In a statement on Wednesday evening, India lauded the first test of its Agni-5 missile. The missile was inducted over three years ago, but Wednesday’s launch was the first time the rocket had been trialed by the user agency, the Strategic Forces Command. Agni-5, which is capable of carrying a …
Read More »Homeland Security secretary tests positive for Covid-19, despite being vaccinated
Mayorkas is experiencing “mild congestion,” according to a statement from Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Marsha Espinosa. The secretary will be isolating and working from home. The statement also confirmed Mayorkas is fully vaccinated against Covid. Contact tracing to determine the origin and spread of the infection is “underway,” the …
Read More »Conservative activist Laura Loomer tests positive for Covid, calls vaccines ‘unsafe’ as critics celebrate ‘karma’ getting her
In a post on the pro-Trump platform Gettr, Loomer announced to her followers that she had begun feeling ill on Wednesday, prompting her to get a Covid-19 test, which came up positive. “I had a fever, chills, a runny nose, sore throat, nausea and severe body aches that made my …
Read More »Deadly bat caves & humanized mice tests: Released docs describe ‘HIGHEST RISK’ involved in US-funded coronavirus research in Wuhan
More than 900 pages of material related to this research were published on the non-profit media company’s website on Tuesday. The documents were acquired as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information Act litigation by The Intercept against the National Institutes of Health. The documents detail the work of EcoHealth Alliance, …
Read More »300 British troops offered hearing loss tests after £5.5bn Ajax tank trials halted over noise complaints
In a written statement to Parliament on Monday, Minister for Defence Procurement Jeremy Quin said that the Ajax tank programme, already beset by failures, had engendered adverse health effects among the troops trialing the hardware. Quin said that while 121 personnel had previously been identified as requiring urgent hearing assessments, …
Read More »Joe Rogan tests negative for Covid-19 after media storm over medication he used
“Tested negative today,” Rogan announced Friday on Instagram, accompanied by a picture of a test device showing the absence of SARS-CoV2, the official name of the novel coronavirus. The response by the corporate media to Rogan’s initial announcement prompted a number of critical takes. Novelist Walter Kirn quipped that Rogan …
Read More »Iran successfully tests homemade Mersad-16 missile system (PHOTOS)
On Tuesday, the Iranian army test-fired the Mersad-16 missile system in the Dasht-e Kavir desert in the north-central province of Semnan, Iranian media reported. The indigenously developed hardware is made to intercept high-speed targets such as cruise missiles at low altitudes, Brigadier General Mohammad Khoshghalb, Deputy Chief of Operations of …
Read More »Indonesia halts ‘two-finger’ virginity tests on female military recruits
“There’s no more of that,” Army Chief of Staff Andika Perkasa declared, discussing the so-called ‘two-finger’ virginity tests which had examined “whether the hymen was ruptured or partially ruptured” before female cadets could be admitted. Addressing concerns raised by Human Rights Watch (HRW), which investigated the process in 2014 and …
Read More »Los Angeles school district mandates weekly Covid-19 TESTS for returning students and staff, regardless of vaccination
Covid-19 testing for everyone, regardless of vaccination status, will start on August 2, “in accordance with the most recent guidance” from the LA County Department of Public Health,” the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced on Thursday. LAUSD is “closely monitoring evolving health conditions and adapting our response in …
Read More »Biden orders mandatory Covid vaccines or tests for all federal employees, plus masks for workers and visitors
Biden announced the mask order on Thursday, four days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically reversed its earlier guidance and recommended that vaccinated and unvaccinated people alike mask up indoors in certain areas. In his announcement, Biden also stated that federal employees who opt not to get …
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