White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the move during a Friday press conference after she was asked about the controversial prison camp – which now houses 40 detainees, most of whom languish behind bars indefinitely without charges. “That certainly is the goal, and our intention,” Psaki said of closing …
Read More »LA to temporarily close nation’s largest Covid-19 vaccine site & 4 other locations amid major shortages of Moderna jab
Garcetti announced the closures during a virtual Covid-19 update on Wednesday, saying the city had burned through 98 percent of its first-dose Moderna shots and would not be able to administer more until its supplies are restocked. “By tomorrow, the city will have exhausted its current supply of the Moderna …
Read More »LA to temporarily close nation’s largest Covid-19 vaccine site & 4 other locations amid major shortages of Moderna jab
Garcetti announced the closures during a virtual Covid-19 update on Wednesday, saying the city had burned through 98 percent of its first-dose Moderna shots and would not be able to administer more until its supplies are restocked. “By tomorrow, the city will have exhausted its current supply of the Moderna …
Read More »Close call: McGregor and Khabib ‘come within SECONDS’ of bumping into each at Fight Island hotel (VIDEO)
Days out from his UFC 257 rematch with Dustin Poirier which will top the UFC’s latest Fight Island residency on Saturday night, one would be forgiven for thinking that Conor McGregor may well have gotten his hands dirty in an Abu Dhabi hotel lobby this week had he arrived for …
Read More »Siberia braces for close to record-breaking cold over New Year, with temperatures predicted to hit freezing -50 degrees
Earlier this year, in the height of summer, the highest-ever temperature seen above the Artic Circle was recorded, with the small town of Verkhoyansk seeing the mercury reach as high as +38. “Extremely cold weather in Siberia has not happened for a long time,” explained Roman Vilfand, the scientific director …
Read More »Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins close to $1bn in preliminary taxpayer funding to unleash broadband across rural US
Tesla tycoon Elon Musk’s space exploration company has netted $885,509,638 in government funding to be doled out over the next 10 years to beam high-speed internet access to hundreds of thousands of American homes, the Federal Communications Commission revealed on Monday. The agency published the results of phase I of …
Read More »Boris Johnson announces new local lockdown measures, will close pubs and gyms in Liverpool
Daily new cases of Covid-19 have quadrupled in England since last month, with nearly 14,000 cases reported on Monday. Additionally, hospitalizations are higher than they were when the UK went into national lockdown in March, and deaths are once again ticking up from their single-figure levels this summer. Against this …
Read More »Israel to enter full-blown lockdown, shut schools & close most non-essential businesses starting September 18 – report
The sweeping lockdown is set to take effect on September 18 at 6 a.m. local time, multiple Israeli media reported on Saturday. The Israeli cabinet is expected to approve the new stringent restrictions on the movement of people as well as on commerce as soon as on Sunday morning, Haaretz …
Read More »To fall in Russia may close a quarter of shopping centres
The Russian Council of shopping centers (non-profit organization representing the interests of the industry), wrote a letter to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with a request to support, without which a quarter of the shopping centres may close in the fall. In the appeal we are talking about the need for …
Read More »St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church is not going to close temples despite the requirement of power
Temples of St. Petersburg diocese will continue its Ministry, “Interfax” with reference to the review of the diocese about the city authorities imposed a temporary ban on visits to religious sites. In a statement, the diocese argues that the clergy should “fulfill my pastoral duty in relation to all …
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