The 700 Year Old Romanian Castle That Inspired "Dracula" Is Now A Free COVID Vaccination Site The 700 Year Old Romanian Castle That Inspired “Dracula” Is Now A Free COVID Vaccination Site Dracula has gone from sucking blood to injecting vaccines. In what is undoubtedly fertile ground for irony and a glance into the sad reality …
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May 10
Today’s News 10th May 2021
Spaniards Celebrate Curfew End With 'Freedom' Fiestas Spaniards Celebrate Curfew End With ‘Freedom’ Fiestas As the clock struck midnight in Spain, thousands of people poured into the city streets in the early hours of Sunday, celebrating the official end of the local coronavirus curfew. The 11 p.m. curfew was lifted in 13 of the country’s 17 regions …
May 09
Today’s News 9th May 2021
Three Shot In Times Square Including Four-Year-Old Girl Three Shot In Times Square Including Four-Year-Old Girl New York’s Times Square was temporarily cordoned off on Saturday after at least three people were injured in a shooting, according to NBC News, citing police. The suspect, pictured below, was caught on camera. Earlier today, 3 people were …
May 08
Today’s News 8th May 2021
Webb: This Biden Proposal Could Make The US A "Digital Dictatorship" Webb: This Biden Proposal Could Make The US A “Digital Dictatorship” Authored by Whitney Webb via UnlimitedHangout.com, A “new” proposal by the Biden administration to create a health-focused federal agency modeled after DARPA is not what it appears to be. Promoted as a way …
May 07
Today’s News 7th May 2021
Social Unrest Fears Mount As World Food Prices Soar In April Social Unrest Fears Mount As World Food Prices Soar In April Global inflation is headed into overdrive as the leading food price indicator that is the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index increased for an 11th consecutive month in April, hitting levels not …
May 06
Today’s News 6th May 2021
Where The EU Exports Its Waste Where The EU Exports Its Waste The European Union exported 32.7 million tonnes of waste in 2020, according to Eurostat, a 75 percent increase since 2004. As Statista’s Niall McCarthy points out, Turkey was the primary destination country for EU waste last year with some 13.7 million tonnes sent there – …
May 05
Today’s News 5th May 2021
Europe's Vaccine Rollout Relies Heavily On Pfizer/BioNTech Europe’s Vaccine Rollout Relies Heavily On Pfizer/BioNTech As Europe’s vaccine rollout is picking up pace, Statista’s Felix Richter reports that the European Commission is doubling down on its use of mRNA vaccines, with the Pfizer/BioNTech shot central to its inoculation efforts. According to a statement, the European Commission is …
May 04
Today’s News 4th May 2021
World's Most Powerful Tidal Turbine Deployed Off Scotland's Coast World’s Most Powerful Tidal Turbine Deployed Off Scotland’s Coast Bank of America equity strategist Haim Israel recently told clients by 2030, Europe will generate about 85% of its electricity from renewable sources. Solar and wind have stolen the spotlight in the green energy transition. But there’s …
May 03
Today’s News 3rd May 2021
"Monster-Size Lava Fountain" Erupts In Iceland “Monster-Size Lava Fountain” Erupts In Iceland An Icelandic resident uploaded a stunning video on YouTube of a new volcanic eruption early Sunday morning. YouTube “Sigfús Steindórsson“ has been following a new fissure vent that opened a couple of weeks ago and is visible from Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. The latest …
May 02
Today’s News 2nd May 2021
China Has A Grand Carbon Neutrality Target… But Where Is The Plan? China Has A Grand Carbon Neutrality Target… But Where Is The Plan? Authored by Alicia García-Herrero and Simone Tagliapietra, both Senior Fellows at Bruegel, China’s new long-term targets, to reach peak emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, are yet to …
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