Month: June 2019

One of the world’s largest telecom companies, Huawei, may launch self-driving vehicles as early as 2021 together with partners in China and beyond, a Huawei “Huawei teams up with automakers to launch self-driving cars – report”

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov says Conor McGregor “doesn’t deserve” a rematch and “begged me not to kill him,” as the Russian faced off against “‘McGregor doesn’t deserve a rematch’ – top quotes from Khabib-Poirier UFC 242 press conference”

Bitcoin evangelist John McAfee has threatened to “bury” the US government if they keep harassing him over unpaid taxes, promising to leak a huge trove “‘I’ll f***ing bury you!’ McAfee vows to expose corrupt US officials & CIA agents if ‘disappeared’”

In a stunning breakthrough for the environment, scientists have developed a way to make organisms convert CO2 into biodegradable plastics, gas and biodiesel, paving the “Eco-friendly plastics & fuels can be made by CO2-chomping bacteria (PHOTO)”

A team of scientists believes they have beaten 235-million-to-one odds of finding the lost ‘Snoopy’ spacecraft from the Apollo 10 mission, and have (jokingly) pitched “Astronomers claim sighting of long-lost Apollo capsule ‘Snoopy’ after decades in space”

Iraqi Kurdistan’s parliament on Tuesday named Masrour Barzani as the region’s new premier, a day after his cousin was sworn in as its president. Masrour “Iraqi Kurdistan’s MPs name president’s cousin as new PM”

Former football star Fernando Ricksen, who has been battling motor neurone disease since 2013, has invited fans to a special public appearance later this month “Terminally ill footballer Fernando Ricksen calls for fans to attend his ‘final night’ (VIDEO)”

The US has capitalised on its trade war with China, the threat of terrorism and the regional military threats allegedly posed by Beijing to keep “‘The Chinese are coming’: US attempts to turn the Philippines against its Beijing ally”

NATO’s bombings of Serbia in 1999 had one small episode that is remembered with glee by many Russians. In a surprise deployment, Russian troops seized “Pristina stand-off: How Moscow blindsided NATO with secret Kosovo airport raid 20 years ago”

Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad proposed a gold-backed currency as a unit of account for trade between East Asian nations. Today’s currency trading is “Gold is always shiny but US dollar is a ‘hyperinflated bubble’ ready to pop – RT’s Keiser Report”