Day: June 14, 2021

Categories Asia & Pacific

Massive gas pipe explosion rips through residential neighborhood in China, leaving at least 12 dead & over 100 injured (VIDEOS)

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A major explosion has occurred in the central Chinese city of Shiyan, leaving at least 12 people dead and over 100 injured. The blast destroyed a local food market and damaged multiple residential buildings. … Read More >Massive gas pipe explosion rips through residential neighborhood in China, leaving at least 12 dead & over 100 injured (VIDEOS)

Categories World

China scoffs at G7’s ‘international system’, says days when world was controlled by a ‘small group’ are over

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Beijing has dismissed the notion that G7 nations can chart the trajectory of global affairs, arguing that decision-making by small clubs has been replaced by genuine multilateralism. … Read More >China scoffs at G7’s ‘international system’, says days when world was controlled by a ‘small group’ are over

Categories Russia

Putin says career politician Biden is not as colorful & impulsive as Trump, and his ‘killer’ comment is ‘Hollywood macho behavior’

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In his first interview with an American media outlet since 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin has brushed off his US counterpart Joe Biden’s “killer” accusation and called it posturing by an establishment career politician. … Read More >Putin says career politician Biden is not as colorful & impulsive as Trump, and his ‘killer’ comment is ‘Hollywood macho behavior’

Categories Russia

Covid-19 has mutated so much in 18 months that proven treatments are often failing, says head of Moscow’s top virus hospital

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Covid-19 has mutated significantly, and the virus is now much harder to treat than it used to be. That’s according to the head of Moscow’s Kommunarka Hospital, which last year became the city’s main coronavirus treatment facility. … Read More >Covid-19 has mutated so much in 18 months that proven treatments are often failing, says head of Moscow’s top virus hospital

Categories Russia

Moscow to open extra hospital capacity & heighten measures to control Covid-19 as cases rise in Europe’s largest city

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The mayor of Moscow has revealed that the city will open additional hospital beds in the coming days as Russia sees diagnosed Covid-19 cases grow to levels not seen in many months, with a disproportionate amount in the capital. … Read More >Moscow to open extra hospital capacity & heighten measures to control Covid-19 as cases rise in Europe’s largest city

Categories Shows

Eric Li: US borrows from China to buy Chinese goods!

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Chinese venture capitalist and political scientist, Eric Li. He discusses why the 2008 economic crisis showed the West’s failure and China didn’t understand the gravity of the situation at the time, the importance of the Mao era in making China’s meteoric economic rise possible and the achievements during the period … Read More >Eric Li: US borrows from China to buy Chinese goods!

Categories Middle East

Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine exceeds clinical trial results with over 94% efficacy & strong safety in large Bahraini sample

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Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine has shown an efficacy of 94.3%, against the virus, as well as a lack of serious side effects during its use in Bahrain, a study by the Gulf kingdom’s health ministry has revealed. … Read More >Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine exceeds clinical trial results with over 94% efficacy & strong safety in large Bahraini sample

Categories Middle East

Anti-Netanyahu protesters celebrate ‘victory’ outside PM’s residence on eve of coalition vote to remove him from power

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Hundreds of protesters have gathered in Jerusalem “one last time” to celebrate their “victory,” ahead of a crucial vote in the Knesset, which is all but guaranteed to remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power. … Read More >Anti-Netanyahu protesters celebrate ‘victory’ outside PM’s residence on eve of coalition vote to remove him from power

Categories EU

4 Afghan nationals jailed for 10 years over arson that destroyed Greece’s Moria migrant camp amid Covid-19 quarantine protests

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A Greek court has sentenced four asylum seekers from Afghanistan to 10 years behind bars for their role in the fire that ripped through Europe’s largest migrant camp, Moria, on the Mediterranean island of Lesbos last year. … Read More >4 Afghan nationals jailed for 10 years over arson that destroyed Greece’s Moria migrant camp amid Covid-19 quarantine protests

Categories Middle East

‘This madness mustn’t be tolerated,’ Tehran says after ex-Mossad chief implies Israel played role in blast & assassination in Iran

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The Iranian mission to the UN has accused Israel of ‘lawlessness,’ after the newly retired head of Mossad implied that his agency had been behind an explosion at an Iranian nuclear facility and the killing of a key scientist. … Read More >‘This madness mustn’t be tolerated,’ Tehran says after ex-Mossad chief implies Israel played role in blast & assassination in Iran