Poll shows that while voters mostly disapprove of trucker protests, they largely agree that their PM has botched the crisis Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has alienated voters with his handling of the Freedom Convoy protests, a new poll shows. Only 16% of respondents to the Maru Public Opinion poll said they would vote for […]
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Fire risk warning for almost half a million vehicles in US
Hyundai and Kia are recalling nearly half a million vehicles in the US amid concern they may catch fire even when stopped Hyundai and Kia will recall some 485,000 vehicles in the US and are telling owners to park their cars outside because they can catch fire even when stopped, the US National Highway Traffic […]
Half a century on from Northern Ireland’s Bloody Sunday, have the families had justice?
British soldiers massacred 13 people on the streets of Derry in 1972. RT spoke to a man who lost his father on that fateful day in Bogside For the first time in 50 years, the crowds gathering in Derry this weekend to remember the events of the day forever known as Bloody Sunday will have […]
Red Cross hackers steal info on half a million ‘vulnerable’ people
‘Highly sensitive data’ including staffers’ info stolen from Swiss contractor to charity A massive hack of the Red Cross has compromised information from employees, refugees, detainees, migrants, and family members of all those groups, and the culprit remains unknown. Information on some 515,000 “highly vulnerable” individuals has been stolen from the Red Cross, the organization […]
Nearly half of Ontario’s ‘Covid-19 patients’ admitted for reasons unrelated to virus
Canadian province to start differentiate between coronavirus patients and Covid-19 positive patients admitted for other reasons Canada’s Ontario province has acknowledged that many of the people reported to be hospitalized with Covid-19 were actually admitted because of other health conditions and were incidentally found to be infected with the virus. Of the 3,220 people hospitalized […]
Over half of Germans want lockdown for all – poll
A recent poll by YouGov indicates that 53% of Germans support the idea of a sweeping lockdown all across the country, amid a surge in Covid cases. 38%, on the other hand, do not want to see the screws tightened even further, while another 8% are undecided. The pollsters surveyed 2,049 Germans online between November […]
Merck files in US for emergency FDA authorization for Covid treatment pill after trial data showed it cut hospitalizations in half
Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced on Monday that they’ve submitted an emergency authorization application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their oral antiviral Covid treatment molnupiravir. The US-based pharmaceutical company revealed the request had been made to the FDA, with the hope that it will become the first authorized oral […]
Merck’s Covid-19 pill cuts risk of death and hospitalization in half – clinical trial results
An oral Covid-19 pill developed by the American drugmaker Merck has been found to significantly reduce the risk of death and hospitalization in patients participating in a new clinical trial, according to the company’s data. The company, which is developing the drug in partnership with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, reported that molnupiravir “reduced the risk of hospitalization […]








