Robinhood’s Vladimir Tenev has become one of the most sought-after interviewees for outlets covering stock market news, due to the role he played in the stand-off between large short-selling hedge funds and a crowd of small-dollar investors from the Reddit community WallStreetBets. But Elon Musk is arguably the most unusual …
Read More »Taiwan stages snap air force drills following massive incursion of China’s jets and bombers
Multiple F-CK-1 Ching-kuo, Taiwan’s home-grown fighter jets, were scrambled from an airbase in the southern city of Tainan on Tuesday. The primary goal of the exercise was to rehearse a swift response to an incoming threat, with the jets getting from their reinforced shelters into the air in under five …
Read More »A UK police force is accused of lying about a black man’s death in a case as shocking as George Floyd’s. So, why are BLM silent?
Outrage and fury were expected to follow the explosive revelations broadcast in Britain on Monday night. This column was deliberately delayed to allow the news to spread and await the inevitable backlash. But it hasn’t come. Allow me to fill you in. The BBC’s flagship investigation show ‘Panorama’ broadcast I …
Read More »Manchester police chief resigns as force placed under watchdog monitoring for letting 80,000 crimes go unrecorded
Ian Hopkins, who spent 13 years in the top job, announced his resignation in a statement on Friday, saying the “challenging” issues faced by GMP should be addressed by a new chief constable. “Considering what is best for GMP and the communities we serve, and given my current ill health, …
Read More »‘Disney gonna sue?’: Space Force to call its members ‘guardians,’ but netizens see superhero movie rip-off
The VP unveiled the new title during a White House ceremony on Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s youngest military branch, with the newly christened “guardians” joining soldiers, sailors, airmen and guardsmen in the ranks of the armed forces. The Space Force announced the name upgrade in …
Read More »In world first, Australia moves to force Google & Facebook to pay local news outlets for content
A proposed law that will go before Australian parliament this week requires Google and Facebook to reach a deal with local publishers concerning how much they fork over for news content featured on their online services. A government appointed arbitrator will decide the compensation package if the parties fail to …
Read More »US Air Force legend & first pilot to break sound barrier, Chuck Yeager, dies at 97
“It is with profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET,” Yeager’s wife said in a tweet on the famed brigadier general’s Twitter page on Monday night. A career combat ace through World War II, Yeager began his time in the …
Read More »Biden says he won’t force Americans to vaccinate, but will do ‘everything’ in his power to encourage them to ‘do the right thing’
“I don’t think it should be mandatory, I wouldn’t demand it to be mandatory,” Biden told reporters on Friday at the tail end of an event in Delaware, referring to the vaccine, adding that he also doesn’t believe “masks have to be made mandatory nationwide.” I’ll do everything in my …
Read More »What could go wrong?! US Air Force adds ‘semi-autonomous’ robot dogs to patrols on Florida base (VIDEO)
A ‘pack’ of four dog-like surveillance robots will soon be patrolling Tyndall Air Force Base, the facility revealed on Friday. The release hinted the Panama City base would merely be “one of the first” to receive four-legged assistance after the creatures were demo’ed in an on-base event earlier this week. …
Read More »Trump says he will NOT force Americans to take coronavirus vaccine as polls show widespread skepticism about jab
Asked who would be first to receive a vaccine in an interview on Fox Business on Thursday, Trump said “essential workers” and “older people” would take priority, but made a brief detour to assure that he would not make vaccination compulsory. “I don’t believe I’d ever do a mandated vaccine,” …
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