According to the France Info radio station, the residents of the town of Collegien, near Paris, had begun suspecting that something was about to go down when they spotted cars driving to a warehouse at the edge of the A4 motorway on Friday evening. They alerted the police, who arrived …
Read More »Chinese tech giant Xiaomi sues Pentagon & US Treasury, demanding removal from blacklist linking it to Beijing’s military
Xiaomi demanded that it be removed from the list on Friday, telling a Washington, DC district court that the decision to put it there was “unlawful and unconstitutional,” Reuters reported. It insisted it had no connection to the People’s Liberation Army, pointing to a “substantial number” of American citizens that …
Read More »WATCH: Game of Thrones giant Hafthor Bjornsson earns DRAW in boxing debut ahead of Eddie Hall superfight
The Game of Thrones star and strongman icon outweighed his opponent by 140lbs (63kg), but the big Icelander conceded a wealth of experience to the Belfast-born fighter, who headed into the matchup with a 13-1 record. However, the sheer size and power of Bjornsson wasn’t totally avoidable, even for the …
Read More »‘I’m a Weapon of Mass Distraction’: American lawyer who took on US oil giant held under house arrest in New York for 500+ days
As a law graduate from Harvard, a contemporary of Barack Obama, there’s an expectation you would be exempt from the abuses of the US state. However, things have played out differently for Steven Donziger. He’s been under house arrest for over 500 days, despite being convicted of no crime. He …
Read More »Data giant Palantir’s murky track record raises alarming questions about secret, potentially illegal £23 million NHS deal
The potentially illegal two-year deal, which began on December 12, was awarded under the Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 11 Framework, a ‘streamlined’ – i.e. much-accelerated – system typically used for minor contracts, which doesn’t require a tender to be published. Under the terms of the agreement, the store will rely …
Read More »‘Maybe Google drank early’: Tech giant leaves people scratching their heads with mistaken DM message made public
“Hmm. We’ve sent you a DM with the next steps. Please check and let us know if you have any questions,” the tech company tweeted on Monday. Google often responds by direct message to users having difficulty with their email accounts. The company deleted the tweet within minutes, but that …
Read More »Netanyahu calls Covid-19 vaccine ‘giant step for health’ as he becomes first Israeli to get Pfizer jab
The ceremonial injection took place at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv on Saturday, with Netanyahu sticking to his earlier promise and becoming the first person in the country to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The PM was administered a shot of the immunization jointly developed by US pharma giant …
Read More »Chinese retail giant JD.com becomes first big online shop to accept digital yuan in $3mn ‘lottery’ trial
Some 100,000 lucky residents of Suzhou city in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu are set to receive digital red packets worth 200 yuan (over $30) next Friday. The lottery, which will distribute a total of 20 million yuan ($3 million), will be held on the eve of a year-end …
Read More »On Yamal found the skeleton of a giant creature
Yamal fishermen found the five-meter animal skeleton on the shore of the lake near the settlement of Yamburg. The remains of the creature, the man came across quite by accident. They were just lying in the bushes. “Go fishing on a lake near Yamburg, came across the skeleton of a …
Read More »Eyewitnesses filmed a giant tornado in the United States. Video
Funnel enormous size removed witnesses from moving car. In the US, the eyewitnesses took video of the giant funnel of a tornado. The video was posted on the official YouTube channel Associated Press. The footage shows how black the sky falls a huge tornado and moves on the earth. The …
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