On October 3, the Washington, DC-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) announced the leak of almost three terabytes of incriminating data on the use of offshore financial arrangements by celebrities, fraudsters, drug dealers, royal family members, and religious leaders the world over. The ICIJ led what it called “the …
Read More »The curious case of ‘Han Solo’, a CIA contractor accused of terrorism in Venezuela who claims he was on a simple boating holiday
You could be forgiven for thinking that an ex-Marine going on trial for terrorism charges in Venezuela might meet with the sort of US media coverage that the Amanda Knox story attained, but the start of Heath’s trial has warranted barely a whisper. Heath was arrested last September alongside six …
Read More »The curious case of Dr. Seuss shows that it’s getting ever more confusing deciding what’s racist – and what’s not – in the arts
If, like me, you’re an information geek and a semi-hypochondriac, one of the most fascinating reads on the planet is the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer’s List of classifications by cancer sites with sufficient or limited evidence in humans, IARC Monographs Volumes 1–128a. While this intriguing …
Read More »‘I’m still that curious Brooklyn kid and I’m proud of what I did with my life’ – Larry King in never-before-aired interview on RT
The interview was taped over a year ago, when King sat down with his personal friend Sanchez to share some anecdotes about his life and thoughts about his distinguished career, which made him one of the most recognized people in the media industry. The New York City-born icon said that, …
Read More »In the US, curious bear visited the school
People were not happy about this visit. Residents of the suburbs of Boston (Massachusetts, USA) is not entirely happy when I noticed a bear near the building of the elementary school. The beast showed no aggression and it was obvious that he just set out to walk. However, everyone knew …
Read More »It is ridiculous to tears: escaped from a circus monkey gave a curious accident
The bright red buttocks of the primacy confused with a traffic signal. In the Chinese province of Guizhou monkey climbed on the bar above the roadway. And the woman, mistaking her ass with a red light, staged an accident. The driver hit the brake, the car instantly stopped and was …
Read More »Escaped from a circus monkey was the cause of a curious accident
Red buttocks of a monkey confused with a traffic signal. In the Chinese province of Guizhou monkey climbed on the bar above the roadway. And the woman, mistaking her ass with a red light, staged an accident. The driver hit the brake, the car instantly stopped and was hit motorists …
Read More »Trump scored a curious statement about global warming
In the United States in the New year is not so hot. The President of the United States Donald trump jokingly justifies the decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement by the cold snap in the United States. “In the East could be the coldest New year from the …
Read More »A curious situation, which could get only avtoledi
Eternal subject for jokes. Even in modern society, there is an incredible amount of stereotypes and prejudices, exclusion is not a gender issue. On the other hand, such biases would definitely grow out some small everyday situations. About them, actually, and the new review.
Read More »Laughter and only: a curious photo life Ken and Barbie in the USSR
Without laughter you will look. Usually, we are accustomed to see the glamorous Barbie dolls and Ken in glitter, the beautiful images and stylish apartments. But the photographer from Russia Lara Vichuzhanin tried to show what would have been their life in the Soviet Union. Woman from Ekaterinburg reproduced scenes …
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