Day: June 20, 2021

Categories Middle East

Israel bombs Gaza for 2nd day straight in response to cross-border attacks as shaky truce falters (VIDEOS)

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Hostilities between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza have resumed with a vengeance, with Tel Aviv firing a flurry of missiles into the enclave in response to “arson balloons” as tensions flare up under the new Israeli government. … Read More >Israel bombs Gaza for 2nd day straight in response to cross-border attacks as shaky truce falters (VIDEOS)

Categories Middle East

US embassy in Kabul goes on Covid lockdown after 1 worker dies, more than 100 infected in major outbreak

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The US embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul has told its staff to work remotely from their quarters after a spike in coronavirus cases saw one local worker die, dozens infected and several others evacuated for medical treatment. … Read More >US embassy in Kabul goes on Covid lockdown after 1 worker dies, more than 100 infected in major outbreak

Categories World

Content network delivery provider Akamai says global outage hitting banks, airlines ‘not caused by system update or cyberattack’

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n internet outage affecting hundreds of organizations, including airlines and banks, was not caused by a system update or a cyberattack, US-based content delivery network provider Akamai has said. … Read More >Content network delivery provider Akamai says global outage hitting banks, airlines ‘not caused by system update or cyberattack’

Categories EU

EU drugs regulator says it won’t impose 50% efficacy threshold for Covid-19 vaccines after disappointing result in CureVac trial

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said it will not bring in a minimum efficacy threshold for Covid-19 vaccines. The comment comes after clinical trials showed Germany’s CureVac jab to be only 47% effective against the virus. … Read More >EU drugs regulator says it won’t impose 50% efficacy threshold for Covid-19 vaccines after disappointing result in CureVac trial

Categories Shows

Strength v confidence? Andrey Kortunov, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council

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Big politics is still primarily the realm of alpha males, especially when it comes to interactions between Russia and the United States, which have thousands of nuclear-tipped rockets pointed at one another. But at this week’s bilateral summit in Geneva, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden seemed to have put macho politics aside and even agreed that they bear responsibility for managing the relationship between their countries. … Read More >Strength v confidence? Andrey Kortunov, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council

Categories World

US-owned Australian TV network tries to reel in ad money using ‘social justice’ pitch & ‘progressive’ viewers – reports

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Hit by flagging ratings, Australia-based Network 10 has reportedly pitched itself as a voice for “social justice, equality and inclusion” and telling advertisers to “go woke” or risk going broke. … Read More >US-owned Australian TV network tries to reel in ad money using ‘social justice’ pitch & ‘progressive’ viewers – reports