Alarm in Europe over the growing advance of the Indian variant
Concern in Europe is growing over the increasing spread of the Delta (formerly called Indian) variant of the coronavirus, at a key moment when the pace of vaccination is advancing and some pandemic measures...
Unprecedented heat wave puts U.S. on alert
The United States is threatened by an unprecedented heat wave that is set to hit the country this week and has more than 50 million people on alert.
The U.S. National Weather Service has stated...
Biden and Putin meet face-to-face in Geneva to try to bring positions closer together
In March, US President Joe Biden called Vladimir Putin a "murderer" and today he is meeting with him in Geneva (Switzerland) because in international relations you have to talk to the devil. The two...
One dead, two wounded in Georgia shooting after argument over face mask use
At least one person was killed and two others were injured Monday in a shooting after an argument over the use of a face mask at a store in the U.S. state of Georgia.
The...
Israel’s “Government of Change” sends Netanyahu into opposition after 12 years as prime minister
Benjamin Netanhahu will cease to be Prime Minister of Israel after 12 consecutive years in office. The new "Government of Change" in Israel, which brings together eight parties from almost the entire political spectrum,...
UK may delay end of coronavirus restrictions amid growing fears of Indian strain
Government sources have confirmed that UK ministers have signed a decision to delay the lifting of all restrictions that was scheduled for June 21 for another four weeks.
Due to the spike in coronavirus cases,...
U.S. buys 500 million vaccines from Pfizer to donate to 100 countries
The White House has reached an agreement to purchase 500 million covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech for delivery to nearly 100 countries over the next two years, an announcement U.S. President Joe Biden is expected...
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Soros and Buffett barely paid taxes for several years
In 2007, Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of Amazon and now the richest man in the world, didn't pay a dime in federal income taxes. In 2011, he repeated the move. Tesla founder Elon...
This is how an F-18 was refueled for the first time thanks to an...
Fighter refueling missions have until now involved huge cargo aircraft such as the Airbus A400M or the McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender, but in every case in aviation history those aircraft have been manned.
Now Boeing...
Tens of thousands of British tourists interrupt their travels and ‘flee’ Portugal
Tens of thousands of British tourists are hastily leaving Portugal, interrupting their vacations, hours before the country is formally excluded from Boris Johnson's government's "green list".
The British crowded the airport of Faro today, in...
