Lockdown-championing Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has been called out for hypocrisy after a photo of her huddling together with 12 other people at a table at a bar in East Lansing, Michigan surfaced on social media. The image was shared by Detroit journalist Chad Livengood, who said it was posted …
Read More »France may apply ‘tougher’ travel restrictions for UK due to surge in ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus – foreign minister
“The arrival of the Indian variant is a problem, and we remain on high alert regarding that matter, in cooperation with the British authorities,” Le Drian said in an interview to RTL radio and LCI TV channel. The minister said although the UK will not land on the ‘red’ list …
Read More »Barclays: Reopening economies drive oil demand higher
Despite the possibility of a return of Iranian oil supply and the resurgence of Covid in parts of Asia, global oil demand is “healing” and oil inventories are set to normalize over the next two to three months, the UK bank said in a note on Friday carried by Reuters. Barclays expects the …
Read More »‘Very business-like’: Top US diplomat acknowledges stable relations with Russia would be ‘good’ for world
“A more stable, predictable relationship with them [Russia], I think, would be good for us [the US], good for them, and I’d even argue good for the world,” Blinken told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS on Sunday following his recent talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The secretary of state …
Read More »‘I don’t think big brother ought to tell me to do it’: Rand Paul sets off critics by refusing Covid-19 vaccine
Paul, an ophthalmologist, explained his decision on Sunday during a radio appearance on WABC 770 AM. The senator said unless evidence comes to light that people who have been infected with Covid-19 are getting reinfected and dying at high rates, he will opt out of the vaccine, noting that having …
Read More »Jewish organisations say ‘extremist’ Tommy Robinson ‘not welcome’ at pro-Israel rallies
Robinson’s participation in the rally was condemned on Sunday by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Zionist Federation, the Jewish Leadership Council, and the Community Security Trust, just hours after Robinson took part in the event. “Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) & supporters of far-right extremist organisations like …
Read More »State-funded UK study says Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines are ‘highly effective’ against Indian Covid-19 variant
“New study by PHE shows for the first time that 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective” against the virus variant first identified in India, a UK government press release citing the study’s results said. The research shows that the Pfizer vaccine provides 88% protection against symptomatic disease …
Read More »Greek dog breeders protest government bill that would make sterilization of pets mandatory
The protesters condemned the government’s attempted “abolition of amateur breeding” on Sunday, which they called “the backbone of dog loving,” according to AP, with one protester telling the news agency that they were there to express “love” for their non-human “children.” “They are not just our dogs,” the protester said, …
Read More »‘Porn literacy’ class at New York prep school leaves students and parents baffled
‘Pornography Literacy: An intersectional focus on mainstream porn’ was a course given to 120 male and female students (some in person, others by Zoom) and, according to the New York Post, was taught by Justine Ang Fonte, the Health & Wellness director at New York’s Dalton, who says on her …
Read More »‘Bomb scare’ forces Ryanair jet to make emergency landing in Belarus, authorities detain wanted editor of banned Telegram channel
Roman Protasevich is the editor of Belamova, a Telegram channel established last year by Igor Losik, a consultant for US state-run media organisation RFE/RL. Belamova was effectively outlawed last month, after a court in the eastern Belarusian city of Gomel declared it an “extremist” organization. Losik was arrested last summer …
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