Normally, the planning horizon in the shipbuilding industry can’t be less than 30 years into the future – everyone seems to be in agreement on that. Right now, Russia has a program for the development of the industry until 2050, which seems fine. However, since it was formulated and approved …
Read More »Biden & Putin to meet in Vienna? Austria offers its capital as potential venue for proposed summit between US & Russian leaders
Austria has revealed its willingness to host a potential high-level summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, after the American leader said that the pair should meet in “a third country.” That’s according to multiple Russian media outlets, which say they have been in direct …
Read More »Washington mulls digital dollar, sees Chinese e-yuan as potential threat – report
Officials at the Treasury, State Department, Pentagon, and National Security Council are currently trying to explore the potential implications of China’s new sovereign digital currency, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The presidential administration is reportedly not concerned about the immediate challenge the e-yuan might pose to regulatory frameworks …
Read More »Scientists identify potential culprit behind post-Covid-19 ‘brain fog’
“We were initially approached by our colleagues in critical-care medicine, who had observed severe delirium in many patients who were hospitalised with Covid-19,” says neuro-oncologist Jessica Wilcox, of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York. Her team’s initial investigations eventually snowballed into a multidisciplinary collaboration between neurology, critical …
Read More »Scientists identify potential culprit behind post-Covid-19 ‘brain fog’
“We were initially approached by our colleagues in critical-care medicine, who had observed severe delirium in many patients who were hospitalised with Covid-19,” says neuro-oncologist Jessica Wilcox, of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York. Her team’s initial investigations eventually snowballed into a multidisciplinary collaboration between neurology, critical …
Read More »Dumping people in quarantine hotels to stop the spread of potential mutant Covid strains shows that paranoia now rules UK policy
As the British government deliberates over a decision to force everyone arriving in the UK into hotel quarantine, it all seems so familiar… and that’s because this issue has been with us before and BoJo made a balls-up of it then. So, here we are, revisiting the same problem with …
Read More »Declassified White House docs reveal America’s self-doubt over a potential military conflict with China
Following the departure of White House Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger and with the Trump administration coming to an end, a number of documents have been declassified setting out its ‘Indo-Pacific’ strategy or, more specifically, its gameplan to attempt to contain China over its four years in office. The documents …
Read More »Pfizer to assess report about ‘potential serious allergic reaction’ to Covid-19 vaccine after Alaska health worker is hospitalized
The afflicted individual remains in the hospital on Wednesday after suffering a powerful reaction Tuesday, three sources who had seen official reports of the victim’s health told the New York Times. The workplace or residence of the health worker have not been disclosed, nor have any more details about their …
Read More »China’s new sanctions against American defence companies have the potential to cause major damage to the US military
On Monday afternoon, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Beijing would be placing sanctions on a number of US firms and linked individuals over arms sales to Taiwan, with Washington having approved a record sale worth around $5 billion to the island the previous week. The listed companies included …
Read More »‘If Trump wins, my profession is done’: Pollsters hedge bets for ANOTHER potential election day upset
Democratic candidate Joe Biden is leading President Donald Trump by up to 10 points nationwide. Yet polls can be wrong, and for all the talk of a Biden “landslide” in the media, Trump’s supporters likely remember 2016, when their candidate pulled off a shock victory against Hillary Clinton, despite being …
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