Tim Hume
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Conspiracy Theorists Are Setting Up Their Own Dating Sites
It’s Tinder for truthers. → Read More
‘A True Miracle’: Crowd Cheers As Entire Family Pulled From Rubble in Syria
Footage released by the White Helmets in Idlib shows a rare moment of joy amid widespread death and destruction following the devastating earthquake in Turkey. → Read More
Elon Musk-Backed Non-Profit Offered $100K Grant to ‘Pro-Nazi’ Media Outlet
The Future of Life Institute said that a failure of vetting led to the grant offer to the Swedish far-right media platform "Nya Dagbladet," but it was revoked once they realised their extremist ideology. → Read More
Iran Hired Hells Angel Leader to Organise Attacks on German Synagogues: Report
Prosecutors in Germany believe recent attacks on synagogues were ordered by a fugitive biker boss at the behest of Iran. → Read More
How COVID Truthers Breathed New Life Into an Antisemitic Symbol
The widespread appropriation by German COVID truthers of a symbol that Nazis used to persecute Jews is normalising antisemitism, experts tell VICE World News. → Read More
Italian Cops Take Down Occult Neo-Nazi Group Preparing Violent Attacks
The Order of Hagal reportedly had significant international contacts, with overseas training, links to Ukraine militants, and even claimed to have met with former Trump advisor Steve Bannon. → Read More
‘SafeBlood’ Hardliners Want to Set Up Unvaccinated Blood Banks
Medics say that growing numbers of people are asking for transfusions of unvaxxed blood. → Read More
Refugees Are Being Targeted by Kremlin Sympathisers in Germany
Recent arson attacks on refugee accommodation has sparked fears that the Ukraine war could see another wave of anti-migrant violence in Germany. → Read More
We Visited a ‘Secret Chinese Police Station’ in London
An average-looking property office in north London is reportedly among 54 overseas police “service stations" that activists say are being used to intimidate Chinese nationals abroad. → Read More
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Quits After Just 45 Days
Yes, the lettuce won. → Read More
Russian Gunman ‘Wearing Swastika T-Shirt’ Kills 15 in School Shooting
Investigators say police are now looking into the suspected neo-Nazi ideology of the 34-year-old gunman, who was a former pupil of the school in Izhevsk. → Read More
How COVID ‘Truthers’ Stirred Up a Culture War Over Drag Queen Readings
A UK tour of drag queen reading events for kids has been dogged by fiery protests by COVID conspiracists and the far-right, who falsely claim the events are “grooming” kids. → Read More
Music Festival Cancelled After City Authorities Realise Bands Are Nazis
"This is of course unacceptable," the local council in Ypres, Belgium, said. → Read More
Norway Killed a Walrus Named Freya Because Humans Wouldn't Leave Her Alone
And now the official who ordered Freya be euthanised says he and his family are receiving death threats. → Read More
How the ‘Great Replacement’ Myth Inspired a Wave of Racist Terror Attacks
The Christchurch terrorist, and a string of white supremacists who followed him, were motivated by a racist conspiracy theory about white “replacement.” Yet it continues to be pushed by mainstream politicians and media pundits. → Read More
Gunman in Denmark Kills 3 After Picking Out Victims at ‘Random’
A 22-year-old suspect is in custody after the shooting at one of Copenhagen’s busiest malls. Police say he acted alone and there is so far no indication of a terror motive. → Read More
Russian Missile Attack on Ukraine Shopping Mall Labelled a ‘War Crime’
The death toll from Monday’s attack has risen to 18, amid mounting international outrage at the devastating attack on a civilian target. → Read More
Norway Shocked By Mass Shooting at Gay Bar Before Pride March
Suspect Zaniar Matapour is accused of killing two people and injuring 21 others in a gun rampage in central Oslo. → Read More
Russia Just Bombed a Packed Shopping Centre in Ukraine
More than 1,000 people were inside the mall in Kremenchuk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. → Read More
COVID Truthers Are Having Their Own ‘Red Pill’ Glasto
Danny Rampling and Right Said Fred are involved in the three-day music festival that only features artists affiliated with the COVID conspiracist scene. → Read More