Month: January 2021

Categories Russia

Science wins: Russia’s ‘top-league’ Sputnik V coronavirus jab should be ‘priority choice’ due to safety, health expert tells RT

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Russia’s Sputnik V should be “one of the priority” vaccines against Covid-19 for nations choosing a jab, as the science behind it overrules negative political narrative, Indian public health expert Aman Gupta has told RT. … Read More >Science wins: Russia’s ‘top-league’ Sputnik V coronavirus jab should be ‘priority choice’ due to safety, health expert tells RT

Categories World

Russian Pussy Riot activist Verzilov detained in South Sudan on suspicion of flying a drone and filming military installations

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Pussy Riot’s Pyotr Verzilov has been arrested in the city of Kapoeta in South Sudan, along with blogger Ilya Varlamov, his wife Lyubov, and lecturer Ivan Bogantsev. The four Russians are in Africa on tourist visas. … Read More >Russian Pussy Riot activist Verzilov detained in South Sudan on suspicion of flying a drone and filming military installations

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Antibodies for all! Putin orders mass vaccination against Covid-19 with Sputnik V jab to be offered to every Russian

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President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Russian government to begin rolling out a coronavirus vaccine for the entire population from next week, with more than 1.5 million people having already received the jab. … Read More >Antibodies for all! Putin orders mass vaccination against Covid-19 with Sputnik V jab to be offered to every Russian

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A long goodbye? Russian expert says pandemic will be over by summer, but Covid-19 here to stay as seasonal virus

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The coronavirus pandemic in Russia could begin fading away by summer, one of the country’s top scientists has said. According to him, infections and deaths should tail off as more and more people develop protective antibodies. … Read More >A long goodbye? Russian expert says pandemic will be over by summer, but Covid-19 here to stay as seasonal virus

Categories EU

Germany will have lockdown beyond January & new travel restrictions, but no mandatory vaccination – health minister

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Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn has said the situation with Covid-19 is too dangerous to start relaxing restrictions by the end of January. But he rejected the idea of making vaccination mandatory. … Read More >Germany will have lockdown beyond January & new travel restrictions, but no mandatory vaccination – health minister

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Italy kicks off its BIGGEST mafia trial in 30 years, 350+ defendants slated to testify via video link & in person

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Hundreds of suspected mobsters and associates, including former politicians, are slated to be brought before a court as Italy’s biggest mafia trial in three decades begins on Wednesday. … Read More >Italy kicks off its BIGGEST mafia trial in 30 years, 350+ defendants slated to testify via video link & in person

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‘High protein content’: Insects set to crawl their way onto Europeans’ plates as EU regulator rules MEALWORMS are SAFE to eat

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Europeans are a step closer to finding all sorts of creepy crawlies on the menu as the EU Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has officially deemed the first such species – a yellow mealworm, to be specific – safe to eat. … Read More >‘High protein content’: Insects set to crawl their way onto Europeans’ plates as EU regulator rules MEALWORMS are SAFE to eat