Vacations, planes, and high-speed trains are off limits if you’re in too much debt in China
So-called deadbeat debtors are stigmatized, face travel restrictions and have trouble getting government jobs in China.
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See the 10 types of new US Navy warships plagued by shipbuilding delays
The US Navy’s future warships are years behind schedule amid concerns over China’s growing naval capabilities. See photos of the delayed ship classes.
A US Navy amphibious warship returned home for repairs just 10 days after deploying
USS Boxer, the lead ship of its amphibious ready group, was forced to return home for repairs just 10 days into its already delayed deployment.
Rivian lays off more workers
Rivian said the latest round of cuts affect about 1% of its workforce.
Woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan
A woman has been arrested in Brazil after she brought a 68-year-old man who had been dead for hours into a bank to sign for a loan.
Woman wheels corpse into bank to secure loan
A woman in Brazil is in custody after reportedly wheeling an elderly man’s corpse into a bank to co-sign a loan for her Read Full Article at RT.com
Big Tech Squares Off Against US Spies
One of Silicon Valley’s most influential lobbying arms joins privacy reformers in a fight against the Biden administration-backed expansion of a major US surveillance program.
Front-line NATO countries will be staring down a ‘battle-hardened Russia’ able to more easily strike if Ukraine falls, war analyst warns
If Russia defeats Ukraine, a possibility if it doesn’t get help, NATO may find itself facing a tough, emboldened Russian army, a war analyst says.
Iran bracing for another Israeli strike – WSJ
Tehran is reportedly bracing for new Israeli strike, readying its air force and evacuating men from IRGC sites in Syria, according to WSJ Read Full Article at RT.com
Israel and Ukraine ‘not the same’ – Borrell
The West can’t support Ukraine the way it did Israel because their situations are different, the EU foreign policy head has said Read Full Article at RT.com