Playing away at the Estadio Jose Zorrilla, Atleti suffered a nightmare start, falling behind to the hosts on 18 minutes. Putting together their best football of the season, ex-Real Madrid academy product Oscar Plano finished the move which gave Valladolid hope of survival. Worryingly for Atletico, that also put the ball …
Read More »‘It’s like the Hydra’: World is about to see wave of cybercrime, hospitals face greater risks, German cybersecurity officials say
“We strongly believe that ransomware attacks will not decrease in the near future,” BSI specialist Dirk Haeger told Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper. Criminals have found new ways of extorting money from their victims by encrypting companies’ sensitive data and demanding ransom for it, he said, hinting that these attacks will …
Read More »Trump DC hotel almost DOUBLED prices as ‘security tactic’ to prevent QAnon bookings – leaked documents
In February, news outlets reported that rooms at the hotel had shot up in price for the 3rd and 4th of March – when supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory thought former President Trump would reclaim the White House from President Joe Biden, citing the old, replaced tradition of presidents …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi is ‘mentally ill,’ Congresswoman Greene says, comparing House mask mandate to Holocaust
“You know, we can look back at a time in history when people were told to wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second-class citizens, so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany. And this is exactly the …
Read More »Greta Thunberg accuses Chinese state media of ‘fat-shaming’ her in critical article
Last week, China Daily republished an article from a WeChat social media user which shot back at Thunberg’s criticism of Chinese emissions. On Friday, Vice News picked up on the article and translated a section to read, “Although she claims to be vegetarian, judging from the results of her growth, …
Read More »WATCH anti-lockdown protesters clash with police in Berlin at rally banned by authorities
Coronavirus skeptics gathered and marched through the streets in central Berlin on Saturday. The rally has been banned by authorities, but despite that, hundreds took to the streets, as seen in footage from RT’s video agency Ruptly. Many protesters were not wearing masks and not maintaining social distancing. Police have …
Read More »Russia to introduce export duties on green lumber sales to rein in price growth
The export duties on unprocessed timber with a moisture content exceeding 22% come into effect starting July 1, and remain in force until the end of the current year. The measure will reportedly help to limit exports of rough unprocessed wood produce, as well as to hold down the price …
Read More »Ex-BBC director Lord Hall resigns from National Gallery following bombshell Princess Diana inquiry
Lord Hall, who was the BBC’s director of news and current affairs when journalist Martin Bashir used fake documents to secure an interview with Princess Diana, apologised for his involvement on Saturday and said that staying at his National Gallery job in the wake of the controversy “would be a …
Read More »YouTube video creators lash out at corporate greed after platform forces ads on small channels, whether they like it or not
The Google-owned video-sharing platform is giving itself some additional space to profit from the content it hosts. Once the updated rules come into force in June, YouTube will start putting ads on channels that have too few subscribers and views to qualify for its Partner Program, a mechanism that allows …
Read More »Debate over the Israel-Palestine issue has changed forever, but here’s why the fabled ‘two-state solution’ is no solution at all
After more than a week of fighting and hundreds dead, mostly Palestinians, Israel and the militant group Hamas agreed on Thursday to a ceasefire. Even though this is cause for celebration since it will mean an immediate end to hostilities, it hardly means an end to the conflict. But much …
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