“We have to appreciate that we were always going to have to have booster doses; immunity to coronavirus doesn’t last forever,” Sharon Peacock, UK Covid-19 Genomics (COG-UK) chief, told Reuters at the Wellcome Sanger Institute’s Cambridge campus on Monday. Peacock, whose COG-UK programme has sequenced half of the world’s mapped …
Read More »US must lift sanctions and pledge not to repeat Trump’s ‘mistakes’ before nuclear talks can resume, Iran says
“The US should lift sanctions on Iran and also should give guarantees that Trump’s mistakes will not happen again, then we can talk within the framework of JCPOA,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday, referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad …
Read More »‘Capitol rioter’ reportedly told colleagues Nazis ‘should have finished the job,’ sported ‘Hitler mustache’ at Navy base (PHOTO)
Hale-Cusanelli was arrested on January 15 as part of an ever-expanding investigation into the Capitol riot, which is on course to become the largest investigation in the history of the country. The man, who worked as a security contractor at Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Earle in New Jersey at the …
Read More »US has 1,000 ‘off-the-books’ troops in Afghanistan, some of whom work with the CIA – media
Citing US, European and Afghan officials, the Times reported that the US has about 1,000 more troops in the war-torn nation than it has disclosed. Officially, the Pentagon claims that its forces in Afghanistan total 2,500, but this figure allegedly does not accurately represent how many US boots are actually …
Read More »Sanctimonious UK has its own dodgy doctor & full-blown doping row – let’s see if quest for the truth is as loud as with Russia
On Friday, a medical tribunal found Freeman guilty of ordering the banned substance testosterone “knowing or believing” it would be used to dope an unnamed rider back in 2011, while Freeman was working with both British Cycling and Team Sky. It was a long and convoluted case which – …
Read More »Beijing skies turn ORANGE as massive sandstorm wreaks havoc on air quality in Chinese capital (PHOTOS)
The apocalyptic-looking air conditions were caused by heavy winds that blew sand in from Inner Mongolia and other parts of northwest China. Beijing’s air quality index showed a reading of 999, a level described as “hazardous,” the worst possible tier. The index lists a reading of 50 or below as …
Read More »‘Outrageous’: Spurs star Erik Lamela scores RIDICULOUS rabona nutmeg goal vs Arsenal – then gets sent off (VIDEO)
With the scores level at 0-0 in the 33rd minute, Lamela produced a remarkable finish after the ball had been laid off into his path by Lucas Moura inside the Arsenal box. Despite being surrounded by Gunners players, the Spurs star executed a ‘rabona’ to send the ball between Thomas …
Read More »Cristiano Ronaldo ‘sends message to critics’ after blasting 32-minute hat-trick as he puts Champions League woe behind him
Ronaldo struck first after 10 minutes, rising highest to head in a Juan Cuadrado cross. The Portuguese star doubled his tally 15 minutes later as he converted from the penalty spot after he had been brought down by Alessio Cragno inside the box. The 36-year-old star completed his hat-trick in …
Read More »Thousands protest violence against women in Australia as PM Morrison government rocked by rape allegations (VIDEOS)
Hundreds of demonstrators flocked to the Parliament House, which also houses the Australian government, including the Prime Minister Scott Morrison office, on Monday, as part of #MarchForJustice campaign against sexual abuse of women. Attendees carried signs reading “Enough,”“It’s time for men to change”, “Rape Place,” as they stood in the …
Read More »China demands end to violence and looting of its factories in Myanmar as 39 reported killed in anti-coup protest
The figures provided by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) would make it the bloodiest day of the protests, which have engulfed Myanmar since a military coup on February 1. Demonstrators armed with sticks and knives faced off with police in Hlaingthaya, the industrial area of Yangon. The officers …
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