On April 26, the UK government published a tender in search of 60 new “covid marshals” in the district of Hertfordshire. The contract, offered to “public security, law and order [and] compulsory social security services” providers, is set to run July 2021-January 2022, and cost £3 million. Marshals were introduced in October 2020 to help businesses manage queues, …
Read More »EU preparing to sue AstraZeneca over massive vaccine shortfall – reports
The possible lawsuit against the manufacturer was discussed on Wednesday at a meeting with ambassadors, sources told Reuters and Politico. The suggestion to take action against AstraZeneca was supported by a majority of member states, the news outlet said. One diplomatic source said the EU seeks to make delivering the …
Read More »Biden preparing to launch series of ‘clandestine’ cyberattacks against Russia – NYT
Citing officials familiar with the operation, the Times said that a “series of clandestine actions” aimed at Russia is expected to begin over the next three weeks and that the cyberattacks are intended to be “evident” to President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s intelligence services, but not to the “wider world.” …
Read More »Why Biden installing Obama-era hawks in senior roles and preparing to fire up the War Machine again is very bad news for Syrians
Just days before Biden’s inauguration, there were conflictingreports of US military build-up in oil-rich northeast Syria. Whatever happened in the run-up to the change of power in Washington, it is a fact that this area was already occupied and plundered by US Coalition forces and their Kurdish separatist proxies. Some …
Read More »With no sign of US returning to fold, Russia is preparing to withdraw from ‘Open Skies’ treaty – Foreign Ministry
The country’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Friday in which it confirmed that “due to the lack of progress in negotiations around the continuation of the treaty under new circumstances, the Ministry is authorized to announce the start of preparations for withdrawal.” The main reason behind Moscow’s move is …
Read More »‘Beware of trap’: Iranian FM warns Trump ‘Israeli agents’ are preparing ‘attacks’ on US forces in Iraq to spark war against Tehran
Zarif on Saturday tagged Donald Trump on Twitter – the US president’s social media of choice – as he repeated the claim of a false flag plot. The foreign minister then warned Trump against falling for the alleged Israeli plot. He said that any hostilities against Tehran will backfire not …
Read More »Biden aide says Pentagon DID stop transition meetings, amid speculation Trump is preparing to ‘cross the Rubicon’
A sensationally titled Axios report claimed on Friday that Trump’s acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller had ordered a “total halt” to briefings and meetings with Biden’s transition staff, citing anonymous officials as saying it was to give the Pentagon staff a break for the holidays. “This isn’t true,” former acting …
Read More »Beijing preparing ‘firm countermeasures’ after US sanctions Chinese officials over Hong Kong
China will take “firm counter-measures against the malicious actions by the US to safeguard our sovereignty, security, and developmental rights,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters on Tuesday. She also urged Washington to withdraw its decision. Beijing was prompted to retaliate after the United States on Monday imposed financial …
Read More »EU preparing for no-deal Brexit, von der Leyen says, as next days are ‘decisive’ for trade agreement with UK
“Decisive days for our negotiations,” the EU’s chief executive tweeted. “There has been progress but I cannot tell today if in the end there will be a deal.” She told the European Parliament: “The European Union is well prepared for a no-deal scenario.” London and Brussels are trying to clinch …
Read More »Record the yield and resorts in the Barents sea are preparing for swimsuit season.
In the USSR, in the time of harvest, every day talked about the progress of the harvest. Favorite shows of the Soviet people “Rural hour” and “Projector of perestroika” was shown in Prime time<s> as Putin reaps the harvest. </s>it is Sad that now it is not. But you cannot …
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