During World War II, Howard Hughes (1905-1976) was one of the largest military contractors in America, and then squandered millions of dollars building the largest airplane ever, dubbed the "Spruce Goose." The cumbersome plane flew only once. In his later years, Hughes became pathologically afraid of germs. He would buy entire floors of hotels (like the Desert Inn in Las Vegas) and live there for years without ever leaving the building.

彭博社报道，根据星期二（10月14日）公布的起诉书，现年38岁的陈志（Chen Zhi，又名Vincent）指挥设立在柬埔寨各地的诈骗窝点，向美国以及世界各地的受害者进行加密货币投资诈骗，也就是所谓的“杀猪盘”。 Chen's businesses were also sanctioned by the US and the UK as part of a joint operation. The UK government says it has frozen assets owned by his network, including 19 properties in London - one of which is worth nearly £100m ($133m).

Xinhua shows little interest in Taiwan's election. Beijing chooses to ignore what's going on in Taiwan,

https://twitter.com/whyyoutouzhele/status/1746150084889194935?t=bTBCpXEaoXfpVEqp-KjqrQ&s=19

If you speak Chinese, Taiwan pundit and former DPP lawmaker Julian Kuo 郭正亮 has very interesting 10 predictions for 2024,
youtube.com/live/dDkKDEvXy…
Kuo predicts that Indonesia and Vietnam may join the BRICS group as well.