Mayor Khan is pushing for compulsory mask wearing on the Underground, seeking to make it into a by-law, enabling the British Transport Police to enforce it and impose fixed penalties on those daring to board the trains maskless. “We are trying to lobby the Government to allow us to bring …
Read More »Boris Johnson wants to waive quarantine rules for COP26 attendees jabbed with Chinese & Russian vaccines – media
Johnson supports plans to allow thousands of foreign delegates, who have received China’s Sinovac or Sinopharm vaccines, or Russia’s Sputnik V, to attend the COP26 climate-change summit in Glasgow in November without quarantining upon arrival, the Times reports. Only the vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca/Oxford, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson …
Read More »Black Lives Matter-backing mayor of Washington, DC now wants to FUND the police, citing spike in murders
Slashing the police budget for 2021 by $15 million hurt recruitment, resulting in only 42 new hires as opposed to 250 in a normal year, Bowser said on Wednesday. She called for another $11 million to hire and train 20 more officers in the current fiscal year and 150 in …
Read More »Philip Morris claims it wants to ‘solve the problem of smoking’ by ending cigarette sales in UK
Philip Morris’ CEO Jacek Olczak said on Sunday that the plan was part of the company’s strategy to phase out conventional cigarette smoking in the country. “I want to allow this company to leave smoking behind. I think in the UK, ten years from now maximum, you can completely solve …
Read More »If the world wants a WHO that functions properly, America has to stop scapegoating it
A year and a half ago, as the Covid-19 pandemic began to spiral out of control across the world, the political narrative was set out very firmly by the United States: that Chinese political influence and pressure had subjugated the World Health Organization (WHO) and left it unable to fulfil …
Read More »What’s really behind the EU’s latest effort to regulate cryptocurrencies? RT’s Boom Bust wants to know
Crypto analyst Christy Ai tells Boom Bust who’s being targeted by these latest proposals. For more stories on economy & finance visit RT’s business section
Read More »Indonesian minister wants Fortnite banned over alleged in-game desecration of Islamic holy site
“In this game, I was told that there are icons that are considered to be similar to the Kaaba that must be destroyed to get new weapons and advance to the next level,” Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno said in a statement to CNN Indonesia on Monday. …
Read More »Nunes on the case? House GOP leader McCarthy wants NSA investigated after Tucker Carlson accusations
Citing “a disturbing trend at the National Security Agency,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced on Wednesday that he has asked fellow California Republican and ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Devin Nunes to “investigate and find answers on behalf of the American people.” “Although …
Read More »Why the left wants Covid to last forever… And the right thinks the pandemic is over already
It would be fascinating in the near future for sociologists and psychiatrists to examine what it was about left-leaning politicos that led them to embrace the Covid-19 pandemic so heartily. Unfortunately, most potential researchers probably hold that particular voting bent and are less likely to self-examine adequately to answer such …
Read More »DNC launches media blitz, wants Americans to ‘celebrate’ being able to see family on July 4, ‘thanks to Biden and the Democrats’
As Americans gear up to celebrate their country’s Independence Day, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has decided now is the perfect time to remind everyone of all the good the Biden administration has done. Part of this campaign is a cringey ad released on Tuesday declaring that “America’s coming back.” …
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