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On 12 November, the HM Inspectorate of Prisons published an investigation on conditions in London’s Belmarsh high security prison – dubbed ‘Britain’s Gitmo’ – which spells out in some detail the nightmarish environment WikiLeaks founder Assange has been forced to call home since his expulsion from the Ecuadorian Embassy in April …

US President Joe Biden, pressured at home to tap into the US’ own strategic crude supplies, proposed that China do the same during a virtual meeting between Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the South China Morning Post reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. The newspaper …

When asked on Tuesday if an official US delegation will be traveling to the Winter Games in the Chinese capital in February, Biden responded: “I am the delegation.” The president, however, did not elaborate, leaving the White House correspondents in a state of confusion, as his response could mean that …

The country that went to war on bankers and once kicked out uninvited FBI agents has now taken on Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Metaverse’, countering humorously with ‘Icelandverse’ – “enhanced actual reality without silly looking headsets.” A two-and-a-half minute clip by Inspired by Iceland hilariously mimics the near seven-minute clip announcing Facebook’s …

The lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday in Greene County Circuit Court, alleged that the Springfield district violated Missouri’s open-records law to avoid transparency on use of CRT in student curriculums and teacher training materials. Springfield Public Schools has been employing CRT in teacher training for at least two years, …

Approved overwhelmingly in a 67-3 vote on Tuesday, House Bill 417 seeks to amend Idaho’s code pertaining to workers’ compensation to “provide that vaccine-related accidents or injuries shall be compensable” by employers or insurers. “If the employer is telling you, you have to do this in order to work here, …

Scientists have dubbed the 30-year-old mother the “Esperanza patient,” after her hometown. The word ‘esperanza’ translates to ‘hope’ in English. Publishing their findings in the Annals of Internal Medicine journal on Monday, the researchers said the discovery boosts hope for a “sterilizing cure” for the estimated 38 million people with …

“How many children have been in the Biden cages in calendar year 2021?” Cruz asked Mayorkas on Tuesday in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Mayorkas rejected the term “cages,” but Cruz continued: “Fine, you can disagree with it. How many children have been in the Biden cages? I’ve been to …

The fifteen mysterious vials were found on Tuesday night at a Merck laboratory, according to an unclassified alert sent to the Department of Homeland Security and seen by the outlet. Five of the ampules carried labels reading “smallpox,” while another 10 were said to contain “vaccinia” virus, the source for …

The peak of the partial eclipse will take place in the predawn hours on Friday when 97% of the moon will be eclipsed by the Earth’s shadow. The previous longest partial eclipse took place in 2018 and lasted less than two hours, while this will last for several hours. The …