Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Johnson announced that, based on what is known so far, the recently discovered new coronavirus strain appears to be more contagious than existing variants, and “can be spread between people who are double-vaccinated”. As such, Johnson announced a raft of new “targeted and precautionary measures” to …
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The global health body’s technical head on Covid-19, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, announced the upcoming meeting on Thursday during a live-streamed Q&A session, saying experts would gather Friday to talk about the new strain, dubbed B.1.1.529, which has now been detected in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong. “Our technical …
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In the clips, correctional staff can be seen subjecting inmates to humiliating, horrific ordeals, including violating them with objects and forcing them to perform sexual acts on camera. The orchestrator of the cruelty claimed the videos were to be used as blackmail in the future. While this may be one …
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Appearing on CNN on Sunday, Fauci was asked if booster shots would soon be required for someone to be considered fully inoculated, something required for many to work and enter certain businesses. While not giving a direct yes or no answer, the infectious disease expert said the current administration is …
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Speaking at a press conference after meeting his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris on Friday, Lavrov cautioned the West on forthcoming consequences to its “unfriendly moves.” “We reaffirmed our intention to continue to show an exceptionally restrained approach, not to create problems artificially, but we will, of course, …
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The Russian Defense Ministry published a video of the sleek bombers carrying out their patrol, noting that they were accompanied by a Su-30SM of the Belarus air force, demonstrating a high level of interoperability between the two allies. The mission took 4 hours and 36 minutes, and the bombers traveled …
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That’s according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who told Parisian TV channel France 5 about the threat Moscow perceives from the US-led bloc, while also noting that Russia wishes to be a part of a prosperous Europe. “Ukraine’s accession to NATO would be the worst-case scenario,” Peskov told the French …
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“The same mistakes keep getting made again and again,” Malone told RT in an interview on Thursday. The fundamental error, he explained, is that the public health community is structured to make decisions by consensus, so it is slow to react to data and is always 4-6 months behind the …
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Speaking on Wednesday, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, put the blame for rising tensions firmly on Taipei, accusing it of inventing “bogus accusations” against Beijing and colluding with foreign powers. “The [Democratic Progressive Party] DPP authorities’ hyping of the so-called ‘military threat’ of the mainland is to …
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The online images are all too familiar: helmeted and masked police in body armour with batons held high, clubbing protestors lying on the ground as incapacitating pepper smoke burns their eyes and chokes their breath. Meanwhile, mobs of rowdy protestors take over city streets, blocking traffic and disrupting the working …
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