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US and Korean researchers say an excessively strong a bond between a human employee and a robot is bad for business Situations where a human employee develops a strong emotional bond to their robot colleague could see the company’s overall “teamwork quality and performance” decline, a group of US and Korean researchers have warned. A […]
In 2014, I argued that the EU’s move eastward was provocative and foolish. Time has proven me right Eight years ago, a democratically elected president was removed from office by protesters waving European Union flags. Viktor Yanukovych had been elected as president of Ukraine in 2010 to serve a five-year term. His time in office […]
LA jail recordings caught a sex offender correctly predicting and laughing about soft punishment for assaulting a 10-year-old girl A transgender woman in Los Angeles gloated in a recorded jailhouse telephone call that she would be let off easy for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl – a prediction that proved true when she was sentenced […]
In a split vote, the House of Commons greenlighted a continuing crackdown on anti-vaccine-mandate protesters The Canadian House of Commons has authorized an emergency measure to crack down on those protesting against vaccine mandates. The measure was initially invoked by the federal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as mass demonstrations paralyzed the country’s capital. […]
An amendment to a Florida bill sets a strict time frame within which teachers must tell on their LGBTQ students A Florida bill barring educators from discussing topics related to sexual orientation and gender identity has gained an amendment that would require school staff like teachers or counselors to inform parents within six weeks of […]
An explosion struck a mining site in Burkina Faso, known for its rapidly growing gold mining industry A powerful explosion near a gold mining site in Burkina Faso has killed at least 59 people, according to media reports citing witnesses and “regional authorities.” Over 100 people were reportedly injured in the blast. The explosion occurred […]
The Fox News host could face prosecution if Russia invades Ukraine, a Harvard law professor has claimed Harvard law professor and author Laurence Tribe suggested that Fox News’ most popular host, Tucker Carlson, could be guilty of “treason” should Russia “wage war” on Ukraine. Tribe has since deleted the tweets, backpedaling on the accusation, however. […]
Rents average a 20% increase across the largest US cities since last year, new research shows Rents in the largest 50 cities of the US have risen an average of 20% over the last year, according to a recent study conducted by apartment-finding site Zumper. Another recent study, by Realtor.com, appeared to confirm those numbers […]
The protest blockades are gone, but Canada’s PM indicates controversial law stays in effect for now Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday announced that the recently invoked wide-ranging Emergencies Act, allowing the government to freeze bank accounts of Freedom Convoy protesters and their supporters, will remain in effect, even as “things seem to be […]
The US just allowed nearly 4 million children to fall into poverty in one month. How much do the elite despise average Americans? One of the most tired clichés in American political discourse is ‘Think of the children’. The phrase is used by both major political parties and is used as rallying for everything. Strengthened […]
The US agency is declining to release troves of pandemic information it has gathered to date, according to the New York Times The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has kept reams of its Covid-19 data under wraps for more than a year, the New York Times reports, holding back figures at least […]
A bear dubbed ‘Hank the Tank’ by local police has broken into more than two dozen homes in California A 500-pound bear nicknamed ‘Hank the Tank’ by local police has recently broken into more than two dozen homes in northern California, and US authorities have received over 150 calls about him. South Lake Tahoe Police […]
‘Jobfishing’ scheme tricked dozens of people into working for free, the BBC reports Alleged design firm Madbird lured dozens of young professionals with promises of fat paychecks and financial success, milking hours of free labor out of them in exchange for lucrative commissions that never came, the BBC reported on Monday. Read more Have lockdowns […]
Conservative Party of Canada overtakes Liberals, gains 10 percentage points, in latest polling New polling figures show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party has been overtaken by the Conservatives amid waning support among Canadians for Covid-19 vaccine and mask mandates, and against the backdrop of a major crackdown on the trucker-led protests. The poll, conducted […]
US President Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China showed how one meeting can change the course of history This week marks the 50th anniversary of a meeting that culminated in one of the biggest, and perhaps most consequential, ‘political earthquakes’ of the 20th century. Despite the United States and China being fierce Cold War political […]