Month: January 2021

Categories EU

Austrians must wear FFP2 respirators in malls & on public transport, govt says amid lockdown extension

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Austria has introduced tighter rules on social distancing and mask-wearing, with a nationwide lockdown extended until February 7. Life will hopefully return to normal in the summer, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said. … Read More >Austrians must wear FFP2 respirators in malls & on public transport, govt says amid lockdown extension

Categories Middle East

‘Absolute nonsense’: Iranian FM rejects French claim that Tehran is building up nuclear weapons capacity

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Iran’s FM Javad Zarif has blasted France for its continuous support of “Saudi war criminals,” dismissing French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian’s claims that Tehran is building up nuclear weapons capacity as “absolute nonsense.” … Read More >‘Absolute nonsense’: Iranian FM rejects French claim that Tehran is building up nuclear weapons capacity

Categories Middle East

Iran urges UN nuclear watchdog not to share ‘unnecessary’ details about its nuclear program

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Tehran has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) not to publicize “unnecessary” details about its nuclear program after France, Germany and the UK claimed Iran has “no credible civilian use” for metallic uranium. … Read More >Iran urges UN nuclear watchdog not to share ‘unnecessary’ details about its nuclear program

Categories Asia & Pacific

51 adverse reactions reported & 1 person hospitalized in Delhi as India begins world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination program

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Dozens of health workers in Delhi who were the first in line to be inoculated against Covid-19 have experienced side effects from the jab, with one admitted to the ICU, as India begins its nationwide immunization drive. … Read More >51 adverse reactions reported & 1 person hospitalized in Delhi as India begins world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination program

Categories World

Survivors of Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes accuse govt of whitewashing ‘illegal’ vaccine trials on children

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Survivors of Ireland’s infamous mother-and-baby homes have accused the government of failing to properly investigate vaccine trials that they unwittingly participated in as infants. … Read More >Survivors of Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes accuse govt of whitewashing ‘illegal’ vaccine trials on children

Categories World

Blasting Bill Gates and claiming Covid vaccine contains Satanic microchips gets Mexican cardinal censored by Facebook

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A Mexican cardinal has been censored by Facebook after claiming that the Covid-19 pandemic is part of a “new world order plot” and saying vaccines against the disease contain satanic microchips. … Read More >Blasting Bill Gates and claiming Covid vaccine contains Satanic microchips gets Mexican cardinal censored by Facebook

Categories Russia

Navalny arrest being used as tool to distract from crises in West – Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

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Moscow’s top diplomat has told reporters that the arrest of opposition figure Alexey Navalny was inevitable under Russian law, but is being used by foreign governments to try to score political points against the country. … Read More >Navalny arrest being used as tool to distract from crises in West – Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

Categories Russia

Russia’s FM spokeswoman urges US & other countries decrying Navalny’s detention ‘not to interfere’ with Russian law

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Instead of rushing to condemn the detention of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny upon his return to Moscow, foreign politicians should focus on domestic issues at hand and respect the Russian law, Maria Zakharova has said. … Read More >Russia’s FM spokeswoman urges US & other countries decrying Navalny’s detention ‘not to interfere’ with Russian law