Chinese strawweight destroyer Zhang Weili has hit out at Mike Tyson after the boxing icon threw his weight behind former champion ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas ahead of their winner-takes-all showdown next month. AfterRead More…
Nearly half of Moscow residents now immune to coronavirus, officials say, as Russian capital mulls dropping ban on mass gatherings
Almost one in every two people living in Moscow has developed antibodies to Covid-19, the city authorities have announced, with curfew rules, and restrictions on bars and clubs having already been scrappedRead More…
UK Cabinet minister denies plan to make Covid passports mandatory to enter pubs
UK Housing Minister Robert Jenrick has rejected reports that the government is planning to force pubs to require patrons to show proof of a Covid vaccine before entering their establishment. The denialRead More…
Traffic jam at Suez Canal sends global shipping costs soaring
Costs of overseas shipments are rapidly rising, as the massive container ship wedged in the Suez Canal is holding up billions of dollars-worth of goods, forcing logistics firms to reroute cargos awayRead More…
Minister ‘disturbed’ by school protest over Prophet Mohammed cartoon, says teachers should not be ‘intimidated’
The UK communities secretary has raised his concerns over a demonstration that took place at a school in West Yorkshire, after a teacher allegedly showed a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed duringRead More…
China sanctions UK officials and entities for ‘maliciously’ spreading ‘disinformation’ about Uighur Muslims
Beijing’s Foreign Ministry announced sanctions against nine people and four entities on Friday for “maliciously” spreading “disinformation” about Xinjiang, where China is accused of human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims. The sanctions,Read More…
China halts Australian hay imports amid escalating trade row
Some 28 Australian hay exporters to China have failed to get their expired permits renewed since the end of February, ABC News reported, threatening the nation’s A$160 million (US$121 million) hay exportRead More…
As cases fall, Moscow set to remove Covid-19 crowd restrictions ahead of full military parade to mark WW2 victory over Nazis – RBK
Restrictions on public gatherings put in place to slow the spread of coronavirus in the Russian capital may soon be scrapped ahead of a series of planned events marking the defeat ofRead More…
Two UK care home workers arrested over multiple coronavirus-related deaths of residents
Police have arrested two care home staffers in England as part of an investigation into the coronavirus-linked deaths of residents. The care home has confirmed an outbreak at the facility. A 57-year-oldRead More…
Google Podcasts is like Parler and you can find ALEX JONES there, says NYT in latest pro-censorship story
Always eager to see more “guardrails” and “content curation” applied to competitors, the Gray Lady is coming after Google Podcasts, which supposedly didn’t do its homework on purging undesirable voices. Google PodcastsRead More…