Month: July 2022

Joe Rogan Warns of TikTok Privacy Issues: ‘It Ends With China Having All of Your Data’

Joe Rogan has warned TikTok users about the privacy and safety concerns posed by the Chinese-owned social media platform, saying that ultimately their data end up in the hands of China. Rogan said on the latest episode of his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” that he had fallen “down a TikTok rabbit hole” reading the company’s…


Record Production Brings Huge Gains to Australian Agriculture in 2020-2021

Australian agriculture had a bumper year in 2020-2021 as the sector witnessed a 17 percent surge in production value. New data from the 2020-2021 agricultural census released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that the gross value of Australian agriculture hit $70.9 billion (US$49.18 billion) in the 2020-2021 financial year. The census, which…


Queensland Mothballs $223 Million Quarantine Camp Just 6 Months After Opening

The Queensland state government will shutter a $223 million (US$154.6 million) COVID-19 quarantine facility in Wellcamp, west of Toowoomba, just six months after it was opened. In the same announcement, Deputy Premier Steven Miles said another multi-million dollar, federal government-funded quarantine facility in Pinkenba, Brisbane—due to be finalised in a few weeks—would not be opened. On…


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Police Release Video of Airport Shooting

Police released video Tuesday of a woman accused of firing several gunshots inside a Dallas airport. The woman faces a charge of aggravated assault of a public servant because she allegedly fired one round toward a police officer, according to an arrest warrant. The officer shot and wounded Portia Odufuwa, who was taken to a…


Bidder Pays $2.8 Million for Jacket Worn in Space by Buzz Aldrin

NEW YORK—Buzz Aldrin’s jacket worn on his historic first mission to the moon’s surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to a bidder for nearly $2.8 million. The $2,772,500 paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is the highest for any American space-flown artifact sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s, which handled the sale….


Body Near Lake Mead Swimming Site 3rd to Surface Since May

LAS VEGAS—Another body has surfaced at Lake Mead—this time in a swimming area where water levels have dropped as the Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam recedes because of drought and climate change. The National Park Service did not say in a statement how long officials think the corpse was submerged in the Boulder Beach…


Prosecutors: Man Charged With Killing Mom Poses Flight Risk

Federal prosecutors say a Vermont man charged with killing his mother at sea in 2016 in a plot to inherit millions should remain behind bars pending trial because he poses a flight risk and danger to others. The prosecutors filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont, on Friday, opposing a request by…


Military Aviation Crashes Are Again on the Rise. Are Ongoing Safety and Training Issues to Blame?

By Andrew Dyer From The San Diego Union-Tribune SAN DIEGO—A spate of military aircraft crashes over recent months is again raising questions about the Pentagon’s approach to safety and training across military branches. In June, six service members died in two Southern California crashes—a Lemoore, Calif.-based F/A-18E pilot on June 3 in San Bernardino County and five Camp…


In a First, Coin Bearing Zodiac Found Off Israel’s Coast

JERUSALEM—Israel’s Antiquities Authority said Monday it has discovered a rare 1,850-year-old bronze zodiac coin during an underwater survey off the coastal city of Haifa. The coin bears the image of the zodiac sign Cancer behind a depiction of the moon goddess Luna. Experts say the coin was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, under the rule of…