A pogrom is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, usually applied to attacks on Jews.

Wikipedia: Pogrom

I never seen this word before. I’m going to post it here just in case you haven’t either.

several of Australia’s most popular, and expensive, sunscreens are not providing the protection they claim to

That should be the title. Probably a bit shorter but way better than the clickbait original.

The article said they have been working on this deal since 1999. Does the United States aggressive tariffs have anything to do with getting this to this new level?

After a nearly three-year investigation, the commission concluded in March that the state bears responsibility for facilitating an adoption program rife with fraud and abuse, driven by efforts to reduce welfare costs. It urged the government to issue an apology and develop plans to address adoptees’ grievances.

These acts, including convincing pregnant teenagers to give up their baby, wasn’t just to reduce welfare, they were very profitable. Adoption fees were pretty high.

There were clear limitations to the commission’s report, which didn’t thoroughly examine the profit structures of adoption agencies, their links to child sources like hospitals, or receiving countries’ practices.

The money is where the investigation should have started.

Peter Moller, who was adopted from South Korea to Denmark before the enactment of such a law in 1974, claims that his parents had spent a total of 15-thousand dollars in adoption fees.

[KBS Exclusive] 80s Gov’t Docs Show Adoption Agencies Pocketed Illicit Fees

He can be in charge of DOGE and legalize adding cocaine back in to sodas.

He got what he wanted. He probably got intelligence that either Putin is getting out of power one way or another.

You know what, do it for property tax too.

Spain Pushes Ahead With Plan to Tax Non-EU Home Buyers 100%

Residential buildings in the Sant Mart district of Barcelona, Spain.

Photographer: Manaure Quintero/Bloomberg

By Daniel Basteiro

May 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM UTC

Spain’s government is pushing ahead with a controversial proposal to hit non-European Union residents with a 100% tax when buying homes, as it seeks to tackle a brewing housing crisis.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist party presented the plan as part of a broader housing bill submitted to Parliament on Thursday. The bill seeks to promote “measures that enable access to housing, since we are facing one of the largest problems our society is currently confronted with,” according to a copy of the draft legislation seen by Bloomberg. Sanchez first announced plans to create the new tax in January, in an attempt to address growing discontent over surging real estate prices and housing shortages in areas including Madrid and Barcelona. At the time, Sanchez said foreigners were snapping up homes and speculating on price increases, and that non-EU residents bought 27,000 properties in 2023.

UK citizens are the biggest foreign buyers of Spanish property, mainly in coastal regions such as Valencia, Andalusia and the Balearic Islands. Germans, Dutch and other EU citizens will be exempt.

It’s far from certain that the bill will be approved in Parliament, as Sanchez has struggled to pass legislation since he formed his current government in 2023. The premier leads a minority coalition and needs support from about eight parties whenever he wants to get laws through — something he doesn’t always achieve.

To fight the housing shortage, the central and local administrations are also clamping down on holiday rentals, with Barcelona aiming to ban all short-term rentals by 2029. Sanchez’s government is also seeking to create a private-public scheme to build homes through industrial systems, that make construction both faster and cheaper than traditional brick-and-mortar building.

Tipping is a huge part of US American culture. Some restaurants reduce hourly income of waiters below minimum wage so the tips hit that mark.

How is tipping culture in Germany?

He never hung up so it doesn’t count.

Thanks!

Thanks for saving me a click.

I assumed it was paywalled from the shitty clickbait title and the shitty clickbait thumbnail.

So when the CEO of Nintendo cut his salary due to the poor sales of the Wii U and every American tech writer praised him for it, that was just common practice in Japan?

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk directed by Sepideh Farsi

I’m American and I’m utterly disgusted too.

Californians are going to contribute to the crowdfunding.

According to that article, less than 55,000 are without shelter.

i actually think that is pretty good especially since they have taken over 135,000 refugees.

Texan here. I thought it was a Texas story until I saw the URL.

How is it money laundering?

It looks like a straight transfer of funds for the damages Russia caused.

If Raisi were to die, Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, would likely be increasingly mentioned as frontrunner for the country’s top job.

Is the government allowed to question the leader’s son?