Washington: In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address the raging coronavirus pandemic, his incoming chief of staff said on Saturday. … Read More
Berlin: Germans who repeatedly refuse to quarantine after being exposed to coronavirus will be locked up in detention centres under tough rules drawn up by regional authorities and permitted by emergency powers. The eastern state of Saxony has confirmed plans to … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Since everybody’s been locked down and masked in public, how come they’re still reporting records? Every news break is COVID ad nauseum. There have been records right along for months. Some of the “surges” are coming out … Read More
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel takes part in a press conference following the consultations between the federal and state governments on further COVID measures, in Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. (Michael Kappeler/pool photo via AP) BERLIN (AP) — The German government … Read More
As in many other respects, 2020 was a very turbulent year in the context of great power rivalry and transatlantic relations. The most striking examples in this context were the COVID-19 pandemic, US-China great power rivalry, and the end of … Read More
Almost lost in the distractions of the holiday weekend, on the night of December 29 up to 400 mostly Cuban migrants forced their way past Mexican immigration and overpayment turnstiles on the Paso del Norte Bridge from Ciudad Juarez with a desire to … Read More
Yet another migrant caravan is forming in Honduras, the latest driven by hope that an incoming Joe Biden presidency will open gates closed by the outgoing Trump administration. According to fresh media reports, this caravan hopes to leave San Pedro Sula, … Read More
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Natural catastrophes around the world resulted in $210 billion in damage in 2020, with the United States especially hard hit by hurricanes and wildfires, a top insurer said on Thursday. The damage, tallied by the German reinsurer … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, Recent events beg a question, and it’s a big one. What will we NOT bow down for? Americans are driving around solo, all masked up. Does that make some kind of sense, or are people just projecting … Read More
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei —Reuters Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday banned the import of US and British-produced coronavirus vaccines, saying they were “completely untrustworthy.” “It’s not unlikely they would want to contaminate other nations. Given … Read More