The damage from the vaccination campaigns will become more visible as time passes, especially if the most pessimistic predictions regarding people‘s health hold true. But it is the economic reality we are facing that will be the loudest wake-up call. Surging inflation is leaving people considerably worse off. Many will lose their homes, living standards will fall, the poorest will go hungry.
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Energy Sanctions Are Hurting Europe More than Russia
It’s time to admit sanctions on Russian energy have backfired. EU inflation is the highest on record, and Russia’s oil revenues have risen. What’s more, Europe is still buying Russian oil – from India.
Sajid Sadpara returns to K2 once again
John Snorri’s wife, Lina, contacted Sajid to ask if he’d be willing to retrieve her husband’s body from the mountain.
Watch: Joe Biden falls off bike while cycling in Delaware
The president of the United States Joe Biden marked his 45th wedding anniversary on bike ride with first lady Jill Biden. However, Biden fell off a bicycle near his Delaware beach home.
Macron’s party loses parliament majority – projections
The centrist coalition appears to be losing ground to both the left and right.
WHO head Dr. Tedros: ‘SARS-CoV-2 resulted from a lab leak’
Research into gain-of function at Wuhan Institute of Virology most likely cause of pandemic.
PA to Israel: ‘Hand over the gun which killed Al Jazeera journalist’
PA calls on Israel to hand over gun that allegedly fired the shot which killed Shireen Abu Aqleh in Jenin.
Putin gives historic speech, calls Sanctions stupid, says Russia a Thousand-Year-Old Empire that won’t crack
Putin singled out the US as Russia’s chief oppressor, arguing that the global superpower considered itself “God’s emissary on Earth,” and viewed others all nations as its “colonies” and the people living there as “second-class citizens” who could be crushed economically if they dared resist.
FR Législatives : Pas de majorité absolue pour Macron, la Nupes deuxième, percée du RN (EN CONTINU)
Selon les premières estimations, le parti présidentielle n’obtiendrait pas la majorité absolue à l’Assemblée nationale. La Nupes arriverait en deuxième position suivie par le Rassemblement national.
WHO chief ‘believes COVID-19 did leak from Wuhan lab’ after a ‘catastrophic accident’ in 2019 despite publicly maintaining ‘all hypotheses remain on the table’
* Director-general Tedros Adhanom confided to a senior European official: source.
* Worldwide death toll of COVID-19 pandemic now estimated to be above 18 million.
* WHO initially branded lab leak fears ‘a conspiracy theory’, accepting China story.
Russia’s New Rules
Russia is done with the West. The divorce is nearly complete.
India’s purchases of Russian oil skyrocket – Reuters
As the West embargoes Russia’s fossil fuels, New Delhi has reportedly multiplied its oil imports by 31.
West ‘moving towards war’ in space – Roscosmos chief
American private companies are collecting visual and radar data for the Ukrainian forces, the head of the Russian Space Agency claimed.
Rising inflation in the EU against the backdrop of sanctioned Russia
In Estonia, inflation reached 19%, Lithuania – 16.8%, Bulgaria – 14.4%. The Czech Republic (14.2%), Romania (13.8%), Latvia (13%), Poland (12.4%), and Slovakia (11.7%) were also among the countries with high consumer price inflation.
Contagious Vaccines: A Warning
For those who find jabs unpleasant there are fewer needles required.
France bans gatherings “Due to Heatwave” as Germany mulls Annual Mask Mandate – and China uses COVID app to Target Protestors
Outdoor public events have been banned in an area of France – because of the heat, I kid you not.