“We are very close to much more severe – temporary, but severe – decisions on restrictions,” Sergey Sobyanin said on Thursday. He noted that 600 Covid-19 patients have been hospitalized over the past 48 hours, and that Moscow has about 17,000 beds dedicated to coronavirus patients to date. Soon that number …
Read More »Apple warns looming EU legislation allowing ‘sideloading’ apps without App Store will ‘destroy’ iPhone security
The US-based tech giant, which currently requires apps to be downloaded to devices through its proprietary App Store, would be forced to allow “sideloading” – permitting users to download apps themselves without going through the Apple-controlled central marketplace – under the proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA) awaiting passage in the …
Read More »MP warns Brits ‘have to learn to live with Covid’ for ‘rest of time’ in statement opposing reopening delays
Harper took to Twitter after an article on Sunday in the Telegraph citing an unnamed minister claimed the planned lockdown-easing date of June 21 could be delayed until as late as next spring due to the government’s concern about the spread of Covid-19 variants. The Forest of Dean MP warned …
Read More »UK health minister warns it’s ‘too early’ to say whether Covid-19 restrictions will be lifted as planned on June 21
Hancock told Sky News on Sunday that, though hospitalisations for Covid-19 are currently low, “it’s too early to make a final decision” on whether the restrictions will be lifted later this month. “We’re not saying no to the 21st of June at this point,” he noted, adding, however, that the …
Read More »‘Anonymous’ turns its ire to Elon Musk for bitcoin ‘trolling’, ominously warns the billionaire to ‘EXPECT US’
“You may think you are the smartest person in the room, but now you have met your match,” the group said in a video message posted Saturday on a verified ‘Anonymous’ YouTube channel with some 145,000 subscribers as well on its Twitter with over 5.8 million followers. “We are …
Read More »Kremlin says Putin & Biden summit ‘very, very important’, but warns little prospect of a ‘re-set’ & a high chance of disagreement
That’s according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who told reporters on Friday at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum that there was a risk that expectations for the summit might spiral out of control. In his view, the head-to-head on June 16 in Geneva will be “very, very important,” but …
Read More »Media bug-pushers REALLY want the public to eat ‘delicious’ cicadas, but FDA warns off allergic insect-lovers
Beady-eyed and wriggling, hundreds of billions of cicadas emerged last month from their underground hibernation across the eastern United States. This year’s crop of bugs are one of 15 broods, each of which emerges every 17 years to screech, mate, and eventually die off after around three weeks. The cicadas …
Read More »Cocaine-addled quail is only the beginning: Rand Paul warns of fallout from impossible-to-pay-for inflation
Paul tore into Washington’s profligate spending on Friday, suggesting if the US didn’t put a stop to its money-printing and -borrowing addiction, the market was liable to self-correct and leave Americans carting around wheelbarrows full of worthless cash, all because their country had wasted its money studying the ins and …
Read More »‘Do not travel’: US warns against visiting Olympic host nation Japan amid high Covid-19 prevalence
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Level 4 warning for Japan on Monday due to “a very high level of Covid-19 in the country,” and noting the current restrictions on American visitors entering the country. The guidance is another sign of the gravity of the Covid …
Read More »‘Exercise the greatest caution’: UK PM warns public that Indian Covid variant could disrupt England’s route out of lockdown
“I have to level with you that this new variant could pose a serious disruption to our progress and could make it more difficult to move to step four in June,” Johnson told a news briefing on Friday. Step four of Britain’s lockdown exit plan allows nightclubs to reopen and …
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