Despite efforts by Russia to gradually cut its reliance on oil, a lengthy energy market turmoil could be challenging for the country's economy and could even result in a major economic crisis. Oil has continued its dramatic fall this week, dropping to more than an 18-year low on Wednesday amid global recession worries and low...
Rumors of a supposed connection between coronavirus and the rollout of 5G wireless service in China found a home on social media. Here's what we know.
Three major American states are locking down their residents in the face of a rapidly advancing virus storm that is already severely straining health systems in parts of Europe.
A man has been imprisoned after he claimed to have been a resident of Grenfell Tower to defraud a London council of nearly £32,000.
Iran and France carried out a prisoner swap on Friday, Tehran has confirmed. The Islamic Republic released a French academic, Roland Marchal, who was turned over to the French Embassy in Tehran. Hours earlier, an Iranian engineer, Jalal Rohollahnejad, who was detained by France last year under a US extradition warrant, was freed by French...
With the recent controversy surrounding Pornhub, talks are intensifying in the US about tougher legislation on porn – up to full-on bans. But even with the horrors Pornhub is enabling, stronger regulation is not the answer. It's not unreasonable to be mortified by the goings-on with Pornhub lately. Their actions in the wake of recent...
More than half the world is autocratic now, claims an alarming new report about the state of liberal democracy, touting a ‘state of the art' methodology. A closer look suggests it's pushing a political narrative instead. Announced Friday afternoon, and nearly lost in the deluge of news about the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the report by...
