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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is starting military exercises in the South China Sea on Tuesday amid regional escalation over a potential visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The China Maritime Safety Administration announced that military exercises will be held in the area of ​​the South China Sea, the coordinates of which are indicated on the agency’s website, from August 2 until the end of August 6 local time, in connection with which the entry of all ships into the area will be prohibited. Details about which types of troops will take part in the drills and what […]

The president tested positive for COVID-19 a second time on Saturday, just days after his announcement Wednesday that he had been given the all-clear following last week’s diagnosis. PresidentJoe Biden’s COVID rebound case, while mild, will undermine the White House’s narrative on his health and “complicate his effort to turn his illness into a positive story,” The New York Times believes. In its story on the president’s re-diagnosis, the liberal newspaper pointed out that the 79-year-old president, whom detractors have been attacking mercilessly over possible signs of dementia and a series of slips, falls, and flubs, has shown eagerness to display his physical […]

The head of Austria’s security and intelligence agency (DSN) Omar Haijawi-Pirchner said on Thursday that he did not rule out the possibility of riots in the country amid the probable energy crisis this fall. “We do not seen any riots on the streets yet. But the hatred on the Internet has clearly increased. Every crisis means that despair for some people can first turn into verbal actions and then even into violence,” Haijawi-Pirchner told the Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung, answering the question whether the security service is expecting riots in the fall against the backdrop of a possible energy crisis. Austria’s […]

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan may entail an unforeseen risk of a military conflict between Chinese and US armed forces, with Beijing poised to impose a no-fly zone or a restricted navigation area in the Taiwan Strait to thwart the visit, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday. Pelosi is reportedly planning a trip to Taiwan in the coming weeks, raising serious concerns from Beijing. China has repeatedly criticized the United States for maintaining official contacts with Taiwan, saying such actions infringe on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and provoke instability in the region. The newspaper […]

More Americans are now having difficulty paying their bills than at the peak of the pandemic. According to the most recent Household Pulse Survey by the US Census Bureau, four in ten adults have found it “somewhat difficult” or “very difficult” to cover their usual household expenses. This is the highest the number has been since the Census started asking the question in August 2020. The survey implies that more than 91.4 million households are struggling to pay for basic necessities compared to just over 62.5 million this time last year. In August 2020, roughly a third of Americans said they […]

Americans aged 65 and older are more likely to live in poverty compared to younger adults. Those between the ages of 35 to 54 are least likely to be in poverty, and according to the Department of Health and Human Services, the average poverty guideline for a single person is $12,880 a year. For a household of four it is $26,500 a year. Data from the University of Massachusetts at Boston’s Gerontology Institute’s Elder Index records data concerning the cost of health care, food, housing, and transportation. The index shows that currently, 54% of older women who live alone are considered poor by […]

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), on Saturday declared the current monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. “For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,” Ghebreyesus told a media briefing following the meeting of the WHO Emergency Committee. NOW – WHO’s Tedros: “I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.” pic.twitter.com/QPjiFSsBog — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) July 23, 2022 The WHO chief noted that although the outbreak is a public health emergency of […]

The record number of illegal migrants coming to the US southern border is out of control and President Joe Biden appears to be doing nothing to help local law enforcement deal with the crisis, Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber said. The border town has become a hot spot with apprehensions at an all-time high of about 2,000 per day, an official told local media last week after the agency opened a new temporary facility in Eagle Pass to expedite processing of migrants in custody. The town is located in what Customs and Border Protection (CPB) call the Del Rio sector, where […]

The Biden administration is facing an increasing amount of backlash over its decision not to allow Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic to participate in the August-September US Open. Novak Djokovic has already missed this year’s Australian Open due to his vaccination status and has no plans to get a jab in the near future. He is also set to miss the US Open next month, as overseas travelers aren’t allowed to enter the United States if they haven’t taken mandatory twin doses. After American tennis legend John McEnroe and Texas State Senator Drew Springer hit out at the US president for not […]

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday that he is heading to President Sergio Mattarella in order to confirm his intention to step down. The Italian Council of Ministers won a relative majority in a confidence vote held in the republic’s Senate on Wednesday with 95 out of the 133 senators who participated in the vote supporting the current composition of the government. “In light of yesterday’s vote in the Senate, I ask you to postpone the meeting, because I will go to the president of Italy to announce my intentions,” Draghi told lawmakers. Last week, Draghi announced his resignation […]

Former US House Representative Beto O’Rourke, who is now running for governor of Texas as a Democratic candidate, apparently received a sizeable financial contribution from George Soros last month. According to Fox News, O’Rourke’s recently published campaign finance report shows that Soros contributed some $1 million to Beto’s election effort in June. The development comes as O’Rourke revealed that he raised $27.6 million from February through June, thus setting a new record for fundraising in Texas, the media outlet points out. While O’Rourke managed to raise $2.7 million more than Texas Governor Greg Abbott, whom he is trying to unseat, the […]

US President Joe Biden is notorious for his frequent gaffes and slip-ups during public appearances, with many people suggesting that the only thing that helps the president avoid complete disaster is cognitive-boosting medication. US President Joe Biden was using “pills” during his 2020 campaign in order to enhance his cognitive performance before public appearances, Fox News host Tucker Carlson has claimed, citing a witness familiar with the matter. “His staff, supervised by Dr. Jill, his wife, was giving him pills before every public appearance. Checking the time, and at the certain hour giving him a dose of something,” Carlson said. He […]

The former president has managed to hold both supporters and adversaries inside and outside the Republican Party in suspense for over a year-and-a-half regarding whether he will take another shot at the Oval Office in 2024. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden said he “would not be disappointed” if he had to face off against his 2020 rival again. Former President Donald Trump has indicated that he’s made up his mind about running again in the next presidential election, and said the only question is when he will make a formal announcement. “Look, I feel very confident that, if I decide to […]

In May, a poll conducted by NBC News revealed that US President Joe Biden’s approval rating has fallen to 39%, the lowest figure since he took office. Respondents were especially dissatisfied with Biden’s handling of the Ukraine situation, the White House’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the border crisis, and a spate of economic issues. Democratic governors are worried that time is running out for President Joe Biden and his team to reverse their diminishing approval ratings ahead of the November midterm election, according to Politico. The news outlet referred to the governors’ “general and growing dissatisfaction with the White House’s response” to […]

Earlier this weekend, Tesla’s CEO submitted a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, as he accused the social media giant of breaching the contract. Ex-president Donald Trump suddenly lashed out at billionaire Elon Musk, calling him “a BS artist” during his Saturday speech in Anchorage, Alaska. The 45th criticized Musk for backing off with his Twitter purchase deal, reminding that he’d previously warned it would fizzle out. “Elon. Elon is not going to buy Twitter. Where did you hear that before? From me,” Trump said. “You know, he said the other day, […]

A US federal grand jury has indicted one current and one former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) worker in connection with an alleged scheme to silence critics of the Chinese government, in which a total of five people were involved, according to the Justice Department. Ties between Beijing and Washington remain rocky, with the Chinese Foreign Ministry stating earlier this year that the bilateral relationship “has not yet emerged from the predicament created by the previous US administration but has instead encountered more and more challenges.” The indictment revealed on Thursday that DHS employee Craig Miller and Derrick Taylor, a retired DHS […]

The US House Committee on Oversight and Reform said Thursday it has requested the CEOs of three major gun manufacturers to attend its upcoming hearing on gun violence. “Following the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, IL, Chair @RepMaloney sent letters to three major gun manufacturers requesting their appearance at an @OversightDems hearing on July 20, 2022,” the committee wrote on social media. The letters were addressed to Marty Daniel, the CEO of Daniel Defense; Mark Smith, the president and CEO of Smith & Wesson Brands; and Christopher Killoy, the president and CEO of Sturm, Ruger & Co., The Washington […]

Last week, the conservative-leaning US Supreme Court repealed its own landmark 1973 ruling that prevented states from adopting laws limiting the right for abortion, effectively making it a constitutional right of every US woman. While the repeal was expected, it has prompted mass nationwide protests. Democrats’ online fundraising platform, ActBlue, has reported that donations have skyrocketed on the site following the bombshell US Supreme Court ruling to repeal Roe v. Wade. According to ActBlue, Democrat-aligned groups collected some $20 million in the first 24 hours after the ruling as the party condemned the US Supreme Court’s decision. ActBlue added that in […]

Since the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, the US has supplied Kiev with unprecedented amounts of aid, chief among them being military. Moscow has repeatedly stated that this will only prolong and aggravate the conflict, which, however, has not affected the ever-increasing scale of support for Ukrainian authorities. This Friday, Washington unveiled yet another $820 million package of security support for Ukraine, which includes two cutting-edge surface-to-air missile systems and four additional counter-artillery radars. The Biden administration indicated the new package included extra ammo for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) that were already given to Ukraine, […]

After voicing her controversial stance on trans rights in 2020, author J.K.Rowling has been facing death threats from trans activists. In November 2021, a police investigation was launched into allegations that Rowling’s home address had been leaked.Police are investigating a death threat against J.K.Rowling after one Twitter user posted her family home address along with a picture of a bomb and a handbook on munitions. As seen on the screenshot shared by the author, the user that urged people to bomb her home had a trans rights flag in their profile name. Rowling posted the screenshot on Saturday, saying that the […]

Prince Andrew has faced massive condemnation over his ties to late American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. The latter was sentenced to 20 years in prison on sex trafficking and sexual abuse charges. Related: Prosecutors Say Prince Andrew ‘Next Target’ After Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced To 20 Years Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell had such a close relationship that the Duke gave her “unrestricted access” to Buckingham Palace, The Sun reported citing a former royal police officer.Palace police would reportedly wave Maxwell in as she was allowed to enter “at will” to visit the Duke’s […]

The northeastern Ohio city of Akron is canceling public events for the coming holiday weekend amid protests over the police killing of a young Black man. Dump trucks were being positioned across downtown streets on Friday to block traffic and a public festival was canceled ahead of anticipated mass protests in response to the killing of Jayland Walker, a Black delivery driver, by Akron police earlier this week. Late Monday night, the 25-year-old Walker was shot and killed during a traffic stop for a claimed traffic violation that turned into a car and foot chase and ended in a hail of police bullets. […]

After settling his bombshell civil lawsuit with Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who accused him of raping her, Prince Andrew has largely kept a low profile.Prince Andrew “has no intention” of helping the US authorities in their Jeffrey Epstein probe, The Mirror reported citing a “well-placed royal source”. “He has nothing to say and nothing to add,” the source explained. “He sees no reason why anyone would want to speak to him and now that his case has been settled with Virginia Giuffre, he considers the matter settled. “The remark comes amid the calls to look into the associates and friends of the late American […]

Industrial robots help American workers to avoid injuries but increase the number of drug- or alcohol-related deaths and mental health problems, a new study published in Labour Economics has found. According to the study, a one standard deviation increase in robot exposure reduces work-related annual injury rates by approximately 1.2 cases per 100 workers. But less physical injuries apparently mean more mental health issues, since such robot exposure also resulted in an increase of 37.8 cases per 100,000 workers in drug or alcohol-related deaths. “On one hand, robots could take some of the most strenuous, physically intensive, and risky tasks, reducing workers’ risk,” […]

The G7 leaders agreed on Tuesday to provide Ukraine with financial, humanitarian, military, and diplomatic assistance for as long as necessary to allegedly help the country defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. “We will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes, providing the needed financial, humanitarian, military, and diplomatic support in its courageous defense of its sovereignty and territorial integrity. We are ready to reach arrangements together with interested countries and institutions and Ukraine on sustained security commitments to help Ukraine defend itself and to secure its free and democratic future,” the leaders said in a joint statement. The […]

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Dereck Hogan has pledged that over “the next four to five months”, the Biden administration will allocate about $1.5 billion monthly for support of the Ukrainian government, in a statement that comes as inflation has shown no sign of easing in America. The US Federal Reserve is currently struggling to tackle the country’s soaring inflation, which started reaching heights not seen for decades in November 2021. Speaking at a conference of the Washington-based Wilson Centre think tank on Monday, Hogan said that since the beginning of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine […]

Former US President Donald Trump said in a statement that the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot is an attempt to keep him from running for president in 2024. “This is merely an attempt to stop a man that is leading in every poll, against both Republicans and Democrats by wide margins, from running again for the Presidency,” Trump said in a 12-page statement on Monday.  “The reason I am leading in the polls is because Democrats have caused record inflation, sky high gas prices, energy dependence on our adversaries, the education system is in crisis, illegal aliens are […]

The national average gas price exceeded $5 this week, with the cost of a gallon of regular officially doubling over President Biden’s time in office in early June. Biden has attempted to blame Russian President Vladimir Putin, Exxon Mobil, the coronavirus and even the US delivery of economic and military aid to Ukraine for the crisis. A Minnesota gas station owner’s playful expression of empathy to customers over the unprecedented high gas prices has gone viral, earning him social media attention and national news coverage.“WE HATE OUR GAS PRICES TOO,” the sign at Murphy’s Service Center in St. Anthony, a town […]

Leading US unions have reportedly pressed for the Biden administration not to relax tariffs on Chinese goods, a move Washington sees as something that should help contain soaring inflation in America. In an official letter to the Office of the US Trade Representative on Monday that was seen by the news outlet Axios, the unions’ leaders called for all Section 301 tariffs regarding China to be extended. “Our government must act in the national interest to strengthen our economy for the future,” reads the letter, signed by Thomas Conway, chair of the Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy. […]

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has confirmed that he will not be attending the Joe Biden-hosted Summit of Americas “because not all American countries are invited.” “There cannot be a summit if all countries are not invited,” he said. “Or there can be one but that is to continue with all politics of interventionism.” Obrador’s statement comes on the heels of the Biden administration’s decision not to invite the governments of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to the upcoming summit. Earlier, Obrador urged Washington to make sure that all American countries were included. Instead, Obrador is planning to visit the Mexican […]

Officials in Brussels have repeatedly blamed Moscow for spiraling energy and food costs, while simultaneously freezing joint Russian-European energy projects and rejecting Russian gas and oil deliveries. On Friday, the EU formally approved a new, sixth package of sanctions, which includes plans to gradually phase out purchases of Russian crude oil. European politicians’ short-sightedness, not Russia, provoked the energy crisis, and Russia is ready to take necessary measures to alleviate a global food crisis, President Vladimir Putin has said. “We see attempts to shift the blame for what is happening on the food market on Russia, but this is an attempt […]

The deadly attack on the retired judge “appeared to be related to the judicial system”, the Wisconsin Department of Justice stated. John Roemer, first elected in 2004 and subsequently re-elected in 2010 and 2016, retired in August 2017. Retired Juneau County Circuit Court judge, John Roemer, 68, was found dead in his home in the Township of New Lisbon on Friday, according to a news release by the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Roemer’s killing stems from a court case or cases, the department added, stopping short of offering further details. Deputies from the Juneau County Sheriff’s Office were called to the home around […]

Representatives of Telegram provided the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) with access to users’ personal data in a number of cases related to child abuse and terrorism, Spiegel reported on Friday. According to the German newspaper, the data belong to suspected terrorists and child abusers. However, it is still difficult for German investigators to obtain information from representatives of Telegram in cases involving other criminal offences. In Germany, Telegram has become particularly popular among the so-called Querdenker (Lateral thinker) movement that opposes coronavirus restrictions and compulsory vaccination. In February, at the request of the German authorities, the messenger blocked 64 channels whose […]

The United Kingdom is awaiting US approval for the delivery of medium-range M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems to Ukraine, Politico has reported, citing a source said to be familiar with the matter and a document containing the proposal. Joe Biden authorised the delivery of four M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to Ukraine on Wednesday, with the weapons said to already be prepositioned in Europe for rapid deployment to Kiev. The HIMARS the US is sending will use ammunition with a range of 80 km, not the 300 km afforded by the system’s longest-range ammunition. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is said […]

US Supreme Court officials continue to widen their search for the source of the leaked draft opinion that would reverse the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling and put an end to constitutional protections for abortion, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing sources in the know. Court clerks, already alarmed by the measures, are also required to sign affidavits, the report said. The exact wording of the affidavits or the intended scope of the cell phone search is unknown. In early May, Politico reported, citing a leaked draft majority opinion by US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, that the court had voted to overturn […]

The Internal Revenue Service wasted nearly $1 billion in improper pandemic tax credits, according to a final audit report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. What’s worse, the IRS declined to review or take steps to recover the funds, says conservative media Just the News. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has released an audit assessing the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) processing of Recovery Rebate Credit (RRC) claims during the 2021 season. “The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) authorised the IRS to make advance payments of the RRCs to […]

Russia started the special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February, following a request for assistance from the Donbass republics. The latter had been suffering from Ukrainian bombardment over the past eight years as Kiev delayed the implementation of the 2015 Minsk agreements. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suggested in an interview with The Economist that the Russian special military operation in Ukraine might have been avoided if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had done some of the things that Moscow have been insisting on for years. Shinzo Abe specified that Zelensky should have made a promise that Ukraine won’t join […]

French municipalities have begun distributing food vouchers to help families cope with spiralling inflation, France 2 TV reports. The certificates, which can be cashed in at supermarkets, include 5, 20 and 30 euro denominations, and are being distributed by some city administrations. “Everything has increased in price, everything, even pasta”, pensioner Bernadette Chacornac told the outlet. “I have my partner, I have my son, so for all three of us together that’s quite a sum”, she said. Lionel Buchet, mayor of the commune of Saint-Arcons-de-Barges, confided to France 2 that “food has jumped terribly in recent weeks, in recent months”, and expressed […]

After a major spike in diesel fuel prices, the Biden administration is considering releasing part of a special strategic reserve to alleviate the supply crunch. However, the shortage is caused by corporations chasing profits, not by production shortfalls, and critics say the move won’t amount to much. The release would come from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, a 1 million barrel stash of ultra-low sulfur distillate (ULSD) diesel fuel created in 2000 to guarantee a supply of heating oil to homes in the country’s northeast. While the US boycott of Russian petroleum products hasn’t put much of a dent in the […]

The incident involving billionaire SpaceX and Tesla founder, Elon Musk, and the flight attendant allegedly took place in late 2016 and never reached a court of law or an arbitration proceeding. Elon Musk has denied a sexual assault claim from a former SpaceX flight attendant, dismissing it as a despicable and “politically motivated” attack. The accusations, dating back to an incident that allegedly took place in 2016, have been revisited in a story run by Business Insider. Slamming it as a “politically motivated hit piece” and insisting that there was “a lot more to this story”, the Tesla founder added in a […]

The Abbott Nutrition said it reached a deal with the US Food and Drug Administration to resume production of its infant formula in the state of Michigan after it was shutdown by the federal government over contamination concerns. “Abbott has agreed to enter into a consent decree with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) related to its Sturgis, Mich[igan], infant formula plant,” the company said in a press release on Monday. “The decree is an agreement between FDA and Abbott on the steps necessary to resume production and maintain the facility… The decree is subject to court approval.” The United […]

Fifty-three percent of Germans said their financial situation worsened compared to last year due to sanctions imposed by the Western countries on Russia, but the support for these sanctions remains at the same level, a Morning Consult poll showed on Monday. Fifty-three percent of Germans surveyed between 27 April and 3 May acknowledged that their financial situation became worse than a year ago, while in a survey conducted from 23-26 February, when the first sanctions were imposed, only 36% of respondents said the same, the poll showed. Only 13% of respondents expect “continuous good times” for the economy, the poll found.The […]

On Saturday, Buffalo, New York, was shocked by a mass shooting unprecedented in brutality. According to the latest data, at least 10 people were killed in the incident, three were injured. Most of the 18-year-old shooter’s victims are Black, prompting law enforcement to investigate the incident as a hate crime. The hell, unleashed by a man in tactical gear at a Tops Friendly Markets supermarket in Buffalo, has indeed struck the nation in what law enforcement officials have deemed a a racially-motivated mass shooting. A total of 13 people were shot in a short amount of time, and ten of them […]

The recent hate-based mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, has renewed some Democratic US lawmakers’ calls for “common sense” firearm safety and more support for gun reform legislation that has historically failed to fulfill the 60-vote filibuster threshold required in the US Senate. “I ache for the victims and their families. I ache for Buffalo. I ache for the tight-knit East Side community,” tweeted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), speaking of the majority Black neighborhood targeted by the alleged gunman. “Racism has no place in our state or our country.”Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a 2020 contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, also expressed her condolences […]

The US has been hit by a massive baby formula shortage, which was in particular caused by the coronavirus pandemic-induced bottlenecks and February’s recall of a baby formula made by Abbott Nutrition, one of the US’ leading manufacturers of the product. Murray Kessler, CEO of Perrigo Company, the US maker of store-brand baby formulas for Walmart and Amazon, has warned of the product’s looming shortage in the country for the rest of 2022. In an interview with Reuters, Kessler said that although the company’s manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Vermont are now running at 115% capacity amid the nationwide crisis, shortages […]

Ex-staffers got a slap in the face when after being fired from the month-old streaming service they received gift boxes filled with CNN+ merchandise including gear, pens, food containers, a popcorn maker, and headphones. The boxes also included what would have been a heartwarming sentiment if not for the grim circumstances of having just been laid off. “This is an incredible time to be part of CNN,” the enclosed note read. “Build relationships and take time to connect with colleagues and learn so that you make the most of your time here.” The mailed gifts were apparently sent by mistake to the 400+ […]

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has provided a unique experience for everyone who has ever wondered what a black hole sounds like, releasing a recording of data sonification of the black hole at the centre of the Perseus galaxy cluster. Notably, this black hole has always been associated with sound, according to NASA, because astronomers found that the ripples in the cluster’s hot gas caused by pressure waves sent out by the black hole could actually be translated into a note. NASA said it is some 57 octaves below middle C – something that humans cannot hear. “The popular misconception that there […]

Workers erected “tall, non-scalable fencing” around the US Supreme Court late Wednesday night after a draft opinion reportedly ditching Roe v Wade was leaked, Fox News reported. Earlier this week, Politico published a leaked Supreme Court draft that would strike down the Roe v Wade precedent which grants universal abortion rights. One of the draft’s authors, Justice Samuel Alito, likewise cancelled his public appearances for Thursday, without specifying the reasons. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas are also expected to deliver remarks for the 11th Circuit on Thursday and Friday, but it is unclear whether they will appear given the latest developments. […]

Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a possible new explanation for a gamma-ray signal known as the Galactic Centre Excess that emanates from the very centre of our galaxy, SciTechDaily reports. As the media outlet explains, while the signal in question has been regarded by astronomers as a potential signature of dark matter, the new study – which also involved scientists from the Australian Defence Force Academy, University of Canterbury, and University of Tokyo – suggests that it may also be caused by millisecond pulsars – a type of rapidly rotating neutron star. Associate Professor Roland Crocker, a […]

The Supreme Court of India on Monday said that no individual can be forced to receive a vaccination, adding that no state government can take a step that may violate the integrity of a person’s body. A former member of the National Technical Advisory Group of Immunisation, Jacob Puliyel, approached India’s supreme court and argued that the ruling by the state’s government that a person must be vaccinated to gain access to benefits or services is a violation of human rights and, therefore, unconstitutional. The court stressed that restricting unvaccinated people’s access to public places is not proportional and should be repealed in […]

After billionaire Elon Musk purchased Twitter, some people welcomed the changes as a new hope for free speech; others, however, suggested that the new ownership will mark the beginning of the platform’s dark days. New Twitter owner Elon Musk told Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to “stop hitting on” him after she took issue with how the social media platform is now controlled by “some billionaire with an ego problem”. “Stop hitting on me, I’m really shy,” Musk responded to AOC’s tweet, in which she lamented how “tired” she was to “collectively stress about what explosion of hate crimes is happening bc some […]

As celebrities, journalists, members of Congress and top presidential officials assembled for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on 30 April, back after a two-year hiatus, the POTUS delivered remarks at the Washington event. Joe Biden appeared to make a self-mocking joke as he addressed an annual black-tie event in Washington on Saturday night. “Republicans seem to support one fellow … Some guy named Brandon. He’s having a really good year. And I’m kind of happy for him,” joked the US President before a gathering of an estimated 2,600 politicians, journalists and celebrities assembled at the Washington Hilton Hotel for the White […]

South Korea is planning to send part of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe in an effort to alleviate the energy crisis caused by a reduction in supplies from Russia, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Thursday, citing unnamed industry ministry officials. Russia, hit by international financial sanctions, asked European countries to start paying for its gas in rubles last month. On Wednesday, Russian energy company Gazprom announced the suspension of gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria as they refused ruble payments. Gazprom also warned that it would limit gas transit to other countries in the event Poland and Bulgaria tap […]

Democrat insiders see “doom” on the horizon ahead of midterms and say Biden officials are ‘heading for the lifeboats’ as a wave of high-level resignation began Monday.Only 41% of Americans 18-29 approve of Joe Biden’s performance as president, a new survey revealed Monday. According to polling from the Harvard Institute of Politics, President Biden’s approval rating has dropped nearly 20% in just one year, amid skyrocketing living costs and near-record gas prices which pro-Democrat media outlets have unsuccessfully attempted to pin on Russia. And the bad news for Biden doesn’t stop there. Tracking by Morning Consult Political Intelligence reportedly suggests Biden has a net […]

More than 640 cases of major tech companies censoring criticism of President Joe Biden since March 2020 have been detected by the Media Research Center (MRC), a media watchdog group. Since the latest presidential election, Republicans have been given ample reason to suggest that Silicon Valley works ‘hand in glove’ with Democrats and the current administration in the United States. MRC’s CensorTrack database, which tracks censorship of prominent political voices by major social media platforms, analyzed data over a 24-month period from March 2020 to March 2022. According to the report, tech giants such as Facebook and Twitter attempted to manipulate informational space […]

Earlier, a released tape of a telephone call obtained by The New York Times that allegedly took place between Kevin McCarthy and House Republican Liz Cheney in the wake of the US Capitol riot on 6 January 2021 suggests that the House GOP leader planned to advise then-President Donald Trump to resign despite previously denying such reports. Ex-President Donald Trump insists he enjoyed a good relationship with Kevin McCarthy, after a recording emerged of the House minority leader telling other top GOP lawmakers in a call on 10 January that he would advise Trump to resign, days after the riot at the US […]

Following the reports of cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin in British kids, similar cases have been announced in Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain, plus the US. Health officials are in the dark regarding what caused the disease, with some pointing the finger at COVID-19 given that the typical viruses causing infectious hepatitis had not been detected among such cases in children in the UK. In America, Alabama’s public health department said that nine cases have been found in children aged one to six years old, with two of them needing liver transplants. The statement came after the UK Health Security […]

Amid a surge in COVID cases in adjoining states and the national capital Delhi, the state government of Uttar Pradesh on Monday made the wearing of face masks compulsory in public places in the state capital Lucknow and six districts in the vicinity of Delhi. So far, a total of 43 million COVID cases have been reported in India, while 522,000 people have died due to the deadly virus. In the last 24 hours, the country has reported 2,183 cases. An official spokesperson said that the increase in COVID cases has had an impact on the districts falling under the national capital region […]

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US intelligence agencies do not have information collected to support President Joe Biden’s claims that Russia is allegedly committing genocide in Ukraine, NBC News reported citing senior Biden administration officials. The report said on Friday that Biden administration officials have said US intelligence reports on Ukraine do not support Biden’s claims that genocide is taking place in Ukraine. A US intelligence official said in the report that genocide includes the goal of destroying an ethnic group or nation but so far that is not what they are seeing in Ukraine. Two State Department officials also added that Biden’s […]

Moscow has accused the Ukrainian military and neo-Nazi battalion fighters of acts of sadism against captured Russian military personnel, with Ukrainian forces themselves openly posting multiple videos of Russian PoWs being tortured and killed in cold blood.A Danish ‘volunteer’ fighting in Ukraine has confirmed to local media that Ukrainian forces have been killing Russian forces. “I’ve heard about one successful prisoner exchange, and that’s it. People are being killed,” the fighter, using the pseudonym ‘Jonas’, told Denmark’s TV2. The channel confirmed that that it knows his real identity, and that he really is in Ukraine. The fighter said he spoke to some of […]

The US Senate approved a motion to send the nomination of Supreme Court pick Kentanji Brown Jackson from the Judiciary Committee to the full Senate floor for consideration and a final vote later this week. The US Senate on Monday voted 53-47 to bring Judge Katanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court to the Senate floor for consideration. The Senate is expected to hold a final vote as soon as Thursday to confirm Jackson’s nomination, according to media reports. Prior to that, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) removed Jackson’s candidacy from committee after an 11-to-11 vote on her nomination. […]

Hunter Biden would most probably have been indicted before the November 2020 presidential election if he wasn’t the son of then-Democratic hopeful and now POTUS Joe Biden, believes a former high-ranking federal prosecutor. “Anybody else in this country, we would have seen these indictments probably before the election,” said ex-Utah US Attorney Brett Tolman, speaking on “Fox & Friends” on Friday. Referencing a recent NBC report that stated a probe into the first son’s shady overseas business dealings was far from over, Tolman added that “the US attorney in Delaware … has had this case for a long time.” Tolman, who is currently executive director […]

According to police spokesperson Sgt. Zach Eaton, the incident occurred in the area of 10th and J Streets. At least 16 people were shot overnight in Sacramento, California,with six of them being pronounced dead, the police stated on Sunday. Reports suggest that a man in a car opened fire at a crowd near the El Santo restaurant, firing up to 50 rounds and then fled the scene. Credit: Sacramento Police The conditions of the victims were not immediately known. A spokesperson for the Sacramento Police Department did not address whether the suspect is still at large has been apprehended, but urged […]

US President Joe Biden is planning to announce another release of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as part of a plan aimed at reducing crude prices that are fueling inflation, reported The Washington Post. The announcement by the White House of the release of 1 million barrels per day from the SPR on an ongoing basis for several months would mark the third and biggest oil release since November, according to sources familiar with the plan cited by the publication. For months now, amid skyrocketing oil prices, the Joe Biden administration has been supplying refiners with loaned crude from the […]

The availability of food has become a problem alongside surging prices, David Beasley, executive director for the UN World Food Programme, said on Tuesday. “We’re not just looking at pricing problems, but also possibly availability problems of food,” Beasley told a UN Security Council meeting. While speaking of the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, Beasley urged against ignoring humanitarian crises in other parts of the world. “We are starting to cut rations for millions of children and their families across the world,” he said, adding that the crisis in Ukraine is “the catastrophe on top of the catastrophe.” Beasley estimated that humanitarian workers […]

The United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with a group of US senators to discuss a bill seeking to lock down Russia’s $132 billion gold reserves, the Axios news website reported on Wednesday, citing sources. On 8 March, US Senators John Cornyn, Bill Flagerty, Maggie Hassan and Angus King have introduced a bill to impose sanctions on transactions with Russia’s gold assets, in a bid to eliminate possible loopholes in current sanctions regime that allows the Russian government to transfer money to gold. “Secretary Yellen regularly meets with members of Congress to discuss legislation. Additionally, Treasury staff frequently provide […]

The USS Truman carrier strike group has been deployed to the Mediterranean, with Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro saying its mission includes “deterring” Russia and implementing a potential no-fly zone over Ukraine, should President Biden give the order to establish one. The United States operates 11 carrier strike groups, and has deployed them repeatedly across the globe over the decades in a show of force against mostly smaller, militarily weaker nations. US forces in the Mediterranean operate under the Sixth Fleet – headquartered in Naples, Italy, and have a combined strength of up to 40 ships and 175 aircraft. “There are […]

Russia has repeatedly warned foreign countries against allowing their citizens to travel to Ukraine in order to take part in the hostilities, stressing that anyone firing at Russian troops during the special op will be considered a valid target. According to an official statement by the Russian Ministry of Defence, high-precision missiles were used to strike a Ukrainian base in Ovruch, in the Zhitomir region. “High-precision air-launched missiles struck the training centre for covert operations forces of the Ukrainian military, where foreign mercenaries were based, near the settlement of Ovruch in the Zhitomir region”, Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said […]

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) have puzzled scientists ever since they were discovered in 2007 by a British-born American astrophysicist, Duncan Lorimer, and his students. In just a few milliseconds these radio waves manage to discharge more energy than hundreds of millions of suns. The exact origin and cause of FRBs is uncertain. An international team of astrophysicists has conducted a study on mysterious fast radio bursts, which they say could reveal key details about them. According to the findings of the study, published on 17 March, in the journal Science, the researchers from Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, looked into properties […]

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that there are now 100,000 US troops in Europe as NATO ramps up its presence on the bloc’s eastern flank amid Russia’s ongoing special military operation in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Stoltenberg argued that the number of American servicemen in Europe has increased by several thousand over the past few weeks and that they remain on “heightened alert”. He described the deployment as NATO’s “immediate response sending a clear message to Moscow that an attack on one ally will trigger a response from the whole alliance.” “Deterrence of defence is not about provoking a […]

The West Texas Instruments (WTI) price of crude oil, widely used as the US benchmark, dropped $8.81 on Tuesday to $94.20. This follows significant drops over the past week, totaling a 23.85% decrease from its March 8 high of $123.70, the highest price for crude oil since 2008. Global prices also dropped similarly. Brent Crude, the global oil benchmark, plummeted $8.04 Tuesday to $98.86 from its recent high of $127.70. Oil prices dropped significantly at the start of the Covid pandemic, falling into the negative. In April 2020 the price of WTI crude oil was -$37. As the economy recovered, the […]

Biolaboratories in Ukraine pose a danger not only to Russia but to the whole of Europe, Aleksey Polishchuk, the head of the Russian foreign ministry’s second CIS department, told Sputnik. Earlier, the Russian Defence Ministry said that there were about 30 biolaboratories on the territory of Ukraine, fulfilling orders from the US Department of Defense. “As for biolaboratories on Ukraine’s territory, they pose a danger not only to Russia but to the whole of Europe. Conducting Russia’s special operation in Ukraine is aimed, among other things, at stopping this threat,” Polishchuk said. Purpose of Russia’s operation in Ukraine is, among other […]

Republican US Senator Lindsay Graham, who has called for the detention and assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin, chastised US President Joe Biden for refusing to allow Soviet-made fighter jets in Poland to be sent to Ukraine, as the US president feared it would escalate the Ukrainian military crisis into a global nuclear war. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated on Sunday that if chemical weapons are used by the Kremlin in Ukraine, he would support creating a no-fly zone over the country. In an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, the ranking Republican lawmaker said that the canceled transfer of Polish-owned Soviet-built jet […]

The Russian Defence Ministry earlier announced that the United States had poured money into biological research facilities in Ukraine, alleging they may have been used in order to create biological weapons and conduct bat coronavirus-related experiments. Among the goals of the biological research laboratories in Ukraine suspected of having been funded by the United States was the creation of bioagents that would be capable of targeting certain ethnic groups, the Russian Defence Ministry revealed on Thursday. “The available documents confirm numerous cases of the transfer of biological samples of Ukrainian citizens abroad. With a high degree of probability, we can say […]

The Pentagon conducted studies into bat coronaviruses not only in Ukraine-based bio labs, but also in many other countries, including Georgia and China, according to documents published on the US government orders portal and seen by Sputnik. On Tuesday, the US State Department admitted the existence of American-funded “biological research facilities” in Ukraine, which were earlier discovered by the Russian armed forces during their ongoing special military operation in the country. The documents showed that since 2017, such studies had been carried out by a secret US laboratory at the Richard Lugar Centre for Public Health Research in the Georgian capital […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier expressed his disappointment with NATO failing to engage more in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, particularly for the alliance’s reluctance to declare a no-fly zone over the country. Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to provoke a conflict between Russia and NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday. According to Lavrov, by expressing his disappointment with the bloc’s refusal to intervene, Zelensky is demonstrating his desire to drag NATO into the conflict. “The constant embittered statements by Mr Zelensky do not add optimism”, Lavrov noted. “He was a little rude to his curators, accusing them of inaction. And […]

While researchers are yet to determine what produces the signal in question, they reportedly suspect that its cause is something “unusual.” A certain fast radio burst (FRB) that emanates from galaxy M81 located millions of light years away from Earth bears a similarity to flashes from another celestial body known as Crab Nebula, according to space.com. The nebula in question emerged in the wake of an ancient supernova, which humans observed in the 11th century AD. And now, scientists suggest that flashes previously displayed by the Crab Nebula seem similar to those spotted coming from M81. “Some of the signals we […]

Earlier in February, after Special Counsel John Durham revealed that Hillary Clinton paid cyber-security experts to hack into Donald Trump’s election campaign and even White House computer servers, former Democrat congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard accused the former secretary of state of stoking the Cold War with Russia, while undermining US democracy. Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard raged against the “power elite” and “their co-conspirators in the mainstream media and the security state” as she delivered a keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando on Friday night. As long as we are committed to this foundation of freedom enshrined in our […]

The German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has stopped the certification process for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Der Spiegel has reported. The move comes after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that his contacting the country’s regulator is a “necessary step” to suspend the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. “Today I asked the Federal Ministry of Economics to withdraw from the Federal Grid Agency a report on ensuring energy security. This sounds like a technical moment, but it is a necessary step so that the certification of the gas pipeline cannot take place now. Without this certification, […]

The sister of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, Sondra Wiener, and her husband Marvin Wiener, have been found dead at their Boynton Beach, Florida home in an apparent murder-suicide, according to a news release from Florida police. When responding to a 911 call concerning a man and woman who were unresponsive in their home, police discovered the 87-year-old woman and her 90-year-old spouse dead from gunshot wounds on 17 February, according to a Sunday press release by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. “After further investigation, it appears to be a murder/suicide,” stated PBSO. The cause of death will be determined by the […]

Jean-Luc Brunel had come under scrutiny over his ties to the late convicted sex felon Jeffrey Epstein, with whom he worked from the early 2000s until 2015. Brunel, who was accused of partaking in the alleged sex trafficking ring run by the disgraced tycoon, was arrested on 16 December 2020 and charged with the rape of a minor by French prosecutors. Former French modeling scout and ‘Epstein accomplice’ Jean-Luc Brunel has been found dead in a French prison, reported AFP. Brunel, 74, who knew the deceased sex offender and US financier Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead by hanging on Saturday in his […]

Denmark gained international attention when it triumphantly abandoned its COVID-19 restrictions and scepticism over its ensuing deaths statistics spurred its infectious disease agency to go to great lengths to clarify the situation and correct what it argued was a misinterpretation. Denmark’s State Serum Institute (SSI) has published reports and information to address claims broadly circulating on social media and elsewhere that the country is seeing an increased casualty rate due to COVID-19. Among others, Harvard epidemiologist Dr Eric Feigl-Ding, who has close to 700,000 followers on Twitter, tweeted to reproach Denmark’s COVID-19 deaths statistics and the nation’s approach in general. Eric […]

House Republicans sent a letter addressing Democrats in Congress urging them to open a bipartisan investigation into the soaring inflation in the country and specifically the impact of the Biden administration’s policies on it, The Washington Times has reported, citing an obtained copy of the document. The Democratic White House blamed private companies’ greed for the skyrocketing prices in the country as Biden’s approval rating took another hit due to 40-year-high inflation rates. The initiative was reportedly launched by lawmaker Michael Cloud (R-TX), who sent the letter to House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY). He called on her to host a public […]

Former US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe has expressed hope that new indictments will come out of Special Counsel John Durham’s inquiry into the origins of the FBI investigation of ex-President Donald Trump’s alleged links to Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. In an interview with Fox News, Ratcliffe said that “[then-Attorney General] Bill Barr, John Durham, and I, all looking at this intelligence, agreed there was not a proper predicate to open a criminal investigation into the Trump campaign, yet that happened.” “So, those are the issues that John Durham is looking at, and I think there’ll be many more — […]

A massive share of Democrats would like to see former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton investigated over her potential role in the Russiagate scandal, a new poll has revealed. Almost three in four respondents stressed the importance of Clinton and her top campaign advisers being probed amid Special Counsel John Durham’s inquiry into the FBI’s investigation of Trump’s alleged links to Russia during the 2016 US presidential campaign. The respondents who answered affirmatively include 66% of Democrats, 91% of Republicans, and 65% of independents, according to the poll conducted by the TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics in New Jersey in January. The […]

This comes as the number of violent offences reported across the country increased by 5 percent from 2019 and stood at 1.3 million cases in 2020, according to the FBI. Florida resident Michael Fromhold got a shock recently when he visited a Walmart store and saw that the meat was locked up to stop customers from stealing it. He filmed Angus beef steaks wrapped in mesh wiring with electronic security tags. He shared the video on TikTok where it went viral, sparking a heated discussion about inflation and rising crime rates in the US. @oakwood19136 #foryou #walmart #florida #steak #TeamofTomorrow #mcdonaldshacks […]

Claims by the West that Russia is getting ready to attack Ukraine have reached a fever pitch in recent days, with the White House asking Americans to leave the country ASAP and US media claiming an invasion will start next week. Russian officials say NATO is pumping up tensions to justify putting more troops in Eastern Europe. The US military-industrial complex needs a war in Ukraine to justify new arms spending and to solidify a new all-out cold war with Russia, former US congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has alleged. “First of all, President Biden could end this crisis […]

US President Joe Biden echoed the US State Department’s travel advisory during a Thursday evening broadcast with NBC News anchor Lester Holt.” American citizens should leave now,” Biden stressed, after asserting that there is no scenario in which he would deploy US troops to lead an evacuation of Americans from Ukraine, despite previous reports. Such a move by the Pentagon would lead to a major conflict, according to the US president. ⚡️Biden tells Americans in Ukraine to ‘leave now’ as possible Russian invasion looms “It’s not like we’re dealing with a terrorist organization. We’re dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. It’s […]

NATO is considering the possibility of deploying battle groups in Romania near the Black Sea, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. “We are also now looking into whether we should have a more long-term change in our posture in the eastern part of the alliance. Today we have battle groups in the Baltic countries and Poland. The UK is leading the battle group in Estonia but also increasing its presence in Poland but now we are considering to have similar battle groups for instance in the Black Sea region in Romania,” Stoltenberg said during a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister […]

Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates is to release a book, called “How to Prevent the Next Pandemic,” in which he offers advice on how to avoid a cataclysm in the future like the one caused by COVID-19. The book, which is expected to be released in May, also contains suggestions of ways to provide better health care around the world and tools needed for the early fight against viruses. “Whenever I see the suffering that Covid has created – every time I read about the latest death toll or hear about someone who lost their job or drive by a school […]

Nancy Pelosi’s campaign spent $489,164 between the months of October 2020 and December 2021 on private jets, despite calling climate change “the existential threat of our time” while leading a congressional delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, referred to as COP26. Campaign filings made by the Federal Election Commission show that Pelosi’s campaign paid close to $500,000 to the private aviation provider Advanced Aviation Team, the self-described “on-demand private jet charter provider serving business and leisure travelers who expect the best in safety and service,” based in Arlington, Virginia. A number of other delegates and world leaders also flew […]

GoFundMe has become the main crowdfunding platform for those wanting to support the Canadian truckers protesting against the country’s vaccination policies. In about two weeks, the protesters raised around $7.9 million, but the platform has frozen the collected money and since removed the protesters’ fundraising profile.Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission with a demand to probe GoFundMe to determine “whether they’ve committed deceptive trade practices”, Fox News reported on Sunday. The senator told the broadcaster that “when people gave money, they gave money under the promise it would go to the Freedom Convoy, not to whatever […]

On Friday, Bloomberg news agency published the headline “Russia invades Ukraine” – only to remove it half an hour later, saying that it was a pre-written headline rolled out “inadvertently”. The Kremlin might use the term “Bloomberg news” instead of “fake news” when it comes to describing false reports in the future due to a Friday hiccup by the news agency, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday. His comment comes after Bloomberg earlier rolled out a “Russia invades Ukraine” headline; it later removed the eye-popping link, saying it was published accidentally and that they will investigate the incident. Peskov underlined that […]

During a recent MSNBC live broadcast, reporter Mike Memoli was covering Joe Biden’s New York City visit amid a surge in crime; several people appeared behind him at the moment when the host was asking a reporter about President Joe Biden’s press conference. One man seized the moment and displayed a flag bearing the slogan “Let’s Go Brandon.” Everything happened so quickly that no one had time to react. Moments later, the man was moved away from the camera. Biden arrived in New York on Thursday afternoon, where he called for more funding for community policing and law enforcement. He announced […]

A sweltering exoplanet WASP-189b, located about 322 light years away from Earth, may harbour a complex layered atmosphere somewhat like that on our world, a new study suggests. The research was conducted by an international team that included researchers from the University of Bern and University of Genevaand led by the University of Lund, and involved the use of the HARPS spectrograph at the La Silla Observatory in Chileto. “We measured the light coming from the planet’s host star and passing through the planet’s atmosphere. The gases in its atmosphere absorb some of the starlight, similar to ozone absorbing some of […]

As Denmark became the first EU country to remove all restrictions despite a spike in Omicron cases, its Nordic peers are eyeing a similar approach despite the explosive spread. But whereas Denmark decided to go all in and remove all restrictions in what has been described as “back to normalcy”, its neighbours decided to proceed with more caution. For instance, Norway has announced a substantial easing of its COVID-19 restrictions. Among others the recommendation that people work from home has been abolished, restaurants are allowed to stay open longer and larger crowds are allowed. The quarantine period has been shortened to […]

About 200 people have gathered outside of the Perth police station in the Australian state of Western Australia to protest against mandatory vaccination and demand that WA Premier Mark McGowan and Governor Kim Beazley be arrested for introducing it, Australian media reported on Monday. The state’s new coronavirus regulations entered force on Monday, barring anyone who is aged at least 16 and not double-vaccinated from accessing most public venues, including hospitals and nursing homes. According to the 7News broadcaster, the protesters tried to enter the police station to present a petition demanding the arrest of McGowan and Beazley. They were denied entry on […]

The Australian prime minister said this month that any foreigner who wants to enter the country must get vaccinated, at the same time defending the rights of Australian citizens to not get vaccinated. “In Australia, if you’re an Australian, you’re a citizen…you can be here and you can express your views”, he stated. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday urged American rap sensation Kanye West, who has legally changed his name to “Ye”, to get fully vaccinated should he want to go ahead with his planned tour in the country in March. “The rules are you’ve got to be fully […]

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will expand its operations in 2022, notwithstanding their founders’ divorce, chief executive officer Mark Suzman has assured. The tech billionaire and his wife finalized their divorce in August after announcing their separation in May. The couple did not elaborate on what caused them to “grow apart,” but media investigations have suggested that Bill’s association with the late financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein may have played a role in Melinda’s decision. Speaking to the Financial Times, Suzman said that the foundation’s decision to expand grantmaking was motivated by the Covid pandemic, which has been blamed for halting […]

US inflation, already growing at 40-year highs, is likely to remain high for a longer-than-expected time, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday. He said at a news conference after the conclusion of the central bank’s policy meeting for January that “there’s a risk that the high inflation we’re seeing will be prolonged, there’s a risk that it will move even higher.” At the same time, Powell noted that the inflation is likely to continue overshooting the Federal Reserve’s long-term annual target of 2%.” “The economy is now much stronger, the labor market is far stronger, and inflation is running well above our […]