On Saturday, Anna Popova, the head of health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor told journalists that experts at the Vector Institute in Siberia had “isolated genetic material” from a new influenza variant. The samples they tested came from seven employees of a poultry farm in southern Russia, which registered a bird flu outbreak …
Read More »Captain Tom & Navalny’s WW2 veteran defamation cases show how Britain & Russia remain haunted by spectre of victory over Nazis
Back in my youth, soldiers tended to be neither seen nor heard, and, apart from on Remembrance Day, much the same could be said of military veterans. In those days, just about any man aged over 50 had served in the armed forces during the Second World War. When almost …
Read More »Captain Tom & Navalny’s WW2 veteran defamation cases show how Britain & Russia remain haunted by spectre of victory over Nazis
Back in my youth, soldiers tended to be neither seen nor heard, and, apart from on Remembrance Day, much the same could be said of military veterans. In those days, just about any man aged over 50 had served in the armed forces during the Second World War. When almost …
Read More »Just in time for Joe? US Covid-19 cases drop a record 35 percent over last three weeks
The New York Times posted the encouraging statistics on Thursday, crediting “the very early stages of herd immunity” and a possible increase in mask-wearing and social distancing. The paper did not provide evidence for any of the claims, calling them “possible explanations.” “The United States has never experienced a sharp …
Read More »South Korea reports spike in Covid-19 cases linked to Christian schools and churches
A total of 297 Covid-19 cases were traced to six churches and schools run by a Christian organization, senior health official Yoon Tae-ho told a news briefing on Wednesday. A major cluster of more than 100 cases was confirmed overnight among people linked to a church and its mission school …
Read More »DOJ expects ‘significant’ sedition & conspiracy cases over Capitol siege
The misdemeanor accusations brought against a number of suspects already were intended as placeholder counts, and they may well face “significant” charges, Sherwin pointed out during a briefing on Tuesday. Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building last Wednesday as Congress met inside to certify the presidential election results in favor …
Read More »New York’s new law setting up detention centers to lock up suspected Covid-19 cases heralds a Kafkaesque nightmare
Under the new law, New Yorkers may be dragged out of their homes and locked up on mere suspicion of having been ‘exposed’ to the novel coronavirus — no positive test or even symptoms necessary. Once imprisoned in one of the state’s purpose-built facilities, individuals may be forced to submit …
Read More »‘Those are real numbers!’ Fauci clashes with Trump over Covid cases data, as virus fuels political divide
As the US passed 20 million recorded cases of Covid-19 and 350,000 deaths linked to the virus, President Donald Trump took aim at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday, accusing it of exaggerating the US’ caseload by using a “ridiculous method of determination compared to other …
Read More »Sydney on ‘high alert’ following new coronavirus cases, despite downward trend in infections
The cluster was detected in Sydney’s northern beachside suburbs in mid-December, and it has grown to 129 cases. About a quarter of a million residents will remain under lockdown until January 9 to stop the spread of infection. New South Wales (NSW) recorded three coronavirus cases during the 24 hours …
Read More »Europe now has 25 million coronavirus cases – AFP tally
This makes the continent, representing over 50 countries, the world’s worst-affected region in terms of the quantity of registered infections. The US and Canada rank behind Europe in this measure, with 19,188,172 confirmed cases, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean (15,024,469) and Asia (13,617,004). It’s not the first anti-record …
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