Thousands marched in the streets of Paris and other cities throughout France on Saturday to protest against new government restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The demonstration saw a higher-than-usual number of participants on this first school holiday weekend with many chanting against the vaccine pass that the government was planning. Prime Minister Jean…
Virus Case Cuts Short Blinken’s Tour of Southeast Asia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—A positive COVID-19 test among U.S. Secretary of State Blinken’s traveling party has cut short the top diplomat’s first official tour of Southeast Asia. A member of the press corps accompanying Blinken on what was to have been a three-nation visit to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday…
Rural Americans Speak of Hope and Optimism Going Into 2022
Standing in a fallow cornfield next to a barren dogwood tree, an old abandoned farmhouse in southeastern Colorado appears to buckle under the weight of countless years gone by. The tin roof is falling away in strips and unruly sections, revealing the rot and corrosion eating away at the wooden base. The windows have all…
Japan Economy Contracts 3.6 Percent in Third Quarter as Virus Hits Spending
December 8, 2021
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TOKYO—Japan’s economy contracted at a 3.6 percent annual rate in July-September as a wave of coronavirus infections crimped travel and other activities, the government said Wednesday. The estimate for the last quarter, downgraded from an earlier report of a 3.0 percent contraction, reflected weakness in consumer spending and trade, the government said. In quarterly terms,…
WHO: ‘No Evidence’ Booster Vaccines Offer ‘Greater Protection’ to Healthy Populations
A top World Health Organization (WHO) official said there is “no evidence” to suggest that CCP virus booster doses would offer “greater protection” to healthy people. Dr. Mike Ryan, the WHO’s emergency director, questioned the logic of some countries trying to produce more booster doses to vaccinate anyone aged 18 and older. “Right now, there…
WHO: ‘No Evidence’ Boosting Entire Population Offers Greater Protection to Healthy Individuals
A top World Health Organization (WHO) official said there is “no evidence” to suggest that CCP virus booster doses would offer “greater protection” to healthy people. Dr. Mike Ryan, the WHO’s emergency director, questioned the logic of some countries trying to produce more booster doses to vaccinate anyone aged 18 and older. “Right now, there…
China’s Long-Term Plan to Grind Down US Presence in Asia: The Solomon Islands
December 1, 2021
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Solomon Islands protestors set fire to government buildings and businesses in Chinatown on Friday to show their anger at the interplay of local power and CCP influence. Behind this are resentments for the CCP’s undercutting of local economic developments. In recent years, the Party has increased its foreign influence on the islands. What role do…
No Severe Omicron COVID-19 Cases Among Vaccinated People: Top Israeli Expert
Israeli officials said that researchers have not found any severe COVID-19 cases among vaccinated people infected with the Omicron variant. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus strain—which was named Omicron by the World Health Organization (WHO) last week—has prompted fresh global panic as a number of countries imposed travel restrictions on southern African countries, where…
Countries Move to Halt Travel From Southern Africa Over New COVID-19 Variant
Countries in Europe and Asia on Friday took swift action to halt travel from several African countries over a mutated COVID-19 strain that was blamed by officials for a rise in cases in South Africa. Even though the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday cautioned against imposing travel restrictions on those countries regarding the so-called B.1.1.529…
WHO Holding Emergency Meeting to Discuss New ‘Heavily Mutated’ COVID-19 Strain
The World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a meeting Friday to discuss the rise of COVID-19 cases in southern Africa blamed on a new variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier confirmed the closed-door meeting in Geneva, saying that participants met to designate the COVID-19 strain, known as B.1.1.529, as either…
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