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MEGA/GC Images via Getty Images On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz was spotted on his way to Cancun for a luxury vacation. At home, his constituents continue to suffer from a lack of heat, water, and power. After he returned, Cruz ignored CDC travel quarantine guidelines and embarked on a PR tour. Last Wednesday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz was spotted heading to Cancun, Mexico with his family while millions of his constituents struggled without heat, water, or power. But Cruz s mea culpa tour may actually be putting more people in danger. That s because the CDC recommends that travelers should get tested for coronavirus 3-5 days upon returning and self-quarantine for at least seven full days after traveling. ....
BBC Panorama published secretly recorded videos of Princess Latifa, who tried to escape her country in 2018 but was caught and returned to her father. ....
Wang HE/Getty Images Online rumors in China are claiming that Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma is giving away money. The gifts are said to be made in honor of Lunar New Year, but authorities warn it may be a scam. Ma, through his companies, has previously given millions in LNY gifts to customers. Chinese seniors are lining up at banks across the country after rumors swirled online that reclusive billionaire Jack Ma was giving away pieces of his fortune, UPI reported, Many began lining up at banks across Fuzhou, in the Jiangxi Province, after a WeChat group claimed that Ma was giving away 200 Chinese yuan the equivalent of $30 to anyone 60 or older who could show proof of age. ....
Dado Ruvic/Reuters/Illustration A source told the South China Morning Post that ByteDance is walking away from its US TikTok deal with Oracle. Trump repeatedly demanded that the Chinese company sell its US holdings over security concerns. Last week, the Biden administration put the brakes on efforts to ban TikTok in the US. ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, has walked away from a deal to sell its US operations of video platform TikTok to Oracle and Walmart, according to a report from Zhou Xin at the South China Morning Post. The deal had been forced by threats from the Trump administration to ban TikTok in the US, a threat that has receded since President Joe Biden took office. ....