The latest known variant of Covid-19 has significant changes in its spikes, which could make it invincible to vaccination. It could be the most highly-evolved coronavirus strain yet, as 32 mutations have apparently been detected in it. The currently dominant, highly transmissible Delta strain, which has contributed to this year’s …
Read More »Americans advised to avoid 2 more EU countries
The CDC added Germany and Denmark to the list of countries with a ‘very high’ risk of contracting Covid-19. The travel advisory for both nations was elevated to Level 4, the highest threat level in the CDC’s four-tier assessment system. The agency advises Americans to ‘avoid travel’ to Level 4 …
Read More »Russia advises countries bordering Afghanistan to shut out NATO forces from region after Taliban takes control after US withdrawal
On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that, “we once again request that Afghanistan’s neighboring countries prevent the military presence of the US and NATO on their soil, as they plan to move in there in light of the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.” Earlier that day, in an interview …
Read More »Instead of policing the rule of law in other countries, the US should get its own house in order
Roy Cohn, Senator Joe McCarthy’s legal pitbull, famously proclaimed, “Don’t tell me what the law is, tell me who the judge is.” Cohn, speaking back in the 1950s, was opining that the US does not have a rule of law, but instead a rule of men and women who decide cases …
Read More »Western countries created a mess in Afghanistan but entire world must now deal with the consequences, Putin tells BRICS leaders
Speaking to a video conference of the BRICS economic international group, Putin said the crisis in Afghanistan results from an attempt to impose foreign ideas in a country where they won’t be accepted. “I have said many times that the current crisis in Afghanistan is a direct consequence of irresponsible …
Read More »G7 countries invite Russia & China for joint meeting on Afghanistan, Tokyo reveals, but Moscow bemoans lack of clarity from group
Maria Zakharova was speaking to the TASS news agency after Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told a TV program that the G7 foreign ministers would be meeting with their counterparts from China and Russia on September 8 to discuss a joint response to the crisis prompted by the American withdrawal …
Read More »Finnish could be finished in Finland… now other countries should go the same way and speak ENGLISH
It’s easy being English. Too easy, sometimes. Being a native English speaker is a blessing, but it can also be a curse. I’ve lived in Spain for half a dozen years or so – and I’ve also lived in a couple of other countries where English wasn’t the native tongue. …
Read More »Covid jab figures prove the EU is anything but united, with poorer countries left lagging dangerously behind
Lord knows the European Union could do with a win, so it’s no surprise that the video of a beaming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is all over the place as she celebrates the news that 70% of the bloc’s adults have now been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. …
Read More »John Pilger: The Great Game of smashing countries
In 1978, a liberation movement led by the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) overthrew the dictatorship of Mohammad Daud, the cousin of King Zahir Shar. It was an immensely popular revolution that took the British and Americans by surprise. Foreign journalists in Kabul, reported the New York Times, were surprised …
Read More »‘Country boys’ who respect tribal ways: UK army chief calls on countries to give Taliban ‘space to show their credentials’
General Sir Nick Carter, who leads the British armed forces, issued his assessment on Wednesday after speaking to former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, who is set to meet with the Taliban imminently. “It may well be a Taliban that is more reasonable,” Carter stated, adding that his assessment is that …
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