Image: Two men enter an Ottawa apartment block where people have complained about anti-vax protesters. In the second image, you see them lighting combustible blocks, and in the third image they tape the door handles to prevent escape; the pictures were shared by resident Matias Munoz on Twitter, attracting the attention of the city's police.…
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WHEN WILL THE number of US Covid deaths reach the tragic figure of one million? We’ve done the maths and can give you an estimate date.
But first a puzzle:
As the number of deaths reached milestones like 100,000, the New York Times went big on the story.
In May 2020, a huge number…
THE BREATHTAKING OPENING ceremony for the Beijing Winter Olympics was capped with a sneaky touch of genius – the playing of John Lennon’s Imagine.
The theme of the spring awakening was created by performers using rods to create a giant field of grass; picture by Xinhua via the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee
Movie director Zhang Yimou…
CHINESE SKIER Dinigeer Yilamujiang was born in a region that historians think was one of the sites where skiing originated.
While ancient remains of skis have been found in Russia dating back 6,000 years, a similarly ancient cave painting showing human figures sliding on small platforms on slopes over a herd of animals was…
OOPS! THE US STATE Department’s latest attempt to vilify the Chinese tripped up today.
An advertising campaign was launched to publicize Weghur Voices, billed as “the first podcast entirely about the Uyghur Diaspora”.
Although apparently from humble origins from a pair of podcasters in France, they mysteriously have the cash to place their show on…
Under the surface is a very different tale of the Ukrainian tensions
Campaign to paint Russia as aggressor is huge, but there are cracks
Putin placing troops on Ukrainian border is “no different to last year”
Ukrainian leader tells journalists that Russia isn’t the main problem, the press is
NATO has continuously broken promises made…
2022 Winter Games will be the greenest, most eco-friendly ever Robots and automation will keep athletes and visitors safe Viewers will be treated to 5G broadcasting and 8k high-definition China’s technology skills will be visible at multiple levels Hong Kong will need to learn from the event and follow suit
CHINESE NEW YEAR will…
FOREIGN VISITORS TO the Winter Olympics in China will be able to use the new “electric renminbi” to buy things—even if they don’t have a bank account in the country.
China’s digital currency is being gently rolled out to the public, local and foreign, in huge hunks of cash before a full launch at a…
GENERATING ENERGY? It’s a breeze—literally. China built more offshore wind capacity just in 2021 than the rest of the world managed in total over the past five years, Carbon Brief reported yesterday.
“Its 26 gigawatts now accounts for half of the world's 54 gw total,” said Simon Evans, deputy editor of the science publication. It's…
GUANGDONG PROVINCE NOW has a GDP of the same size or larger than Australia or Canada--and its growth story has only just begun.
China’s workshop region in the south of the country filed Gross Domestic Product figures on Thursday of 12.4 trillion yuan (US$1.95 trillion) for 2021.
Different charts put the top-performing places in different…