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According to state officials, Jones, a former Florida Department of Health (DOH) data scientist, was fired for “insubordination,” but she claims she was dismissed for refusing to alter official Covid-19 data to make reopening the state more palatable for the public at the behest of Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, a …

By the time we shut the door in Europe’s face on New Year’s Eve, kicking it out like a guest overstaying their welcome, it will have been four years, six months and a week since the British public voted for Brexit. Yet a bunch of Remainer cry-babies still insist it’s …

It is becoming more and more common that big tech companies are censoring the opinions of people who upload to their platforms. The latest turn is that YouTube is going to begin deleting videos that are critical of the 2020 election in the United States. It waited until the ‘safe …

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley (R) revealed Mastercard’s decision on Thursday, and added that “Visa and every other credit card company should immediately do the same.” Mastercard later confirmed the news, saying in a statement that “our investigation over the past several days has confirmed violations of our standards prohibiting unlawful …

The company’s new “Change the Whirled” frozen dessert, a vegan ice cream substitute made with caramel and cookies, will arrive on store shelves in 2021, Ben & Jerry’s said on Thursday. It’s touted as “the flavor that’s supporting the fight to dismantle systems of oppression and empower black and brown …

“It is recommended that the cabin crew wear disposable diapers and avoid using the toilet barring special circumstances, to avoid infection risk,” the guidelines from the Civil Aviation Administration of China read. The bizarre suggestion is sandwiched among more typical pandemic-related recommendations, such as a requirement that cabin crew be …

There was a flurry of activity on the US Supreme Court docket 22O155 on Thursday, as Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin responded to the Texas complaint, Ohio filed a puzzling brief ostensibly backing neither side, a number of lawmakers also sought to join the case, all before the Democrat-led jurisdictions …

The projected US presidential election winner Joe Biden’s administration “must understand” that the efforts to prop up Guaido despite declining support even among the Venezuelan opposition are “exhausted,” and that it “cannot give continuity to the status quo,” Capriles told the BBC during a Wednesday interview. He called for Washington …

“I do think that we need to be very, very clear there’s now a strong possibility that we will have a solution that’s much more like an Australian relationship with the EU than a Canadian relationship with the EU,” Johnson pointed out. “It doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing.” The …

RDIF, which finances the development of Sputnik V, announced the deal on Thursday. The vaccine for Argentina is going to be produced by the fund’s international partners in India, China, South Korea and other countries. The contract would allow the South American nation, which has seen some 1,480,000 Covid-19 cases …