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Principles have been relegated to the far corner of the room in the hyper-commercial neo-liberalist age. A general discussion on the guiding principles by which we should govern our lives is a rare occurrence. I would like to make a case for self-preservation right now. Self-preservation is a legitimate instinct …

In the build-up to her TKO win over Bec Connolly last month, Ebanie ‘Blonde Bomber’ Bridges tickled fans with a string of memes that caught promoter Eddie Hearn looking up at the ceiling and appearing to do all he could not to check her out in her underwear. Never one to …

While 24 staff and dependants linked to his pet rescue centre in Kabul have been left to rot on the ground, Farthing took off with 94 dogs, 74 cats and a whole lot of love from a large section of the British public that views him as some sort of …

Hawaii police are defending their use of pandemic relief funds for a robotic “police dog” made by Boston Dynamics which scans homeless people’s eyes to see if they have a fever. “If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog …

“We wanted to supercharge it by saying we’ll give you extra, direct personal incentive to get this done now,” Mayor Bill de Blasio told the city on Wednesday, making it clear that New York’s future was one in which “more and more things are going to be determined by whether …

Kim had finished scaling the 26,400ft Broad Peak before it is believed he fell into a crevasse. Aged 57, his climb made him the first ever disabled person to reach the summit of all of the world’s tallest mountains. An initial search has thus far failed to locate him, but …

Out of the infected athletes, two tested positive in the Olympic Village, the Japan Times reported on Sunday, citing officials.  Five Olympic Games staff members, a contract worker and a journalist also tested positive on Sunday.   The news comes after a South Korean member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), …

“That was the very first case in the Village that was reported during the screening test,” Masa Takaya, spokesperson for the organizing committee, told reporters on Saturday.  Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto confirmed that the infected person is a foreigner who is involved in organizing the games. He did not …

In a letter published on Friday, the acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner asked Health and Human Services Inspector General Christi Grimm to look into the allegations of misconduct between the regulator and drugmaker Biogen, which were initially brought to light in a report by Stat last month. “There has …

Over the past eight years or so, censorship by Big Tech has been a consistent – and growing – concern. Many conservative groups have claimed they’ve been muzzled by platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. In other cases, the silencing has been even more blatant.  Of course, the highest-profile …