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It is official now: as of 1 January, being a Communist in Czechia can make you a criminal, carrying a prison sentence of up to five years. With a recent amendment to the Criminal Code, the state has ...

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A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

At Davos, the billionaire said his belief that “it might only be us” in the cosmos drives Tesla, SpaceX, and his vision for humanity’s future. Elon Musk proclaimed he’s an alien during a Thursday ...

Well, it was only a matter of time really until this happened. SpaceX owner and founder, Elon Musk, has declared he’s not human – but in fact, he’s an alien. Nope, really. Musk took to the stage at ...

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