The country imported some 3.9 million barrels a day in June, which was 7% less than the month before, Reuters reports citing trade sources. India’s fuel demand showed a steady increase in February and March this year, but then dropped significantly in April and May, after the government issued new …
Read More »Fauci says US would still have smallpox & polio if vaccines got the same pushback then as they do now in attack on Fox
While US President Joe Biden pointed the finger at Facebook as the main culprit behind underwhelming vaccine uptake in the US, Fauci took a shot at the conservative cable news media. Responding to CNN’s Jim Acosta question of whether Tucker Carlson’s hugely popular show on Fox News would have prevented …
Read More »3 athletes test positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo just days before games, 2 of them diagnosed in Olympic Village
Out of the infected athletes, two tested positive in the Olympic Village, the Japan Times reported on Sunday, citing officials. Five Olympic Games staff members, a contract worker and a journalist also tested positive on Sunday. The news comes after a South Korean member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), …
Read More »1st Chinese man to be infected by deadly monkey B virus died in Beijing in May – report
The unnamed 53-year-old veterinarian from Beijing died on May 27, just a few months after he dissected two dead monkeys as part of his experimental primate research job in March. After dissecting the monkeys, the man reportedly experienced symptoms of the monkey B virus, including vomiting and fever, and eventually …
Read More »Eternal revolution? Ukraine’s strongman interior minister is gone, but chaos & scandal in the troubled nation is here to stay
Take the French version. Was it in 1799, with Bonaparte’s coup, or perhaps 1815, with the final defeat of his attempt to export its blessings to Europe, from Madrid to Moscow? And what about the Russian Revolution? Did it end in November 1917? Or maybe in 1920 when the Bolsheviks …
Read More »Speaking in tongues: Russia’s tech giant Yandex working on AI video translator to allow viewers to watch anything with voiceover
In a statement released last week, digital services giant Yandex revealed it has been working on a software prototype that would allow users to watch videos in their browser in another language. The program is capable of simultaneously translating the content, and dubbing it with a computer-generated voiceover. If that …
Read More »Chips and cakes out, algae burgers in: Britain’s mad nanny-state ‘snack tax’ plan is enough to make you sick
Listen, all you politicians and bloody do-gooders: if I want to eat fish and chips followed by a tasty deep-fried Mars bar for dessert every day for lunch, what the hell has it got to do with you? If, in the evening, I fancy sinking eight pints of Guinness in …
Read More »Fans & players FLEE Nationals Park stadium in DC during game as shooting reported outside (VIDEOS)
Saturday night’s game between the Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres was cut short after multiple shots were heard in the vicinity of the ball park, as the game was in full swing. The moment that shots pierced the air, sending players off the field, was captured on live broadcast. …
Read More »‘The snowflakes are triggered’: Row blazes after NFL decides to play ‘black national anthem’ before every game to start season
Bosses have courted fury after an ESPN report suggested they are ready to play the song during games including the season opener between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans, as well as taking a range of other measures including featuring the names of police brutality victims on shirts and helmets. …
Read More »Facebook says 85% of US users are pro-vaccine as it rejects Biden’s criticism of ‘killing people’ with Covid-19 misinformation
“The data shows that 85% of Facebook users in the US have been or want to be vaccinated against COVID-19,” Facebook’s VP of Integrity Guy Rosen said in a blogpost on Saturday, rejecting Biden’s charge that social media was to blame for the lack of enthusiasm among Americans towards the …
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