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The Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland, 1627

Data from Israel’s vaccination campaign only shows the vaccine against COVID-19 prevents serious illness so far.

Clouds gather over Google’s Saudi deal

A mob of left-wing radicals armed with hatchets and knives took over a Washington hotel on Sunday

AOC Wasn’t Even in the Capitol Building During Her ‘Near Death’ Experience

My Spouse Has COVID-19 But I Don’t. How?

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Tesla’s dirty little secret: Its net profit doesn’t come from selling cars

Muzzled For Our Own Good

Can Vaccines from Russia and China Be a Game Changer?

I don’t get the sense that anyone learned any lessons. Least of all the person writing the article. The Hard Lessons of Modeling the Coronavirus Pandemic

The San Francisco School District’s renaming debacle has been a historic travesty

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These Are the Highest Resolution Photos Ever Taken of Snowflakes

Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil

Cool story. But there is a lot about it that rings really false. I don’t doubt the CIA did something like this but I really doubt they got what this article claims they got out of it. Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite

Hedge Fund Manager Claims Victim Status; Claims “We Have to Work Together and Pull Together”

Scariest Headline Of the Year (although to be fair they did not quote her exactly right): Yellen: I Don’t See a Financial Crisis Occurring ‘In Our Lifetimes’

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China risks a Himalayan water war with India

The German foundation “for environmental protection” will absorb the heat of U.S. sanctions such as freezing assets, as it does not have commercial plans beyond the pipeline. As a result, the real stakeholders will be unharmed – at least in theory. This operation’s success will largely depend on the Biden administration’s willingness to sanction Germany over Nord Stream 2.

Hundreds arrested after riots in 10 cities in the Netherlands

Bad man is gone so everything is all right.

Saudi Arabia Is On The Brink Of Losing Control Of Oil Markets