The billionaire drowned at Playa Hermosa de Garabito, Puntarenas, in Costa Rica, according to a Spanish-language publication, Teletica.com, which described the deceased as a “41-year-old foreigner.” Popescu, a Romanian entrepreneur and blogger, launched bitcoin securities exchange MPEx in 2012, and was something of an evangelist for cryptocurrency. His fortune would have …
Read More »‘As sorry as we are’: German lawmakers approve new controversial Covid-19 lockdown bill following heated debate
The bill introducing new binding lockdown rules for the German states with high infection rates was approved by a narrow majority in the Bundestag on Wednesday. It received support from 342 MPs while 250 lawmakers voted against it and 64 abstained. Some restrictions introduced by the amendments have been eased …
Read More »Oregon may indefinitely extend controversial mask mandate as other states begin to ease Covid-19 restrictions
Michael Wood, the administrator of the state’s department of Occupational Safety and Health, said rules requiring masks and social distancing in all businesses in Oregon may be extended indefinitely. The restrictions, which are set to expire on May 4, could be maintained until they are “no longer necessary to address …
Read More »Over 100 whales to be killed in Japan as country starts controversial commercial whaling season
On Saturday, four ships – two in Miyagi Prefecture on the east coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu and two in Aomori Prefecture in its north – departed from ports to coastal Pacific waters. A fifth vessel will join them later, leaving from Hokkaido, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported. …
Read More »Reddit fires controversial transgender activist linked to TWO pedophilia scandals after users revolt
“As of today, the employee in question is no longer employed by Reddit,” the platform’s CEO Steve Huffman wrote in a Reddit post on Wednesday, referring to Challenor. “We did not adequately vet her background before formally hiring her,” he said. Huffman wrote that Reddit initially tried to shield Challenor …
Read More »There is NO RIGHT TO CARRY arms in public, US appeals court says in controversial ruling on gun rights case
In a 7-4 ruling after the full bench review of the Young v. Hawaii case, the majority argued that “There is no right to carry arms openly in public; nor is any such right within the scope of the Second Amendment.” The famous gun rights provision of the US Constitution …
Read More »‘We have a hint… it may be possible’: Controversial stem cell therapy repaired injured spinal cords in 13 patients
SCIs can often cause permanent loss of movement and physical sensation from resultant nerve damage. While physical rehabilitation programs can partially improve outcomes, actual treatment and recovery of lost mobility and function is nigh on impossible. Until now, perhaps. According to new results from a phase 2 clinical trial conducted …
Read More »‘So sorry’: Italy rugby ace Negri apologizes after controversial ‘crocodile roll’ causes horror injury to England’s Willis (VIDEO)
Willis faces an extended period on the sidelines after the encounter with Italian lock Negri in the second half of England’s 41-18 win in London in week two of the annual Six Nations tournament, after his knee was contorted into an eye-watering position as a result of Negri applying the …
Read More »Youths hurl FIREBOMBS at riot police in Athens as Greece debates controversial education reforms (VIDEO)
Thousands of protesters faced off with law enforcement near the Hellenic Parliament building in Syntagma Square on Wednesday, as lawmakers debated a bill that would place uniformed, unarmed security personnel on university campuses. Currently, police are prohibited from entering the grounds of higher-education institutions, due to a law adopted after …
Read More »I know this may be controversial, but a Tony Blair & Nigel Farage dream team is what Britain needs to tackle Covid-19
Cometh the hour, cometh the men. Covid-19 has ravaged Britain and turned it into plague island, eliciting a little sympathy and some brickbats from around the world. It has Europe’s second-worst death toll, now at around 75,500, and while most other nations have ramped up travel regulations to stop the …
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