Russia will seek clarification from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on its latest report, the nation’s envoy to the chemical weapons watchdog Aleksandr Shulgin has said. The document, presented at the 97th session of the organization’s executive council earlier this week, contains information on the body’s …
Read More »Thai police order evacuation & warn of possible second explosion after massive blast at chemical plant near Bangkok (VIDEOS)
The explosion occurred in the early hours of Monday at the Ming Dih Chemical factory, located in a village outside the Thai capital. The factory produces plastic foam and pellets. According to reports, the resulting fire engulfed the entire factory compound – comprised of five or six warehouses – as …
Read More »Moscow mayor warns of possible ‘limited but HARSH’ lockdown, citing worsening Covid-19 situation
“We are very close to much more severe – temporary, but severe – decisions on restrictions,” Sergey Sobyanin said on Thursday. He noted that 600 Covid-19 patients have been hospitalized over the past 48 hours, and that Moscow has about 17,000 beds dedicated to coronavirus patients to date. Soon that number …
Read More »EU drugs regulator lists another rare blood condition as possible AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine side effect
The EMA’s addition of the very rare syndrome to its list of potential side effects for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab comes as the regulator also examines reports of heart inflammation in recipients of the vaccine. Capillary leak syndrome is a condition that causes fluid to leak out of blood vessels …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: The lie that a kinder, gentler US Empire is possible
Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar has once again been the center of an artificial controversy launched in bad faith, this time over a tweet where she mentioned the United States and Israel in the same breath as Hamas and the Taliban as perpetrators of “unthinkable atrocities”. “We must have the same level of accountability …
Read More »German police probe Tesla factory fire as possible arson attack after blaze claimed by ‘left-wing extremists’
A fire at Tesla’s so-called ‘gigafactory’ in Gruenheide outside Berlin early on Wednesday damaged electricity cables at the site, a spokesperson for Brandenburg police said. Forensics officers were dispatched to the scene and police are looking at a potential crime of arson, a spokesperson for the state criminal investigation office …
Read More »Now even Fauci accepts the lab leak theory of Covid-19 is ‘possible.’ Will the fact-checkers admit they were wrong? Of course not
According to his nemeses, Fauci has held his position for so many decades due less to his talent as a doctor and more to his relentless media schmoozing and glad-handing. This has served him well during the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw the same media that was supposed to be covering …
Read More »Report says US will waive some sanctions on Nord Stream 2 pipeline – but reveals possible ‘Plan B’ to stop Russia-Germany gas link
Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO Matthias Warnig – a former East German secret agent turned investment banker – are engaging in “sanctionable activity” but the US State Department will waive those sanctions, citing national interests, and sanction “a handful of Russian ships” instead – at least according to …
Read More »IDF ‘approves’ plan for possible ground invasion into Gaza as Netanyahu reportedly rejects Hamas truce offer
Additional troops have been moved to the Gazan border, including soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade, the Golani Infantry Brigade, and the 7th Armored Brigade, IDF spokesperson Brigadier General Hidai Zilberman told reporters on Thursday. Zilberman said the plan for a possible invasion into Gaza would be presented to IDF Chief …
Read More »Turkey bans use of cryptocurrencies for payments, citing possible ‘irreparable’ damages
The regulator said in a statement published in the Official Gazette that cryptocurrencies and other such digital assets based on distributed ledger technology could not be used, either directly or indirectly, as an instrument of payment. “Payment service providers will not be able to develop business models in a way …
Read More »