Day: January 3, 2021

Categories Asia & Pacific

Covid-19 pandemic ’caused by separate outbreaks’ around the world, China was just the first to report – Chinese FM

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Research suggests that the coronavirus pandemic was likely the result of outbreaks in many places around the globe, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said, adding that Beijing will resist any attempts at “stigmatization.” … Read More >Covid-19 pandemic ’caused by separate outbreaks’ around the world, China was just the first to report – Chinese FM

Categories EU

Former employee steals industrial loader & destroys 50 vans after ramming gate at Mercedes-Benz factory in Spain

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Revenge is a dish best served cold. A former factory worker went on a wrecking spree in a stolen mechanical digger at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Spain, causing millions of euro in damage, four years after having left the company. … Read More >Former employee steals industrial loader & destroys 50 vans after ramming gate at Mercedes-Benz factory in Spain

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Top 12 The Grayzone stories of 2020: From Julian Assange persecution to Bolivia coup defeat, corporate war on free speech to OPCW cover-up

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2020 was a chaotic year for the planet. While the Covid-19 pandemic dominated global politics, The Grayzone continued shining a light on the machinations of empire, from the persecution of imprisoned journalist Julian Assange to the defeat of a US-backed coup regime in Bolivia, from the growing corporate war on free speech to the OPCW’s scandalous Syria cover-up. … Read More >Top 12 The Grayzone stories of 2020: From Julian Assange persecution to Bolivia coup defeat, corporate war on free speech to OPCW cover-up

Categories Middle East

Arrests reported at anti-government protest outside Netanyahu’s home, as Israelis kick off 2021 with weekly demo

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Israeli demonstrators began the new year where they ended 2020, flooding the streets outside Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in Jerusalem, accusing his government of corruption and a botched coronavirus response. … Read More >Arrests reported at anti-government protest outside Netanyahu’s home, as Israelis kick off 2021 with weekly demo

Categories World

Assassinating foreign leaders is a ‘US/Israeli trademark’: Iran denies ‘fake news’ alleging Rouhani’s death threat against Trump

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Days before the anniversary of General Qassem Soleimani’s assassination, Tehran has scoffed at a US media report of an alleged Iranian plot to ‘kill’ Donald Trump, arguing that political assassination is an American tactic. … Read More >Assassinating foreign leaders is a ‘US/Israeli trademark’: Iran denies ‘fake news’ alleging Rouhani’s death threat against Trump

Categories World

Ukrainian pharma company applies to produce Sputnik V jab after emotional FM dubs Russian Covid vaccine ‘weapon of hybrid war’

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A company in Kharkov has applied to Ukraine’s Ministry of Health to register the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V, with the intention of using the formula to protect the embattled country’s citizens from coronavirus. … Read More >Ukrainian pharma company applies to produce Sputnik V jab after emotional FM dubs Russian Covid vaccine ‘weapon of hybrid war’

Categories Middle East

‘Naval BOMB’ prone to ‘sudden explosion’ found on hull of Iraqi tanker as Iran warns US may use false-flag attack to start war

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Explosives experts were called in to defuse a naval mine found attached to the hull of an oil tanker as it departed an Iraqi port, prompting an evacuation of the ship’s crew amid simmering tension in the Gulf. … Read More >‘Naval BOMB’ prone to ‘sudden explosion’ found on hull of Iraqi tanker as Iran warns US may use false-flag attack to start war