“We are strongly against the politicization of the vaccine,” said Dmitriev, adding that when it comes to health and the very life of many people, “one should forget about politics or any attempts to ‘contain’ Russia.” In its international dealings related to Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, RDIF is simply …
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US District Judge Barbara Rothstein has sided with Amazon in the dispute, saying it is within the company’s right to suspend hosting services to the social media platform, which had become relatively popular with conservatives and Donald Trump supporters for its hands-off approach to moderating content. “The Court rejects any …
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Flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and corona czar Anthony Fauci, Biden gave his first Covid-19 briefing on Thursday, offsetting his initial message of doom and gloom by insisting that “help is on the way.” “Things are going to continue to get worse before they get better,” Biden said, explaining that …
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Ending US participation in the Yemen genocide could and should have begun on day one. In These Times reported the following back in November (emphasis added): “One thing Biden can do, starting on day one, is end U.S. involvement in the Yemen war – involvement that he helped initiate. By executive order, Biden could get the Pentagon …
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been ordered to implement “a 100-day pause on certain removals to enable focusing the Department’s resources where they are most needed,” starting no later than January 22, according to a memo from acting Homeland Security Secretary David Pekoske sent out on Thursday. “Due to …
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed on Thursday that Biden would look to negotiate an extension of the deal before it sunsets on February 5. “The president has long been clear that the New START treaty is in the national security interest of the United States, and this extension …
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The e-commerce behemoth reached out to the Biden administration on the day of the new president’s inauguration. It offered to help distribute Covid-19 vaccines to Americans, essentially offering to step in where former president Donald Trump had promised the military would deliver. “We are prepared to leverage our operations, information …
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In Wednesday-evening tweets responding to criticism of President Joe Biden from conservatives, Wilkinson wrote, “‘Aha! Biden proposes policies I dislike. HIS CALL FOR UNITY IS A LIE!’ is all the forlorn conservative mind can seem to muster. Sad.” In a follow-up tweet that received extensive pushback, Wilkinson added, “If Biden …
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Fernández, 61, received his shot at the Posadas Hospital in Buenos Aires on Thursday, after the National Administration for Medication, Food and Medical Technology recommended that people aged 60 and over be vaccinated. “Today I received the Sputnik V vaccine,” the president said on Twitter. “I thank the Gamaleya Institute …
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On the morning of January 20, it was announced former US president Donald Trump had ordered the declassification of a binder full of previously unreleased documents pertaining to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane probe into Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia. In what’s said to be the first instalment of a batch, …
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