Month: October 2020

Categories Russia

All night party, interrupted: Moscow announces new Covid-19 regulations for nightclubs, forcing patrons to register via QR code

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Clubbing in party hotspot Moscow will be slightly disrupted for the coming weeks after the capital’s mayor decreed that visitors to nightclubs will have to register upon entry using a QR code or by SMS starting from Monday. … Read More >All night party, interrupted: Moscow announces new Covid-19 regulations for nightclubs, forcing patrons to register via QR code

Categories Russia

Scientists in Crimea present potential Covid-19 vaccine inhaled through the nose, hoping to offer alternative to injected formulas

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Virologists from Russia’s Crimean Federal University claim to have developed an alternative Covid-19 vaccine, using DNA, which can be inhaled through the nose. They are now want to launch trials, if they can secure funding. … Read More >Scientists in Crimea present potential Covid-19 vaccine inhaled through the nose, hoping to offer alternative to injected formulas

Categories World

‘This war must end’: Foreign doctors express ‘shock’ over severity of war wounds in Nagorno-Karabakh in interviews with RT

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Medics from as far away as France who came to help as fighting between Armenians and Azerbaijanis erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh, have told RT they weren’t fully prepared for the atrocities and have called for the fighting to stop. … Read More >‘This war must end’: Foreign doctors express ‘shock’ over severity of war wounds in Nagorno-Karabakh in interviews with RT

Categories World

‘Something went wrong’: Twitter suffers global outage amid ‘censorship’ scandal ahead of Trump & Biden town halls

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Users across the US and Europe were unable to access Twitter on Thursday evening, for reasons unknown, getting an error message saying the social media platform is “over capacity.” … Read More >‘Something went wrong’: Twitter suffers global outage amid ‘censorship’ scandal ahead of Trump & Biden town halls

Categories Middle East

Largest prisoner swap in Yemen war: Over 1,000 people exchanged between Saudi-backed Yemen government and Houthi rebels

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The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen and the Iran-backed Houthi movement have kicked-off an operation that will see over 1,000 prisoners returning home, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed. … Read More >Largest prisoner swap in Yemen war: Over 1,000 people exchanged between Saudi-backed Yemen government and Houthi rebels

Categories EU

Army to build field hospital amid ‘catastrophic’ number of Covid-19 cases – Czech PM

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Prague has announced that the army will be drafted in to build a new, 500 bed, field hospital to deal with the Czech Republic’s soaring coronavirus infections. The Czech leader claimed the “numbers are very catastrophic.” … Read More >Army to build field hospital amid ‘catastrophic’ number of Covid-19 cases – Czech PM

Categories Asia & Pacific

China accuses US of undermining stability after US Navy destroyer sails through Taiwan Strait

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Beijing has slammed the United States for seriously undermining stability in the Taiwan Strait after a US Navy destroyer sailed through the waters. Washington claims the USS Barry had been conducting a “routine transit.” … Read More >China accuses US of undermining stability after US Navy destroyer sails through Taiwan Strait