Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on arms sales revealed
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The pandemic doesn’t seem to have affected the global demand for weapons, according to a new report, which reveals the defense industry’s top 100 companies made $531 billion in 2020 – 1.3% more than in the previous year. Read Full Article at RT.com
Workforce shortage forces Canadian businesses to rethink Covid mandate
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Staffing shortages have forced some of Canada’s businesses to drop vaccine mandates and adopt more flexible policies in terms of safety requirements. Read Full Article at RT.com
'Pacifist' Japan explores options to strike ‘enemy bases’
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Tokyo is looking for ways to boost its defense posture, including getting the ability to strike “enemy bases,” the country’s PM has said, signaling a potential formal shift from the nation’s post-WWII pacifist stance. Read Full Article at RT.com
Suspected ‘incubator’ of new Covid-19 strains identified
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African nations cannot ramp up their vaccination rates fast enough without foreign help and may become “a perfect incubator for variants” of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a new report says. Read Full Article at RT.com
Putin-Biden: What to expect from Russian & American leaders online 'summit'
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The presidents of the US and Russia are set to have another one-on-one «summit,» which is expected to focus on Ukraine and the West’s claims that Moscow is planning to invade its neighbor. Read Full Article at RT.com
Health watchdog urges limits on jabbing children against Covid
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Children aged between five and 11 should get a Covid-19 jab only if there is a “high risk” of severe infection for them or for someone in their inner circle, Finland's health watchdog has said. Read Full Article at RT.com
NHL star pulls out of Beijing Olympics over toll Covid restrictions could put on mental health
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Vegas Golden Nights goaltender Robin Lehner has pulled out of Sweden's ice hockey team ahead of February's Winter Olympics in Beijing, saying that concerns over a Covid lockdown are «not ideal» for his mental health. Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia rejects rights of sexual minorities & gender diversity – Putin ally
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The Russian people are opposed to the “imposition” of ideas like the rights of sexual minorities and “gender diversity,” the speaker of the country’s upper house said on Sunday, calling them “alien values.” Read Full Article at RT.com
US Vice President Kamala Harris’s leadership style has been criticized by her former staffers, with some saying they had to deal with “constant soul-destroying criticism” from her. Read Full Article at RT.com
A Chinese Yutu 2 rover has spotted an odd object on the far side of the Moon, and it’s been described in initial reports by media outlets as a “mystery hut.” Yutu 2 is now poised to take a closer look at it. Read Full Article at RT.com
Mysterious street artist Banksy has offered to raise £10 million ($13.28 million) to turn Reading Prison, where Oscar Wilde was incarcerated, into an arts center, by selling a stencil used to paint a sketch onto the building. Read Full Article at RT.com
Jake Paul’s scrap with Tyson Fury’s brother Tommy ‘is off’ – ex-UFC fighter could step in
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Boxing braggart Jake Paul's prophecies about Tommy Fury failing to turn up for the showdown of two social media sensations in 12 days' time has come true, according to reports. Read Full Article at RT.com
Finnish leader explains what’s important in relations with Russia
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Despite worsening relations between Moscow and the West, Russia’s interests cannot be ignored, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö has said, explaining how his nation has built relations with its much larger neighbor. Read Full Article at RT.com
‘Harry Potter’ 20th-anniversary reunion teaser drops, but one VIP is noticeably omitted
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HBO Max has dropped a teaser for its ‘Harry Potter’ 20th-anniversary special, which brings together many of the actors from the original movie's production – but not the author of the books, J.K. Rowling herself. Read Full Article at RT.com
‘Good, not great’: McGregor issues stinging criticism of arch-rival Khabib
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Khabib Nurmagomedov may have beaten Conor McGregor en route to retiring undefeated from MMA, but that doesn't seem to have been enough to impress the Irishman – who has savaged the Russian ex-champ in several since-deleted tweets. Read Full Article at RT.co
Republicans, businesses, and social media users have blasted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for an interview in which the Democrat questioned the existence of organized retail theft, calling her remarks “tone-deaf.” Read Full Article at RT.com
Covid jab creator explains why next pandemic could be more fatal
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Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, one of the people behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, has warned that future pandemics could be more fatal than coronavirus if officials don’t address failures in pandemic preparedness. Read Full Article at RT.com
NATO risks crossing Russian ‘red lines’ – influential German diplomat
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Ukraine’s hopes to join NATO fly in the face of Russia’s long-declared boundaries, the head of the influential Munich Security Conference has said, amid concerns from officials in Moscow that the bloc is edging further eastwards. Read Full Article at RT.c
Serbian basketball star, 32, dies weeks after collapsing in training session
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A Serbian basketball player has died three weeks after suffering a stroke while undergoing individual training as he recovered from an ankle injury. Read Full Article at RT.com
First-ever ‘suicide pod’ approved, promises no choking feeling
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A 3D-printed pod, intended for use in assisted suicide, has successfully passed a legal review in Switzerland and should be ready for operation in the country next year, its creator has said. Read Full Article at RT.com
China vows ‘countermeasures’ to US Olympic boycott
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Beijing has warned Washington against affecting cooperation in “important areas” by calling for a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in China and brushing off the US behavior as “grandstanding.” Read Full Article at RT.com
Kremlin spills beans on Tuesday's Putin-Biden talks
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak to his American counterpart Joe Biden on Tuesday via a secure video link, and the first part of the discussion will be broadcast to the public, the Kremlin has revealed. Read Full Article at RT.com
Certifying Nord Stream 2 would ‘make mockery’ of EU rules – Ukraine
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The head of Ukraine’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz has called on Germany’s regulatory agency to reject certification of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, calling it a “mockery” of EU regulations. Read Full Article at RT.com
The UK government has unveiled a 10-year plan to tackle drug dealers and users, giving police new powers to strip passports and driving licenses from citizens, as drug-poisoning deaths in England and Wales reach record levels. Read Full Article at RT.com
US mortgage lending startup Better.com fired 900 employees via a Zoom webinar with no prior notice and just days before the holidays. The firm’s CEO accused them of “stealing” from colleagues and customers by being unproductive. Read Full Article at RT.
Myanmar leader ousted by military junta sentenced to prison
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Myanmar’s deposed state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been sentenced to four years in prison on the first charges leveled against her by the ruling military junta. Former President Win Myint received a similar sentence. Read Full Article at RT.com
Sony fires exec who allegedly tried to hook up with 15-year-old for sex
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George Cacioppo, a PlayStation executive, has been fired from his job after an internet sting group published a video of him allegedly attempting to meet up with a decoy actor posing as a 15-year-old boy. Read Full Article at RT.com
ITF won’t axe events in China over Peng Shuai scandal because it would ‘punish a billion people’
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The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will not follow the WTA's shock step of suspending events in China over Peng Shuai, earning derision from critics after claiming that pulling tournaments would «punish a billion people». Read Full Article
Babies hospitalized after getting Covid-19 vaccine by mistake
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Two Brazilian babies have ended up in hospital after a nurse confused the vials and mistakenly injected them with Pfizer coronavirus vaccine instead of their intended infants’ jabs. Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia prepares for a post-fossil fuel future in Arctic
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When news first broke a few years ago that Russia's state nuclear energy company was working on a floating nuclear power plant, some took it as a joke. Others mocked it as the worst idea ever. Read Full Article at RT.com
US, UK & Canada should station troops on Russian border – Ukraine
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The US, the UK, and Canada should “visibly” deploy troops in Ukraine near the Russian frontier as support for Kiev to deter a potential military conflict with Moscow, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov has said. Read Full Article at RT.com
The probability of facing a pandemic like that caused by the recent ‘novel’ 2019 coronavirus once in a lifetime is very high, researchers suggest, and common, global reaction mechanisms should be put in place now. Read Full Article at RT.com
Japanese police ‘racially profiling’ Americans, US embassy claims
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The US Embassy in Tokyo has issued an alert warning Americans in Japan to carry identification, after reports of expatriates being racially profiled by police and detained. Read Full Article at RT.com
Alec Baldwin erases Twitter account after ‘Rust’ interview
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Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin has deleted his Twitter account after he claimed in an interview that he never pulled the trigger of a gun that killed a cinematographer and that he feels no responsibility for the incident. Read Full Article at RT.com
Prince Harry denies involvement in scandal with Saudi donor
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Prince Harry has denied any involvement in the cash-for-honors scandal, involving Prince Charles and a Saudi billionaire, insisting he had “expressed concerns” about the motives behind lavish donations of the latter. Read Full Article at RT.com
US President Joe Biden championed Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the best speaker in American history at an event on Sunday, where he bestowed awards on a number of artists, including anti-Trump singer Bette Midler. Read Full Article at RT.com
Prince Harry denies involvement in cash-for-honors scandal with Saudi donor
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Prince Harry has denied any involvement in the cash-for-honors scandal, involving Prince Charles and a Saudi billionaire, insisting he had “expressed concerns” about the motives behind lavish donations of the latter. Read Full Article at RT.com
Restaurant apologizes for kicking out police officers to maintain ‘safe space’
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A San Francisco restaurant has apologized after its staff denied service to three armed police officers, claiming that their weapons made its non-white guests feel threatned. Read Full Article at RT.com
Julio Borges is quitting his post as foreign minister of Venezuela’s US-backed “interim government”, saying that it has turned into a “caste” and is failing to serve its purpose of removing Nicolas Maduro from power. Read Full Article at RT.com
