Month: October 2020

The latest reporting from The Intercept reveals how individuals across the world who work as ‘system administrators’ for computer and online networks had their personal computers and digital information targeted by National Security Agency hacking units as a way for the agency to gain access to the systems they controlled. “Our ability to pull bits…

SmackDown’s season premiere episode will include Daniel Bryan’s return to WWE television. WWE has announced that Bryan will make his WWE ThunderDome debut as he kicks off this Friday’s season premiere edition of SmackDown. Bryan remained on SmackDown when he was drafted as the brand’s third pick during the second night of the WWE Draft…

An Egyptian judge sentenced 529 men to death on Monday for participating in protests that led to the death of a single police officer during clashes last August which followed the military overthrow of democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi in July. All of those sentenced are believed to be members or supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood,…

Automaker General Motors is facing accusations of doing a “cost-benefit analysis” on human life and opting for the savings, as the recent recall of cars with defective ignition switches has been linked to at least 13 deaths. Victims of the crashes were just the “cost of doing business” for GM, charged Laura Christian, the mother…

We need investment, not austerity. It’s time for a new path forward. That was the message brought by tens of thousands of people from across Europe who converged in Brussels on Friday in a European Trade Union Confederation-organized protest against EU-supported austerity policies. “Our message is simple, and one which EU leaders do not want…

When Swedish authorities on Thursday attempted to deport refugee and father of two Ghader Ghalamere by airplane to Iran, something extraordinary happened. The other passengers on the flight staged a peaceful protest to stop the airplane from taking off. Ghalamere, who is Kurdish, left his birthplace of Iran years ago due to what he says…

The Great Barrier Reef is facing “unprecedented industrial development,” and the damage wrought by seabed dredging as a result coal industry expansion has been significantly downplayed by the state government and mining industry, a conservation watchdog charged in a new report issued Wednesday. “The state government is both the owner and the overseer of these…

Military leaders in Thailand assumed all political power in the country on Saturday after dissolving the country’s Senate, the last democratic institution left standing after the military seized power two days ago. According to reports, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is being held in a “safe place” after being summoned on Friday along with nearly…

WASHINGTON – Formal negotiations began this week around the increasingly significant global trade in “environmental goods”, those technologies seen as environmentally beneficial, including in combating climate change. Attempts have been made to liberalize this market for years. But on Tuesday, 13 countries, constituting nearly 90 percent of the current trade in green goods such as…

Reebok has launched its first plant-based running sneaker, the Forever Floatride Grow. The sustainable runner received a 59 percent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) certificate on its bio-based content. The sustainable shoe is made with bloom algae for the sock liner, castor bean oil for the cushioning, eucalyptus bark for the mesh upper part…