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Global Covid-19 cases plummet by 50% since January peak despite colder temperatures boosting transmission rates

New global case numbers have reached their lowest levels in four months, dropping below 400,000 to roughly 362,000 new cases,…

3 years ago

Despite Russia’s ‘challenge’ to American values, State Dept says Washington seeking further ways to improve stability with Moscow

Blinken was speaking to US state-funded radio station NPR, where he explained his belief that Washington should work with Moscow…

3 years ago

E-mail reveals ex-FBI chief Comey signed FISA warrant despite KNOWING he couldn’t verify Steele Dossier on Trump/Russia

Comey signed a FISA surveillance warrant in January 2017 based on the Steele Dossier, which contained allegations of cooperation and…

3 years ago

Cross your heart? Despite UK govt pledge not to roll out Covid-19 passports, 100,000-name petition demands stronger commitment

The petition, which asks the British government to commit not to impose the so-called immunity passports on the general public,…

3 years ago

UK could experience lockdowns for ‘SEVERAL YEARS’ despite vaccination program, SAGE member warns

Professor Sir Ian Boyd, who teaches at the University of St Andrews' School of Biology, warned this week against the…

3 years ago

Myanmar approves Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine despite post-coup crisis

The nation has become the 20th foreign state to greenlight the Russian jab, and the first in South East Asia,…

3 years ago

‘We took the right decisions at the right time’ says minister, despite UK registering more than 100,000 Covid deaths

Speaking on Wednesday, one day after the UK’s Covid-19 death toll topped 100,000, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told Sky News…

3 years ago

Iranian minister boasts about significant rise in oil exports despite US sanctions

Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zanganeh did not publicly release detailed figures but said crude oil exports have risen “significantly,”…

3 years ago

Thousands of Israelis test POSITIVE for Covid-19 despite receiving Pfizer/BioNTech jab

Some 189,000 people were tested for Covid-19 after being vaccinated, with 6.6 percent getting a positive result, according to ministry…

3 years ago

New Jersey govt drains gym’s bank account over Covid-19 rule-breaking, despite ongoing legal appeal

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy “took it upon himself to empty our bank account entirely, to the tune of $165,000,”…

3 years ago