Visiting the Twitter hashtag #BringBackPiers on Wednesday returned photographs of charming seaside piers almost exclusively – with Morgan’s face nowhere in sight. “I love a good pier, it’s nice to see them getting some attention,” quipped one user, while another argued that the “country needs more piers.” “We need to …
Read More »More contagious British Covid-19 variant has ‘significantly higher mortality rate’ than other strains, says UK study
A study published on Wednesday in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) says that the B117 variant, often referred to as the ‘British’ or ‘Kent’ strain, is 30-100 percent more deadly than other Covid-19 variants in circulation. “Coupled with its ability to spread rapidly, this makes B117 a threat that should …
Read More »Bodyguards for me, none for thee? America’s ‘progressive’ legislators demand the security they want taken from their constituents
It seems they are riddled with lingering stress from that scary moment two months ago when a horde of unarmed demonstrators – mostly fans of then-president Donald Trump – demanded Congress “stop the steal” and thronged congressional offices. Not only were they allowed into the building while the House was …
Read More »Kremlin ‘alarmed’ by reports US considering cyberattack against Russia, as official government websites suddenly taken offline
On Sunday, The New York Times claimed that President Joe Biden’s government was considering tough new actions over the SolarWinds scandal, which came to light last year. American state networks were penetrated by hackers as part of that breach, which the US blames on Russia. Despite official denials from the …
Read More »‘Hat of genocide’: Beijing accuses Washington of wiping out Native Americans, while blasting US rumor-mongering in Xinjiang
Speaking on Wednesday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Beijing firmly opposes the US’ insistence on spreading rumors and false information about China’s internal affairs, calling on Washington to provide real evidence. Regarding the rumors concerning China’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Zhao stated that the Uighur population …
Read More »To boldly go: Russia & China increase cooperation in space, agree to jointly build scientific research station on Moon
While Russia has a long history of space exploration, China has only recently begun to make exploring the cosmos one of its priorities. On Tuesday, Dmitry Rogozin, the CEO of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, and his Chinese counterpart Zhang Kejian put pen to paper on a bilateral memorandum of …
Read More »‘Huge middle finger’: YouTube tells foreign creators they will soon be charged AMERICAN tax
The video platform, owned by Google, actually updated its terms of service to tax US creators shortly after the 2020 election, but the change went largely unnoticed in the uproar about censorship. On Tuesday, however, YouTube announced that the taxes will soon be taken out of earnings by creators outside …
Read More »Two separate studies debunk theory that vitamin D supplements offer greater protection against Covid-19
In the first study, researchers examined a database of nearly 450,000 mostly white people of European ancestry to understand whether giving them vitamin D supplements would lower the probability of contracting Covid-19. The researchers, from 10 separate universities in Canada, Israel, Japan, Italy and the UK, looked at genetic markers …
Read More »India is now copying China’s model of ‘cyber sovereignty’ – and the West is slowly following suit
In the words of CNN, “India is building its own internet” or, more accurately, its own nationally focused applications and social media ecosystem. There’s a myriad of reasons as to why. First of all, following clashes between government forces and protesting farmers over the past few months, Indian authorities have …
Read More »‘I have a lot of messages’: UFC fighter Maryna ‘Iron Lady‘ Moroz sprawls in bikini on sports car bonnet as she unveils ‘hot’ site
Flyweight Moroz announced her new modeling site, which offers fans the chance to subscribe for $9.99 a month or send her a “tip”, by draping herself over the front of a sports car in a pose that left little to the imagination. The Ukrainiain, who has gone the distance in …
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