France defends Covid-19 jab campaign as critics blast health authorities for only vaccinating 516 people in first week
The head of the French health authority has justified their slow progress in immunizing people…More
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French counter-terrorism chief says TWO Islamist plots were thwarted in 2020, though FIVE attacks weren’t prevented
Authorities foiled two Islamist plots last year, France’s top counter-terrorism official has said. The country…More
Assange WON’T be extradited to US on spying charges in shock decision at London’s Old Bailey
Jubilant scenes have greeted Judge Vanessa Baraitser’s decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange…More
High court rules Pakistan’s ‘two-finger’ virginity test for rape victims unconstitutional
A Pakistani judge has ruled that ‘virginity tests’ performed on women who are victims of…More
USS Nimitz remains in Persian Gulf ‘due to Iran threats against Trump,’ Pentagon announces days after sending warship home
Just three days after announcing that the USS Nimitz was leaving the Persian Gulf, the…More
Japan’s Mitsubishi appeals asset seizure ruling by South Korean court aimed at compensating forced laborers during WWII
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has lodged an appeal to stop South Korea from seizing its assets…More
Tokyo faces state of emergency over coronavirus case surge as Japan prepares to host Olympics
Tokyo could soon be placed in a state of emergency over a resurgence of Covid-19…More
Pro-lockdown Pope gets political on Covid-19 again, condemns those who traveled over the holidays despite pandemic
Pope Francis has weighed in again on Covid-19 politics, this time scolding people who traveled…More
Harvard astronomer says alien technology visited in 2017, may have been distant civilization’s trash
A Harvard astronomy professor believes a mysterious interstellar object that visited our solar system in…More
Israel’s millionth vaccinee injected in front of Netanyahu turns out to be ex-con who served 14 years for manslaughter
In a PR stunt gone wrong, the millionth recipient of the Covid-19 vaccine in Israel,…More