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What Is Pink Cocaine? Explainer Of Drug Linked To Diddy, Liam Payne
What do Diddy and Liam Payne have in common? Well, aside from the fact they both made music, the underlying commonality is the elusive pink cocaine. As Sean Combs continued to face a mountain of sex trafficking and abuse allegations, March brought about accusations that he had enlisted Yung Miami to transport pink cocaine to
Explainer: What is Chip Binning?
You just bought a new CPU or graphics card, and fired it up in your PC. It seems to run pretty cool, so you try a bit of overclocking. The gigahertz climb higher and higher, and it looks like you've got yourself something special. It's surely not supposed to be like this? So you rush
Explainer: Senegal Is Going Through an Internet Ban. Here’s What You Need to Know
The Senegalese government pulled the plug on the internet in the country. Here’s all you need to know. Last Updated June 7, 2023 After the heat of the ENDSARS protest, Nigerians woke up on June 5, 2021, to the worrying news that the government officially banned Twitter. This was the country’s first real encounter with an
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Explainer: What India’s decision to scrap its 2000-rupee note means for its economy
MUMBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - India will withdraw its highest denomination currency note from circulation, the central bank said on Friday. The 2000-rupee note, introduced into circulation in 2016, will remain legal tender but citizens have been asked to deposit or exchange these notes by Sept. 30, 2023.The decision is reminiscent of a shock move
EXPLAINER: How iodine tablets block some nuclear radiation
NEW YORK (AP) — The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation.Concerns have grown in recent weeks over periodic power cuts to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant that have increased the risk of a meltdown. And threats from Russian
News24.com | EXPLAINER | Beyond Stage 8, total blackouts and ‘black start’ tests
Subscribers can listen to this article South Africa’s electricity supply is extremely precarious: more than half of Eskom’s electricity generation capacity is currently offline.This is due to unexpected breakdowns and maintenance work, which is needed due to the sorry state of SA’s coal-fired power plants. Excluding the newly built but deeply faulty Medupi and Kusile
The Explainer is where we explain an aspect of Chinese life. Simple. So now you know.There are many legends as to how the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac came to be chosen. Most go something like this.The ancient Jade Emperor called a meeting of all the animals to decide who would be honored with…
EXPLAINER: Why Tonga eruption was so big and what’s next
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — People around the world looked on in awe at the spectacular satellite images of an undersea volcano erupting in a giant mushroom cloud in the Pacific. Many wondered why the blast was so big, how the resulting tsunami traveled so far, and what will happen next. New Zealand scientists Shane…
EXPLAINER: Boosters key to fight omicron, lot still to learn
The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is but scientists don’t yet know if it causes more severe disease even as the world faces exploding cases just before Christmas.“Everything is riskier now because omicron is so much more contagious,” said Dr. S.…
Explainer: Independence slogans at the heart of Hong Kong’s second security law trial
Ma Chun-man in October 2020 (file photo) Here’s what you need to know: Ma Chun-man is the second person standing trial under Hong Kong’s national security law. The trial will conclude next week and a verdict is expected on October 25. Prosecutors said Ma incited secession by chanting pro-independence slogans, displaying placards and talking to…