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President Donald Trump lied about his inauguration crowd size being the biggest ever. Now he appears to be doing the same with his State of the Union numbers. Trump on Thursday morning tweeted about his State of the Union viewership,…
The psychological craving for normalcy runs deep in official Washington. The chattering class has largely given up on the Donald Trump “pivot,” having fallen too many times for a successful read of a prepared text only to uncork an unhinged…
Radio Sputnik discussed Swedish brain researcher Martin Ingvar’s claim that global IQ rates are plummeting due to the overuse of TV and computer entertainment with John Ratey, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Ratey is author of…
Last week, President Putin pondered whether it might be worthwhile to create a civilian version of the Tu-160 supersonic heavy strategic bomber. Considering the idea, Sputnik discovered that while it may seem exotic, there have actually been several cases in…
Prodeum Project, a little known startup claimed to be based in Lithuania, touted using blockchain technology for agricultural commodities, including fruits and vegetables, before vanishing in the air. At least eleven million dollars have reportedly been stolen from investors by crypto thieves…
TOKYO (Sputnik) – Japan’s Financial Services Agency launched an inspection of the office of virtual currency exchange Coincheck in Tokyo after a computer hack that had resulted in the theft of cryptocurrency, NHK broadcaster reported. According to the broadcaster, the Financial…
