Behind the doors of a Chinese hacking company, a sordid culture fueled by influence, alcohol and sex

BEIJING — The hotel was spacious. It was upscale. It had a karaoke bar. The perfect venue, the CEO of the Chinese hacking company thought, to hold a Lunar New Year banquet currying favor with government officials. There was just one drawback, his top deputy said. “Who goes there?” the deputy wrote. “The girls are … Read more

Dengue cases in Peru are surging, fueled by mosquitoes and high temperatures brought by El Niño

PIURA, Peru — Residents of Pedregal Grande, a poor neighborhood in the Peruvian city of Piura, receive water for only 30 minutes a day because of shortages, forcing them to collect it in plastic tanks that have become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Scorching temperatures and a lack of air conditioning force people out of their … Read more

OnlyFans Killer Courtney Clenney’s Tirades Against BF Fueled By Drugs

Play video content TMZ Studios OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney’s explosive tirades against her BF escalated significantly when she was under the influence of drugs — though it was Christian Obumseli himself who’d provide her with an easy supply. OF star Patrycia “Paty K” Kratiuk witnessed it firsthand … telling us on “TMZ Investigates: Killer OnlyFans … Read more

Startup bubble fueled by Fed cheap money policy finally burst in 2023

Scooters take over SXSW in Austin, TX As the last decade came to an end, it was easy for a young engineer to hop on a Bird scooter and ride it to a nearby WeWork office, home to the hottest new crypto startup. Then came Covid. Electric scooters and coworking spaces were no longer important, … Read more

Bravo Sued by Man Who Says Network Fueled ‘Housewives’ with Booze, Led to Assault

Bravo allowed its “Real Housewives” stars to get way out of control — fueling them with booze and a party environment — which allegedly led to a man hired as a butler to be sexually abused … according to a lawsuit he’s brought against the network. The guy, Marco Vega, says he was hired on … Read more

Trump’s war on federal agencies — fueled by his judges — reaches the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s top lawyer put it bluntly when speaking at a conservative conference five years ago: The goal was to name judges who would help further the administration’s deregulation agenda. “There is a coherent plan here where actually the judicial selection and the deregulatory effort are really the flip side of … Read more

How Russia’s war in Ukraine fueled Armenian tragedy in Nagorno-Karabakh

Comment on this storyComment You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. The exodus continues. In a matter of days, roughly half of the ethnic Armenian population of … Read more

Risk of a US Government Shutdown Is Fueled by Very Online Republicans

“Congress is in charge of money and everything for the government, and Congress should be in charge of funding special counsels. Those are my red lines,” Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican, told a group of congressional reporters. Greene’s other top demand is impeaching President Joe Biden. McCarthy has already launched an inquiry. With Trump … Read more

A International Surge in Cholera Outbreaks Might Be Fueled by Local weather Change

The worldwide cholera surge drove a vaccine scarcity proper when nations wanted it most. Malawi previously used the cholera vaccine for prevention, however “now when you don’t have an outbreak, you don’t get the vaccine,” stated Otim Patrick Ramadan, WHO incident supervisor for regional cholera response in Africa. In response to the scarcity, the worldwide … Read more

Google inventory jumped 10% this week, fueled by cloud, advertisements and hope in AI

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks onstage through the annual Google I/O builders convention in Mountain View, California, Could 8, 2018. Stephen Lam | Reuters Shares of Alphabet’s inventory jumped 10% this week after the corporate reported second quarter earnings that confirmed development regardless of a tricky advert market. Share worth for the Google dad or … Read more