Sunday, 31 December 2023

Colts' Ogletree jailed on domestic violence counts

Colts' Ogletree jailed on domestic violence counts

Colts tight end Drew Ogletree was arrested on Friday, and charged with two level six felonies: domestic violence committed in the presence of a child less than 16 years old and domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, according to records.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39207197/colts-drew-ogletree-arrested-alleged-domestic-violence?source=Snapzu

Assange’s final British appeal against extradition set for February

Assange’s final British appeal against extradition set for February

The WikiLeaks publisher is perilously close to being extradited to the US, where he would face life imprisonment for exposing US-led war crimes, human rights abuses and diplomatic conspiracies.
Read more: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/12/30/luag-d30.html?source=Snapzu

Opinion | Arabs are forced to question our place in the world

Opinion | Arabs are forced to question our place in the world

Over the past two months, as the war in Gaza rages, Arabs are seeing how the world order functions against them.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/28/arabs-gaza-us-military-safety-passport/?=undefined?source=Snapzu

Full Monty actor Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75

Full Monty actor Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75

Family of British Oscar-nominated actor have announced his death
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/30/full-monty-actor-tom-wilkinson-dies-aged-75?source=Snapzu

Saturday, 30 December 2023

You Know It’s a Placebo. So Why Does It Still Work?

You Know It’s a Placebo. So Why Does It Still Work?

As researchers try to make sense of “open-label” placebos—fake drugs that proudly announce their fakeness—the mysterious effect is starting to show up beyond the world of medicine.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/open-label-placebo-why-does-it-work/?source=Snapzu

Thursday, 21 December 2023

How writing 'made us human' – an 'emotional history' from ancient Iraq to the present day

How writing 'made us human' – an 'emotional history' from ancient Iraq to the present day

Evidence suggests that writing was probably invented in southern Iraq sometime before 3000BC. But what happened next?
Read more: https://theconversation.com/how-writing-made-us-human-an-emotional-history-from-ancient-iraq-to-the-present-day-219739?source=Snapzu

With Offices Sitting Empty, Landlords Are ‘Handing Back the Keys’

With Offices Sitting Empty, Landlords Are ‘Handing Back the Keys’

Office landlords, hit hard by the work-from-home revolution, are resorting to a desperate measure in the real estate world: “handing back the keys.” When this happens, the landlord stops paying the mortgage on the office building or declines to refinance it.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/offices-sitting-empty-landlords-handing-150748386.html?source=Snapzu

Wednesday, 20 December 2023

Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads | Africanews

Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads | Africanews

A British software firm, Threads Software Limited, has given Meta a 30-day ultimatum to cease using the name "Threads" in the UK, citing ownership of the trademark.
Read more: https://www.africanews.com/2023/11/01/meta-given-30-days-to-cease-using-the-name-threads/?source=Snapzu

Tuesday, 19 December 2023

7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp

7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp

A man was abducted by a Chinese gang and forced to work in a scam operation. He gathered financial information, photos and videos and shared the material with The New York Times.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/17/world/asia/myanmar-cyber-scam.html?source=Snapzu

World's first "self-amplifying" vaccine approved in Japan

World's first "self-amplifying" vaccine approved in Japan

The approval of the world's first saRNA vaccine could signal a new era in how we prevent and treat everything from infections to cancer.
Read more: https://www.freethink.com/health/sarna-vaccines?source=Snapzu

Monday, 18 December 2023

Death and Destruction in Gaza

Death and Destruction in Gaza

I do not believe that anything I say about what is happening in Gaza will affect Israeli or American policy in that conflict. But I want to be on record so that when historians look back on this moral calamity, they will see that some Americans were on the right side of history.
Read more: https://mearsheimer.substack.com/p/death-and-destruction-in-gaza?source=Snapzu

Friday, 15 December 2023

Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that allowed pregnant woman to have an abortion

Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that allowed pregnant woman to have an abortion

The court put on hold a ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo a challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2023/12/09/1218370770/texas-supreme-court-pauses-ruling-allowing-pregnant-woman-to-have-abortion?source=Snapzu

Saturday, 2 December 2023