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2022-06-17 13:06:07 Trans Woman Burned in Effigy in Switzerland

Every year, the small town of Bassersdorf, Switzerland builds a “Böögg” — a large doll that’s set alight for Sechseläuten, an annual celebration at the end of April and the beginning of spring

This year, the town created one in the likeness of a trans woman, which it called the “Diversity Böögg”

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2022-06-17 12:47:01 In the Netherlands, Russian intelligence officer got a job in a court investigating war crimes in Ukraine. He was detained

Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, 36, accused of being an agent of Russia’s GRU military intelligence, flew to the Netherlands in April believing he had succeeded in an extraordinary attempt to gain inside access to the war crimes court, using the false identity of Viktor Muller Ferreira, 33.

However, Cherkasov had already been found out by western intelligence officers. When he arrived to take up his position, he was detained by Dutch immigration officials and sent back to Brazil, marking failure after years of preparation.

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2022-06-17 11:56:02 Armed robber gets shot and killed by store clerk during robbery. Family of robber says store clerk is in the wrong for shooting robber Open / Comment

2022-06-17 11:15:36 Ambulances in Latvia will stop responding to non-urgent calls due to rising fuel prices

The rise in energy prices makes medical institutions face an urgent need to carefully assess the urgency of calls from local residents. Over the past year, the cost of fuel in the country has increased by an average of one and a half times, and gasoline at gas stations is sold at a price of at least 2 euros.

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2022-06-17 10:31:13 Kraken exchange fired 20 employees due to “inconsistency with the company’s culture”

The dissatisfaction of employees was caused by the text of a 31- page document outlining the "libertarian values" of the company.

For example, the CEO forbade employees to choose gender pronouns ("he/she/they"). He also wrote that the word "nigger" would not be an insult when "affectionately used," and stated that most American women were "brainwashed."

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2022-06-16 20:05:21 More than 10,000 cattles died cause of heat stroke in Kansas, US. Open / Comment

2022-06-14 11:21:41 You Will Eat the Bugs and be Happy Open / Comment

2022-06-13 09:06:28 That escalated quite quickly Open / Comment

2022-06-13 00:32:01 In Ukraine, a man wanted to swim in the sea, but was blown up Open / Comment

2022-06-13 00:02:01 A national shortage of tampons has been added to the national shortage of infant formula.

When will Putin stop already? Open / Comment