A man in France has been charged with threatening politicians by attaching their names to makeshift guillotines. He claimed it was in protest at the country’s Covid-19 restrictions. A 50-year-old man fromRead More…
US fencers ‘wear pink in protest’ at teammate separated from Olympic squad over accusations by multiple women of sexual misconduct
A US fencer who was given a “safety plan” to “keep him away from all women at the Olympic Village” appears to have been ostracized by his teammates wearing pink – withRead More…
Thirty years ago, the START-1 nuclear deal made the world a safer place: Now, the US & Russia risk returning to an atomic standoff
As of Saturday, 30 years have passed since the US and the Soviet Union signed the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I). Given the world has not yet descended into nuclearRead More…
A ‘New Cold War’ has already started, but Russia & China are winning against a ‘weakening’ West, says former Kremlin adviser
The Soviet Union might have lost the first Cold War, but Russia is ahead in the rematch with the US and, this time, has every chance of coming out on top. That’sRead More…
India’s renewable industry to see $150 billion of investment by 2030
India’s renewable energy industry could see equity investments of some $150 billion by 2030, according to Gaurav Singhal, managing director at Bank of America’s Indian division. These deals will invariably involve IndianRead More…
Mask-free Sweden nears zero daily Covid deaths as chief epidemiologist warns against ‘far-reaching conclusions’ about Delta strain
As the CDC urges Americans to mask up against the Delta variant, Sweden’s chief epidemiologist has argued that more data is needed about the strain’s infectiousness. His mask-free nation is hovering atRead More…
No bull! Russia becomes top-supplier of beef to China
Russia has overtaken Australia, Argentina and Brazil in beef exports to the Chinese market, which are likely to grow further over the next five years, the Center for Industry Expertise (CIE) ofRead More…
Florida Governor signs order allowing parents to decide whether children mask up in attack on CDC’s new school guidance
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order to ensure that parents – and not the officials – will decide whether their kids don masks at public schools, pushing back on recentRead More…
Australia’s Brisbane set for ‘strictest lockdown’ yet after SIX new cases spotted
Brisbane is headed for another “snap” lockdown following six new local coronavirus infections, forcing most residents in Australia’s third-most populous city and other regions of Queensland to stay at home until nextRead More…
UK government panel claims Covid mutation with 35% death rate a ‘realistic possibility,’ suggests new strains may ‘evade’ vaccines
A British government science panel has claimed that a coronavirus variant could emerge with a 35% fatality rate – akin to that seen in the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) – notingRead More…