Trump presents Legion of Merit to Indian PM Modi, Japan’s Abe & Australia’s Morrison in nod to anti-China ‘Quad’ alliance
US President Donald Trump has awarded the Legion of Merit to current and former leaders…More
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No reason to worry? WHO says new Covid-19 strain found in UK is no deadlier & only slightly more infectious than others
The World Health Organization has come forward to calm things down amid the anxiety over…More
SolarWinds hack: US Treasury’s unclassified systems breached as Washington points finger at Russia and China
A huge cyber-attack on a software company providing support to several US federal government agencies…More
‘That’s just a claim’: Top German virologist casts doubt on fears of new ‘highly contagious’ UK Covid-19 strain
News of a supposedly highly infectious coronavirus strain being discovered in the UK has led…More
Germany to start coronavirus vaccination in elderly care homes on December 27
German authorities will begin administering first vaccinations on Sunday, the health minister has said, after…More
Poland threatens hefty fines for social media companies that censor legal speech, users everywhere celebrate
Social media companies that remove posts whose content is legal can be fined up to…More
EU drug regulator urges caution in administering Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to pregnant women
After authorizing the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) warned that…More
NASA warns of THREE asteroids headed towards Earth, as Japan prepares for next mission to nearby space rock
As 2020 draws to a close and the number of existential threats to life on…More
Pro-Kurdish former MP sentenced to 22 years in prison by Turkish court
Leyla Guven, a member of the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been jailed…More
Police investigating ‘racist’ anti-Semitic tweets targeting Miss France runner-up
Police have announced that they are investigating a wave of anti-Semitic tweets aimed at 21-year-old…More