| 21256 |
/u/KRISHNA53 |
A biotech startup has managed to 3-D print fake rhino horns that carry the same genetic fingerprint as the actual horn. The company plans to flood Chinese rhino horn market at one-eighth of the price of the original, undercutting the price poachers can get and forcing them out eventually. |
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/u/joeyoungblood |
Twitter has forced 30 websites that archive politician's deleted tweets to shut down, removing an effective tool to keep politicians honest |
| 11859 |
/u/navysealassulter |
The police officer who leaked the footage of the surfers paradise police brutality, where the victims blood was washed away by officers, has been criminally charged for bringing it to the publics view. Officers who did the bashing get nothing. |
| 10798 |
/u/seapiglet |
Paris shooting survivor suing French media for giving away his location while he hid from shooters |
| 10542 |
/u/DoremusJessup |
Brazil's Supreme Court has banned corporate contributions to political campaigns and parties |
| 10240 |
/u/fiffers |
Brazilian radio host famous for exposing corruption in his city murdered while broadcasting live on the air by two gunmen. |
| 10196 |
/u/DawgsOnTopUGA |
ISIS beheads 81-year-old pioneer archaeologist and foremost scholar on ancient Syria. Held captive for 1 month, he refused to tell ISIS the location of the treasures of Palmyra unto death. |
| 9953 |
/u/pnewell |
France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels. All new buildings in commercial zones across the country must comply with new environmental legislation |
| 9910 |
/u/damsteegt |
India sues Nestle for nearly $100m because lead shouldn't be in noodles. |
| 9755 |
/u/emr1028 |
'Shootings' reported in central Paris: Reports of shooting and casualties in central Paris |
| 9728 |
/u/Noticemenot |
iTunes is illegal under UK copyright law - The Intellectual Property Office today explains that ripping a CD in iTunes is no longer permitted, and neither is backing up your computer if it contains copyrighted content. |
| 9349 |
/u/haunted_cheesecake |
Huge explosion reported in Chinese port city of Tianjin |
| 9255 |
/u/AmerikanInfidel |
GPS Trackers In Fake Elephant Tusks Reveal Ivory Smuggling Route |
| 9240 |
/u/DrSalted |
Six people who hid in a supermarket refrigerator during January's Islamist attacks in Paris have sued French media for broadcasting their location live during the siege |
| 8945 |
/u/Noticemenot |
Legal scholars warn against 10 year prison for online pirates - The proposed extension is disproportionate, ineffective and puts casual file-sharers at risk of long jail sentences, they argue. |
| 8838 |
/u/EightRoundsRapid |
Thousands of prehistoric mammoth tusks are being dug out of the melting permafrost of the Arctic. They are then shipped to China for the ivory-carving industry, causing some scientists to question whether this perfectly legal trade should be banned. |
| 8785 |
/u/ProfGiallo |
NASA announces discovery of flowing water in Mars |
| 8779 |
/u/bendertheoffender22 |
German anti-vaccer wagers € 100,000 to anyone proving the existance of the measles virus. Researcher sends him articles proving the virus' existance and takes him to court where he's ordered to pay the full amount. |
| 8734 |
/u/awake-at-dawn |
Alberta passes bill banning corporate and union donations to political parties |
| 8606 |
/u/Wagamaga |
The first UN privacy chief has said the world needs a Geneva convention style law for the internet to safeguard data and combat the threat of massive clandestine digital surveillance. |
| 8570 |
/u/crippledrejex |
Afghan military interpreter who served with British forces in Afghanistan and was denied refuge in Britain has been executed |
| 8278 |
/u/Ebshoun |
German Vice Chancellor Gabriel:'Saudi Arabia must stop financing Wahabi Mosques throughout the world. They are a breeding ground of Terrorism. In Germany many extremists considered dangerous persons emerge from these communities. I say to them that the time of looking the other way is over.' |
| 8201 |
/u/shouldbeworking55 |
Sweden drops sexual assault probe against Julian Assange as deadline expires |
| 8195 |
/u/beachedazd |
Full text of the TPP has just been released. |
| 8190 |
/u/twilliamsb |
Mexican missing student activist who led search parties after the disappearance of 43 students is killed. |
| 8151 |
/u/jb492 |
Just miles from the US border, Lexmark fires 90 long-term employees who asked for their pay to be increased by 6 pesos to 120 pesos ($7) a day. |
| 8118 |
/u/Wagamaga |
The European Commission is making the secret Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade deal even more secret, introducing a new rule that means politicians can only view the text in a secure 'reading room' in Brussels. |
| 8093 |
/u/Noticemenot |
CNN & CBC Sued For Pirating 31 Second YouTube Video - In addition to claims of copyright infringement, the media giants face allegations that they breached the anti-circumvention measures of the DMCA. |
| 8039 |
/u/Wagamaga |
John Kerry: Vietnam war was result of 'profound failure of diplomatic insight'.I’m reminded of conversations I’ve had recently with people who talk almost casually about the prospect of war with one country or another. I’m tempted to say: ‘You don’t have the first idea of what you’re talking about’ |
| 8016 |
/u/naybones |
Google to reorganize into new company called Alphabet |
| 7972 |
/u/bulbaplup |
Volkswagen has admitted to using software on VW and Audi branded cars to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests, shares plunge more than 20 percent. |
| 7956 |
/u/maniesf |
Saudi Arabia just promised to sue anyone who compares their justice system to Isis |
| 7953 |
/u/Outcontrolvideos |
Candidate with no votes demands recount because he ‘voted for himself’ |
| 7897 |
/u/mad_bad_dangerous |
The Dalai Lama on terrorist attacks: "We cannot solve this problem only through prayers. ... I believe in praying. But humans have created this problem, and now we are asking God to solve it. It is illogical. So let us work for peace ... and not expect help from God, Buddha or the governments." |
| 7870 |
/u/Grizzly-Slim |
Another drug Cycloserine sees a 2000% price jump overnight as patent sold to pharmaceutical company. The ensuing backlash caused the companies to reverse their deal. Expert says If it weren't for all of the negative publicity the original 2,000 per cent price hike would still stand. |
| 7855 |
/u/Reichenbach_ |
Coca Cola gave $1.5 million to scientists who say soft drinks don’t cause obesity |
| 7840 |
/u/Your_Dumb_ |
Switzerland has completed the construction of the 57 km long Gotthard Base Tunnel, connecting Milan to Zurich |
| 7820 |
/u/Impmaster82 |
Ireland Refuses to Extradite Man to US Because Prison System is Too Inhumane |
| 7813 |
/u/Gyrro |
Explosion rocks central Bangkok |
| 7776 |
/u/_pennypacker |
Pakistan’s biggest child pornography ring exposed by journalist. 280 minors were sexually abused and filmed over a decade, the videos were sold for 50 cents each, sometimes to pedophiles in the West over Skype |
| 7734 |
/u/ghostly-dog |
Beijing has issued its first ever ‘Red Alert’ over smog, and the city is going into complete shutdown |
| 7666 |
/u/iatowks |
Brazil's president has an approval rating of 8%, which makes Dilma the most unpopular democratically elected president since a military dictatorship ended in 1985. |
| 7662 |
/u/the_last_broadcast |
New Alzheimer’s treatment fully restores memory function - Australian researchers have come up with a non-invasive ultrasound technology that clears the brain of neurotoxic amyloid plaques |
| 7650 |
/u/alpha69 |
Quebec Judge issues $1 fine for possessing 30 cannabis plants, calls marijuana laws obsolete |
| 7648 |
/u/BertholdKeller |
A Police Officer in New Zealand used excessive force during an arrest. The three other officers at the scene immediately reported the incident to their supervisor and appeared as witnesses against the officer in court. |
| 7609 |
/u/SamuraiYak |
South Korea says it will send aid to North Korea during its worst drought in a century under one condition -- just ask for it |
| 7599 |
/u/oelhayek |
Turkish couple feed 4,000 Syrian refugees on wedding day instead of wedding |
| 7584 |
/u/BraedenMayer |
North Korea fires shells at South Korean military along western border |
| 7576 |
/u/dexewin |
Efficiency up, turnover down: Sweden experiments with six-hour working day - World news - The Guardian |
| 7576 |
/u/arcanean |
Saudi Arabia Sentences Poet to Death for Atheism |
| 7550 |
/u/maxwellhill |
The star witness in a case pitting rainforest villagers against a multinational oil giant has admitted to lying under oath in an effort to help Chevron avoid paying a $9.5 billion judgment for deliberate pollution of the Ecuadorian Amazon |
| 7543 |
/u/lowbread |
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully lands upright. |
| 7477 |
/u/defroach84 |
'Missile parts' at MH17 crash site |
| 7470 |
/u/Alantha |
China, Russia and the U.S. are developing and testing controversial new capabilities to wage war in space despite their denial of such work |
| 7459 |
/u/Dannyish |
By 285 votes to 281, MEPs decide to call on EU member states to "drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden" |
| 7446 |
/u/Wagamaga |
France threatens to walk away from TTIP negotiations saying a "total lack of transparency" in TTIP talks poses a "democratic problem". |
| 7437 |
/u/Libertatea |
Brazil declares emergency after 2,400 babies are born with brain damage, possibly due to mosquito-borne virus "This is an unprecedented situation, unprecedented in world scientific research," Brazil's health ministry said in a statement on its website |
| 7432 |
/u/kentuckyfriedchocobo |
NASA discovers another Earth like planet in the Milky Way galaxy - Planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to our sun. |
| 7425 |
/u/jakewins |
Ten african countries vow to recreate 100 million hectares of lost jungle, twice the size of Europe. World bank & Germany announces funding |
| 7423 |
/u/nimobo |
China declares war on ISIS after terrorists 'execute Chinese hostage' |
| 7408 |
/u/Madz99 |
France to force big supermarkets to give away unsold food to charity |
| 7378 |
/u/twolf1 |
Brazil blogger known for reporting on corruption found decapitated |
| 7373 |
/u/hunkydorey_ca |
BP fined a record $20.8 billion for oil spill disaster |
| 7360 |
/u/Hamartolus |
Anger after Saudi Arabia 'chosen to head key UN human rights panel' |
| 7352 |
/u/TheMenacedAssassin |
Vaping is 95% safer than smoking and could lead to the demise of the traditional cigarette, Public Health England (PHE) has said in the first official recognition that e-cigarettes are less damaging to health than smoking tobacco. |
| 7339 |
/u/cbpiz |
Four rangers that protect elephants in Africa killed by poachers. |
| 7324 |
/u/Luzinia |
Russia threathens to block Reddit in Russia if thread about a drug-producing plant is not removed |
| 7273 |
/u/rplusg |
Lenovo Caught Installing Adware On New Computers |
| 7264 |
/u/jordansideas |
The Australian Stock Market has plunged 2.5% in the first 20 minutes of opening for the week, losing $20 billion. The Chinese Stock Market has dropped 7% just an hour after opening, and the ripple effects are starting to be seen worldwide as markets open |
| 7238 |
/u/arjun101 |
"The US State Department has approved a $1.29 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, which includes as many as 13,000 precision guided weapons or smart bombs. The sale comes as Human Rights Watch charges that Saudi airstrikes in Yemen 'have indiscriminately killed and injured civilians.'" |
| 7229 |
/u/CrnchyPntBttr |
Airport Security in the Philippines Have Been Putting Bullets in Luggage to Extort Passengers |
| 7223 |
/u/governmentgavemeagun |
Government to ban un-vaccinated preschoolers from childcare, kindergarten (Victoria, Australia) |
| 7215 |
/u/kipper_tie |
Russia Bans Scientology |
| 7202 |
/u/spoopyscaryghost |
Bangla Police kill 6 tiger poachers in Sundarbans, India |
| 7202 |
/u/UsAsani |
Mount Everest to be declared off-limits to inexperienced climbers, says Nepal |
| 7138 |
/u/DoremusJessup |
Germany agreed Thursday to turn more than 60 former military bases into nature preserves, with the aim of creating vast new green oases and sanctuaries for rare species of birds |
| 7119 |
/u/ThatInvestorGuy |
It's now illegal in England and Wales to smoke in cars with kids inside |
| 7112 |
/u/plato1123 |
29 leading U.S. nuclear scientists praise 'unprecedented' Iran deal - "In letter to Obama, scientists - among them 5 Nobel laureates - say deal can serve as 'guidepost for future nonproliferation agreements.'" |
| 7106 |
/u/EmeraldIbis |
Paris city police commissioner arrived at Bataclan before special forces. Ran in alone, took out one of the gunmen. |
| 7099 |
/u/tianan |
Kim Jong Un orders North Korea military to prepare for war (from Friday at 5 PM) |
| 7093 |
/u/unknown-indian |
A 22-year-old New Zealand man hired as an unpaid intern by the United Nations in Geneva has been forced to live in a tent |
| 7093 |
/u/marmol6 |
Palm oil company caught destroying primary forest in endangered ecosystem |
| 7071 |
/u/MrTingleBerry |
Nike becomes suspected player in alleged $150 million FIFA bribery scandal |
| 7070 |
/u/Karrakan |
Turkish doctor faces 2 years in jail for sharing meme that likens president Erdogan to Gollum in LOTR |
| 7069 |
/u/mrstickball |
Chinese troops head to border with North Korea |
| 7035 |
/u/nimobo |
American flag raised in Havana for first time in 54 years |
| 7025 |
/u/lastcommenter |
Cyanide levels at Tianjin explosion 356 times the limit |
| 7019 |
/u/breaking-bad-fan |
Child born out of rape has inheritance rights on assaulter's property rules Indian High Court |
| 6991 |
/u/cocainezombie |
Russia unbans Reddit |
| 6987 |
/u/brenan85 |
Saudi man sentenced 10 years jail and weekly public canings for 5 months. He is guilty of setting up a public online forum for debate and discussion. |
| 6965 |
/u/CarrollQuigley |
Smoking gun emails reveal Blair's 'deal in blood' with George Bush over Iraq war was forged a year before the invasion had even started - despite claiming he wanted peace. Leaked White House memo shows former Prime Minister's support for war at summit with U.S. President in 2002. |
| 6950 |
/u/Hrodrik |
Saudi Arabia accused of trying to wreck Paris climate deal - One of the world’s largest oil producers is getting in the way of a deal and making implausible objections, say delegates and campaigners |
| 6947 |
/u/Ambler3isme |
Philae comet lander wakes up [After 7 months] |
| 6940 |
/u/DT_JDI |
U.S. drug company sues Canada for trying to lower cost of $700K-a-year drug. |
| 6926 |
/u/JackdeAlltrades |
Australia passes law banning anti-vax parents from childcare benefits |
| 6921 |
/u/maxwellhill |
What the Internet hates about the TPP trade deal: After years of warning that the secretive TPP would be devastating for Internet freedom, intellectual property experts have finally gotten to look at the final draft of the proposed treaty. And they say it’s as bad as they feared |
| 6914 |
/u/DoremusJessup |
Paris will cut the number of cars on the road in half beginning Monday and is making public transit free to combat a spike in pollution that has obscured even the Eiffel Tower under a smoggy haze |
| 6912 |
/u/iranianshill |
A group of US Marines foiled a potential terror attack on a French train |
| 6912 |
/u/ohmyimaginaryfriends |
2,000% price hike for infant seizure drug called 'absurd' Price goes from $33.05 per vial to $680 |
| 6904 |
/u/T-Money2187 |
More than two-thirds of the Humvees the US supplied to Iraq to fight terrorists have ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants |
| 6894 |
/u/toomanyairmiles |
Coca-Cola's chief scientist and heath officer leaves after being caught setting up a nonprofit which downplayed the role of sugary drinks in the obesity epidemic |
| 6890 |
/u/JuanboboPhD |
China will cancel debts to the world's least developed nations. |
| 6884 |
/u/freshjiive |
North Korea warns it 'will attack South at 8.30am Saturday' as Kim Jong-un declares state of war |
| 6883 |
/u/Libertatea |
Musk, Wozniak and Hawking urge ban on AI and autonomous weapons: Over 1,000 high-profile artificial intelligence experts and leading researchers have signed an open letter warning of a “military artificial intelligence arms race” and calling for a ban on “offensive autonomous weapons”. |
| 6868 |
/u/Theanswerwasnever42 |
Theresa May wants to see your internet history, so the independent thought it was only fair to ask for hers - UK Politics - News |
| 6843 |
/u/maxwellhill |
Exposed: 'Full Range of Collusion' Between Big Oil and TTIP Trade Reps: new documents reveal that EU trade officials gave U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil access to confidential negotiating strategies considered too sensitive to be released to the European public |
| 6827 |
/u/Navitych |
Hurricane Patricia is now measured to be the strongest Hurricane we have ever seen |
| 6810 |
/u/losrockster |
Justin Trudeau has officially ordered Canada's Justice Minister to start the weed legalization process |
| 6806 |
/u/neosporin |
Canada's move to legalize marijuana would be the most high-profile rebuke of international drug treaties to date, exposing "a huge hole in the treaties, making more nations comfortable with the idea of legalization." |
| 6806 |
/u/maxwellhill |
France will not ban Wi-Fi or Tor, prime minister says: "Internet is a freedom, is an extraordinary means of communication between people, it is a benefit to the economy," Valls added |
| 6799 |
/u/ggsallaround |
Russia bans Reddit |
| 6781 |
/u/shigllgetcha |
Ireland plans to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of drugs, including heroin, cocaine and cannabis |
| 6780 |
/u/HengistPod |
Russian sailor drinks half a litre of rum before crashing 7,000-ton ship at full speed into Scotland |
| 6777 |
/u/sevenseal |
Russian opposition politician and former deputy PM Boris Nemtsov shot dead on Moscow street |
| 6770 |
/u/DarpaChef |
Martin Schkreli - Turing CEO who increased the price of Aids drug by 5000% - has been arrested |
| 6768 |
/u/fluffyponyza |
Homeopathy conference in Germany ends in chaos after delegates take hallucinogenic drug |
| 6743 |
/u/mortalaa |
Catalan parliament votes to secede from Spain by 2017 |
| 6741 |
/u/Libertatea |
Amnesty International says Qatar has done "almost nothing effective to end chronic labour exploitation" since it was chosen five years ago to host the football World Cup in 2022. |
| 6725 |
/u/toomanyairmiles |
Kazakhstan has passed a law that would require citizens to install a certificate on all their personal devices allowing the government to capture all the web traffic, passwords and financial details of the population. |
| 6722 |
/u/Grizz91 |
Saudi prince to give away $32bn. He said he had been inspired by the Gates Foundation, set up by Bill and Melinda Gates in 1997. The money would be used to "foster cultural understanding", "empower women", and "provide vital disaster relief", among other things, he said. |
| 6719 |
/u/Sapiosexual97 |
Nigeria Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation |
| 6707 |
/u/wileybot |
Elephants Shot With Poison Arrows Travel To Humans For Help |
| 6702 |
/u/PackingAHamster |
Swedish observers witness electon fraud in Turkey, thrown out of polling stations and threatened with weapons |
| 6691 |
/u/Barrilete_Cosmico |
Canadian mining company Barrick Gold leaks a million liters of cyanide into river in Argentina |
| 6688 |
/u/DoremusJessup |
The president and CEO of The Associated Press has called for changes to international laws that would make it a war crime to kill journalists or take them hostage |
| 6685 |
/u/whytep |
Canadians elect Liberal majority. Ending Stephen Harpers 9 year rule. |
| 6672 |
/u/gamerorange |
BBC News: Indonesian plane missing over Papua |
| 6661 |
/u/nimobo |
World Cup sponsors urged to bail over 'horrific' treatment of workers in Qatar |
| 6651 |
/u/skoalbrother |
Tech companies face criminal charges if they notify users of UK government spying |
| 6649 |
/u/Samjones31 |
Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it will begin warning users of its Outlook.com email service when the company suspects that a government has been trying to hack into their accounts. |
| 6642 |
/u/thecodingdude |
Pirate Bay Founders Acquitted in Criminal Copyright Case |
| 6638 |
/u/xHaGGeNx |
U.S. government has authorized commercial ferry service to Cuba |
| 6629 |
/u/smokinbluebear |
The Department of Defense (DoD) spent nearly $43 million to build a gas station in Afghanistan that should have cost no more than $500,000 according to a new report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). |
| 6627 |
/u/Snazzy67 |
World's first malaria vaccination approved |
| 6626 |
/u/medfield |
Netflix expands service to Cuba, one of the first US companies to take advantage of relaxed trade restrictions |
| 6625 |
/u/maxwellhill |
After Paris Attacks, Proposed French Law Would Block Tor and Forbid Free Wi-Fi |
| 6624 |
/u/MisterRetch |
'They rape us. We kill them': Yazidi singer forms all-female fighting unit to take revenge on ISIS for forcing their sisters into sexual slavery and beheading their brothers |
| 6611 |
/u/baddog96 |
Two Ashley Madison clients reported to have taken their lives after hackers published their details - Canada police |
| 6599 |
/u/RalphWiggum4 |
Oil prices have reached a 6 year low today |
| 6588 |
/u/coupdetaco |
Taxi drivers snarl up Brussels in anti-Uber protest. Belgian deputy PM says "Improve customer experience. Invest in technology. Innovate the business. All things the taxi sector could do instead of strike" |
| 6553 |
/u/Noticemenot |
Poaching has reached an all-time high. 96 elephants are killed a day on average. |
| 6553 |
/u/toomanyairmiles |
Pharmaceuticals CEO who raised HIV drug price by 5,000% 'also hiked cost of pill taken by children with incurable kidney disease' |
| 6543 |
/u/Stargazercornwall |
Hadron collider discovers new particle the pentaquark |
| 6539 |
/u/sarumanbr |
TPP Copyright Chapter Leaks: Website Blocking, New Criminal Rules On the Way |
| 6538 |
/u/KimJongHarper |
“I gave the order myself” − Turkish PM on downing Russian plane |
| 6529 |
/u/ShakoWasAngry |
Ancient Greek palace unearthed near Sparta dates back to 17th century BC. |
| 6529 |
/u/mrstody |
Jordan has a population of 6 million, but have taken in 1.5 million refugees. All with little protest or mass global coverage. |
| 6525 |
/u/JackassWhisperer |
The Canadian government has announced it intends to ban microbeads used in personal care products, after a scientific review found that the tiny particles pose a potential risk to the environment. |
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