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India, already buckling under the weight of a COVID surge, is about to face a new challenge: it is spreading to Indian villages, threatening to overwhelm their already weak healthcare systems. Already, hundreds of bodies have been found along the banks of the Ganges River, often buried in shallow graves. The bodies pose a potential …

China is using a variety of dramatic, authoritarian measures to cut Uighur birthrates, including forcibly implanting IUDs, abortions, and sterilizations. A top State Department official accused China of turning Xinjiang into an “open-air prison” and slamming the religious persecution of the Uighur. China is urging nations not to attend a pro-Uighur event planned by the …

Hundreds of bodies have been found along the banks of the Ganges River, often buried in shallow graves. The bodies pose a potential health risk, and they also suggest that the dead are not being accurately counted. Indian journalists started counting the COVID dead and found what many international observers have long suspected: the government …

The University of California system has dropped its SAT requirements, which critics have accused of harming low income students’ changes of admittance. Two months ago, Lori Loughlin, the former “Full House” star who is accused of bribing her children’s way into college, has finally agreed to plead guilty. For her attempt to circumvent what little meritocracy …

Major retailers like Costco and Walmart are moving to an honor-system for shoppers by removing masks mandates. Anyone who claims to be vaccinated can go maskless. Ultimately, according to the CDC, anyone lying about their status is only at risk of harming themselves, since vaccines are incredibly effective. The CDC has dramatically eased it masking …

Joel Greenberg, an associate of Matt Gaetz, is expected to plead guilty to federal sex trafficking charges and cooperate with investigators. Four women have said that Matt Gaet’z friend, Joel Greenberg, pressured them to do drugs and then, by extension, have sex. Matt Gaetz is using campaign donations to fund his legal defense as sex …

A top State Department official accused China of turning Xinjiang into an “open-air prison” and slamming the religious persecution of the Uighur. China is urging nations not to attend a pro-Uighur event planned by the United States, Britain, and Germany. New Zealand’s government has backed off labeling China’s treatment of the Uighur people genocide, instead …

The CDC has dramatically eased it masking recommendations for vaccinated Americans, no longer recommending that masks be worn outdoors or indoors (with some exceptions like hospitals and nursing homes). The average daily rate of COVID infections have fallen below 40,000 for the first time since September. Vaccination rates are also dropping, but more than 101 million Americans have …

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, a cryptocurrency, has donated $1bn worth of Shiba to India’s COVID efforts. Shiba is another cryptocurrency meant to compete with Dogecoin, a parody cryptocurrency. COVID is killing 120 people per hour in India. Just this week, India  set a new single-day COVID record on Thursday, with more than 410,000 new cases. COVID cases …

Four women have said that Matt Gaet’z friend, Joel Greenberg, pressured them to do drugs and then, by extension, have sex. Matt Gaetz is using campaign donations to fund his legal defense as sex trafficking investigations continue. Gaetz is currently under investigation for possibly bringing a 17-year-old girl with whom he had sex across state lines––sex …

Indian journalists started counting the COVID dead and found what many international observers have long suspected: the government is undercounting, and in some cases drastically. COVID is killing 120 people per hour in India. Just this week, India  set a new single-day COVID record on Thursday, with more than 410,000 new cases. COVID cases have topped 20 million. …

The average daily rate of COVID infections have fallen below 40,000 for the first time since September. Vaccination rates are also dropping, but more than 101 million Americans have received at least one COVID shot as of the beginning of May, bringing the total to about 43%. The rate of COVID vaccines sat at a …