Month: February 2021

Categories USA

Asking Russia for Sputnik and getting ANAL SWABS in China: US diplomats vent over State Department’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout

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Even though the State Department received almost enough US-made Covid-19 vaccines for every employee, some diplomats have had to ask host countries for jabs and suffered indignities such as anal tests in China, a new report says. … Read More >Asking Russia for Sputnik and getting ANAL SWABS in China: US diplomats vent over State Department’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Categories UK

Facebook acting like ‘school yard bully’ in Australian news content ban row – UK News Media Association

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The UK News Media Association’s chairman has accused Facebook of behaving like a “school yard bully,” after the company blocked all news content in Australia over a row about tech companies having to pay for journalistic content. … Read More >Facebook acting like ‘school yard bully’ in Australian news content ban row – UK News Media Association

Categories Business

China may exercise ‘nuclear option’ against US defense industry with rare-earths export ban – reports

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The world’s largest rare-earth miner, China, is reportedly trying to calculate the damage to US defense contractors if it moves to curb supplies of the minerals vital for the country’s weapons industry. … Read More >China may exercise ‘nuclear option’ against US defense industry with rare-earths export ban – reports