WhatsApp is a “Trojan horse” exploited to snoop on millions of users naive enough to believe that the Facebook-owned messenger differs from its parent company, long beset by privacy scandals, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said. In a lengthy post on his Telegram channel on Wednesday, Durov took aim at one of his brainchild’s biggest rivals – WhatsApp, the world’s leading messaging app, which... 

Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple are pushing back against the US government’s antitrust investigations, downplaying their dominance of the tech sector, playing dumb, and staying quiet where they can’t obfuscate. The Big Tech behemoths responded to written questions sent by the House Judiciary Committee – one of several antitrust probes targeting the four companies – with concerted... 

A new false prophet has emerged recently on YouTube urging whites to embrace Catholic identity as their new identity instead of white identity. Throughout his videos, he is relentlessly attacking leaders of the Alt-Right such as Richard Spencer, saying that they are no names, implying that they are CIA agents and rhetorically asking the question “Who has ever heard of Richard Spencer before... 

Chimpanzees may seem like friendly, cuddly creatures but they can pose a serious threat to humans as villagers are finding out in a virtual war with the animals. A full-grown chimp can have up to five times the upper body strength of a man, says Dutch primatologist Frans de Waal: “People watch pro wrestlers on TV and think they are strong. But a pro wrestler would not be able to hold a chimpanzee... 

A toddler starved to death after his vegan parents fed him almost nothing but raw fruit and vegetables and at one point only breast milk for a week, despite his obviously weakening state. Ryan O’Leary, 30, and Sheila O’Leary, 35, were arrested last week in Cape Coral, Florida after their 18-month-old son died on September 27 weighing only 17 pounds, which is the weight of an average seven-month-old. An... 

Pope Francis is considering introducing ‘ecological sins’ in a new bid to battle climate change. Speaking in Rome on Friday, Pope Francis said it’s ‘a duty’ to introduce the new sin to the Catholic Church’s teachings as a way to protect ‘our common home’. This comes after the Pope held a three-week bishops’ assembly, called a synod, last month... 

A new study from the University of Virginia has revealed that American females are three times more likely to die or be seriously injured in car accidents than men: American car companies believe one type of female test dummy suffices to ensure women don’t die in car crashes. And she’s five feet tall and weighs 110 pounds. That’s incredibly far from the build of an average American woman. According... 

Billionaires are scrambling to ward off the specter of populist anger – from wealth taxes to increased regulation – looming over an age of unprecedented inequality. Perhaps they should have thought of this outcome 40 years ago. The 2020 election may trigger a “war on Wall Street and wealth,” too-big-to-fail bank Citi has warned its clients in a letter quoted by Bloomberg this week. The bank... 

China’s scientific community has entered the conversation about the wave of fresh-faced, androgynous Chinese male stars known as “xiao xian rou,” or little fresh meat. Their conclusion after digging into this phenomenon? Blame the CIA. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which is the premier research institution for the social sciences under the Chinese State Council, released a report claiming... 

Following a series of violent attacks by left-wing extremists against people and property in the city of Leipzig, officials have offered members of the community a € 100,000 reward to identify individuals involved in the attacks. The Leipzig public prosecutor and the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) of Saxony announced last week that a € 100,000 reward would be given to private individuals who... 

The Swedish government is set to grant € 160,000 from the Swedish Inheritance Fund – a state body that manages the inheritance money of Swedes who’ve died without heirs – to fund drag queen story hours for kids. The cash will go to the Stockholm-based “Kultureföreningen Mums”, a politically independent association that “aims to broaden Sweden’s cultural offerings with a special focus... 

There’s no doubt that America is beset by demons. You just need to watch five minutes of television to realize that. What is surprising, however, is that the Catholic Church is actually doing something about it. Didn’t they get the memo that the Pope Satan doesn’t believe in hell, and thus presumably doesn’t believe in demons either? Either way, the Catholic Church in America is apparently... 

A team of doctors in the US has said daylight saving time should be ‘eliminated’ because it can damage people’s health. They said shifting the clocks back and forth every year leads to a rise in the number of heart attacks and strokes and can affect children’s brain development. Young children, the elderly, women and people with cancer appear to be more susceptible to the effects... 

The UK is suffering from a severe cold spell in the immediate wake of major flooding across parts of England after a month’s worth of rain fell in just 24 hours. One woman died after being swept away by floodwaters on Friday. Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire were the areas worst affected by the deluge which started late on Thursday, and several severe flood warnings carrying a ‘threat... 

US researchers have identified the first new strain of HIV since the year 2000, further expanding our knowledge of the extraordinarily complex virus. The newly discovered substrain falls within the same type behind the global HIV pandemic that kicked off in 1981. In order for a new subtype to be declared, at least three cases must be detected and verified independently of each other. In this instance,...