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 …
Read More »‘Stolen election’ hysteria is the new ‘Russian interference’ – and both are the result of US institutional erosion
The Trump campaign has now lost 51 legal challenges to last month’s presidential election results, as each state’s authorities confirm rival Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. Yet 52 percent of Republicans actually believed that it was Trump who had “rightfully won” the election (versus 29 percent for Joe Biden), according to a Reuters/Ipsos …
Read More »New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ‘sexually harassed me for years,’ former staffer claims after blasting ‘toxic’ work environment
“Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched,” Boylan, who is running for Manhattan borough president in 2021, wrote in one of a series of tweets on Sunday. “I could never anticipate what to expect: would I be grilled on my work (which was very good) …
Read More »‘It’s not over,’ Trump declares 1 day before Electoral College votes, claims US looks like ‘3rd world country’
“We’re going to speed it up as much as we can, but you can only go so fast,” Trump told ‘Fox & Friends’ in an interview that aired on Sunday. The president cited “numerous local cases,” including in Wisconsin, that could still help prove his allegations of voter fraud. “They …
Read More »‘He’s too smart’: Russian UFC champ Khabib hailed as ‘mystic’ by fans after predicting agonizing demise of rival Ferguson (VIDEO)
“El Cucuy” has had a nightmare 2020, starting with the cancelation of a proposed fight with Nurmagomedov for a fifth time in April and ending with a defeat to Brazilian Charles Oliveira as he sought to re-establish himself as a challenger at UFC 256. Ferguson had hoped to become the …
Read More »Bulgarian pop beauty Andrea watches on as former flame Kubrat Pulev gets pummeled by Anthony Joshua in world title fight (PHOTOS)
Mandatory challenger Pulev was knocked out by a thunderous straight right hand from Joshua in the ninth round of their contest at Wembley Arena, after the Bulgarian had managed to scrap his way back into the fight despite also being sent to the canvas in round three. The defeat meant …
Read More »Brexit talks without end: Negotiators to ‘go the extra mile’ as deadline shifts
“Despite the fact that deadlines have been missed over and over, we both think that it is responsible at this point in time to go the extra mile,” Ursula von der Leyen announced on Sunday after a phone call with Boris Johnson. Sunday was expected to be the make-or-break day …
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