The Russian military has enough troops to carry out its operation in Ukraine, thanks to a large number of volunteers, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said. “The General Staff has no plans for additional mobilization,” the Russian minister assured military commanders during a conference on Tuesday. One of the reasons …
Read More »US must complete withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by September 11, Taliban spokesperson says
The US must remove all its troops from Afghanistan by September 11, Suhail Shaheen, a member of the Taliban’s political office and negotiation team in Qatar, told Sky News. Shaheen said the militants remain committed to not attacking US servicemen, and their immediate goal is to maintain security and prevent …
Read More »Canada’s Trudeau calls snap election for September, seeking majority control of Parliament to push through Liberal Party bills
Trudeau visited Governor General Mary Simon at Ottawa’s Rideau Hall on Sunday morning, securing approval to call an election for September 20. The prime minister is betting that enough Canadians approve of his Covid-19 pandemic response and other policies to win back a majority in the House of Commons. Canada’s …
Read More »Pentagon chief says Covid-19 vaccines will be MANDATORY for US military by September 15 – or sooner if they get FDA approval
“I will seek the president’s approval to make the vaccines mandatory no later than mid-September, or immediately upon” their licensing by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), “whichever comes first,” Austin said in a memo to all members of the US military on Monday, previewed by AP. “I will not …
Read More »California recall election set for September 14, but effort to boot Newsom likely to fail as state reopens
Two months after California officials announced that the petition to remove Newsom surpassed 1.5 million signatures to trigger the recall election, Lieutenant-Governor Eleni Kounalakis set the date for the vote on two questions: whether to remove Newsom or not and if yes, who would replace him. The campaign spearheaded by …
Read More »AstraZeneca must give 80mn Covid-19 doses to EU by September end, judge says as both parties claim victory in shortfall dispute
The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant had originally committed to deliver 300 million doses of its jab to the EU by the end of June, but the company said production issues meant it would only be to deliver 100 million. In May the European Commission, the EU’s executive, launched its second bout …
Read More »‘We can and should get out earlier’: Trump slams Biden for using September 11 as Afghanistan withdrawal date
“I wish Joe Biden wouldn’t use September 11th as the date to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan, for two reasons,” Trump said in a Sunday statement. The first, Trump says, is that the US “can and should get out earlier.” “Nineteen years is enough, in fact, far too much and …
Read More »Lockdown without end? Extending furlough till the end of September suggests no return to normal in June
Consider the following: When the ‘Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’ (to give it its official title) was first announced by the UK government on 20 March 2020, it was supposed to last until 31 May. Why did it need to be so long, some people asked, if we were only going …
Read More »Covid-19 was present in Italy as early as SEPTEMBER 2019, study of lung cancer screenings shows
The new groundbreaking study, conducted by scientists with Milan Institute of Cancer and the University of Siena, was published this week by the Tumori Journal. The research is based on the analysis of blood samples from 959 people, collected during lung cancer screening tests conducted between September 2019 and March …
Read More »Trump will ban US downloads of Chinese apps TikTok & WeChat starting September 20
The US will not force current American users to stop using the apps, but would instead prevent them from installing updates, Reuters reported. Washington will also order Apple, Google and other firms to make the apps unavailable on their platforms within the United States. However, the commerce department will not …
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