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 (Mar 03 2021) - Bristol Post : Contactless payment rules to change
LONDON : The rules around contactless payments are to be changed in the Budget today, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said. The amount you can pay just by tapping your card was increased from £30 to £45 during the pandemic. Today that will be changed again to £100. Speaking to the Evening Standard, Mr Sunak said ...
(Mar 02 2021) - Denver Post : 6 Dr. Seuss books ... CANCELLED ???
BOSTON : Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” - will stop being published because of racist & insensitive imagery, the business that preserves & protects the author’s legacy said Tues. “These books portray people in ways that are hurtful & wrong” ...
(Mar 01 2021) - China Post : Nigerian 300 kidnapped schoolgirls
NIGERIA : Families in Nigeria waited anxiously for news of their abducted daughters after more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped by gunmen from a gov't school in the country’s north last week, the latest in a series of mass school kidnappings in the West African nation. Worried parents on Sunday gathered ....
(Feb 28 2021) - PanAm Post : Forbidding CoVid link with China
WASH D.C. : The President of the U.S., Joe Biden, prohibited all references to COVID-19 that could link the disease to its geographic location. In other words, (this fool) called for an end to the use of names such as “Chinese virus” or “Wuhan virus” because, in his opinion, they stimulate racism in the U.S.
(Feb 27 2021) - Huff Post : FDA Approves J&J Single-Dose Vaccine
U.S.A. : The FDA approved Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use on Saturday, the 3rd such vaccine available for use in the U.S. & the first to require only a single dose. After a panel of experts met Friday & voted to recommend the J&J vaccine for COVID-19, the FDA approved the drug for ...
(Feb 26 2021) - Jersey Evening Post : Vaccine Passports ... ???
U.K. : Society will struggle to have the “confidence” to return to normality after coronavirus restrictions are lifted without a vaccine passport, Tony Blair has said. The former 'PM' is urging ministers to set rules whereby people can show proof of their vaccination status or have tested negative for Covid-19 ...
(Feb 25 2021) - Copenhagen Post : Corona closures continue :
COPENHAGEN : The March 1 reopening is turning into a giant squib. First, the cultural institutions confirmed they won’t be opening on Monday. And now most of the schools in North and West Jutland, which are allowed to open up for graduating students (typically those aged 15-16 and 18-19), and on Bornholm ...
(Feb 24 2021) - Pittsburgh Post : Biden withdraws from case
WASH D.C. : The Biden administration has withdrawn gov't support for a federal lawsuit in Connecticut that seeks to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ high school sports. Connecticut allows athletes to compete in sports according to their gender identity. The lawsuit was filed a year ago by ...
(Feb 22 2021) - Bangkok Post : Myanmar gripped by strike ...
MYANMAR : Businesses in Myanmar shut on Monday in a general strike called to oppose the military coup & thousands of protesters gathered despite a threat from authorities that confrontation could cost lives. Three weeks after seizing power, the junta has failed to stop daily protests & civil disobedience movement ...
(Feb 21 2021) - Sunday Post : A war made in Scotland ...
SCOTLAND : Saudi Arabia’s armed forces in Yemen use armoured vehicles, missiles, anti-tank rockets & warplane targeting systems made in Scotland, according to new research. The report by Campaign Against Arms Trade Scotland also reveals the millions taxpayers’ money given to arms firms by Scottish Enterprise and ...
(Feb 20 2021) - Minn Post : Shooting suspect motivated by anger
BUFFALO : “Investigators say the man who allegedly shot & killed a nursing assistant & wounded 4 others at a clinic in Buffalo, Minn., was angry that physicians had cut off opioid painkillers. Gregory Ulrich, 67, is charged with murder, attempted murder, using explosives & carrying a gun without a permit ...”
(Feb 19 2021) - Winona Post : Sealing old criminal records ...
MINNESOTA : Winona County has joined a statewide initiative to encourage the sealing of criminals’ records, working with counties in the Twin Cities metro & Minnesota A.G. Keith Ellison in a new effort to repair the lives of individuals who have served their time. Winona County Attorney Karin Sonneman announced ...
(Feb 18 2021) - Post Independent : Suspect in Silt kidnapping case
COLORADO : A man accused of holding a foster family at gunpoint suspected his daughter was being sexually assaulted, his defense argued in Garfield County Dist' Court on Thurs. “It’s clear (...) that Mr. Pinkard has had concerns, whether valid or not, his daughter’s being - or has been - sexually abused” ...
(Feb 17 2021) - Patriot Post : Biden Weakens U.S. Military
WASH D.C. : One of the defining characteristics of the progressive Left is its unshakeable belief that it can bend reality to its increasingly deranged worldview. This means a world where one’s sex can be changed by believing it so and the nation can be powered by wind and solar instead of fossil fuels.
(Feb 16 2021) - Hunts Post : Raw sewage floating in roads ...
U.K. : Hazardous sewage water overflowed onto footpaths in a village near Huntingdon with residents facing “significant health risks” & unable to flush toilets. Angry villagers in Hemingford Grey launched a campaign calling on Anglian Water to overhaul the local sewage infrastructure & increase the tankers.
(Feb 15 2021) - Punching Bag Post : Chinese Influence in Schools
WASH D.C. : On Jan 26th, the Biden administration scrapped a Trump-era proposal that would've required American schools & universities to disclose any agreements they have with organizations backed by the Chinese gov't. Foremost (...) is the Confucius Institute, which maintains hundreds of programs & education centers U.S.
(Feb 14 2021) - N.Y. Post : VP Harris could be impeached ...
WASH D.C. : Sen. Lindsey Graham warned that Republicans could move to impeach Vice President Kamala Harris — arguing that former President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial over provoking the Capitol riot “opened Pandora’s Box.” Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” a day after the Senate voted 57-43 to acquit the former president
(Feb 13 2021) - Kathmandu Post : Draft to regulate social media
NEPAL : The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has prepared a draft of the directive to regulate the use and registration of social media in the country. The draft (...) indicates that the governments plans to bestow unrestrained authority to the Department to regulate social media ...
(Feb 12 2021) - Activist Post : Big Brother Is Spying On You ...
WORLD : Big Brother is watching you. Sadly, most people don’t realize how extensive the surveillance has become. As you drive to work or school, license plate readers are systematically tracking where you travel. In major cities, thousands of highly advanced security cameras are monitoring your every move.
(Feb 11 2021) - Post Star : GOP's Tenney ... is sworn in
WASH D.C. : Republican Claudia Tenney of N.Y. was sworn in Thurs as a member of Congress, reclaiming a seat she lost 2 years ago & then regained after one of the nation’s most protracted vote counts. Speaker Pelosi, delivered the oath of office Thurs morning to Tenney in the House chamber in a brief ceremony.
(Feb 10 2021) - Maravi Post : UN peacekeepers injured in attack
MALI : In a statement, MINUSMA said that the ‘blue helmets’ under fire were able to repel the attackers, who fled after delivering a “robust response”. The base was located in Kéréna, in the vicinity of Douentza, where peacekeepers have been carrying out numerous security operations in recent months ...
(Feb 09 2021) - Richardson Post : War On Disinformation
U.S.A. : The terms “misinformation” & “disinformation” have dominated the political lexicon in recent years. Whereas misinformation merely refers to inaccurate or misleading info, the label of disinformation implies an intent to deceive. Both have served as the source of much consternation & hand-wringing ...
(Feb 08 2021) - Latin Post : AstraZeneca Vac' Less Effective
SOUTH AFRICA : British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Sat that its vaccine candidate being developed in partnership with the University of Oxford appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the So. African variant of COVID-19. This was according to an early data, according to Reuters.
(Feb 07 2021) - Jerusalem Post : (R) Congresswoman Censured ...
WYOMING : US Rep. Liz Cheney has been censured by the Wyoming Republican Party in a near-unanimous decision because of her move to vote to impeach former president Trump for his role in the Jan 6 Capitol riots, the (AP) reported on Saturday night. The censure document accused Cheney of voting to impeach Trump ...
(Feb 06 2021) - Conservative Daily Post : SCOTUS Schedules Cases
WASH D.C. : Apparently, the election fraud cases being argued are still hoping for a shred of justice to exist in the U.S. The Supreme Court has scheduled a few for the Feb conference. The Gateway Pundit reported: The SCOTUS will consider the Pennsylvania election case, Sidney Powell’s Michigan & and Lin Wood’s case ...
(Feb 05 2021) - Post Journal : In Aiming At Cuomo ...
NEW YORK : U.S. Rep. Tom Reed is testing the waters when it comes to a run for New York state governor. While wading through topics that included a controversial Congressional Georgia Republican & New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Corning Republican began simmering in a conference call with area media on Thurs.
(Feb 04 2021) - Goulburn Post : President bans 3 news channels
UKRAINE : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has banned three opposition news channels with an unprecedented decree. The ban provides for the revocation of broadcasting licences, TV frequencies and the blocking of accounts for an initial period of five years, the president's office announced on Wednesday.
(Feb 03 2021) - Vicksburg Post : Clinton pharmacist sentenced
HATTIESBURG : A former Clinton pharmacist was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for his role in a massive health care fraud involving pain cream and other medications. Marco Moran also was ordered to forfeit nearly $12.2 million in cash and pay restitution of around $22.1 million and a fine of $20,000.
(Feb 02 2021) - Orissa Post : 80 arrested for fake vaccines
BEIJING : China has arrested over 80 people for smuggling & supplying counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines. There's news that some of these counterfeit vaccines have already been sent to Africa, the official media reported Tues. Apart from the arrests, 3,000 doses of fake COVID-19 vaccines were confiscated ...
(Feb 01 2021) - Christian Post : Pastor fined for holding services
CALIFORNIA : The pastor of Spring Hills Church in California, which has been warned & fined for holding indoor services, said they're trying to “meet people’s need for God.” “We’re not trying to prove anything, just meet people’s need for God. If people are uncomfortable, don’t come,” Bret Avlakeotes ...
(Jan 30 2021) - SCM Post : Britain stands firm on visa offer
BRITAIN : Britain has doubled down on its offer of a pathway to citizenship for Hongkongers, vowing not to “look the other way” after Beijing said it would stop recognising the British National passport as a travel or "ID" document. London’s vow to stand firm on its visa scheme came as Hong Kong immigration officials ...
(Jan 29 2021) - Post & Email : Is Biden Coming after our Firearms?
WASH D.C. : The very corrupt & mentally-deficient biden is still harping about confiscating privately-owned assault weapons. Rabid anti-gun nutcase beto o’rourke appears to be whom biden will put in charge of this Constitutional violation. In the first place, AR-15 or AK-47-style semi-automatic rifles ARE NOT ...
(Jan 27 2021) - Crowley Post : Japan stands firm on Olympics
TOKYO : Japan stood firm on Friday on its commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year & denied reports of a possible cancellation because of the global pandemic. Though much of Japan is under a state of emergency due to a 3rd wave of COVID-19 infections, Tokyo Olympic organizers have vowed to press ahead ...
(Jan 26 2021) - Threat Post : 23M Gamer Records Exposed ...
WORLD : The personal data of 66,000 users was left wide open on a misconfigured Elastic search server, joining a growing list of companies with leaky clouds. VIPGames.com, a free platform with a total of 56 available classic board & card games like Hearts, Crazy Eights, Euchre, Dominoes, Backgammon & others, has ...
(Jan 25 2021) - National Post : Merck ends its vaccine program
U.S.A. : Merck & Co. is discontinuing development of its 2 experimental COVID-19 vaccines after early trial data showed they failed to generate immune responses comparable to a natural infection or existing vaccines. The U.S. drug giant, which has a long history of successfully developing vaccines ...
(Jan 24 2021) - Denver Post : Rise of extremist militia groups
COLORADO : Before Robert Gieswein donned goggles, grabbed a baseball bat & stormed the Capitol, he posed for photos across Colorado flashing a hand sign associated with an extremist militia ideology that he and other Coloradans buy into. The far-right militia movement has gained visibility in Colorado over the past year ...
(Jan 23 2021) - Bristol Post : 'It isn't a real lockdown'
KINGSWOOD : 'Why do you think this lockdown isn't working? Everyone is out and about'. At the moment, Theresa Paines is scared to leave her house. The 47-year-old has a number of health problems including diabetes and fatigue syndrome and, these days, she doesn't leave her house more than twice a week ...
(Jan 22 2021) - Cedar Springs Post : New COVID-19 variant ID'ed
MICHIGAN : The first Michigan case of new COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7. was identified by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Bureau of Laboratories on January 16, in an adult female living in Washtenaw County. The person recently traveled to the United Kingdom, where this variant originated.
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