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For the purposes of their proposal, Leo and Shanshan Rodriquez, both assistant professors of physics at Grinnell College, compared two types of black hole: stellar-sized, with roughly the same mass as our sun, and supermassive, with a mass millions or even billions of times larger.  The former does not rotate, …

“What is causing all of this tension is Brexit, not the [Northern Ireland] Protocol, the Protocol is an attempt to try to reduce tension and solve problems linked to Brexit,” Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney told BBC Radio on Wednesday.  “The Protocol essentially is an Irish and British and EU …

Footage published by RT’s video agency Ruptly shows students and police shoving each other during a heated confrontation at Bogazici University, in Istanbul. The officers used riot shields to contain the crowd, and one was seen throwing punches at a demonstrator. Amid shouting and isolated scuffles, several protesters were filmed …

Addressing the winners of the Russia-wide Teacher of the Year competition on Tuesday, Vladimir Putin said that “these platforms are, of course, primarily businesses … and what is the primary concern of a business? Making a profit.” “They don’t care if this content or that content causes harm for the …

Indian diplomats slammed foreign supporters of the country’s protesting farmers on Wednesday, accusing them of trying to meddle into the nation’s domestic affairs. “It is unfortunate to see vested interest groups trying to enforce their agenda on these protests, and derail them,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, accusing …

Asked at Tuesday’s White House press briefing whether Biden had made a decision on keeping the Space Force or changing its scope, Psaki said with a smile, “Wow, Space Force, it’s the plane of today,” apparently likening the query to a January 22 question on the president’s plans for the …

Deputy Health Secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell told reporters on Tuesday that the vaccine had been authorized for import and use on an emergency basis, after hinting last week that approval would come within a matter of days. “COFEPRIS has just granted a permit for the emergency use of the Sputnik V …

“Jack Dorsey is trying to cancel me (Mike Lindell) out,” Lindell tweeted through MyPillow’s account on Sunday, in a message thanking supporters who ordered pillows after Kohl’s and other major retailers stopped carrying the company’s products. “We are extremely busy and hiring as fast as we can to handle all …

GameStop (GME) dropped as much as 60 percent on Tuesday, dipping below $100 as the Wall Street and mainstream media measures aimed at ‘stabilizing’ the frenzied trading of the past week began kicking in. Retail traders have been unable to use the popular app Robinhood to trade GME and a handful …

Who is Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia)? She’s the latest political flavor of the week, but for the wrong reasons. Arguably, she’s the radical right’s “answer” to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York). A fresh face in the US Congress with a burning enthusiasm and an unconventional personality, but not in …