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Discord SHUTS DOWN ‘WallStreetBets’ group as members drive runaway surge in GameStop stock, but platform says ban unrelated

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The ‘WallStreetBets’ Discord channel has been taken offline, with the platform claiming the ban was due to hate speech and had nothing to do with members helping to fuel a meteoric spike in GameStop’s stock value. … Read More >Discord SHUTS DOWN ‘WallStreetBets’ group as members drive runaway surge in GameStop stock, but platform says ban unrelated

Categories Op-ed

GameStop saga exposes deep hypocrisy from elite investors and proves US financial market is detached from reality

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The destruction of a short-selling hedge fund by investors on Reddit was a formidable display of people power. It exposed the US stock market’s feet of clay – and the panicked elites are sure to retaliate. … Read More >GameStop saga exposes deep hypocrisy from elite investors and proves US financial market is detached from reality

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Biden’s top cyber adviser donated a lot to Israeli lobby AIPAC, say leftist reporters – and get accused of anti-Semitism

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An investigative report about ties between President Joe Biden’s pick for cyberwar adviser Anne Neuberger and AIPAC has unexpectedly landed two Democrat-friendly journalists in hot water with the Washington establishment. … Read More >Biden’s top cyber adviser donated a lot to Israeli lobby AIPAC, say leftist reporters – and get accused of anti-Semitism

Categories Middle East

‘Military grenades’ injure 9 soldiers during clashes with anti-lockdown protesters in Lebanon’s Tripoli

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At least nine Lebanese soldiers have been injured in Tripoli, one critically, by a grenade attack, in a third consecutive night of clashes during protests against ongoing Covid restrictions and the country’s economic crisis. … Read More >‘Military grenades’ injure 9 soldiers during clashes with anti-lockdown protesters in Lebanon’s Tripoli

Categories World

Doomsday Clock poised at 100 seconds to midnight, scientists cite nuclear arms race & ‘online lying’ as threats

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The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ “Doomsday Clock” – a construct representing the threats to humanity from the nuclear to the natural – remains in the red at 100 seconds to midnight for 2021, its proprietors have warned. … Read More >Doomsday Clock poised at 100 seconds to midnight, scientists cite nuclear arms race & ‘online lying’ as threats

Categories EU

Norway to SHUT BORDERS to all except essential travelers to halt spread of Covid-19 variants, PM says

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All foreign arrivals apart from travelers on essential journeys will be banned from entering Norway as of midnight on Friday, in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 variants, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Wednesday. … Read More >Norway to SHUT BORDERS to all except essential travelers to halt spread of Covid-19 variants, PM says

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AstraZeneca vaccine row worsens as EU says it has legal right to jabs from drugmaker’s two UK plants

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The EU slammed Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca on Wednesday for allegedly failing to provide the bloc with its agreed number of jabs. It demanded the company give it some of the doses that have been produced in the UK. … Read More >AstraZeneca vaccine row worsens as EU says it has legal right to jabs from drugmaker’s two UK plants