Month: January 2021

Categories Middle East

Clashes erupt between Lebanese army and Covid lockdown protesters, Red Cross says dozens injured (VIDEOS)

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Demonstrators in Lebanon have taken to the streets for a second consecutive night to protest against the two-week extension of curfews and business closures designed to halt the spread of Covid-19. … Read More >Clashes erupt between Lebanese army and Covid lockdown protesters, Red Cross says dozens injured (VIDEOS)

Categories USA

Billionaire brawl: Musk blasts Bezos’ Amazon over effort to ‘hamstring’ SpaceX Starlink satellite internet project

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The world’s wealthiest men Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are embroiled in a battle in front of US regulators over rival satellite internet projects. On Tuesday SpaceX CEO Musk accused Bezos’ Amazon of trying to “hamstring” his system. … Read More >Billionaire brawl: Musk blasts Bezos’ Amazon over effort to ‘hamstring’ SpaceX Starlink satellite internet project

Categories Asia & Pacific

Chinese woman gets one year in prison for HIDING Covid-19 symptoms on flight from US

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A Chinese woman who took anti-inflammatory drugs to hide her Covid-19 symptoms on a flight from the US to China last March was sent to prison by a Beijing court for obstructing the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. … Read More >Chinese woman gets one year in prison for HIDING Covid-19 symptoms on flight from US

Categories Russia

Putin submits bill to ratify 5-year extension of New START as last-minute deal with US is expected to rescue nuclear treaty

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Following talks with Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent parliament a draft deal that would extend the New START arms reduction pact for five more years. The critical treaty is set to expire in just over a week. … Read More >Putin submits bill to ratify 5-year extension of New START as last-minute deal with US is expected to rescue nuclear treaty

Categories EU

Germany looking at air travel ban and border shutdowns in bid to curb spread of Covid-19 variants

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The German government is considering border closures and a ban on almost all air traffic in an attempt to limit the spread of more transmissible Covid-19 variants, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Tuesday. … Read More >Germany looking at air travel ban and border shutdowns in bid to curb spread of Covid-19 variants

Categories EU

Sweden pauses payments to Pfizer until pharma giant clarifies the number of vaccine doses in each vial

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Sweden’s public health authority officials have told local media they are pausing payments to the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer until the company provides clarity on the number of vaccine doses in each vial. … Read More >Sweden pauses payments to Pfizer until pharma giant clarifies the number of vaccine doses in each vial

Categories Middle East

Iran threatens to block some UN nuclear site inspections as it urges Biden to undo sanctions

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Tehran has suggested that it may prevent some upcoming inspections of its nuclear facilities by the UN’s atomic agency as it tries to push US President Joe Biden into reversing the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration. … Read More >Iran threatens to block some UN nuclear site inspections as it urges Biden to undo sanctions

Categories Asia & Pacific

Philippines’ Duterte tells kids to stay home and watch TV, prolonging ban on children leaving the house amid Covid fears

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The president has extended a ban on youngsters leaving the home that was due to end in February, after the more contagious British strain of Covid-19 was found in the Philippines, including in test results from three children. … Read More >Philippines’ Duterte tells kids to stay home and watch TV, prolonging ban on children leaving the house amid Covid fears

Categories USA

Rand Paul says Trump impeachment case is ‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’ after 45 senators support his motion to declare trial unconstitutional

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Only five Republican senators opposed a motion by colleague Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) to declare Donald Trump’s impeachment trial unconstitutional, signaling that Democrats won’t have enough votes to convict the former president. … Read More >Rand Paul says Trump impeachment case is ‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’ after 45 senators support his motion to declare trial unconstitutional

Categories USA

Biden ends contracts with private prisons in series of executive orders on race & ‘systemic problems’ in criminal justice system

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In the latest decree supposedly aimed at combating racial inequality, President Joe Biden has ordered the Justice Department not to renew contracts with private prisons – for-profit institutions that have a grim history in the US. … Read More >Biden ends contracts with private prisons in series of executive orders on race & ‘systemic problems’ in criminal justice system