Day: October 7, 2021

Categories World

Aussie PM Morrison labels social media ‘coward’s palace’ as he mulls further crackdown on IT giants

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Social media companies should prevent users from spreading toxic content anonymously or they will face the same legal liability as if they were publishers of this information, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned. … Read More >Aussie PM Morrison labels social media ‘coward’s palace’ as he mulls further crackdown on IT giants

Categories USA

Biden vowed to ‘follow the science’ but Covid-19 boosters seem to be driven by politics – reports

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Just hours after one outlet revealed that a group of doctors and scientists advising the White House opposed its push for Covid-19 booster shots, another argued for them on political and economic grounds, and benefits to morale. … Read More >Biden vowed to ‘follow the science’ but Covid-19 boosters seem to be driven by politics – reports

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As Covid-19 deaths of 2021 surpass those of 2020, media that once blamed Trump for every single one now strangely silent

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The death toll attributed to Covid-19 is now officially higher in 2021 than it was in 2020, according to a Johns Hopkins University tracker. The quiet admission has attracted little media coverage – and no president-blaming. … Read More >As Covid-19 deaths of 2021 surpass those of 2020, media that once blamed Trump for every single one now strangely silent

Categories USA

‘Fact-checkers’ rush to defend Bill Gates as video of him praising vaccines’ abilities to reduce population growth goes viral

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Self-proclaimed ‘fact-checkers’ have been forced to walk back some of their more forceful denials of Bill Gates’ opinions on population control in another effort to frame the philanthropist’s critics as loonies. … Read More >‘Fact-checkers’ rush to defend Bill Gates as video of him praising vaccines’ abilities to reduce population growth goes viral

Categories USA

Unvaccinated Colorado woman pulled from KIDNEY TRANSPLANT waiting list, as hospital says Covid-19 jab is required

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A Colorado Springs woman was removed from an active kidney transplant waiting list due to the fact she is unvaccinated, with the UCHealth hospital system saying it will deny the potentially life-saving procedure to the unvaxxed. … Read More >Unvaccinated Colorado woman pulled from KIDNEY TRANSPLANT waiting list, as hospital says Covid-19 jab is required

Categories Russia

Kiev is unreliable partner for transporting gas to West, top Russian lawmaker argues amid row over decision to circumvent Ukraine

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The head of Russia’s parliamentary energy committee has warned that Ukraine is an unreliable gas transit partner for both Moscow and the West, arguing its aging Soviet-built pipe network poses serious safety risks for the future. … Read More >Kiev is unreliable partner for transporting gas to West, top Russian lawmaker argues amid row over decision to circumvent Ukraine

Categories Russia

US senators want to boot out 300 Russian diplomats over embassy row, but Moscow says it doesn’t even have that many in Washington

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The Russian authorities have hit back at suggestions by four US senators that American President Joe Biden should expel 300 diplomats, and warned that Moscow would close all of Washington’s missions on Russian soil in retaliation. … Read More >US senators want to boot out 300 Russian diplomats over embassy row, but Moscow says it doesn’t even have that many in Washington

Categories Russia

Cosmonaut hails Russia’s bid to shoot first feature film in orbit as ‘first step’ in new era for promotion of space exploration

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A Russian space mission that has seen an actress and a movie-maker travelling to orbit to shoot a movie is a positive development both for both space exploration and the art of filmmaking, a renowned Russian cosmonaut has told RT. … Read More >Cosmonaut hails Russia’s bid to shoot first feature film in orbit as ‘first step’ in new era for promotion of space exploration