Russia extended its list of hostile states on Friday to include Greece, Denmark, Slovenia, Croatia and Slovakia. “The government has updated the list of foreign states engaged in unfriendly actions against Russian diplomatic and consular missions abroad,” the statement reads. The decree imposes restrictions (up to a complete ban) on …
Read More »Russia extends Mariupol surrender offer
Russia’s Defense Ministry has extended the offer to surrender for the remaining Ukrainian forces holed up at the Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol after they refused to leave through a humanitarian corridor on Tuesday. Those present at the location may still exit the facility from …
Read More »NATO chief extends term over Ukraine war
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will stay on another year due to the conflict in Ukraine, he confirmed on Thursday. Rather than leaving when his term expires in October and becoming governor of Norway’s central bank, Stoltenberg will be kept posted in Brussels. Stoltenberg said he was “honoured by the …
Read More »Victoria premier extends statewide lockdown, again, as Aussie police granted power to covertly HACK citizens’ phones & alter data
Draconian measures covering the entire southeast Australian state will only start to be eased once 70% of the population receives at least one dose of the Covid vaccine, Premier Dan Andrews decreed on Wednesday. The government said it hoped to reach this target on or around September 23. In a …
Read More »New Zealand extends nationwide lockdown as Covid outbreak tops 100 cases
The epicenter of the outbreak, Auckland, where 99 cases have been detected so far, will remain in lockdown until at least August 31. The rest of the country has seen only eight cases, so restrictions there will be reviewed later this week, Ardern announced. “Six days into the outbreak, we …
Read More »Australia extends Covid-19 lockdown in Brisbane, sends soldiers to help enforce quarantine rules in Sydney
The lockdown in Brisbane, Australia’s third-largest city, was due to end on Tuesday but will now continue until late on Sunday. The state of Queensland, where Brisbane is located, reported 13 locally transmitted cases on Monday – the biggest daily rise seen in the state this year. “It’s starting to …
Read More »FDA extends shelf life of J&J vaccine to 6 months, after states remain flooded with millions of nearly expired doses
The Big Pharma firm said in a statement on Wednesday that the FDA had approved the new expiration date, adding that the decision had been “based on data from ongoing stability assessment studies, which have demonstrated the vaccine is stable at six months.” The regulator said in a letter to J&J …
Read More »Sydney extends lockdown yet again, forcing city of 5mn to stay home for another MONTH amid small spike in Covid cases
While the city had planned to exit a prior lockdown by the end of the week, officials instead extended the restrictions into late August on Tuesday, with New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian lamenting the decision while claiming it is necessary. “I am as upset and frustrated as all of …
Read More »Sydney extends Covid lockdown for another week after New South Wales detects 27 new cases of ‘game changer’ Delta variant
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a week-long extension to Sydney’s stay-at-home order early on Wednesday, prolonging restrictions that were originally revived late last month. The new lockdown is now slated to expire no earlier than Friday, July 16. “The reason for this is as we’ve been saying, this …
Read More »AMC stock soars over 20% as Reddit-fueled rally extends to another week
Shares of AMC surged 23% to nearly $57 on Monday, following an 80% rally in the previous week. AMC has gained more than 120% since the beginning of the month, after a wild growth of 160% in May, pushing its 2021 rally to over 2,600%. Last week, the trading frenzy …
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