McGregor suffered an excruciating defeat to a dominant Poirier after the Dubliner’s left ankle snapped at the end of the first round as he stepped backwards after throwing a punch. The contest was called off as Poirier was declared the winner via a doctor stoppage TKO, putting the American 2-1 …
Read More »North Korea gives first financial aid since 2005, granting a whopping $300,000 to Myanmar
On Thursday, data from the financial tracking service of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs showed that the North Korean government has responded to a call for funding, representing Pyongyang’s first financial donation since 2005. The initiative, which seeks funding for conflict-ridden Myanmar, calls for $276 million …
Read More »Size matters? US gives Trinidad & Tobago, population 1.4 million, 80 vials of Pfizer jab
Last Saturday, Trinidad & Tobago received a “small donation” of Pfizer vaccines, according to its Ministry of National Security. The statement also expressed gratitude for all such gifts that the republic received from various countries. Although it didn’t disclose the size of the delivery, the US embassy filled in the …
Read More »Brazilian regulator gives ‘conditional’ approval to Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine after delay Moscow blamed on US pressure
After a marathon seven-hour meeting on Friday, the health body, ANVISA, voted 4-1 to greenlight Sputnik V as well as India’s Covaxin formula, allowing for imports after previously delaying approval, which Russian experts believe was due to US diplomatic pressure. A few exceptions were made for the vaccines, however, requiring that they …
Read More »Amazon gives its employees mindfulness booths at work. Critics call them ‘despair boxes’
“My work day feels like a nine-hour intense workout every day, and they track our every move,” Amazon employee Jennifer Bates told a Senate Budget Committee hearing on wealth inequality back in March. “I learned that if I worked too slow or had too much time off task, I could …
Read More »Biden gives intel agencies 90 days to pinpoint Covid origins – after report he torpedoed Trump-era probe of Wuhan lab leak theory
“I have now asked the intelligence community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion and to report back to me in 90 days,” Biden said on Wednesday in a statement. He added that other agencies, including US National Labs, will …
Read More »Russian govt gives go-ahead for piling of National Wealth Fund into gold bullion
“Financial reserves of the NWF can be allocated in the accounts of the Bank of Russia in the form of precious metals, gold in particular, which is traditionally seen as one of the defensive assets,” the cabinet’s press office said. According to the government, the decision, proposed in late 2020, …
Read More »Biden’s CDC Director seemingly gives credence to Wuhan lab leak theory, says ‘lab-based’ Covid-19 origin a ‘possibility’
Asked about how the Covid-19 pandemic began at a Wednesday hearing, Walensky initially said that while she lacks the data to comment, most known coronaviruses have an “animal origin.” But pressed by Senator John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) on “other possibilities,” the agency head accepted that the virus may have escaped from …
Read More »Israel’s president gives centrist Yair Lapid mandate to form government after PM Netanyahu misses deadline
Lapid, the chairman of the centrist Yesh Atid party will have a 28-day mandate to form a government. He has so far received 56 recommendations from lawmakers from across Israel’s 120-seat Knesset. The politician has pledged to rotate as prime minister with Naftali Bennett, the chairman of the right-wing Yamina …
Read More »African woman gives birth to NINE healthy babies at once, Malian government says
Halima Cisse, 25, was believed to be carrying seven babies, or septuplets, when her pregnancy came to the attention of Malian officials back in March. But ultrasounds appear to have missed two babies. The woman from the north of the West African state was flown to a clinic in Morocco …
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