The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday announced that they will be sending 6 million medical masks to foreign countries as part of an international humanitarian assistance package. The masks will be shipped to the EU, the US, Latin America and the Caribbean, and other nations who have friendly relations with Taiwan. 10 million medical […]
Coronavirus is starting to look more and more like the T-1000 from Terminator 2: Just when you think you’ve smashed it and it’s now a puddle on the ground, it starts re-forming and coming back more determined than ever: The coronavirus may be “reactivating” in people who have been cured of the illness, according to […]
What’s interesting about this is that usually when countries spend great wads of cash to stop their companies from manufacturing things overseas, it’s in order to move that production – and the jobs – back to the home country for political benefit. But not in this case. No, Japan doesn’t seem to much care where […]
We’ve all heard of people turning up at a hospital, in these times and any other time, “at death’s door”. What you might not have heard of, until now, is people turning up at hospitals who…. should be dead already, according to the best medical science. But that’s happening, apparently, and it’s one of a […]
In fairness, there’s not a lot the international community can do about this. The Moon, as we all know, is sovereign American territory, boldly claimed by the late Neal Armstrong, who planted the American flag in it. It’s theirs, by right of conquest. And now, finally, an American President is going to make some money […]
Embattled WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has accused Taiwan of taking part in “racist attacks” against him. He said that Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was directly aware of the campaign and “didn’t disassociate themselves”. This is the second time in recent weeks that Dr Tedros has attacked Taiwan; he earlier accused them of […]
Love him or loathe him, he’s right here: “The WHO really blew it,” Mr Trump said in a Twitter post. “For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China-centric. We will be giving that a good look. “Fortunately I rejected their advice on keeping our borders open to China early on. Why […]
After more than 400 days in prison Pell said he considered his time behind bars as a “a long retreat”, but that he was now looking forward to celebrating a private Mass for the first time in over a year.
Australian Cardinal George Pell has been released after his 2018 conviction was quashed in a 7-0 decision by the High Court of Australia. The Cardinal had spent roughly 400 days in prison after being convicted in 2018 of the sexual assault of two 13 year old boys in the mid 1990s. Cardinal Pell, who was […]
This, from the US Surgeon General (their top medical officer) is so easy and helpful that it’s amazing that we haven’t seen something like it from Irish authorities. Watch, it’s literally 30 seconds that could, if you’re an at-risk person, save your life: #DYK? CDC’s recommendation on wearing a cloth face covering may help protect […]
Credit to whatever low-paid research nerd at C-Span who is spending the crisis sitting at home and watching old political clips for coming up with this gem: President George W. Bush in 2005: "There is no pandemic flu in our country or in the world at this time. But if we wait for a pandemic […]
Top work from Niamh Horan at the Sunday Independent yesterday, reporting that one of the biggest potential problems with the Covid-19 outbreak is being addressed: Irish billionaires who were in Ireland the day the lockdown came into place will get a free pass to stay here for as long as it lasts. The Sunday Independent […]