As China’s ruling party prepares to meet for its annual ‘two sessions’ on Friday, the biggest and most important political gathering of the year, Hong Kong is very much on the agenda. Beijing is moving to impose sweeping reforms to the special administrative region’s electoral system, closing down what it …
Read More »Indian economy finally returns to growth, beating Covid-driven recession
India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.4 percent in the third quarter of its fiscal year, returning the economy to “the pre-pandemic times of positive growth rates,” the Ministry of Finance said as the new data emerged. However, the growth rate was slightly smaller than analysts had expected, with …
Read More »NJ gov finally signs law legalizing recreational marijuana after 3-year wait – but it could be MONTHS before it takes effect
Murphy announced on Monday he had signed legislation that would launch a recreational marijuana marketplace and finally legalize the drug’s use by adults (and decriminalize its use by minors), fulfilling a promise he made three years ago. The governor did not really have a choice – voters showed up overwhelmingly …
Read More »Emojis, how did we cope without them? Never fear, a new slew has arrived, finally giving us the bearded lady we so badly needed
How on earth did we ever cope without emojis? It has become a vital human need to have a tiny little image to perfectly encapsulate anything we think or feel or do. It’s actually possible to say pretty much anything with a cartoon or two. For example, send an image …
Read More »MSM finally awakens to Sputnik V’s existence after proving that DEMONIZING RUSSIA is more important than SAVING LIVES
In one of his most poignant performances, back in October, CNN thespian Don Lemon blasted Trump for bragging about the expert care he had received from a team of 14 doctors during his own bout with Covid-19. Lemon accused Trump of “dancing on the graves” of 215,000 dead Americans and …
Read More »The UK is finally checking visitors for Covid. But why has border-obsessed Brexit Britain been open to disease for so long?
So, the UK is placing restrictions on people coming into the country. From next week, at some point, probably, though it might change its mind, the government will require visitors to have had a negative Covid test less than 72 hours prior to arrival. Yep, almost a year to the …
Read More »No longer ‘JUST AN IDEA’? With Trump on way out and Biden on way in, Portland mayor finally vows to ‘push back’ against Antifa
“My good-faith efforts at de-escalation have been met with ongoing violence and even scorn from radical Antifa and anarchists,” Wheeler said Friday, in a New Year’s Day address. “In response, it will be necessary to use additional tools and to push the limits of the tools we already have to …
Read More »Showstopper: Illegal rave in France that started on New Year’s Eve is finally brought to an end
The out-of-control rave, staged in the French town of Lieuron in defiance of anti-coronavirus restrictions, was ultimately brought to an end on Saturday. In addition to the enduring ban on mass gatherings, France maintains a night-time curfew, and the Lieuron event was violating multiple restrictions at once. The police continue …
Read More »2020: The year that may have finally broken American politics, and perhaps the USA itself
Between the pandemic and the government response to it, the ‘fiery but mostly peaceful’ race riots, and the controversial presidential election, the events of the past year may have altered American politics – and the country itself – forever. Only a few now remember that the top story of January …
Read More »Zodiac Killer’s cryptic letter finally deciphered after more than 50 years
Investigators have finally decoded one of the infamous Zodiac Killer’s messages, 51 years after it was mailed to the offices of the San Francisco Chronicle. One of the researchers told the Chronicle of his team’s discovery on Friday, revealing that the letter read: “I hope you are having lots of …
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