Yet Another Caravan Forming to Test American Border Resolve

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

Natural disasters cause $210 billion in damage in 2020, insurer says

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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

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 8 January 2021

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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

‘Completely untrustworthy’ – Iran leader bans import of US and UK-made COVID-19 vaccines

posted in: Middle East, News

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

Germany extends coronavirus lockdown until February

posted in: Germany, News

Germany’s lockdown has been extended for another three weeks; photo / Jens Buettner / dpa / AP. Germany’s state and federal governments agreed on January 5 to extend and expand coronavirus lockdown rules in the country for another three weeks.  … Read More

Disease X to haunt 2021? Alarm bells in medical world after ‘patient zero’ with new zoonotic virus found in Congo

The fears of a new lethal disease have increased after the woman tested negative for a range of tests including Ebola making scientists nervous about the spread of a new lethal virus. The novel Coronavirus is also believed to have … Read More

England goes into new lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages

The new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom and now present in many other countries was spreading at great speed. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on BBC TV’s The Andrew Marr Show in … Read More

Argentina Suspends Corn Exportation To Ensure Domestic Food Supplies

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ARGENTINA has suspended sales of corn for export until February 28, the agriculture ministry said, announcing the surprise move as part of the government’s effort to ensure ample domestic food supplies. According to Reuters, the move by the world’s No. … Read More

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