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A transcript of Episode 24 of The Politics of Everything, “The Case of the Sick Spies” Tim Weiner: The building that houses American diplomats and spies in Havana is a heavily fortified compound, a big cube, and it sits right off of the main drag of the Malecon, by the ocean. Jack…

by Craig Snow , posted 1 day ago / 2,928 Views The last few decades have brought with them some amazing developments in computing technology. One aspect that is always pushed, no matter what, is the processing power and speed of these computers. What drives this demand? Is it an…

media captionAlexei Navalny says the latest case against him was fabricatedA Moscow court has jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny for three-and-a-half years for violating the conditions of a suspended sentence. He has been in detention since returning to Russia last month. He was treated in Germany for a near-fatal nerve…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) boss Andy Jassy — who is ultimately responsible for blacking Parler — will take over as the CEO of Amazon when Jeff Bezos steps down from the role. Jassy will become the new CEO of Amazon later this year. The incoming CEO is currently the head of…

Tens of thousands protested across Russia on Sunday, chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin and demanding that authorities free Navalny Navalny’s allies have called for another demonstration in Moscow on Tuesday, when a court is expected to hear a motion to imprison him for up to 3.5 years Topic |   Russia…

On New Year’s Eve of 2015, the government of Adjara, an administrative region in the southwest corner of Georgia, issued a decree granting a company called Zimo Ltd. permission to unearth two swamp cypresses and a 650-ton, 135-year-old tulip tree from the Black Sea coast. For a fee of 6,200…

Physicists have discovered a potentially game-changing feature of quantum bit behavior that would allow scientists to simulate complex quantum systems without the need for enormous computing power. For some time, the development of the next generation of quantum computers has limited by the processing speed of conventional CPUs. Even the…

It’s been more than a month since “SNL” went into its winter break and good lord what a time it’s been. Since the show’s Christmas episode on Dec. 19, COVID-19 deaths surpassed 400,000 people in the U.S., Joe Biden was sworn in as president with Kamala Harris as the first…

‘The West must sanction the decision makers who have made it national policy to rig elections, steal from the budget, and poison,’ wrote Vladimir Ashurkov Tens of thousands of people in cities across Russia took part in mass protests last weekend to demand Navalny be freed Published: 4:13am, 31 Jan,…

(Adds release of Mediazona editor-in-chief) MOSCOW, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg said on Saturday he owns a huge palace in southern Russia which jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has linked to President Vladimir Putin. Navalny and his anti-corruption foundation have published a video in which they allege…