“Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President,” Trump said in a statement on Tuesday. Trump also seemed to regret not having acted more forcefully against social media platforms while in office. “Perhaps I should have done it while I was President,” he …
Read More »Schools reopening and no more mask-wearing outdoors as Israel praises its vaccination campaign
The nationwide ban on going outside without an obligatory mask lifts on Sunday. All schools, from daycare to 12th grade, will also fully reopen, having been partly closed for over a year. Most classes will be held in pre-pandemic conditions, with no social-distancing requirements, but students will still have to …
Read More »‘I would be vaccinated with Sputnik V’: German pharma CEO praises Russia’s vaccine & ‘outstanding scientists’
“Russian researchers have a lot of experience and expertise in vaccine development,” said the CEO of the German-based international company, which calls itself a global leader in the production of herbal medicines. Bionorica SE has production sites in almost 20 nations, including the US, Austria, Spain, Brazil, and Russia, and …
Read More »Bridges praises ‘tough as f*ck’ rival as ‘Blonde Bomber’ wins on ring return and fans demand big-name fight
Bridges improved her unbeaten record to 5-0 as she picked up the ANBF Australasian title with victory against the 45-year-old New Zealander Earl in their super bantamweight bout in New South Wales on Saturday. READ MORE: ‘She’s such a tease’: ‘Blonde Bomber’ strips off ‘for the boys’ as Muslim opponent takes …
Read More »Irish deputy PM says EU’s vaccine rollout ‘not its finest hour’ & praises Russia’s Sputnik V after promising Lancet data
Varadkar criticized the EU’s immunization efforts at a Fine Gael party meeting on Wednesday, arguing the European Medicines Agency has been too slow to authorize vaccines and that the European Commission favored “cost over speed,” according to the Irish Independent. He added that while the EU had reached some favorable vaccine …
Read More »President of Argentina inoculated with Sputnik V, praises creators of Russian coronavirus vaccine
Fernández, 61, received his shot at the Posadas Hospital in Buenos Aires on Thursday, after the National Administration for Medication, Food and Medical Technology recommended that people aged 60 and over be vaccinated. “Today I received the Sputnik V vaccine,” the president said on Twitter. “I thank the Gamaleya Institute …
Read More »‘Medical miracle’: Trump praises ‘safe & effective’ Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine as FDA grants emergency use authorization
Created alongside German firm BioNTech, the vaccine received emergency use authorization from the FDA on Friday, after an agency meeting earlier this week recommended it be cleared for use by those 16 and older. President Trump hailed the move in a video statement moments after the jab was approved. “Today …
Read More »Azerbaijan’s Aliyev praises ‘historic’ deal to end bloodshed, says TURKISH forces to join Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh
“Baku is glad that the long-term Karabakh conflict is coming to an end,” Aliyev said in the early hours of Tuesday local time (2300 GMT Monday). The agreement is in the interest of both Azerbaijan and Armenia and will lead to a lasting peace and end to bloodshed, he added. …
Read More »Fauci praises Biden on Covid-19 & criticizes Trump in interview with Washington Post published THREE DAYS before election
Intentionally or otherwise, Fauci put his thumb on the electoral scale by painting a doomsday picture of the nation’s Covid-19 outlook and suggesting the Democrat candidate is more focused on the pandemic than is the Republican incumbent. Asked about differences between the two on the virus issue, Fauci praised Biden …
Read More »Trump praises operation ‘Warp Speed’ as FDA issues emergency authorization for ‘convalescent plasma’ treatment for Covid-19
“The FDA has made the independent determination that the treatment is safe and very effective,” US President Donald Trump said at a press conference on Sunday, amid criticism that his administration ‘forced’ the approval of ‘untested’ treatment. The plasma transfusion therapy has been around for decades and involves treating sufferers with a …
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