Domestic tourism in China is on track to make a comeback after sinking to an all-time low during strict Covid-related lockdowns, CNBC reported Monday, citing Fitch Ratings data. The analysis showed an increase in holiday bookings since the country’s biggest lockdown in Shanghai ended in late May. Traveler numbers surged …
Read More »Supply chain bottleneck warning issued
A new study by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has found that 20% of container ships are currently stuck in congestion at various major ports. According to the report, published on Tuesday and seen by Reuters, China’s Covid lockdowns, the conflict in Ukraine, and other strains are causing longer …
Read More »Assange extradition order issued by UK court
A magistrates court in London has issued a formal order to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges there, and a possible effective life imprisonment. Wednesday’s ruling may be appealed. The Westminster Magistrates’ Court decision reverses its previous ruling that denied the US extradition to the …
Read More »Iodine tablets to be issued in EU state
Romania’s health ministry has announced the dispersal of potassium iodine pills to all residents, up to the age of 40 years-old, including babies. Multiple EU member states, including Bulgaria, Belgium and some others, have seen an increased demand for such drugs amid the ongoing Russian offensive in Ukraine. A campaign …
Read More »Arrest warrant issued for ex-Ukrainian president – media
The head of the country’s most popular opposition party, according to polls, claims the case against him is a sham. Earlier this year, another opposition leader, Viktor Medvedchuk, was placed under house arrest on similar charges. The former president’s arrest was allowed with the possibility of bail set at 1 …
Read More »France’s mandatory ‘health pass’ with government-issued QR codes for access to everyday life is the start of a dystopian nightmare
In the dead of summer, just a couple of days before the July 14 Bastille Day national holiday, when many French citizens had tuned out and left the big cities for some respite from a long stretch of sanitary restrictions – including months of curfews – French President Emmanuel Macron took …
Read More »Tsunami warning issued in Japan as 7.2-magnitude quake hits off northeast coast (VIDEOS)
The quake struck northeastern Japan at around 6pm local time. Japan’s Meteorological Agency put the power of the quake at 7.2, saying it happened at a depth of 60km. Several weaker aftershocks followed over the next hour. The agency issued a tsunami warning for the areas closest to the quake, saying …
Read More »New Zealand hit by 7.3 magnitude earthquake, tsunami warning issued
New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency has ordered people near the coast to move to higher ground if they feel a “long or strong earthquake,” adding that the emergency advice supersedes any Covid-19 orders. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also urged caution, declaring in a statement that “Hazardous tsunami waves from …
Read More »‘Everyone’s going to get that’: Americans to be issued Covid-19 ‘VACCINE CARDS’ to track doses
“Everyone will be issued a written card that they can put in their wallet that will tell them what they had and when their next dose is due,” Dr. Kelly Moore, associate director of the Immunization Action Coalition, told CNN on Thursday. The IAC is a nonprofit working with the …
Read More »The lists do not appear. What’s wrong with the list issued by Russia in exchange
After a major prisoner exchange, held on September 7, almost the whole day there was information handed over to Russia Ukraine detainees and convicts. Only the Russian Embassy in Kiev has published a group photo, but there’s – obviously, not all released by the exchange (24 people from the previously …
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