The tech firm apologized for the disruption to services and said its team is currently looking into the issue. “We’re still investigating the ongoing connectivity issues with Slack,” the company said in an update about the outage. “All hands are on deck on our end to further investigate.” Slack’s own system dashboard …
Read More »Covid-19 pandemic ’caused by separate outbreaks’ around the world, China was only the first to report – Chinese FM
“We raced against time and were the first country to report cases to the world,” Wang said in an interview to Chinese media published on Friday. He argued that, contrary to a prevailing opinion, China’s own outbreak of the disease was not exclusively to blame for the global pandemic. More …
Read More »‘Best duo in world football’: Spurs pair Son and Kane equal record for Premier League double act in win vs Leeds
Spurs ran out comfortable 3-0 victors in north London on Saturday thanks to a Kane penalty on 29 minutes before Son converted an inch-perfect cross from the England forward two minutes before half-time. Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld completed the rout for Jose Mourinho’s men on 50 minutes when he headed …
Read More »‘We don’t need a world where China becomes another US’: Beijing names conditions for improving relations with Washington
In a wide-ranging interview with state media, Wang acknowledged that Beijing’s relationship with Washington has faced “unprecedented difficulties,” accusing the American side of attempting to “suppress” China and “start a new Cold War.” He said that such provocations hurt the interests of both nations and that the strategy of confrontation …
Read More »Move over, Hollywood! China overtook US as world’s biggest movie box office in 2020, set to keep title PERMANENTLY
Box office revenues in China were not spared from the Covid-19 crisis, as the country was the first to impose lockdowns to contain the spread of the deadly virus. The usually busy weekend before Christmas saw ticket sales falling by 30 percent from a year ago, to around $71.5 million. …
Read More »Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine first in the world to receive emergency use authorization from WHO
The world health body announced the emergency approval on Thursday, as 2020 came to a close. Its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) will enable countries to expedite their own regulatory approval of the vaccine, and allow UNICEF and the Pan-American Health Organization to buy it for distribution, the WHO said. “This …
Read More »Who is on Putin’s ‘naughty or nice’ list? Kremlin congratulates world leaders at New Year… but not everyone makes the cut
President Vladimir Putin has sent out his annual flurry of New Year messages, telegrams, and calls to foreign leaders, the Kremlin press service reported on Thursday. The list includes around 80 heads of state, ranging from close allies to historic rivals. However, if receiving Putin’s warm wishes is an indicator …
Read More »Russia is developing world’s first Covid-19 antidote, preclinical studies show drug effectiveness of more than 99%
According to Veronika Skvortsova, the head of FMBA, studies thus far have shown it is more than 99% effective. “This is the first etiotropic drug that directly affects the virus. In fact, this is an antidote for coronavirus infection,” she informed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Wednesday, noting that preclinical …
Read More »RT’s The Wokies: Top 10 ART WORLD dumpster fires of 2020
Here they are, the outrageous masterpieces of woke culture that contaminated the art world in 2020. 10. Medusa as tombstone for #MeToo One public monument that won’t be torn down anytime soon by the woke mob is the sculpture ‘Medusa With the Head of Perseus,’ which depicts the snake-haired Gorgon …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: The unspoken premise of modern capitalism is that the world will be saved by greedy tech oligarchs
“2020 was the year socialism went mainstream,” Haley tweeted today. “The dangerous ideology, which has failed everywhere it has been tried and ruined countless lives, is on its way to becoming the default economic policy of the Democratic Party. This terrifying trend threatens the future of every American.” Ah yes, America. The country …
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