I went to the biggest DAISO Store in central Tokyo. This one has everything you could ever want with most prices being 100 yen. I ended up spending over an hour there and still didn't manage to see everything!
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Shopping at DAISO 100-Yen Store in Tokyo
I went to the biggest DAISO Store in central Tokyo. This one has everything you could ever want with most prices being 100 yen. I ended up spending over an hour there and still didn't manage to see everything!
Viral videos, nationwide protests: Putin’s Navalny problem
Arrested on his return to Russia, opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s documentary fuels anti-Putin protests. Plus, a look inside the US military-gaming complex.
Cookie Dads Thank Front-Line Workers | In This Together
A friendly competition between two dads launched a nationwide movement to thank essential workers.
US has conceded too much to Taliban, says Afghan vice-president
American troops in Afghanistan are at their lowest levels since 2001, which was the beginning of the US-led war in the country.
A troops pull out earlier this month was part of a deal signed between the Trump administration and the Taliban in February last year. According to it, all foreign forces are due to leave Afghanistan this spring.
Russian police arrest thousands in second week of protests
In Russia, over three thousand people have been arrested during a second week of nationwide protests in support of opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
Friday, January 29, 2021
What I REALLY Think About Japanese Youtubers Reacting To My Videos
A few years ago I made a video called 12 Things Not Do in Japan. In the last few months dozens of Japanese Youtubers have reacted to it. By popular request, here's my thoughts on it all, as well as my reaction to their reaction of my reaction.
US offers Taiwan support after Chinese military incursions | DW News
Chinese military incursions into Taiwanese territory have raised tensions in the region. China sent 15 military aircraft into Taiwanese airspace between mainland Taiwan and the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea on Sunday, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said.
Six In The Morning Friday 29 January 2021
Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine given full approval by EU regulator
European Medicines Agency approves jab for use in all age groups above 18, despite German doubts
The European Medicines Agency has authorised the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for use in all adult age groups after days of doubt.
A month after it received approval in the UK, the EU’s regulator declared the vaccine safe for general use across the 27 member states.
The shot is the third Covid-19 vaccine given the green light by the EMA, after ones made by Pfizer and Moderna. Both were authorised for all adults.
Brexit: Amazon ‘to launch first Ireland fulfilment centre’ to mitigate UK border chaos
Baldonnell site would be retail giant’s first packing centre in Ireland
Amazon is reportedly looking to open its first packing warehouse in Ireland, allowing it to avoid delays brought by new Brexit trade arrangements.
The retail giant wants to use a 650,000-sq-ft unit at a business park in Baldonnell, west of Dublin, according to the Bloomberg news agency.
If the deal goes ahead, customers are expected to receive Amazon purchases faster, as many items are currently dispatched from the UK.
The Lukashenko regime's persecution of Belarus journalists
For months, hundreds of thousands of Belarusians have staged protests against strongman Alexander Lukashenko. The president has used the country's security agencies to intimidate dissidents and persecute journalists.
Yulia Slutskaya is a well-known Belarus journalist with a proven track record. She founded the independent Press Club Belarus, an organization that seeks to advance the country's independent media landscape and receives funding from the EU. But her media work came to a halt when security officers asked Slutskaya to use a different customs exit at Minsk airport on November 22, 2020, vanishing without a trace.
Her daughter, Alexandra Slutskaya, says that for 24 hours, no one knew her mother's whereabouts. "It turned out that she sat all night with criminal investigators who had 'friendly talks' with her," Alexandra says in an interview with DW. Without a lawyer present, the agents then took Yulia to her apartment, the alleged "crime scene."
WHO team in Wuhan begins field visits at hospital that treated early Covid-19 cases
A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 on Friday visited a hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was one of the first to treat patients in the early days of the outbreak.
After meeting with Chinese scientists earlier in the day, the team went to the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine.
Zhang Jixian, director of the hospital's department of respiratory and critical care, has been cited by state media as the first to report the novel coronavirus, after treating an elderly couple in late 2019 whose CT scans showed differences from typical pneumonia.
Dutch court orders Shell to pay Nigerian farmers over oil spills
The energy company’s Nigerian subsidiary must pay out over a 2008 case, Court of Appeal in The Hague rules.
A Dutch court has ordered the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell to pay compensation over oil spills in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, a ruling which could pave the way for more cases against multinational oil firms.
The Court of Appeal in The Hague on Friday ruled that the Nigerian arm of the British-Dutch company must issue payouts over a long-running civil case involving four Nigerian farmers who were seeking compensation, and a clean-up, from the company over pollution caused by leaking oil pipelines.
Inside the Reddit army that's crushing Wall Street
Updated 1446 GMT (2246 HKT) January 29, 2021
Omar couldn't believe what was happening.
He should have been concentrating on the student he was tutoring in physics — a job he did during his free time while enrolled in a post-baccalaureate pre-med program — but Omar's eyes kept darting back to the Robinhood app open on his phone.
Omar had invested $6,000 in Beyond Meat options; in the days before that tutoring session he'd seen the value of that investment rocket up to almost $15,000. What he was witnessing now, though, felt like torture.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
QAnon 101: The Search for Q
To understand what Q is and why it has been so enormously popular, hosts Bayan Joonam and Marley Clements get to know the most influential QAnon evangelists.
Will Israel attack Iran?
Israel’s military says it is preparing a number of operational plans to attack Iran, but Tehran dismissed the claims as ‘psychological war’.
What does the US' new vaccination strategy look like
The White House finally has its own plan for distributing vaccines. 100 million doses in a hundred days. The new president Joe Biden also wants a hundred new vaccination centers and to enlist scores of retired doctors, trained nurses and medical students.
New Novavax vaccine is “highly effective” against UK Covid variant
A fourth vaccine could be approved shortly in the UK after trials showed it was particularly effective against the UK coronavirus variant.
Dominion to Sue More People Over Election Misinformation
‘Our legal team is looking at frankly everyone’ — Dominion is already suing Trump campaign lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sydney Powell for $1.3B each, but it’s far from done holding people accountable for their election lies.
How China Became So Powerful
This video is a story about China, past to present. But in telling the story of the Rise of China (and Asia generally), it's impossible to not talk about fundamental lessons that have emerged. In this video I try to tell the story but then also look back and at the result of it al
Six In The Morning Thursday 28 January 2021
AstraZeneca vaccine should not be given to people over 65, German health officials say
Updated 1532 GMT (2332 HKT) January 28, 2021
Germany's vaccine commission has recommended that the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford should not be given to people older than 65 years, the German Interior Ministry said Thursday.
The Standing Committee on Vaccination at Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the country's main public health authority, has found there is insufficient data on the effectiveness of the vaccine for this age group, according to a statement from the ministry.
"It is not possible to make a statement for the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine in people over 65 years of age," the statement said.
GameStop shares rise despite Robinhood app restrictions
App limits buying in video game chain’s stock after surge due to small investors’ support
Shares in GameStop, the company at the centre of small investors’ gathering assault on Wall Street, rose again on Thursday, despite amateur trading platform Robinhood barring users from investing in the company.
Pre-market trading in GameStop, a US video game store chain, had suggested a reversal of fortunes after the stock more than doubled in value on Wednesday.
But shares in GameStop climbed again, meaning the stock market value of the company has now surged beyond $30bn (£22bn), nearly 100 times what it was worth in August last year.
French police ‘danced to Macarena’ at leaving party during Covid curfew
Secret party took place ‘without any respect to social distancing’
Police officials are facing sanctions over a party held at a police station in France, where they were filmed dancing the Macarena and flouting coronavirus rules.
An inquiry has been launched over a leaving party which took place in a suburb of Paris “without any respect to social distancing measures”, according to authorities.
The event at the police station in Aubervilliers, a suburb in the northeast, was organised while there is a curfew in place, Paris police said.
2020 'worst year in tourism history' with losses estimated at $1.3 trillion
The coronavirus crisis cost the global tourism sector $1.3 trillion (€1 trillion) in lost revenue in 2020 as the number of people travelling plunged, the UN said Thursday, calling it "the worst year in tourism history".
Revenue lost last year amounted to "more than 11 times the loss recorded during the 2009 global economic crisis," the Madrid-based World Tourism Organization said in a statement, warning that between 100 and 120 million direct tourism jobs were at risk.
International tourist arrivals fell by one billion, or 74 percent, in 2020 with Asia, the first region to feel the impact of Covid-19, seeing the steepest decline, it added.
China warns Taiwan independence ‘means war’
Beijing says its army taking action to respond to provocation and foreign interference amid a rise in military activity.
China toughened its language towards Taiwan on Thursday, warning after recent stepped-up military activities near the island that “independence means war” and that their armed forces were taking action to respond to provocation and foreign interference.
Taiwan, claimed by China as its territory, reported multiple Chinese fighter jets and bombers entering the island’s southwestern air defence identification zone over the weekend, prompting concern in Washington.
Navalny slams 'illegal' Russian case against him
Russian anti-Putin campaigner Alexei Navalny has denounced his detention as "blatantly illegal" in an appeal hearing via video link.
A judge heard, and then rejected, his appeal against detention for 30 days.
He was arrested on 17 January for not complying with a suspended sentence. He had only just arrived from Berlin, where he spent months recovering from a near-fatal Russian nerve agent attack.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Are measures to stop spread of COVID-19 failing?
There have been running battles between rioters and police across cities in the Netherlands for several days.
Shops have been looted and smashed as people vented their anger about new COVID-19 restrictions.
It’s been nearly four decades since the Netherlands saw violence on its streets on such a large scale.
Many Dutch people have been outraged by the introduction of a curfew, the first to be imposed since the end of the second world war.
Meet the Impeachment Managers Prosecuting Trump
‘If Donald Trump is ever close to power again, he will do this again. He has such a reckless disregard for public safety, a disdain for democracy’ — Meet the 9 reps who will prosecute former Pres. Trump in the impeachment trial.
Lockdown and school closures will continue for many more weeks in England - BBC News
The current lockdown restrictions in England will remain in place until at least March 8th, when schools in all parts of England might be allowed to reopen “if the conditions are right”.
Indonesia’s unique vaccination strategy
In Indonesia's vaccination plan, the target is to inoculate 67 percent of the country's 167 million people aged between 18 and 59 years, which is 107 million people, around 40 percent of the country's total population.
Six In The Morning Wednesday 27 January 2021
The US has accused China of carrying out genocide. Will it now boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics?
Updated 0559 GMT (1359 HKT) January 27, 2021
The United States' determination that China is committing genocide in Xinjiang presents a rare moral predicament for athletes and countries preparing to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement on the last day of the Trump administration, drawing attention to the systematic abuse of the minority Uyghur population in China's far west.
The designation is the first by the US State Department since 2016, when then Secretary of State John Kerry determined that the atrocities committed by ISIS in Iraq and Syria amounted to genocide, and only among a handful of times a US administration has applied the term to an ongoing crisis.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was an FBI informant
Extremist leader repeatedly worked undercover for investigators after his arrest in 2012, former prosecutor and court files reveal
Aram Roston
Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, has a past as an informer for federal and local law enforcement, repeatedly working undercover for investigators after he was arrested in 2012, according to a former prosecutor and a transcript of a 2014 federal court proceeding obtained by Reuters.
In the Miami hearing, a federal prosecutor, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and Tarrio’s own lawyer described his undercover work and said he had helped authorities prosecute more than a dozen people in various cases involving drugs, gambling and human smuggling.
Tarrio, in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, denied working undercover or cooperating in cases against others. “I don’t know any of this,’” he said, when asked about the transcript. “I don’t recall any of this.”
AstraZeneca denies pulling out of EU meeting amid deepening row over Covid vaccine deliveries
The EU has been at loggerheads with the company over its failure to deliver pre-agreed supplies of the Covid-19 jab
AstraZeneca has reportedly denied pulling out of a meeting with the EU to discuss Covid-19 vaccine supplies.
Reports emerged on Wednesday morning suggesting that the firm had scrapped plans to attend the talks, allegations it later denied.
It comes amid an escalating row between the EU Commission and the pharmaceutical giant, who on Tuesday confirmed that the UK would have the first claim on vaccines produced here.
Holocaust Remembrance Day: 'Anti-Semitism starts with conspiracy theories'
Prominent German Jewish figures have warned of the danger of conspiracy theories and rising anti-Semitism during the Bundestag's annual Holocaust memorial service.
The German Bundestag commemorated the end of the Holocaust with a ceremony in the Reichstag building and online on Wednesday. The commemoration also celebrates 1,700 years of Jewish life in Germany.
The president of the Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble, opened the 25th annual Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism.
Suga apologizes after LDP execs visit hostess bars during state of emergency
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologized on Wednesday after lawmakers from his ruling coalition visited hostess bars during the current state of emergency in which the government has called on people to avoid unnecessary outings to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The news is another headache for Suga whose approval rating has tumbled due to dissatisfaction with his handling of the pandemic, which critics have called too slow and inconsistent.
"I'm terribly sorry that this happened when we are asking people not to eat out after 8 p.m. and to avoid non-essential, non-urgent outings," Suga said in the Diet. "Each lawmaker should behave to gain the public's understanding."
Iraq: Anbar’s post-ISIL reconstruction spawns autonomy debate
Construction projects in Anbar province have created jobs at a time when Iraq suffers from a severe economic downturn and soaring poverty.
It is one of Iraq’s smallest provincial capitals, but Ramadi could soon boast the largest shopping mall in the country.
The development, which will span 125,000 square metres (1.4 million square feet) once complete, is one of dozens of investment projects that have transformed this part of Anbar province since the ISIL (ISIS) armed group was defeated here in 2016.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
100,000 UK Covid deaths: the highest in Europe - BBC News
The United Kingdom is the first European country to record more than 100,000 deaths linked to the pandemic. According to the University of Oxford the UK has one of the highest Covid death rates anywhere in the world.
#100 What REALLY Happens Inside Mainland China? | Laowhy86 & SerpentZA
Laowhy86 and Serpentza (Cmilk and Winston) from ADV China join China Unscripted for a 100th episode celebration! We talk about their efforts to give the world some notice for the first coronavirus update
Josh Hawley Claims to be the Victim of Censorship
Sen. Josh Hawley, who voted against the certification of the 2020 presidential election results even after the U.S. Capitol was attacked with him in it, is complaining that he’s being canceled.
Josh Hawley graduated from Stanford and Harvard Law school yet is to stupid to understand how the first amendment works. It's not like there's a Ministry Of Truth telling Josh what he can and can not say. Publishers and social media companies have to obligation to provide Josh with a platform in which to spew his crap and support for an insurrection.
Six In The Morning Tuesday 26 January 2021
Pfizer and AstraZeneca take heat as vaccine delays threaten Europe's recovery
Updated 1350 GMT (2150 HKT) January 26, 2021
The European Union is calling out vaccine makers AstraZeneca (AZN) and Pfizer (PFE) over delivery delays that could slow its recovery from the pandemic. Officials are even threatening to take legal action and introduce export controls on doses produced in the bloc as anger mounts.
AstraZeneca will not be able to deliver as many doses of its vaccine as promised, according to EU officials, putting government rollout plans at risk. The news comes after Pfizer said it had delivered fewer doses of its vaccine than expected last week.
EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides on Monday expressed dissatisfaction on talks with AstraZeneca and said conversations would continue. She said the drugmaker "intends to supply considerably fewer doses in the coming weeks than agreed and announced."
Violent clashes as Indian farmers storm Delhi's Red Fort
Farmers protesting against new agriculture laws enter grounds of historic fort as violence breaks out
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan in Delhi
Farmers protesting against new agriculture laws in India broke through police barricades around the capital and entered the grounds of Delhi’s historic Red Fort on Tuesday, in chaotic and violent scenes that overshadowed the country’s Republic Day celebrations.
Police hit protesters with batons and fired teargas to try to disperse the crowds after hundreds of thousands of farmers, many on tractors or horses, marched on the capital. One protester was confirmed to have died in the clashes and dozens of police and protesters were injured.
Mobile internet services were suspended in parts of Delhi and some metro stations closed. As the clashes continued into the afternoon, home minister Amit Shah met Delhi police to discuss how to get the protests under control.
Netherlands Covid protests: More than 150 arrested in third night of unrest
Unrest has been triggered by a new night-time curfew implemented by Dutch authorities
Protesters clashed with police in a third night of unrest in the Netherlands triggered by a new night-time curfew implemented to help curb Covid-19.
Dutch police detained more than 150 people as roaming groups threw rocks, looted stores and set fires in response to strict coronavirus measures that came into force despite weeks of declining numbers of new infections.
The curfew, which runs from 9pm to 4.30am, has been implemented following a warning by the National Institute for Health (RIVM) over a new wave of infections due to the "British variant" of Covid-19.
Australia marks national day with protests over 'Invasion Day'
Government leaders marked a socially distanced Australia Day with calming words Tuesday as protesters denounced celebrations of a day some dub “Invasion Day” because of historical wrongs committed against Indigenous people.
The 4,000 protesters who gathered in small groups in Sydney’s Domain were warned they could be fined or jailed for breaching limits on large crowds. But many protesters wore masks and adhered to social distancing guidelines. Five people were arrested for not following police orders.
Protest organizers called for Australia Day, which recognizes the day the British navy arrived with convict ships and raised a flag signaling the intent to found a British colony, to be abolished.
Egypt’s military dominates 10 years after revolution
Since the 19th century, Egypt’s army has played an outsized role in governing the country and continues to do so post-Arab Spring revolution.
The Egyptian military and its top brass reigned supreme over Egypt in the months after their historic decision to force longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down on February 11, 2011.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), a body of 25 senior members of Egypt’s military, decided to step in and ostensibly support the revolution against Mubarak, which began on January 25 of that year, exactly 10 years ago.
Since the 19th century, Egypt’s army has played an outsized role in governing the country, and in many ways has acted as the ultimate authority in the country. This was particularly evident in 2013 when Abdel Fattah el-Sisi overthrew democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi in a military coup.
Some Colombians fear ex-paramilitary leader deported from US
ASTRID SUÁREZ
On the north coast of Colombia there is anxiety over the return to the South American country of one of the most feared former paramilitary commanders: Hernán Giraldo Serna. “El Patrón” (the boss) or “El Taladro” (the drill, as he became known for sexually abusing girls in the area) stepped on Colombian soil Monday after finishing a 16-year sentence in a U.S. prison for drug trafficking earlier this month.
Giraldo, 74, was deported from the U.S. and immediately taken into custody by authorities in Colombia, where he is expected to serve time for crimes against humanity, including torture, forced displacement of people, sexual slavery and kidnapping, as well as drug trafficking.
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