on getting cheaper and cheaper. But the idea that we can …

Earlier this year the press constructed a scandal from practically nothing and became a contributing force behind the retirement of Hogwarts Legacy designer Troy Leavitt. Not long after, following the creation of another non-troversy, I described a pattern of escalation within game journalism. One which sees a tight-knit group of …