Hong Kong’s approximately 7.5 million residents will be required to get tested for coronavirus in March Hong Kong’s entire population of 7.5 million residents will be tested for Covid-19 in March, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Tuesday, as the region tackles a spike in cases due to Omicron. The massive undertaking will […]
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Millions of US kids to be told which news is fake
A service stamping reliability ‘labels’ on media sources has teamed up with a major teachers’ union NewsGuard, a controversial service that ranks news sources read by clients online based on how trustworthy it considers them to be, will soon be available for free to millions of schoolchildren in the US. The New York-based company signed […]
GoFundMe blocks millions raised for truckers protesting Covid vaccine mandates
More than 50,000 trucks are heading to Ottawa to express their discontent with Canada’s measures US crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has suspended access to more than Can$5 million (about $4 million) raised by ‘Freedom Convoy 2022’ – a trucker convoy heading to Ottawa to protest the vaccine mandate. About 50,000 trucks aim to take part in […]
Poorer nations reject millions of expiring Covid vaccine doses – UN
Just last month over 100 million doses offered through the Covax program were not accepted The program to help poorer nations to vaccinate their populations against Covid-19 is facing a problem, as many donations have a remaining shelf life too short to be properly distributed, a UN official has revealed. In December alone, over 100 […]
Millions told to stay home while mass Covid testing underway
The Chinese government is testing around 14 million people to avoid another coronavirus outbreak All residents in Tianjin, China have been advised to not leave their homes until they receive a negative result in the latest city-wide testing for Covid. The decision comes after 20 cases were detected. China’s ‘zero tolerance’ approach to Covid-19 is […]
Taliban weed about to attract millions in foreign investment
A German investor plans to produce medical cannabis in Afghanistan CPharm International (ECI), a German research and development firm, has said it is planning a multi-million-dollar investment in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, with the aim of producing weed for medical purposes. Following an unfortunate case of mistaken identity in late 2021, Vice media agency tracked down a […]
Millions left waiting for treatment in England
Hospital bosses are ‘extremely concerned’ as the backlog of patients awaiting treatment soars At least 24 NHS trusts in England have declared a ‘critical incident’ due to pressures caused by the Omicron variant, as rising Covid cases create a staffing shortage and hamper efforts to clear a patient backlog of 5.8 million. Transport Secretary Grant […]
Millions in Canada under Covid-19 curfew on New Year’s Eve
The French-speaking province of Quebec has issued draconian Covid lockdown orders just in time for the holiday More than 8.5 million Canadians have been ordered to remain at home for New Year’s celebrations, with the provincial government of Quebec imposing a curfew and a ban on private gatherings amid the spread of the Omicron variant. […]
US Navy seizes drugs worth millions
The latest US Navy drugs bust is part of more than $193 million-worth of narcotics seizures in 2021 The US Navy has announced the confiscation of a huge cache of heroin, worth an estimated $4 million, which was seized from a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea. American personnel aboard the USS Tempest and USS […]
Health agency spied on millions during Covid lockdowns
Canada’s Public Health Agency has admitted to secretly tracking location data from at least 33 million mobile devices to analyze people’s movements during Covid-19 lockdowns. The agency earlier this year collected data, including geolocation information from cell-towers, “due to the urgency of the pandemic,” a PHAC spokesperson told the National Post, essentially confirming a report […]
Millions of people sent into Covid lockdown in China
Authorities in China’s Xi’an have put the city on lockdown, closing all non-essential shops and barring all restaurants from opening, after reporting some 140 domestically transmitted Covid cases in the last 10 days. In a press conference on Wednesday, officials in Xi’an announced the implementation of new measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. All […]
WATCH millions of cannibal crabs take over an island
The annual migration of red crabs has brought traffic to a standstill on an Australian island. Apart from the epic journey, the species is also notorious for eating its own young. Tens of millions of crustaceans are swarming Canberra-governed Christmas Island, which is almost a thousand miles northwest of the Australian mainland. Parks Australia, a […]
France spending millions to stop teen prostitution
The French government has kicked off a €14 million national campaign to tackle underage prostitution and pimping. It comes months after a report found as many as 10,000 youngsters, mostly teen girls, are involved in the sex trade. The campaign, launched by the Ministry for Solidarity and Health on Monday, is expected to be fully […]
India celebrates landmark 1 BILLION Covid vaccinations, but millions still have yet to receive first dose
In a huge effort to vaccinate its population, India has celebrated the landmark of administering 1 billion Covid shots. However, millions of Indians are still yet to receive their first dose. Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the milestone: “India scripts history. We are witnessing the triumph of Indian science, enterprise […]
EU gives Lithuania millions to deal with influx of migrants entering from Belarus, but Vilnius says it needs a lot more
The Lithuanian government has received €29.6 million ($34.2 million) of its allocated aid from the European Commission to help tackle Vilnius’ influx of migrants seeping in from neighboring Belarus. On Friday, Vilnius’ Interior Ministry confirmed it had received the bulk of its whopping €37 million Brussels payout, saying the rest of the funds would reach […]