Giorno: 30 Dicembre 2022

Xi and Putin seek greater cooperation, but Russia’s failures in Ukraine may strain relationship, expert says

Russia and China have committed to strengthening ties between the two countries despite Moscow’s failure to quickly and effectively end its invasion of Ukraine, which may strain Beijing in the coming months. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met via public video conference Friday to discuss the bilateral relationship that has blossomed […]

Iran holds top military drills in major oil waterway in ‘war before the war’

Iran held top military drills Friday in a joint effort involving air, sea and land forces, in what one major general referred to as “the war before the war” while he spoke against the threat Israel and the U.S. pose. The drills, held in the Strait of Hormuz which sees roughly 25% of the world’s […]

Pritzker-winning Japanese architect Isozaki dies at age 91

Arata Isozaki, a Pritzker-winning Japanese architect known as a post-modern giant who blended culture and history of the East and the West in his designs, has died of old age. He was 91. Isozaki died Wednesday at his home on Japan’s southern island Okinawa, according to the Bijutsu Techo, one of the country’s most respected […]

COVID-19 XBB variant: What to know

COVID-19 cases continue to pop up in the Northeastern US as the XBB subvariant becomes the most common source of illness. XBB, a subvariant of omicron, was responsible for 52.6% of cases in New England from Dec. 18 to Dec. 24, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is up […]

Covid, le novità aprovate col decreto Rave: reintegrati medici e infermieri No Vax, abolito Green pass per le Rsa

Read More Ci sono anche le norme che allentano gli obblighi sulle misure di contenimento del Covid nel decreto rave che la Camera ha approvato definitivamente grazie alla tagliola. Proprio mentre si serrano i controlli ai confini per l’ondata dell’epidemia in Cina e mentre il ministro della Salute Orazio Schillaci pubblica circolari che prolungano l’obbligo […]

Philippines Floods, Landslides Kill 44 After Christmas Day Rains

Read More Members of the Philippine Coast Guard wade through a flooded street during a rescue operation, in Isabela, Basilan Province, Philippines, on Dec. 27, 2022. (Philippine Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters) MANILA—The death toll from flooding and landslides caused by Christmas Day rains in the southern Philippines rose to 44, with 28 others still unaccounted […]

Rishi Sunak ‘dithering’ over Covid testing of passengers from China

Read More Rishi Sunak has been accused of “dithering” over whether all travellers arriving from China should face mandatory Covid testing, as more Conservative MPs ramped up pressure on the government to reintroduce the checks. After a series of seemingly mixed messages about whether the UK could follow the lead of Spain, Italy, the US […]

US Mulls Plane Toilet Water Sampling to Track COVID Variants

Amid soaring COVID-19 infections in China, the United States is considering sampling plane wastewater to track emerging virus variants. Health experts in the United Kingdom estimate approximately 11,000 people per day are now dying from the disease in China. Three infectious…

‘Missing in action’: Pilots, travel experts blast Buttigieg’s lack of ‘competent leadership’ in flight fiasco

Post Content Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is not doing enough to fix the flight crisis affecting thousands of Americans this holiday season, according to several former pilots and aviation experts who say the former mayor is “unqualified” for his position. Over the past week, thousands of holiday flights were canceled and hundreds of bags […]

Biden pardons woman convicted of murder, 5 others on drug, alcohol-related offenses

Post Content President Biden granted full pardons to six individuals Friday who have served their sentences and have since turned their lives around to become valued members of their communities, the White House said. Among those pardoned are a domestic abuse survivor convicted of murdering her husband and five others who served sentences for drug […]