Billions of people across the world have known for decades that Voice of America is US government-funded propaganda. The White House apparently just noticed – and chose to call them out in a blog post, rather than officially. VOA, as it is known, “too often speaks for America's adversaries—not its citizens,” said a scathing post...
On top of the OPEC+ deal that will see oil output cut by 10 million barrels per day, producers outside the group are expected to slash the supply by at least five million more, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said. “We believe that, in addition to the 10 million barrels [cut], which was undertaken by...
British police are using social media to shame members of the public who 'break the rules' amid the coronavirus lockdown, but is encouraging pile-ons really what law enforcers should be doing? It seemed like a good idea at the time: taking a drive with three friends on a lovely sunny afternoon in order to walk...
The coronavirus epidemic had scarcely arrived on US shores when the Trump administration declared “war” on it, in the grand tradition of the ‘War on Cancer' or the ‘War on Drugs'. But these invisible wars don't end well. President Donald Trump declared war on the “invisible enemy” – Covid-19 – last month, pivoting on a...
The prime minister must be honest and admit that unless the restrictions last forever, which they can't, in the long term we cannot prevent almost everybody getting infected and a portion of them dying. Several politicians, including Keir Starmer, the opposition Labour Party leader, have been demanding to know the exit strategy for the lockdown....
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has announced an extension to current nationwide lockdown measures until early next month, as the country continues to struggle with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Conte also said that some businesses which closed as part of Italy's efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 will be allowed to re-open...
In only three days, the total fatalities in Sweden due to the current epidemic rose from 477 to 881. While the problem started roughly about the same time in all the Scandinavian countries, Sweden's stats are among the worst. Sweden has not only the highest rate of fatalities per capita among Nordic countries, but also...
