US finalizes rules to prevent China from benefiting from $52 billion in chips funding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday is issuing final rules to prevent semiconductor manufacturing
2023-09-22 17:27
Michigan attorney general says fake GOP electors she charged are 'brainwashed'
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said at a recent event with liberal activists that the fake Republican electors from 2020 that she charged were "brainwashed" to keep former President Donald Trump in power, and touted that their cases will get juries from a "very Democratic-leaning county," according to a recording obtained by CNN.
2023-09-22 17:25
Scientists baffled by discovery of completely mummified man just 16 days after he was last seen alive
Warning: This article does contain images some readers might find disturbing. Investigators have been left puzzled after finding a man’s body in a stage of “complete mummification” just 16 days after he was last seen alive. The man was found alongside a railway line in Bulgaria on 3 September. Identity checks later found he was 34 when he died, with a history of alcoholism, and was last seen alive on 16 August. However, his insides had been reduced to “structureless masses”, and case workers have been unable to explain how the body reached such an advanced state of mummification so quickly. A report published in Cureus journal shows a full set of pictures of the corpse – linked at the foot of this article. Trigger warning, they’re pretty gruesome. It has got scientists fascinated though. The report’s authors reveal that the “skin surface showed coloration ranging from light to dark brown, and it was hard and leathery.” “The internal examination of the body showed that the internal organs in the cranial, thoracic, and abdominal cavities had decayed into dried, brownish-black masses,” they write. Researchers stressed that natural mummification “usually takes several weeks to 6-12 months”, and that such a fast transformation would only normally happen in extreme heat. The temperature in Sofia has ranged from 16 to 33 degrees Celsius in the time period, which scientists said is not hot enough. The authors speculated that passing trains could have created a windy environment that could have contributed to drying out the body and causing bodily fluids to evaporate. They said it almost certainly wasn’t the weather in Sofia that caused the bizarrely fast mummification process. As of yet, it remains a mystery. Here’s the journal article. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-09-22 17:24
Take Five: An inflationary dilemma
The moment investors have been waiting for seems to finally have arrived, as major central banks have indicated
2023-09-22 17:22
Guantanamo defendant 'too damaged' to stand trial
A military judge accepts Ramzi bin al-Shibh is too psychologically damaged to defend himself.
2023-09-22 17:22
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky visits Canada for first time since Russia invasion
The Ukrainian president and first lady land in Ottawa, more than 18 months after Russia invaded.
2023-09-22 16:57
Another top Silicon Valley investor is splitting off its China business as pressure mounts
GGV Capital, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has become the latest big investor to break up its US and China operations into separate companies as tensions between the two countries over tech and geopolitics continue to rise.
2023-09-22 16:52
US Considers Twin Defense Treaties to Achieve Israel-Saudi Arabia Normalization
The White House is considering formal defense treaties with Saudi Arabia and Israel as part of its plan
2023-09-22 15:58
Biden's IRA drives surge in US imports of Chinese used cooking oil
By Andrew Hayley BEIJING U.S. incentives to boost consumption of more environmentally friendly fuel has created a new
2023-09-22 15:28
China relaxes capital controls to entice badly needed foreign investment
China is allowing foreigners in Shanghai and Beijing to move their money freely into and out of the country, in a significant move toward relaxing its strict capital controls as it tries to woo overseas investors.
2023-09-22 15:27
EU trade chief seeks more balanced economic ties on China visit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Europe's trade chief will push Beijing for fewer restrictions on European businesses on a four-day visit to China,
2023-09-22 15:23
Justin Timberlake finally explains bizarre NSYNC song pronunciation
Justin Timberlake has finally explained why he mangled his pronunciation in NSYNC song It’s Gonna Be Me - revealing it was a request from Swedish songwriter/producer Max Martin
2023-09-22 15:20
