Day: December 5, 2020

Categories Health

98.5% success rate: Just 273 of over 20,000 volunteers for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine trials have subsequently caught Covid-19

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A mere 273 people who volunteered for the third phase trial of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have been infected with the coronavirus after their jabs. That’s just 1.5% of more than 20,000 who have taken part in the process, so far. … Read More >98.5% success rate: Just 273 of over 20,000 volunteers for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine trials have subsequently caught Covid-19

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Artificial intelligence for president? I hope not, says Putin, after digital assistant Athena enquires about having his job

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Artificial intelligence (AI) may be the defining technology for the next several decades, but it shouldn’t be entrusted to govern a nation – “at least not yet,” President Vladimir Putin has told a curious digital assistant. … Read More >Artificial intelligence for president? I hope not, says Putin, after digital assistant Athena enquires about having his job

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Official death toll compared to excess mortality: With so many confusing statistics, just how well is Russia coping with Covid-19?

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Russian Covid-19 statistics are a nightmare to decode. Different numbers from various government bodies and excess mortality figures that dwarf them all make it hard to figure out how the world’s largest country has really coped. … Read More >Official death toll compared to excess mortality: With so many confusing statistics, just how well is Russia coping with Covid-19?

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Leading Russian liberal journalist fired by US state-controlled media RFE/RL for discussing family of Alexey Navalny’s wife

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Journalist Timur Olevsky has been fired by Current Time, a Russian-language TV channel created by US government-run RFE/RL, after he discussed a conspiracy theory about opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s father-in-law. … Read More >Leading Russian liberal journalist fired by US state-controlled media RFE/RL for discussing family of Alexey Navalny’s wife

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Quantum leaping from Tula to the world? Continent-hopping monoliths are result of Russian teleportation test, says university

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The prismatic ‘monoliths’ that have shown up in recent days throughout the world are actually the same experimental teleportation device currently being tested by Russian scientists – or at least so they claim. … Read More >Quantum leaping from Tula to the world? Continent-hopping monoliths are result of Russian teleportation test, says university

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75 years after his suicide, piece of German Nazi-leader Adolf Hitler’s SKULL exhibited in Moscow museum (PHOTO)

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A fragment of skull that is said to be part of the remains of Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler has been put on display as part of a historic exhibit in Moscow. The show is part of Russia’s State Archive’s centenary celebrations. … Read More >75 years after his suicide, piece of German Nazi-leader Adolf Hitler’s SKULL exhibited in Moscow museum (PHOTO)