South Africa halted the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine following a disappointing study indicating that the vaccine is only 22 percent effective against mild and moderate cases of the local variant of the virus. Since the study was performed on 2,000 mostly young and healthy volunteers who are less likely …
Read More »Germany discloses names of Dutch SS veterans still receiving pensions for serving Hitler in WWII
Berlin has forwarded a list with the names of recipients of German pensions between 2015 and 2019 and the exact sums they were paid, the Dutch State Secretary for Finance Hans Vijlbrief said in a letter to parliament, which was cited by local media. It turned out that 34 people …
Read More »‘I’m still that curious Brooklyn kid and I’m proud of what I did with my life’ – Larry King in never-before-aired interview on RT
The interview was taped over a year ago, when King sat down with his personal friend Sanchez to share some anecdotes about his life and thoughts about his distinguished career, which made him one of the most recognized people in the media industry. The New York City-born icon said that, …
Read More »As Joe Biden takes over, the Democrats are still running scared as resurgent Russophobia reaches peak insanity
Once again, and despite major victories at the polls, the Democrats just can’t stop hyperventilating over Russia. Indeed, the Russian people must feel as if they’re trapped for all eternity in a remake of Groundhog Day, where one dominant theme continually repeats itself: Russia is to blame for absolutely everything …
Read More »Olympic swimming champion apologizes for role in Capitol riot, but leftists are still demanding that his medals be stripped away
“He apologized to me,” former US national team coach Mark Schubert told the New York Times. “He kept repeating, ‘You’ve done so much for me, and I let you down.’ He kept saying over and over, ‘I didn’t mean for any of this to happen.’” The 38-year-old Keller, who stands …
Read More »Democrats claim censorship necessary to stop ‘fascism’, but they still serve militarism and corporatism, Glenn Greenwald tells RT
The acclaimed American journalist issued a scathing critique of the American Left during a conversation with Chris Hedges, host of RT’s On Contact. The interview will air in full on Sunday. Pointing to Donald Trump’s indefinite Twitter suspension, Greenwald accused Democrats of appealing to Big Tech to police speech that …
Read More »‘Still here serving people’: Health Secretary Azar refutes report of his ‘resignation’ after CNN puts spin on his farewell letter
CNN picked up Azar’s departure letter – a standard practice for all outgoing officials ahead of a presidential transition – on Friday, reporting that the secretary was resigning his position over Trump’s post-election rhetoric and his response to the unrest on Capitol Hill. Azar, however, has countered that claim, stating …
Read More »Ayatollah still can tweet? Trump supporters point fingers at Iran’s leader… just as he runs into trouble with platform too
The US president was booted from the social media site for good on Friday, as Twitter embarked on a massive purge in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill debacle. The platform said it decided to lock Trump’s account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” while blocking many …
Read More »Is Russia really in decline? Western pundits still insist country on brink despite repeated predictions of apocalypse falling flat
Amid a sea of worrying forecasts for the country over the course of the year, the NATO-affiliated Atlantic Council ended December by warning that “Russia is in retreat as the Soviet collapse continues.” In a lengthy essay on challenges at home and abroad, it delved in depth into what it termed a “disastrous” period …
Read More »UK may need to ‘revaccinate’ every 6 MONTHS and Covid testing will still be needed next year, health secretary warns
“I anticipate that we will probably need to revaccinate because we don’t know the longevity of the protection from these vaccines,” Hancock said in response to an MP’s question. “It might need to be every six months, it might need to be every year.” Hancock added that “yes” he did …
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