Month: January 2021

Categories USA

Three Illegal New Year’s Eve Parties Reportedly Busted in NYC

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The coronavirus pandemic has caused people around the world to change how they celebrate the new year, including in New York City, where even Times Square, one of the most beloved and tightly-packed spots for festivities, was banned to visitors and tourists from 31 December to 1 January. … Read More >Three Illegal New Year’s Eve Parties Reportedly Busted in NYC

Categories Middle East

Iraqi Security Forces Work to Deactivate Mine Discovered on Oil Tanker, Reports Say

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Tensions are mounting in the Persian Gulf amid the United States’ show of force against Iran in the Persian Gulf as the anniversary of the assassination of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in a targeted US Air Force extrajudicial killing approaches. … Read More >Iraqi Security Forces Work to Deactivate Mine Discovered on Oil Tanker, Reports Say

Categories Middle East

Hundreds of Israelis get infected with Covid-19 after receiving Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine – reports

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With the vaccine not providing immediate immunity to the coronavirus, over two hundred Israeli citizens have been diagnosed with the disease days after getting the Pfizer/BioNTech jabs, local media reported. … Read More >Hundreds of Israelis get infected with Covid-19 after receiving Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine – reports

Categories World

Empty streets vs jubilant crowds: Stark contrast between NYC & Wuhan on NYE provokes envy & accusations

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Side-by-side comparisons of how New York City and Wuhan, China rang in the new year have sparked a heated debate on social media about whether the US should have embraced Beijing’s approach to handling the coronavirus pandemic. … Read More >Empty streets vs jubilant crowds: Stark contrast between NYC & Wuhan on NYE provokes envy & accusations

Categories World

Pentagon sends aircraft carrier USS Nimitz home from Middle East as anniversary of Soleimani killing looms

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The USS Nimitz, the US Navy’s only aircraft carrier currently deployed near the Persian Gulf, has been sent home just a day after two B-52 bombers were sent to the area – despite supposed ‘chatter’ about a coming Iranian attack. … Read More >Pentagon sends aircraft carrier USS Nimitz home from Middle East as anniversary of Soleimani killing looms

Categories Op-ed

The US’ fury over the China-Europe investment deal shows how rattled & isolated they are. It’s clear who’s been 2020’s big winner

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It’s no coincidence that Washington slapped new tariffs on European goods just hours after the agreement was signed. A year of repeatedly seeking the international vilification and isolation of Beijing has ended in abject failure. … Read More >The US’ fury over the China-Europe investment deal shows how rattled & isolated they are. It’s clear who’s been 2020’s big winner

Categories UK

British Armed Forces prepared to deliver 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine every day, says UK defence secretary

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The British defence secretary has vowed the UK’s armed forces will be utilised to deliver hundreds of thousands of Covid-19 vaccines every week, allowing the government to immunise millions of vulnerable people over the winter. … Read More >British Armed Forces prepared to deliver 100,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine every day, says UK defence secretary

Categories USA

Taliban bounties 3: The China menace. Claim of payments for attacks on US troops in Afghanistan now stars Beijing

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With all the originality of a Hollywood remake, the story about some state paying militants in Afghanistan bounties for targeting US troops has made a comeback. This time the villain is China, rather than Russia or Iran. … Read More >Taliban bounties 3: The China menace. Claim of payments for attacks on US troops in Afghanistan now stars Beijing

Categories USA

Twitter blacklists European MEDICAL JOURNAL after it published study on ivermectin treatment for Covid-19

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Twitter has blocked a link to an article in a peer-reviewed scientific journal that suggested the antiparasitic drug ivermectin could be useful against Covid-19. The platform claims the journal’s website is “potentially unsafe.” … Read More >Twitter blacklists European MEDICAL JOURNAL after it published study on ivermectin treatment for Covid-19