Speaking on Friday to LBC Radio, British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said there was concern amongst the scientific community as to whether the vaccines produced will offer protection against new virus strains. “The South African variant is worrying the experts because it may be that the vaccine doesn’t respond in …
Read More »‘Measure how far US is from the South China Sea’: Global Times editor shuts down Pompeo for noting China’s distance from Arctic
On Sunday, Pompeo provoked China on the subject by tweeting: “I made clear that it is a communist fiction for China to be a ‘near-Arctic nation’ when you are 900 miles from the Arctic. This pangolin’s nose under the Arctic tent went on for too long – we did what …
Read More »The unwelcome McCain: US destroyer ‘expelled’ from South China Sea weeks after being ‘chased out’ of Russian waters
The People’s Liberation Army “expelled US destroyer USS John S. McCain after it trespassed into China’s territorial waters off Nansha Islands in the South China Sea,” Colonel Tian Junli, spokesman for the PLA Southern Theatre Command, said in a statement on Tuesday. The PLA “opposes US actions which endanger China’s …
Read More »US envoy weighs in on South Korea v China online feud over which country is ‘original home of kimchi’ & hints at Seoul as winner
“So great to be here in the original home of #Kimchi – South Korea!” Harris tweeted, adding that he was “excited” to appear on a cooking show with a famous South Korean chef. While the American diplomat did not mention China, Korean media quickly pointed out that his tweet came …
Read More »EU envoy denounces ‘wolf-warrior’ attitude in South China Sea, says US & Europe should stand up to Beijing’s ‘coercive diplomacy’
Speaking at an energy forum in the Chinese capital on Thursday, EU Ambassador Nicolas Chapuis expressed hopes the bloc will be able to reach an agreement on how to deal with Beijing after presumptive President-elect Joe Biden enters the White House. “Let’s co-operate with China as much as we can, …
Read More »Kim Jong-un’s sister threatens South Korean FM for doubting Pyongyang’s zero cases of Covid-19
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s influential sister has not made any statements or public appearances for some time, triggering reports of her political downfall or even death in South Korean and Western media. Such rumors routinely appear during prolonged periods of silence from any of the top Pyongyang officials. Kim …
Read More »Blue-check Twitter brands Kristi Noem a ‘cyborg’ for not locking down South Dakota following her 98yo grandma’s death
The Republican governor was savaged as a “cyborg” and an unfeeling creature for not responding to her nonagenarian grandmother’s death by shutting down the state – something she has refused to do throughout the pandemic. Such a policy has elicited praise from her constituents, but howls of derision from the …
Read More »South Korea fines ‘uncooperative’ Facebook for sharing personal data with partners ‘without consent,’ orders criminal probe
The 6.7 billion won (US$6 million) fine was slapped on the social network mammoth by the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), South Korea’s investigative authority for violations of data protection. Its probe revealed that between May 2012 and June 2018, the company has shared information of at least 3.3 million …
Read More »South Australia 6-day statewide lockdown imposed over 1 person’s ‘LIE’ to contact tracers, authorities admit as they REVOKE order
South Australia Premier Steven Marshall announced the explosive finding during a Friday press conference, saying that the individual in question purposely misled contact tracers. Though he told them he had visited a pizza bar linked to a local outbreak only once, he in fact worked at the establishment and had …
Read More »Russia deals with South Korean pharmaceutical GL Rapha to manufacture Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine
Production will begin in December and the vaccine will be exported to countries around the world starting in January 2021. The first interim results of a large-scale Phase III clinical trial for the jab were released earlier this week and showed 92-percent efficacy. Researchers said they would publish their preliminary findings in …
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