The entry ban will come into effect next week and will apply to cafes, bars, restaurants, theaters, ski lodges, hotels, hairdressers and any event involving more than 25 people, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told reporters on Friday. The move could affect a large swath of Austria’s population, with some 36% of …
Read More »‘Them and us’: Vaccine passport rules for public but not world leaders at COP26 spark outrage over dual Covid standards
Social media users pointed out on Saturday – just one day before the conference in Glasgow, Scotland – that those who will be attending COP26’s public Green Zone events will be required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination. “In accordance with Scottish Law, COVID-19 vaccine passports are needed by all …
Read More »It’s ludicrous that 44% of UK public spending will be on health. The NHS needs root-and-branch reform
During my time as a politician, I had an uncomfortable relationship with the National Health Service. In 2010, I wrote that the NHS was “costly, inefficient and stuffed with bureaucrats.” Moreover, the following year, I went on to describe the UK health system as a “monolithic hangover from days gone …
Read More »IDF strike on AP tower during Gaza conflict was ‘self-inflicted public relations terror attack,’ former Israeli general says
The 12-story Al-Jalaa tower in Gaza City was brought down on May 15 during an 11-day flare-up between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the building that housed the offices of US news agency AP, Al Jazeera and other international media had been …
Read More »There’s still fire in the public’s belly, and we’re seeing more and more of it as Covid fatigue grows
The derogatory use of the word ‘sheep’ – both singular and collective – was herded into vogue over the last couple of years, as Covid-19 debates made easy use of the ovine insult. Whether it was conspiracy theorists and anti-vaccination crusaders looking to belittle anyone in a mask and seeking …
Read More »Global public debt hits record high of $88 TRILLION – IMF
That is 0.8 percentage points lower than a year before but still at record-high levels as a result of the massive fiscal responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Globally, public debt now amounts to $88 trillion, according to the IMF, but is expected to decline by about 1 percentage point of …
Read More »Loudoun County family to sue public schools over ‘negligence’ in daughter’s alleged restroom rape by ‘gender-fluid predator’
The alleged attack happened at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn on May 28, and the sheriff’s office arrested a 14-year-old male on July 8. According to Scott Smith, the father of the victim, the perpetrator gained access to the restroom under the school’s gender affirmation policies because he identified …
Read More »Public health response to Covid-19 lags behind data & doesn’t weigh real risks, vaccine researcher Robert Malone tells RT
“The same mistakes keep getting made again and again,” Malone told RT in an interview on Thursday. The fundamental error, he explained, is that the public health community is structured to make decisions by consensus, so it is slow to react to data and is always 4-6 months behind the …
Read More »UK police say Prince Andrew has no case to answer in sex probe, but the damage is done in the eyes of the public
What, precisely, is the purpose of Prince Andrew? What does this bloke actually DO? I mean, his working day consists of what, exactly? Will Britain be depleted in any way by his permanent removal from the world stage? Nah, I don’t think so. The most toxic of royals is ninth …
Read More »Schools & public buildings in Belgium’s Waregem on LOCKDOWN over reports of armed man (VIDEO)
Footage circulating online purportedly shows a member of an armed response unit bearing a sniper rifle on the roof of a school building. On Thursday the city of Waregem went into lockdown as police hunted for a possible armed assailant. According to local reports, an armed 18-year-old man was seen …
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