The UK Foreign Office has refused to grant the status to the EU ambassador, which would extend to him privileges and immunities under the Vienna Convention, as it is hesitant to set a precedent of treating an international body like a nation state. The decision could be seen as a …
Read More »Halfway through this winter of Covid, overall mortality is around normal for this time of year. Something doesn’t add up
A recent article in the Telegraph is one of the first in a mainstream outlet to even suggest a challenge to the official coronavirus narrative. These days, that narrative claims that the ‘second wave’ is actually deadlier than the first. (Recently, some Branch Covidians have been claiming a ‘third wave’, …
Read More »‘Great cover, guys’: UK’s New Statesman magazine mocked for copying rival Spectator’s Biden-themed front page
The New Statesman unveiled its latest cover on Wednesday, showing a likeness of US President Joe Biden hunched over with a globe on his back. The image was captioned “Biden’s burden.” While it drew some compliments, it wasn’t long before the Spectator’s deputy editor, Freddy Gray, pointed out on Twitter …
Read More »Fire breaks out at world’s biggest vaccine maker, India’s Serum Institute (VIDEO)
On Thursday afternoon, emergency services were called to an SII plant in Pune, after a fire broke out on the fifth floor. Executive Director Suresh Jadhav confirmed the facility in question is used for the production of a BCG vaccine – an inoculation used primarily against tuberculosis. SII is the …
Read More »Russian conscript who killed 8 fellow soldiers after ‘humiliating’ treatment at secret nuclear base handed 24-year prison sentence
On Thursday, the Second Eastern District Military Court handed Shamsutdinov a sentence of 24 and a half years in a maximum-security prison colony. He will also have to pay a fine of 9.8 million rubles ($130,000) by way of compensation to his victims and their families. The attack, at a …
Read More »Double suicide bombing hits Baghdad, killing at least 13 and injuring around 25 others
Two explosions were heard in Tayaran Square, Baghdad by witnesses after suicide bombers are believed to have detonated explosive vests in the area’s busy marketplace. In response to the attack, Iraq has deployed intense security measures and closed roads around the site of the attack, establishing a green zone while …
Read More »Merkel pushes for coordinated bans on UK arrivals to EU due to new variant of coronavirus – British media
EU nations would be “free to impose temporary bans on entry and on transporting passengers entering from [non-EU] countries with virus-variants areas,” the Times reported on Thursday, citing a draft proposal submitted to Brussels by Berlin. According to the paper, the move is being wholly backed by German Chancellor Angela …
Read More »Gloves are off for meme-makers as mittened Bernie becomes instant hit following inauguration ceremony
The Vermont senator came to witness President Biden’s swearing-in ceremony dressed for cold weather in a winter coat and cozy mittens – a gift he received from a teacher a few years ago. Combined with a relaxed ‘I’m just biding my time’ posture as Sanders sat on a folding chair, …
Read More »Twitter locks out Chinese embassy to the US after ‘dehumanizing’ Uyghur tweet as if to prove it isn’t JUST anti-Trump
The tech giant has locked @ChineseEmbinUS, the official account of Beijing’s US Embassy, for supposedly violating its policies against dehumanization by refusing to delete a tweet defending the government’s policies regarding Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region. A Twitter spokesman confirmed on Wednesday that the account was still locked. The …
Read More »Trump left office ‘defeated, isolated & broken’, Iranian General Soleimani’s daughter says in withering statement
“Mr. Trump, you murdered my father, the General who led the victorious war against ISIS/Al-Qaeda, with the perverse hope that you will be seen as some sort of hero,” Zeinab Soleimani tweeted on Wednesday, under an alternate spelling of her surname. Soleimani’s tweet – which was accompanied by an image …
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