On July 20, the country’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) reported the discovery to international virus database GISAID. But an unnamed researcher from the institute, the news outlet writes, claimed that it was decided to withhold releasing this information to the public – until after the Games. While the …
Read More »‘Highly likely’: UK accuses Iran of ‘deliberate & targeted attack’ on Israeli-operated tanker off Oman
“We believe this attack was deliberate, targeted, and a clear violation of international law by Iran,” said a statement, released by the Foreign Office on Sunday. It went on to say that “it is highly likely” that Iran attacked the Mercer Street tanker with one of its drones as the …
Read More »‘Alphabet of woke’: NHS website hides glossary of ‘highly divisive’ terms meant for staff training from public view after furore
The draft document, titled ‘Glossary A-Z’, is hosted on the ‘Our NHS People’ website for staff. Before it was removed from public view over the weekend, the incomplete list was found to explore a range of ideas, from ‘cultural appropriation’ to ‘intersectionality’, ‘white fragility’ and even ‘woke’ itself. Certain sections …
Read More »State-funded UK study says Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines are ‘highly effective’ against Indian Covid-19 variant
“New study by PHE shows for the first time that 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective” against the virus variant first identified in India, a UK government press release citing the study’s results said. The research shows that the Pfizer vaccine provides 88% protection against symptomatic disease …
Read More »Mexico puts 9 states on ALERT following theft of highly RADIOACTIVE material in truck robbery
Industrial radiography equipment has been stolen in a “violent robbery” of a truck near the municipality of Teoloyucan in the state of Mexico in the early hours of Sunday, the government said in a statement. No details about the incident have been made public and the unidentified perpetrators are reportedly …
Read More »YouTube blocks – and then unblocks – highly popular RT Arabic channel after US-based company files copyright infringement claims
Created in 2008, the RT Arabic YouTube channel has attracted a significant audience in the Arab world, gaining over 5.5 million subscribers and 2.8 billion views. Now, following a dispute with Business Casual Holdings, an American educational account, it is under threat. As per the website’s policy, a channel may …
Read More »Not even a ‘highly likely’? Cybersecurity group admits SolarWinds hack came FROM WITHIN THE US, but doubles down on blaming Russia
The mega-hack, which affected 250 networks including US government agencies, went undetected by Washington’s security systems because it originated within the US, FireEye told the New York Times. But while one might expect this revelation to pour cold water on the metastasizing, baseless claims that Russia was responsible for the …
Read More »China suspends all UK flights indefinitely amid fears new ‘highly contagious’ Covid-19 strain may spread
Speaking on Thursday in a regular media briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that Beijing would be pausing all flights between China and the UK. “After much consideration, China has decided to take reference from other countries and suspend flights to and from UK,” Wang told reporters. China will …
Read More »Top German virologist casts doubt on fears of new ‘highly contagious’ UK Covid-19 strain
The statement that the new strain of Covid-19 is 70 percent more contagious is nothing, but a claim made by politicians so far, Christian Drosten, the head of the virology department at the Berlin’s Charite center — one of Europe’s largest university hospitals — told the German radio broadcaster Deutschlandfunk. …
Read More »Poland joins international quarantine of UK over new highly contagious Covid-19 strain
The Polish travel ban will come into force at midnight on Monday, government spokesman Piotr Muller announced on Twitter. Many other nations, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Iran, Argentina, Chile and El Salvador have cut transportation to and from the UK. The restrictions were applied after Britain’s decision …
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