The result of last night’s vote was 56 to 44. That wasn’t on the main question, about whether former President Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection against his own country’s Government. That vote will come later. Last night’s vote, actually, was about whether the US Senate has the authority to put Trump on trial […]
French nun Sister Andre will celebrate her 117th birthday later this week.
The public health chief said that might not happen before autumn, when vaccination rates are high enough to create herd immunity.
Elon Musk’s car company Tesla has purchased 1.5bn dollars (or 1.2 billion euros) worth of Bitcoin, and plans to start accepting the cryptocurrency as payment for their products in future. This surge in interest caused the price of Bitcoin to spike 17% to $44,220 – a record high for the cryptocurrency. This comes mere days […]
Births in Italy in December fell by a massive 21.6%, as experts predict a “baby bust” because of the effects of the Covid lockdown. The decline in births was announced by Italian statistics agency ISTAT, who sampled numbers from 15 Italian cities to make their findings. The news will add to Italy’s demographic woes with […]
Bad weather, covid curfews and other factors have led to the “worst ever” shortage of marijuana in Jamaican history, locals say. Marijuana fields were reportedly damaged by heavy rain last year during the hurricane season, followed by an extreme drought, which led to an enormous loss in profits in sales of the drug. This was […]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has agreed to entertain a complaint by a double murderer currently serving life in prison, who claims that his “human rights” were violated when prison authorities confiscated his pornography. According to the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), the prisoner is alleging that his privacy and right […]
Germany’s finance minister, Olaf Scholz, has described the EU’s vaccine rollout as “really shit” during a recent cabinet meeting. According to German newspaper Bild, Scholz, of Merkel’s Social Democratic Party, took particular aim at EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen, saying that he did not want “this shit” to be repeated. German chancellor Angela […]
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Belgian regulators are the latest in a list of European countries who have advised against giving the AstraZenenca vaccine to older people because of insufficient data about its effectiveness. Belgian health minister, Frank Vandenbroucke, said that Belgium’s Superior Health Council had suggested that the jab should be given only to people under 55 for the […]
The BBC last night released a report alleging that women in detention camps in China’s Xinjiang province were systematically raped, sexually abused and tortured by camp guards and police during their times in the camps. Most reports about the camps to date have been based on leaked Chinese government documents rather than personal testimonies. Those […]
You’ve probably heard by now, at least in passing on the news, about the Military Coup in Myanmar that appears to have resulted in poor old Aung San Suu Kyi being locked up again. If you haven’t heard, here’s the BBC: Myanmar’s military has seized power after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically […]