Knowingly named after Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite, the Russian-made shot has now been approved in 69 different countries and has shown up to 97.8% efficacy in real-world studies, making it one of the most reliable Covid-19 formulas on the planet. It has also received international praise, with reputable …
Read More »IMF’s $650 billion in pandemic relief will mostly go to rich countries
“The Board of Governors of the IMF… approved a general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) equivalent to US$650 billion on August 2, 2021, to boost global liquidity,” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a statement made public on Monday. Georgieva called the decision “historic” and “a shot in …
Read More »France to require 24-hour negative Covid test for unvaccinated travelers from UK & 5 EU countries
The deadline for a negative Covid-19 test was reduced from 48 hours before departure to 24 hours for unvaccinated travelers from the UK to France. The same deadline for visitors from Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece and Cyprus was reduced from 72 hours to 24. The change is set to …
Read More »‘Many US commentators have never BEEN to countries they comment on, see entire world from Washington perspective’ – Stephen Kinzer
I asked the author and journalist Stephen Kinzer how the corporate media came to be so devoid of honest content and discussed the rise of censorship by Big Tech. Kinzer is a Boston Globe columnist and formerly a correspondent for the New York Times. With over two decades of experience …
Read More »The West has no right to preach to Muslim countries about human rights in China
Over the weekend, Axios journalist Jonathan Swan interviewed Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on HBO. The outlet is well-known for pitching anti-China narratives, and Swan pressed Khan for his thoughts on what is happening to the Uighurs in Xinjiang, specifically calling their treatment a “genocide”. Khan rejected the questions, stating …
Read More »China ramps up investment into countries participating in the New Silk Road initiative
According to official data, outbound investment into manufacturing and information transmission sectors continued to grow. The manufacturing sector attracted $7.2 billion in the first five months, up 11.8% year-on-year. Investment by China’s local enterprises reached $32.75 billion, up 3.8% from a year earlier and accounting for over 75% of the …
Read More »Still ‘no reason’ to remove US from Russia’s list of ‘unfriendly countries’, despite cordial Putin-Biden summit, says Kremlin
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden met at Villa La Grange, a historic 18th-century villa, near Lake Geneva. Both leaders were positive about the summit in the following press conferences, noting that the discussions had been cordial. However, Putin’s spokesman doesn’t believe Moscow should …
Read More »G7 nations to provide 1 billion Covid-19 vaccines for ‘neediest’ countries, but it’s not enough, says WHO
On the final day of the G7 meeting in Cornwall, England on Sunday, the group announced that it had agreed on a shared agenda to “end the pandemic” by “driving an intensified international effort, starting immediately, to vaccinate the world by getting as many safe vaccines to as many people …
Read More »Why does Joe Biden feel the need to tell people in other countries what to do, even when he can’t get Americans to obey him?
Joe Biden was supposed to be a new broom for America after the chaotic reign of Donald Trump. He hinted he would provide a break from US presidents of the recent past, with their penchant for ordering invasions abroad, talking down to other countries, and deploying missile-laden drones to foreign lands. …
Read More »Russia to resume passenger flights to multiple countries, including UK and Austria
“Since the epidemiological situation in the UK has improved, the [Russian Covid-19] crisis center has decided not to extent the flight ban to the UK,” Russia’s government body coordinating the national response to the pandemic told journalists on Monday. Russian and British airlines would be able to fly between Moscow …
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