Shanghai martial arts master Xie Desheng has claimed his fifth Guinness World Record, lighting 21 matches in one minute with a pair of nunchaku. Xie, 27, who describes himself as a follower of the legendary Bruce Lee, is a nunchaku specialist originally from Guangdong province in south China. “Using nunchaku to set another Guinness World Record is an homage to my beginnings,” said Xie, who has been training with the martial-arts weapon for 11 years and now lives in Shanghai. Nanchaku—also known as nunchucks—consist of two hardwood sticks tied together with rope or chain. His latest feat took place March…
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A sex party for men only was uncovered by police when they raided a hotel in Cali, the most populated city in southwestern Colombia, during the Covid-19-related quarantine. police officers found seven near-naked men, one of them dressed as a woman, in a 161-square-foot room at the Lord Star Hotel. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a national order to stay in homes has been in force in Colombia for four months, and the police and local authorities carry out control operations against those who violate biosafety measures. Parties and gatherings of this type are prohibited due to Covid-19 restrictions. Jimmy…
More than 527 years after the aborigines of the Bahamas gave Christopher Columbus dry leaves of tobacco in the first days he set foot in the Americas, the production of illegal cigarettes is a reality in Spain. The Spanish Civil Guard uncovered a clandestine tobacco factory on a farm located in the village of Les Borges Blanques, province of Lleida, in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia. Spanish authorities dismantled international criminal organization, made up of Lithuanian and Polish gang members, who were selling the tobacco on the European black market, particularly in Spain and France. The Civil Guard and…
China’s consulate in Houston has long been under the watch of the FBI for espionage activity, the U.S. Department of Justice’s top national security official said Wednesday. Chinese consulate workers frantically burned documents in the building’s courtyard following the U.S. ordering it to shut down in July, citing the need to protect intellectual property and Americans’ personal information. WATCH: Video shows documents being burned at China’s Consulate in Houston amid reports the diplomatic mission is being “evicted” pic.twitter.com/jTb6YfuniX — BNO News (@BNONews) July 22, 2020 .@HoustonFire and @houstonpolice are responding to reports of documents being burned at the Consulate General…
HARARE, Zimbabwe—Zimbabwe’s top labor union is complaining that Chinese employers in the southern African country flout labor laws, with employees being assaulted, harassed, denied wages and forced to work in unsafe conditions. Peter Mutasa, president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union, said workers employed by Chinese companies have long complained about unfair labor practices and health and safety hazards and threatened lawsuits, protests and strikes to protect workers. “Most Chinese employers are a menace to the workers of Zimbabwe,” Mutasa said. “We have been receiving many reports of abuse. Some complain about physical abuse such as assault, sexual harassment,…
One ping-pong ball decided the contest that made Willie “Shawn” Gregory alderman of Ward 2 in Springfield, Illinois. But it wasn’t the first time fortune smiled upon him. Beginning his second year of service, during a demanding “Black Lives Matter” environment, Gregory hopes those blessings extend to his low-income community of approximately 8,000 on Springfield’s east side. Sporting tattoos and earrings, Gregory, 36, describes himself to Zenger News as “a different alderman.” Known for his bluntness in representing his constituents, Gregory spearheads cleanups in order to attract businesses to the community. Gregory’s candor manifested itself during the tumult after the April…
The U.S. Department of Labor proposed barring fiduciaries from investing in funds that prioritize certain values if the potential returns are lower than other funds. The proposed rule means the people who run private retirement funds may no longer have the option of investing in companies that are considered socially responsible. The term for those mutual funds and stocks is environmental, social and governance funds, or ESG. The comment period on the proposal closed Thursday. “Private employer-sponsored retirement plans are not vehicles for furthering social goals or policy objectives that are not in the financial interest of the plan,” Labor…
The United States’ credit rating is on the line amid the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has stifled the economy, leading to a surge in unemployment and the U.S. recording its worst quarter on record. The U.S. economy contracted at 32.9 percent annual rate from April to June, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Thursday. Fitch Ratings, one of the world’s major credit-rating companies, revised its outlook on the U.S. credit score to negative from stable Friday “to reflect the ongoing deterioration in the U.S. public finances and the absence of a credible fiscal consolidation plan.”…
A man received a 10-month sentence for keeping his mother’s corpse in a freezer for six months while continuing to illegally collect her pension. The son, only identified as Wu, was charged with fraud and was fined $1,435 by Shanghai’s Baoshan People’s Court. He also was ordered to repay $3,447 that he had obtained illegally. Mr. Wu in Baoshan People’s Court in Shanghai, China, on July 17. (Asiawire)Such crimes are have long been popular with thieves. Halo, a fraud-prevention firm, says deceased identity fraud has become the second most-common form of ID theft on a global scale. Beyond that, China’s pension…
In the South Indian state of Kerala, two-year-old girl Bhama and 35-year-old elephant Uma Devi have developed an unlikely friendship. They first met when Bhama was born and then the meetings became more frequent when Bhama became six months old. Bhama’s mother, Devika Mahesh, told Zenger, “I was a little bit afraid of [their relationship], but it gradually that changed into a kind of intimacy. When it is offered even a biscuit by my child it takes special care not to touch the tiny little hand for fear of hurting her.” Mahesh says she gradually got Bhama accustomed to…