US nearly wiped out tens of thousands of civilians with dam strike in Syria – NYT The military then dismissed reports of the bombing as “crazy” and preemptively blamed ISIS 21.01.2022 15:41:00
Thousands protest over Europe’s first mandatory vaccine plan The Austrian government’s plan to make vaccination against Covid-19 mandatory has sparked mass protests 16.01.2022 11:30:00
EU Parliament president dead at 65 European Parliament President David Sassoli has died after a prolonged stay in the hospital due to an immune system dysfunction 11.01.2022 09:36:00
Germany to delay Covid vaccine mandate – media Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s plans to introduce mandatory Covid-19 jabs in March are unfeasible, local media claims 09.01.2022 20:55:00
Nationwide state of emergency declared in Kazakhstan President vows ‘tough’ response to ongoing violent protests 05.01.2022 22:13:00
Migrant influx hits record high in 2021 A record number of migrants entered the UK via the Channel in 2021, analysis shows, as the UK struggled to halt the boats 04.01.2022 16:12:00
2022 to begin with massive meteor shower The cosmic shower will be easier to spot this year thanks to the new moon 31.12.2021 20:49:00
Details of secret Epstein deal with Prince Andrew accuser to be made public The 2009 settlement between Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew’s accuser Virginia Giuffre will soon be publicly released 30.12.2021 17:45:00
‘No federal solution’ for pandemic, Biden concedes The president says states will need to solve the crisis on their own, and is no longer vowing to ‘shut down’ Covid-19 28.12.2021 09:07:00
Taliban shuts down ‘unnecessary’ election commission, peace ministry The Taliban has dissolved a number of “unnecessary” ministries and electoral bodies, including Afghanistan’s two election commissions. The group plans to replace them with a “grand council” structure, a spokesman said 26.12.2021 15:52:00
Yemeni rebels threaten Saudi Arabia with more attacks Yemeni Houthi rebels fired rockets into Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing two people. The rebels threatened more cross-border attacks if Riyadh continues to drop bombs on the civil war-torn country 25.12.2021 14:28:00
Millions of people sent into Covid lockdown in China Authorities in China’s Xi'an have put the city on lockdown, closing all non-essential shops and barring all restaurants from opening, after reporting some 140 domestically transmitted Covid cases in the last 10 days 23.12.2021 13:35:00
Chile turns leftward with election of its youngest-ever president Former student protest leader Gabriel Boric has defeated conservative Jose Antonio Kast in Chile’s presidential election, becoming the nation’s youngest leader in modern times 20.12.2021 09:44:00
Former Ghani adviser reveals Afghan government’s ‘biggest mistake’ in run-up to US withdrawal The Afghan government’s biggest policy mistake leading up to the US withdrawal was its failure to grasp that the US was planning to leave no matter what, according to a former national security adviser to ex-president Ghani 19.12.2021 23:00:00
RAF war plane in 'unprecedented' engagement over Syria The Royal Air Force has shot down what it says was a “terrorist drone” over southern Syria 16.12.2021 18:28:00
Mass protests against Covid-19 restrictions hit eastern Germany Thousands of people took to the streets of multiple cities in former East Germany to express their dismay at coronavirus restrictions and vaccine mandates introduced amid the Omicron variant spread 14.12.2021 09:33:00
Pfizer documents reveal variety of vaccine side effects Documents released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reveal that drugmaker Pfizer recorded nearly 160,000 adverse reactions to its Covid-19 vaccine in the initial months of its rollout 13.12.2021 09:37:00
Keep Calm and Go On Spending: Biden Claims Americans Now Have More Money Despite Inflation, Pandemic The inflation in the US keeps setting new records, reaching levels not seen since around 1982, after it hit a 6.8% year-to-year level in November. However, President Joe Biden claims that the average American has become richer under his presidency compared with 2020 12.12.2021 22:26:00
Man kills family, self ‘for fear of arrest over fake Covid pass’ A suicide note left by a man in Germany who killed his wife and three kids before taking own life, claims he feared he’d be arrested and his children taken away over a falsified Covid-19 vaccination certificate 07.12.2021 17:04:00
Gaddafi’s son back in Libyan presidential race Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s former leader, has been reinstated as a presidential candidate by a court in Sebha 03.12.2021 12:07:00
Austrian Chancellor Schallenberg stepping down Alexander Schallenberg has announced he is resigning as chancellor of Austria, just two months after taking office. He said he would remain in the post until his party agrees a new leader in the wake of Sebastian Kurz’s departure 02.12.2021 23:19:00
Argentine ex-president charged in spying case Former Argentine president Mauricio Macri has been charged with illegal spying in a case related to his government’s surveillance of grief-stricken families of a missing submarine’s crew 01.12.2021 23:17:00
Germany Rejects Sanctions Policy on Nord Stream 2 Amid Tensions With US The newly completed Nord Stream 2 is awaiting clearance from a German regulator before Russia can start exporting gas through it 29.11.2021 15:25:00
Morocco suspends air traffic due to Omicron Morocco has announced the suspension of all “direct” passenger flights due to the new coronavirus variant, Omicron 28.11.2021 19:47:00
Students killed in Kosovo bus shooting Three people, including at least one teenage student, were killed in the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo when one or several gunmen opened fire on a bus 27.11.2021 12:46:00
