Dr. BP Tyagi, an otolaryngologist in the city of Ghaziabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh, said it was the first case of yellow fungus in a patient recovering from Covid-19. The 45-year-old man had been undergoing treatment for Covid-19 over the past few months, however, his condition deteriorated over …
Read More »Nobody can ever hate Russia enough to satisfy West’s fanatical anti-Moscow fringe, as mainstream commentators are now discovering
Signed by over a hundred American academics and former government officials, the appeal protests the treatment meted out to expert Matthew Rojansky, who was recently considered by the White House for a post in the US National Security Council. Having a reputation as a relative moderate when it comes to Eastern Europe policy, …
Read More »‘Enough is enough’: Mo Salah pleads for ‘violence and killing of innocent people’ to stop as Israeli-Palestinian clashes continue
Fierce exchanges continued on Tuesday, with rockets being exchanged and no immediate end appearing in sight in the deadly conflict centered around a region considered holy by Muslims, Jews and Christians alike. According to figures within the Gaza Strip, the small patch of land run by Hamas but whose borders are controlled …
Read More »With contracts in place for enough doses to immunize the entire population, South Korea is developing SECOND domestic vaccine
It is therefore aiming to have not one, but two domestically developed Covid-19 vaccines ready for deployment on home soil before the inoculation campaign is over, the South Korean health minister announced on Monday. Five local companies are developing such vaccines, and two are expected to complete phase III trials …
Read More »‘Luther’, the BBC and diversity: Before judging who is ‘black enough to be real,’ you need to have lived in their skin first
Oh come on Simon – you’re not really black! I’ve lost count of the number of times this has been said to me by both white and black people. I know why they say it. It’s because my adopted parents are white, my wife is white and my circle of …
Read More »BBC diversity chief complains Idris Elba’s TV detective isn’t ‘black enough to be real’, leaves online commentator baffled
Commenting on the crime drama ‘Luther’, Miranda Wayland hailed the program for featuring a “really strong, black character lead,” portrayed by Elba, but lamented that the fictional detective lacked authenticity. “We all fell in love with him. Who didn’t, right? But after you got into about the second series you …
Read More »George Floyd’s attorneys insist fentanyl was not enough to kill as Chauvin trial continues
The attorneys’ memo joins a growing body of evidence in the murder case against Chauvin and was submitted following Thursday’s testimony from Floyd’s girlfriend Courteney Ross. She described the pair’s drug dealer, Maurice Hall, as the passenger in the car with Floyd when he was apprehended by the police. Ross …
Read More »CHAINSAW-armed man who ‘had enough of lockdown’ wrestled to ground outside Slovenian parliament (VIDEO)
The one-man protest occurred outside the National Assembly building in Ljubljana shortly after 7pm. Carrying a chainsaw, and with his small dog on a leash, the suspect reportedly hollered, “I’ve had enough of this closure!” in an apparent reference to his country’s anti-coronavirus restrictions. A video of the bizarre spectacle …
Read More »Enough is enough: We can’t surrender our freedoms just because lockdowns have shown authoritarianism can curb society’s excesses
At some point in the future, when we look back at the unprecedented and seemingly interminable authoritarian restrictions many have been forced to live under over the last year, we should ask ourselves, “What were we thinking?” Because, as the tide of the coronavirus pandemic starts to recede unevenly around …
Read More »China’s new partnership with Iran is not a full alliance, but enough to undermine US sanctions & rock global status quo
In the midst of a spat of tensions between China and the West, Beijing’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi spent the weekend in Iran, another country that has borne the brunt of confrontation with the United States over the past few years. Sweeping the Middle East on his diplomatic tour, in …
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