However, “nearly all” of the NATO member states were apparently “not interested” in staying in Afghanistan after US withdrawal from the country this year – as per the terms of the February 2020 peace agreement that was expected to end more than 18 years of conflict. The deal – struck …
Read More »Remain in Afghanistan without the Americans? Britain would be hard pressed defending Alderney with our depleted armed forces
With the United States withdrawing from Afghanistan, the UK had little choice but to follow suit. This has not gone down well with a portion of the ruling Conservative Party, which has always been the most hawkish of British political parties. Yesterday, two former British defence ministers, Tobias Ellwood and Johnny …
Read More »‘Vaccination must remain a personal choice’: Bavaria’s minister fends off attacks for refusing the jab
Hubert Aiwanger, Bavaria’s economy minister and deputy minister-president, pushed back against criticism of his stance on immunization. I believe that vaccination is an important component of the fight against the coronavirus, but it still has to remain a personal decision. “This has nothing to do with shamanism or the Querdenkers. …
Read More »FDA extends shelf life of J&J vaccine to 6 months, after states remain flooded with millions of nearly expired doses
The Big Pharma firm said in a statement on Wednesday that the FDA had approved the new expiration date, adding that the decision had been “based on data from ongoing stability assessment studies, which have demonstrated the vaccine is stable at six months.” The regulator said in a letter to J&J …
Read More »Biden says US ‘combat mission’ in Iraq will be over by year’s end, but won’t say how many troops to remain deployed
Speaking during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday, Biden said the US will fully transition to ‘advise and assist’ operations come year’s end, though noted that “counterterrorism cooperation” would continue. “Our role in Iraq will be… to be available, to continue to train, to assist, to …
Read More »The scheme to allow EU nationals to remain in Britain has exposed just how useless our migration controls have been
The UK government’s EU Settlement Scheme expired overnight. By that point, all EU nationals living in the UK must have registered to stay, or face expulsion. There have been television, radio, social media, and newspaper adverts reminding EU nationals of the new rules for weeks. Some, however, seem not to …
Read More »Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 jabs to remain shelved as US watchdogs await ‘more information’ on blood-clotting risk
Members of the CDC advisory committee on Wednesday said they want more information about the types of people, by such factors as age and gender, who may be at most risk of blood clots after taking the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It’s not clear when a recommendation will be made, …
Read More »700+ children remain in detention at US border, 200 for over 48 hours, amid spike in unaccompanied crossings – media
Around 700 minors who crossed into the US on their own were kept in Border Patrol Custody as of Sunday, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing an internal Customs and Border Protection document. By that time, around 200 children had already been held up for over 48 hours, and in the …
Read More »Prince Philip admitted to hospital, expected to remain in care several days – Buckingham Palace
Philip began feeling unwell on Tuesday, and was admitted to London’s King Edward VII hospital that evening, the palace said in a statement to media on Wednesday. “The Duke’s admission is a precautionary measure, on the advice of His Royal Highness’s Doctor, after feeling unwell. The Duke is expected to …
Read More »WHO Sec General confirms ‘all hypotheses remain open’ about origin of Covid-19
During a press conference in Geneva Friday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Peter Ben Embarek, the leader of the fact-finding mission to Wuhan to study the origins of the pandemic. Embarek’s team failed to identify the source of the virus but found enough evidence and testimony to effectively put …
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