The United States is currently engulfed in riots stemming from the murder of 46-year-old unarmed African American George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25. Unsurprisingly, US President Donald Trump has threatened to have the police open fire on protestors as well as deploy the military to contain the situation. 2020 Democratic Party nominee vice…
Generally speaking, most people would agree that the ongoing coronavirus has been “a bit shit,” what with the collapse of the economy, global pandemic, social distancing and stuff. But we have to take joy where we can, and Angkor Wat is not only empty but completely devoid of hippies. Angkor Wat is the biggest religious…
As most of the world remains in lockdown in the midst of the current global pandemic, it’s no secret that Covid-19 has changed all of our lives. Nobody knows what the new future will be when we hopefully pull ourselves out of this, but some early signs are appearing of what is in store. Whilst…
At Weird World Wire, we try to avoid too much reporting too much on good old COVID-19, as well everyone else is doing the same, but we do like to keep our fingers firmly on the pulse when there is HUGE news, and that is what we have here. If you saw our story yesterday,…
Shinzo Abe Japan’s Prime Minister has announced plans to provide all Japanese Citizens and permanent foreign residents 100,000 Yen (roughly 930 USD) as part of a support package to help the countries economy get through the COVID-19 Pandemic. Particularly notable is the countries decision to make this payout available to everyone through an application process….
Beijing is known for making rules and prohibiting bad behaviors without mentioning what the punishments will be. However, this week, rule-makers of the city are finally daring to get particular about punitive measures. It’s now confirmed spitting, public defecation and urination, setting leaves on fire and littering will fine you 50RMB to 200RMB. Spitting previously…
There’s an excellent line in Schindlers List, where he declares that there was one thing missing in all of his previous business ventures when his wife asks what he declares a “war”, and my word, we are now in World War C (see what I did there). As with anything, there are always those that…
With the recent success of the Chinese keeping the Coronavirus well under control, there has been an increase in xenophobic comments made online with foreigners being blamed for reintroducing COVID-19 back into mainland China. Foreigners have since been banned from entering China until further announcements. A comic strip has been shared on WeChat over the…