law New Zealand bans most offshore residential real-estate ownership Cory Doctorow

Barbados If you can work remotely, Barbados want you to come and stay for a year Mark Frauenfelder

politics Britain offers citizenship to 3 million Hong Kong residents after China crackdown Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores Rob Beschizza

cars This Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite looks to be the most cheerful of cars Jason Weisberger

tabloids Meghan runs off with Princess Diana’s jewels, Prince Andrew caught fleeing, and Ron Jeremy’s wood, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics State Department inspector general Steve Linick fired on a Friday night, weird, wonder why? Xeni Jardin

politics Trump was briefed on coronavirus 12+ times in Jan-Feb, kept downplaying it Xeni Jardin

music The 'Super Bad Transmittable Contagious Awful Virus' song, a parody of 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!' Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

star-bellied Sneetches Want a coronavirus test? It's easy – just be rich, famous, or powerful Mark Frauenfelder

security U.S. State Department to tell Americans abroad: Return immediately, or shelter in place Xeni Jardin

colonialism Inside the effort to save an indigenous Pacific Island language that the US tried to destroy Thom Dunn

politics Trump to divert $3.8B from Defense to build stupid Mexico wall Xeni Jardin

health Coronavirus: 'When Fury Overcomes Fear,' a 'Viral Alarm' by Xu Zhangrun Xeni Jardin

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

tabloids Bigfoot sighted, the Queen’s $1 trillion tax bill, and coronavirus targets the stars, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Business Robocalls: Finally, DOJ seeks court enforcement action against telecoms for phone spam Xeni Jardin

gwot One of the CIA's waterboarding torturers called himself "The Preacher" and shouted religious nonsense while performing executions Cory Doctorow

finance The cum-ex scam stole $60b from European tax authorities: it's monumentally boring, complicated, and very, very important Cory Doctorow