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Passengers abandon the strangest items on trains, one railway shared its amusing ‘lost and found’
January 7, 2025
Passengers abandon the strangest items on trains, one railway shared its amusing ‘lost and found’
It’s quite frankly mind-boggling how quickly commuters can forget even the strangest belongings. A prosthetic leg and a live hamster are up there on the list, but perhaps strangest of…
Meta to abandon fact-checking and replace it with X-style ‘Community Notes’
January 7, 2025
Meta to abandon fact-checking and replace it with X-style ‘Community Notes’
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has cut its third-party fact-checking program—probably in an attempt to butter up the new Trump administration. Under the change, the company will…
Texas Officials Warn of ‘Man-Eating’ Bug Found in Livestock Near Southern Mexico Border
January 5, 2025
Texas Officials Warn of ‘Man-Eating’ Bug Found in Livestock Near Southern Mexico Border
Wildlife officials in Texas are on the lookout for the New World Screwworm fly larvae, also known as the “Man-eater,” a flesh-eating parasite, after confirmed cases of infestation in neighboring…
U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Beijing Cybersecurity Company for State-Sponsored Hacking Activities
January 4, 2025
U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Beijing Cybersecurity Company for State-Sponsored Hacking Activities
In a major move on Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated, for its part in plotting a…
United Airlines passenger ‘banned’ from flying after urinating on another traveler: ‘Drenched from the waist down’
January 3, 2025
United Airlines passenger ‘banned’ from flying after urinating on another traveler: ‘Drenched from the waist down’
Pissing on people will piss them off.After allegedly peeing on a fellow passenger during a 12-hour flight from San Francisco International Airport to Manila, Philippines, a United Airlines passenger was…
Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations and documents in a ‘major’ cyber incident, U.S. Treasury says
December 30, 2024
Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations and documents in a ‘major’ cyber incident, U.S. Treasury says
The U.S. Treasury Department revealed on Monday that Chinese hackers had gained access to unclassified documents on multiple of its workstations. The compromise of BeyondTrust, a third-party software service provider,…
Brazilian Hacker Faces Charges for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin Following Breach of 300,000 Accounts
December 26, 2024
Brazilian Hacker Faces Charges for Extorting $3.2M in Bitcoin Following Breach of 300,000 Accounts
A Brazilian national is officially charged in the United States with allegedly threatening to spread information stolen through a digital hack into a business system in March 2020.Junior Barros De…
Philippines Vice President Publicly Threatens Nation’s President With Assassination
November 23, 2024
Philippines Vice President Publicly Threatens Nation’s President With Assassination
In a public statement on Saturday, Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said she had hired an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House Speaker…
Left in Peril: The Shocking Allegations of Corruption, Human Rights Violations, Neglect at U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica
September 28, 2024
Left in Peril: The Shocking Allegations of Corruption, Human Rights Violations, Neglect at U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica
Haga clic aquí para la versión en español.In a striking criminal complaint we have obtained, dated September 26, 2024 and sent out on the 27th by certified registered mail, U.S.…
A Corruption Nexus Exposed: U.S. Investor’s Quest for Justice in Costa Rica
September 16, 2024
A Corruption Nexus Exposed: U.S. Investor’s Quest for Justice in Costa Rica
Haga clic aquí para la versión en español.It all starts with a formal criminal complaint. But this is no ordinary case—this is a tale of power, corruption, and survival, stretching…