The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday that Title 42, a restriction on immigration imposed by former President Donald Trump, ostensibly to prevent Covid-19 entering the US via the Mexican border, will expire in May. Homeland Security officials are anticipating as many as 18,000 migrants to …
Read More »Game-changing’ antibiotic could save millions – study
UK scientists hailed a “game-changing” antibiotic in a new study released on Tuesday, which could save millions of people worldwide from drug-resistant superbugs. The team of researchers, working in association with the University of Lincoln, achieved the breakthrough by developing new versions of the molecule teixobactin, successfully killing bacteria without …
Read More »Auto workers could lose millions in wages amid trucker protest
US auto industry employees in the state of Michigan could lose up to $51 million in wages this week due to the trucker protest at the US-Canada border, auto industry analysts at Anderson Economic Group estimate. The protest has led to blockades of the Blue Water and Ambassador Bridges between …
Read More »Millions of US kids to be told which news is fake
NewsGuard, a controversial service that ranks news sources read by clients online based on how trustworthy it considers them to be, will soon be available for free to millions of schoolchildren in the US. The New York-based company signed a licensing agreement with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the …
Read More »GoFundMe blocks millions raised for truckers protesting Covid vaccine mandates
US crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has suspended access to more than Can$5 million (about $4 million) raised by ‘Freedom Convoy 2022’ – a trucker convoy heading to Ottawa to protest the vaccine mandate. About 50,000 trucks aim to take part in a massive demonstration against rules recently imposed by the government, …
Read More »Unprecedented blackout cuts off millions across Central Asia
Millions of people across Central Asia have been left without electricity after a shared power grid went down, cutting off national networks in three seperate countries on Tuesday. Massive blackouts have been reported in southern Kazakhstan, including parts of Almaty, the country’s former capital. Trolley buses ground to a halt in the city, …
Read More »Poorer nations reject millions of expiring Covid vaccine doses – UN
The program to help poorer nations to vaccinate their populations against Covid-19 is facing a problem, as many donations have a remaining shelf life too short to be properly distributed, a UN official has revealed. In December alone, over 100 million doses offered to the UN’s COVAX program had to …
Read More »Millions told to stay home while mass Covid testing underway
All residents in Tianjin, China have been advised to not leave their homes until they receive a negative result in the latest city-wide testing for Covid. The decision comes after 20 cases were detected. China’s ‘zero tolerance’ approach to Covid-19 is now being applied in the northern city of Tianjin, …
Read More »Taliban weed about to attract millions in foreign investment
CPharm International (ECI), a German research and development firm, has said it is planning a multi-million-dollar investment in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, with the aim of producing weed for medical purposes. Following an unfortunate case of mistaken identity in late 2021, Vice media agency tracked down a German company, CPharm International (ECI), …
Read More »Millions in Canada under Covid-19 curfew on New Year’s Eve
More than 8.5 million Canadians have been ordered to remain at home for New Year’s celebrations, with the provincial government of Quebec imposing a curfew and a ban on private gatherings amid the spread of the Omicron variant. Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced the policies on Thursday, saying they will …
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