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Exclusive Images From Inside British Court Expose Assange’s Undemocratic Treatment, Physical Deterioration

Photographs surreptitiously taken inside a British courtroom and provided to The Grayzone show to visibly disoriented Julian Assange, confined to a glass cage and unable to communicate with his lawyers.
ATLAS Telescope Discovers First-Of-Its-Kind Asteroid

An extraordinary asteroid with comet-like features has researchers puzzled.
Just Turning Your Phone On Qualifies As Searching It, Court Rules

Location data requires a warrant since 2018; lock screen may now, too.
US Senate Quietly Approves $38 Billion for Israel in Foreign Aid While Denying Financial Relief to Struggling Americans Amid Historic Economic Downturn

S.3176 was passed without being named, debated, or even discussed, even though it would set into law the largest such aid package in US history.
Congress Has No Idea How Much Web Browsing Data the FBI Collects

The Patriot Act is about to be reauthorized, but we still don’t know basic facts about how our web browsing habits are being collected.

The COVID-19 Chronicles: China

May 16, 2020 0

With the US spiraling downward, a downward trajectory merely steepened by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, we’d expect other nations to suffer likewise.

‘The American friends’: New court files expose Sheldon Adelson’s security team in US spy operation against Julian Assange

May 16, 2020 0

An exclusive investigation by The Grayzone reveals new details on the critical role Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands played in an apparent CIA spying operation targeting Julian Assange, and exposes the Sands security staff who helped coordinate the malicious campaign.

‘Iranian Fuel en Route to Sanctions-Hit Venezuela; US Threatens Response’

May 16, 2020 0

Reports of a shipment of Iranian fuel to Venezuela in the face of US sanctions against the two allies have infuriated the United States, with one official threatening to take “measures” against the “unwelcome” development.

‘Once Upon A Virus’: Chinese State Media Mocks U.S. Coronavirus Response in Lego-Like Animation (VIDEO)

May 2, 2020 0

China’s state media outlet Xinhua has published a short animation titled ‘Once Upon a Virus’ mocking the US response to the COVID-19 crisis using Lego-like figures to represent the two countries.

Israel Lobbyist Funded Labour’s New Leader

April 23, 2020 0

A multi-millionaire pro-Israel lobbyist donated $62,000 to help Keir Starmer win the UK Labour Party’s leadership election, it was revealed last week. The official register of lawmakers’ financial interests shows Read More…

ATLAS Telescope Discovers First-Of-Its-Kind Asteroid

May 23, 2020 0

An extraordinary asteroid with comet-like features has researchers puzzled.

Bees using secret trick to make plants flower, leaving scientists baffled

May 22, 2020 0

Bees biting plants, making them flower up to a month earlier than they usually would, could be a result of global warming.

What Is An Individual? Information Theory May Provide The Answer

April 17, 2020 0

Despite the near-universal assumption of individuality in biology, there is little agreement about what individuals are and few rigorous quantitative methods for their identification. A new approach may solve the problem by defining individuals in terms of informational processes.

Antimatter Physicists Designed a Ventilator for Coronavirus Patients

April 13, 2020 0

Particle physicists at the Large Hadron Collider are joining the fight against Covid-19 with a new, low-cost design for scarce life-saving medical equipment.

NASA’s Plan to Turn the Moon Into a Telescope Looks Like the Death Star

April 10, 2020 0

A newly funded concept envisions a kilometer-wide radio telescope built inside a crater on the far side of the Moon.

'I can't breathe' protests heat up as curfews imposed in several U.S. cities May 31, 2020
Civil unrest flared and curfews were imposed in several major U.S. cities on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets to vent outrage at the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck.
Protesters rally in London, Berlin over George Floyd's death May 31, 2020
Hundreds of people protested in London and Berlin on Sunday in solidarity with demonstrations in the United States over the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman knelt on his neck in Minneapolis.
Night of violence across America leaves streets scarred, outrage simmering May 31, 2020
Another night of outrage left stores looted and cars smoldering in many U.S. cities on Sunday as curfews failed to quell violence that replaced peaceful daytime demonstrations over the death of a black man seen on video gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck.
People more important than the economy, pope says about Covid crisis May 31, 2020
Pope Francis said on Sunday that people are more important than the economy, as countries decide how quickly to reopen their countries from coronavirus lockdowns.
SpaceX Crew Dragon with two NASA astronauts docks with International Space Station May 31, 2020
Just under 19 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first U.S. space capsule to do so with a crew since 2011.