Rosstat, the country’s statistical authority, announced on Friday that 37,107 people had died while infected with the coronavirus in January, putting the overall official number of dead at 200,432 and potentially giving the country the third-highest total death toll in the world after the US and Brazil. However, when measured …
Read More »Global Covid-19 cases plummet by 50% since January peak despite colder temperatures boosting transmission rates
New global case numbers have reached their lowest levels in four months, dropping below 400,000 to roughly 362,000 new cases, according to the latest AFP tally, which noted that new infections worldwide are down 12 percent over the past week, from a high of 743,000 in January. This constitutes the …
Read More »First since August: New Zealand PM puts ENTIRE CITY of Auckland on lockdown after confirmation of 3 Covid cases
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern imposed the lockdown after an Auckland family of three tested positive for Covid-19. The mother of the family reportedly works at a company that deals with airline laundry, prompting concerns that the virus may have been transmitted by a passenger on a flight. In …
Read More »Media & Democrats praise Biden’s ‘greatest since JFK’ inaugural speech, but defeated Republicans appear unconvinced
In a 20-minute speech after taking his oath of office on Wednesday, the 46th US president pledged to be a president for all Americans and said that those who choose to disagree had that right in “Our Democracy,” but warned that “disagreement must not lead to disunion.” “Great speech…the best …
Read More »Court hears ‘QAnon shaman’ hasn’t eaten since arrest over Capitol riot, mom says non-organic food makes him sick
Arizona native Jake Angeli faced his first federal court hearing in Phoenix on Monday, where the court heard that the so-called ‘QAnon shaman’ has not eaten since he was taken into custody. Angeli, whose legal name is Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, quickly became a symbol of the chaos that was …
Read More »In first meeting since bloody 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Putin brings together leaders of Armenia & Azerbaijan for Moscow talks
The four-hour discussion represented the first time Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had met face to face since the end of the six-week war, which concluded in a clear victory for Baku. Following the meeting, Putin revealed that a joint statement on the development of …
Read More »India’s Covid-19 toll reaches 100,000 fatalities out of 6.5mn cases in 7 months since 1st reported infection
The country’s total death toll sat at 100,842 on Saturday morning, on top of nearly 6.5 million infections, according to the Indian Health Ministry. Passing the 100,000-mark seven months to the day after India reported its first batch of cases, the country now has the highest rate of daily new …
Read More »‘I think I’m doing very well’ Trump tweets in first appearance since Covid-19 diagnosis
“I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support,” he said in the 18-second video, in which he did not sound congested. “The first lady is doing very well,” he added. “Thank you very much, I appreciate it. I will never forget.” It was Trump’s first tweet since the announcement, some …
Read More »‘Humbled’ Boeing gets first 737 Max order since two deadly crashes
According to Enter Air, which is the largest operator of charter flights in Poland, the review the 737 has undergone since the crashes in 2019 has produced “the best aircraft in the world for many years to come.” The Polish company started in 2010 with a single 737 plane. It has 22 Next …
Read More »In Russia since the beginning of the year significantly decreased the release of cars
The production of passenger cars in Russia decreased in January—June 2020 34.9% yoy to 510 thousand units, the Federal state statistics service. In the June issue of passenger cars fell by 24.1% yoy, but jumped 2 times from the previous year. Recall that at the end of last year, production …
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