From Jenna Orkin

Bombshell book in Germany revives 9/11 as a business model

More than 3,600 US health workers died in the first year of the pandemic, a yearlong investigation found, as there's no official list

Check Out This Huge Sack Of Giant, Highly Invasive Snails Seized At JFK

‘A moment of peril’: Biden’s coronavirus response collides with case spikes

Bill Bonner: China’s version of a digital currency is controlled by its central bank, which will issue the new electronic money. It is expected to give China’s government vast new tools to monitor both its economy and its people. […]

The money itself is programmable. Beijing has tested expiration dates to encourage users to spend it quickly, for times when the economy needs a jump-start.

U.S. Demands Russia Explain Military Build-Up Near Ukraine After Sending Hardware to Kyiv

Chinese aircraft carrier holds drills near Taiwan as US carrier steams into South China Sea

Kim says North Korea facing its 'worst-ever situation'

Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel warns bitcoin might serve as a Chinese financial weapon against the US — and says it threatens the dollar

Trump and Biden officials knew about quality-control problems at the Baltimore facility that ruined 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, report says

Over a third of COVID-19 survivors experience a neurological or mental-health condition in the 6 months after infection, a large-scale study finds