When a group of uniformed men wearing guns sets up a road block then ask you to “volunteer” a DNA sample and blood sample, it stretches the definition of “volunteer.” … Read More
Sweden clamps down on venture capitalists
A tax hike for a high-profile firm of Swedish venture capitalists has financial observers worried that the recent focus on tax havens could cause bad blood among investors. … Read More
Bales’ guilty plea to avoid death penalty in US
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83-year-old nun gets 20 year sentence for ‘symbolic’ nuclear facility break-in
An 83-year-old nun who broke into a Tennessee depleted uranium storage facility in 2012 and splashed human blood on several surfaces, exposing a massive security hole at the nation’s only facility used to store radioactive conventional munitions, was convicted Wednesday and sentenced to a…
Fly factory that transforms waste into animal feed wins UN innovation prize
A fly factory that transforms blood, guts, manure and discarded food into animal feed has walked away with a $100,000 UN-backed innovation prize. The Stellenbosch, South Africa-based initiative uses the prolific egg layers to recycle industry’s cast-offs into reusable protein by mimicking…
Talk to Al Jazeera – Boris Johnson: Towering over London
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