There was “real uncertainty” about whether Europe understood the impact a large-scale Russian incursion into Ukraine would have on the whole continent, Oleksii Reznikov, who took charge of the Defense Ministry in November, wrote in a piece last week for NATO lobby think-tank the Atlantic Council. Reznikov dedicated his piece …
Read More »Million Mask March protesters clash with police in London (VIDEOS)
Protesters marched through Parliament Square, Trafalgar Square, and Oxford Street on Friday, marking the annual Million Mask March, which draws big demonstrations each year on November 5 against government overreach, income inequality, and, more recently, Covid-19 restrictions. Many demonstrators sported Guy Fawkes masks to honour the fictionalised anti-government character depicted …
Read More »US approves sale of $650 million in air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) informed Congress on Thursday, as required by law, that the proposed sale “will support US foreign policy and national security” by “helping to improve the security of a friendly country that continues to be an important force for political and economic progress in the …
Read More »JHU data shows Covid pandemic deaths surpass 5 MILLION worldwide as concern grows over the spread of the virus ahead of winter
As of Monday, the number of Covid-linked deaths recorded around the world hit 5,001,991 globally in JHU’s data, with over 246.8 million cases having been confirmed since the viral pandemic’s first case was reported. The US continues to hold the highest fatality record of any country, with close to 740,000 …
Read More »White man fired from hospital in diversity initiative WINS $10 MILLION discrimination lawsuit
In a 2019 lawsuit, David Duvall claimed that Novant Health violated his civil rights when the company fired him a year earlier and replaced him with two women, one black and one white. Duvall, who had worked for the firm in North Carolina for nearly five years, was abruptly fired …
Read More »UK competition watchdog slaps Facebook with £50 million fine for information breach
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) contended that Facebook consciously failed to provide the British regulator with all the information required. In a statement, the regulator said that Facebook’s decision not to comply with its demands were seemingly “deliberate” as the tech giant had been given multiple warnings already. The …
Read More »Haitian gang demand $17 million for release of kidnapped US and Canadian Christian missionaries
Over the weekend, the kidnappers contacted Christian Aid Ministries – an Ohio-based missionary group whose members were kidnapped – and demanded the ransom, Haitian Justice Minister Liszt Quitel told several US media outlets on Tuesday. The missionary group has been in contact with the gang since then and several phone …
Read More »Russian gamers Team Spirit scoop $18 MILLION PRIZE by winning Dota 2 The International eSports extravaganza
Team Spirit had gone 2-0 ahead on Sunday but could not land a third battle, meaning the title was decided in a fifth game as their rivals – associated with French football giants Paris Saint-Germain – battled until the last. PSG.LGD took home $5.2 million for finishing in second place, …
Read More »Vax-A-Million fail? Vaccine lotteries across 19 states had near ‘zero’ effect on immunization rates, new study finds
Published in the JAMA medical journal on Friday, the pre-print study by researchers at the University of Colorado Denver showed that the links between vaccine lottery announcements and inoculation rates were “very small in magnitude” and “statistically indistinguishable from zero.” “No statistically significant association was detected between a cash-drawing announcement and …
Read More »Over 50 million people suffered from major depressive disorder in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic, new global study estimates
While “mental disorders were leading causes of the global health-related burden” even before the pandemic, the spread of the dreaded virus and subsequent restrictive measures to fight the disease have considerably added to the load, a study published in the Lancet medical journal on Friday suggests. An extra 53.2 million …
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