On Tuesday night, the parliament of El Salvador made an extraordinary move, passing a law which would make the cryptocurrency bitcoin a legal tender. The Latin American nation is the first country in the world in any capacity to do so. The president of the country, Nayib Bukele, has argued that …
Read More »Moscow offers Elon Musk talks on ‘state support’ as Tesla boss mulls opening production in Russia
“We were delighted to learn that you are considering building a factory in Russia,” the ministry said in a tweet on Friday. Just hours earlier, the US-based billionaire revealed that Tesla is exploring opportunities for selling its electric cars in Russia and neighboring nations – including opening a production hub there. …
Read More »Sorry, that’s racism: Chicago mayor offers interviews ONLY to ‘black or brown’ reporters citing need for DIVERSITY
The announcement by Lightfoot’s office that she would grant interviews ahead of her May 20 mid-term “only to Black or Brown journalists” drew heavy criticism online. “I am a Latino reporter… whose interview request was granted for today,” Gregory Pratt of the Chicago Tribune tweeted on Wednesday. “However, I asked …
Read More »Biden & Putin to meet in Vienna? Austria offers its capital as potential venue for proposed summit between US & Russian leaders
Austria has revealed its willingness to host a potential high-level summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, after the American leader said that the pair should meet in “a third country.” That’s according to multiple Russian media outlets, which say they have been in direct …
Read More »German grocery chain offers employees €50 voucher as Covid-19 ‘vaccination bonus’
Edeka Nord is one of the leading grocery retailers in northern Germany. The company that operates some 670 stores and employs around 4,400 people has decided to provide its workers with an additional incentive to vaccinate, as Germany struggles to contain yet another wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Any staff …
Read More »Venezuelan President Maduro offers ‘oil for vaccines’ as country sees spike in Covid-19 cases
“Venezuela has the oil vessels and has the customers who will buy our oil,” Maduro said, as cited by the media. “We are ready and prepared for oil for vaccines, but we will not beg anyone.” He added that in addition to oil shipments, Caracas could pay for the vaccine provided …
Read More »Destination unknown: Qantas offers ‘mystery flights’ for travel-hungry tourists amid border closures
The airline has come up with another creative way to attract more customers amid the coronavirus crisis. Starting Thursday, Australians were able to book a ticket for one of the “mystery flights,” scheduled for the end of March, April and May. Each time Boeing 737 will fly out of either …
Read More »As a billionaire offers a free trip around the Moon, RT imagines playing among the stars with the great and the good of today
“This is dearMoon Mission Control: T-minus 30 seconds, 30 seconds to lift off. On this, the first tourist mission around the Moon, done for no reason whatsoever other than it’ll be a bit of fun. That is, of course, if you don’t explode. Anyway. Buckle up, guys.” I would turn …
Read More »‘Pretty-much everything on Gab’: Leaks publisher offers private data of ‘alt-tech Twitter’ users to researchers of ‘neo-Nazis’
A 70-gigabyte trove of data dubbed “Gableaks” includes public posts on the platform, but also “private posts, user profiles, hashed passwords for users, DMs, and plaintext passwords for groups,”according to an entity called DDoSecrets. The information was allegedly stolen by a third party and leaked to the group, which operates …
Read More »Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell offers to renounce UK & French citizenship in exchange for bail
Maxwell “will renounce her French and British citizenship to eliminate any opportunity for her to seek refuge in those countries, if the Court so requires,” her lawyers wrote in a filing published by the Courthouse News website. The defendant’s legal team argued that by doing so, Maxwell will not be …
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