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SEOUL, Sept 24 (Reuters) – North Korean troops shot dead a South Korean fisheries official who went missing earlier this week, before dousing his body in oil and setting it on fire in what was likely an effort to prevent a coronavirus outbreak, South Korea’s military said on Thursday. South Korea’s military said evidence suggested…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) urged Republicans working in the administration of President Donald Trump to walk away before it’s too late. “This is a moment that I would say to any Republican of good conscience working in the administration: It is time for you to resign,” Schiff told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Wednesday. Earlier in the…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power after the November election, which Chris Hayes called “chilling.” “Just to be clear, if you’re talking to a person and you ask them to commit to behave peacefully and they refuse, they’re threatening violence, right?” the MSBNC host asked. Hayes said Trump’s…
Commissioner Ellen Weintraub of the Federal Election Commission has a news flash for President Donald Trump and anyone else who needs to hear it: “In the United States of America, we do not ‘get rid of’ ballots.” Earlier, when asked during a press briefing if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he…
An environmental group’s secret recording of executives trying to construct a mine in an ecologically sensitive part of Alaska has become a major issue in Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan’s reelection battle. The video, released Monday, shows an undercover investigator for the Environmental Investigation Agency posing as an investor in a video conversation with Tom Collier,…
A man shows off his fully-inked body during a tattoo convention in Shanghai, China. Photo: Johannes Eisele / AFPAttitudes towards tattoos have shifted significantly in recent years, with studies reporting more workplaces embracing them. But that does not seem to be the case everywhere, or in all industries. In China, a city just imposed a…
This photo taken on April 24, 2018 shows a general view of unidentified fishing boats before the North Korean coastline from a viewpoint on the South Korea-controlled island of Yeonpyeong near the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea at dawn. North Korean forces shot dead a Southern fisheries official who disappeared off a patrol vessel…
In this file photo taken on October 29, 2019, pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong stands before the media after speaking at a press conference in Hong Kong. Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested on September 24, 2020 for “unlawful assembly” related to a 2019 protest against a government ban on face masks, his lawyer said.…
Image via Google Maps / screenshotGoogle Maps has removed images from the summit of Uluru, after Australia’s national parks body raised concerns over the fact that people were using street view to “walk” on top of the sacred Indigenous site. Visitors were banned from physically climbing the rock in October 2019 out of respect for…
Kentucky State Police stand in a line during a protest, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Two Louisville Metro Police Department officers were shot and taken to the hospital Wednesday night, as protests broke out across the city after a grand jury’s decision to charge only one officer involved in the raid…
Did you know Aaron Jefferson, VP of Product at self-driving tech company Luminar, is speaking at TNW2020 this year? Check out his session: What’s needed to get safe self-driving cars on the road? here. When it comes to self-driving vehicles, we’ve been promised a lot in recent years. They are supposed to rescue us from the monotony…
When Microsoft announced Office 2019, some people were worried that it might be the last perpetual version (i.e. not a subscription model) in the offering. However, the company is planning to release a new flat-priced version of its marquee product next year. The company said that “Microsoft Office will also see a new perpetual release…
Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin BTC every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Sloterdijk used to say: Your imagination is the only tool in the book! Bitcoin price We closed the…