“Florida has evidence of the first identified case of the UK Covid-19 variant in Martin County,” the state’s health department announced in a tweet late on Thursday, adding “The individual is a male in his 20s with no history of travel.” The health agency noted, however, that it anticipates “little …
Read More »‘It’s like the Twilight Zone’: Times Square set to be empty for New Year, with crowds BANNED for first time in over a century
A first in the 116-year history of the traditional ‘ball drop,’ Times Square will be closed to spectators as the city rings in the New Year, an event that’s previously drawn crowds in excess of 1 million. Instead, revelers will have to watch the show from afar via live broadcast, …
Read More »Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine first in the world to receive emergency use authorization from WHO
The world health body announced the emergency approval on Thursday, as 2020 came to a close. Its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) will enable countries to expedite their own regulatory approval of the vaccine, and allow UNICEF and the Pan-American Health Organization to buy it for distribution, the WHO said. “This …
Read More »Protesters confront Minneapolis police after city sees first cop-involved killing since George Floyd
Police shot and killed a man in an exchange of gunfire, after pulling his vehicle over on Wednesday night, the city’s police force said. The individual was pronounced dead by medical personnel who came to his aid. A female passenger in the car was not injured, and no officers involved …
Read More »Russia is developing world’s first Covid-19 antidote, preclinical studies show drug effectiveness of more than 99%
According to Veronika Skvortsova, the head of FMBA, studies thus far have shown it is more than 99% effective. “This is the first etiotropic drug that directly affects the virus. In fact, this is an antidote for coronavirus infection,” she informed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Wednesday, noting that preclinical …
Read More »Forget the racial politics, Pixar’s first black-led movie, ‘Soul’, isn’t about being black – it’s about being human
‘Soul’, the new film from esteemed animation studio Pixar that premiered on the streaming service Disney+ on Christmas Day, has attracted a lot of attention for featuring the first black protagonist in the company’s history. The film tells the story of Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), a good-hearted jazz musician (who …
Read More »Russia fields first mass-produced 5th-gen Su-57 fighter jet. RT looks back at its history (VIDEOS)
The Russian military has received a very special early Christmas present from the Sukhoi aircraft maker, with the first mass-produced Su-57 finally joining its ranks. The manufacturing process of the new fighters is expected to accelerate in the months to come and, by the late 2020s, Moscow will have at …
Read More »Time to chart Scotland’s future as ‘independent, European nation’: First Minister Sturgeon reacts to UK-EU Brexit deal
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Read More »Bugs for the poor, lab steaks for the rich? Vat-grown chicken meat makes debut in first-ever sale at posh Singapore restaurant
On Saturday evening, the 1880 restaurant in Robertson Quay, a posh entertainment district in Singapore, began serving a special kind of dish. The diners were served what are basically chicken nuggets, but not a single chick died for them. The meat was cultured from chicken muscle cells in a lab …
Read More »Cuomo’s First Amendment-flouting ban of the Confederate flag opens the door to unprecedented attacks on free speech
Signed into law on Tuesday, the new bill bars anyone from selling or displaying “symbols of hate” on New York state property unless the symbol appears in a book, “digital medium,” or within an educational context. The definition of “symbols of hate” is left deliberately open-ended, with the legislation noting …
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