Conceding that by the summer of 2021, the US should be “way closer to normal than we are now,” Gates, who has donated millions to vaccination efforts through his foundation, believes a full return to normal will likely not be possible until after 2022. The billionaire told CNN on Sunday …
Read More »Overwhelming majority of Trump supporters do not consider Biden legitimate, but most voters say election ‘over and settled’ – poll
With the Electoral College set to officially vote on Monday, and enough states certifying their results to give Biden the electoral votes needed for a victory, Trump’s options for reelection are quickly dwindling, though the Republican insisted on Sunday the fight is “not over” and he is continuing to pursue …
Read More »Russia successfully tests hypersonic Zircon missile, flying EIGHT TIMES the speed of sound to hit ground-based target (VIDEO)
In a video published by the Ministry of Defense on Friday, a Zircon can be seen being launched from the Admiral Gorshkov, a modern warship commissioned in 2018. Aiming at the Chizha training ground, a shooting range in Arkhangelsk Region, it successfully flew the required 350km. Flying at Mach 8 …
Read More »GUNMAN opens fire outside St. John the Divine church in Manhattan during choir performance – reports
The shooter was seen firing near the church around 4 pm eastern, according to police and a Reuters photographer at the scene. New York City Police Department spokesman Edward Riley said the gunman shot at the officers and they returned fire, hitting the shooter and then apprehending him. He was rushed …
Read More »California judge orders release of prisoners from jails to prevent Covid-19 spread
It comes after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against County Sheriff Don Barnes alleging full jails were a “violation of [the] US Constitution and disability rights laws.” The ACLU celebrated the ruling, calling it a “victory” for the prisoners “who had the courage to speak out …
Read More »‘Inhumane treatment’: Turkey accuses Greece of migrant ‘pushbacks’ into Turkish waters
The Greek coast guards have been engaged in “torture and inhumane treatment every day,” Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in a Twitter post, addressing Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarachi. The Turkish minister also posted a video supposedly showing a Greek Coast Guard vessel allegedly abandoning life rafts …
Read More »CDC director approves Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to be given to US citizens
Redfield’s decision follows the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommending the vaccine be given to people 16 years and older. On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for the vaccine, and the first batch of shots began shipping on Sunday from a plant in …
Read More »Caitlin Johnston: Who the #Resistance was actually #Resisting these last four years
After it was announced that the Biden camp had selected a Raytheon board member as his secretary of defense, I joked in my last article that it would be more honest if Raytheon itself was Biden’s Pentagon chief since the US Supreme Court ruled that corporations are people anyway. Raytheon for defense secretary, Boeing …
Read More »10 years in jail for stealing sweets? Thanks to Covid-19, it’s a possibility in Slovakia, and people are puzzled
The disturbing story of the man from northwestern Slovakia was reported this week by local media. His sister said she wrote to President Zuzana Caputova asking her to intervene on her brother’s behalf. “A ten-year sentence for a couple of chocolates is unconceivable. The situation today is so difficult and …
Read More »Hundreds of endangered seals mysteriously found dead on shores of Russia’s Caspian Sea, and nobody knows why
According to Rosrybolovstvo, the Federal Agency for Fishery, 272 carcasses were found on beaches from a settlement called Sulak in the north of the republic, all the way south to the border with Azerbaijan. The agency also noted that the seals are listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened …
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