Why did the stampede on Israel’s Mt. Meron happen?
Dozens Crushed To Death, Scores Injured In Stampede At Israeli Religious Festival
Ultra-Orthodox Jews look at the scene where dozens of people were killed and some 150 injured in a stampede during the Lag BaOmer festival at Mount Meron in northern Israel on Friday. Sebastian Scheiner/AP JERUSALEM — At least 45 people … Read More
Vaccine Mandates Aren’t the Only – or Easiest – Way for Employers to Compel Workers to Get Their Shots
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Can companies legally require workers to get vaccinated? Employers have gotten so good at finding ways to get employees to comply with their policies that it may not matter. A workplace showdown may be brewing over mandating vaccinations. Employers would … Read More
As COVID-19 reaches rural India, “people are dropping dead like flies”
posted in: Earthquakes, Famines, Pestilence, Disasters, News
Gasping for breath Reuters/Adnan ABIDI On the evening of April 23, Dhanraj Singh, a 40-year blind man, arrived at the Sikanderpur community health centre in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district, complaining of breathlessness. Singh, a resident of the nearby Bansi … Read More
Thousands of Colombians march to protest government tax proposals
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Demonstrators take part in a protest against the tax reform of President Ivan Duque’s government in Bogota, Colombia April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez Demonstrators take part in a protest against the tax reform of President Ivan Duque’s government in Bogota, … Read More
Pope Francis prays for 130 refugees drowned in Mediterranean
posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe
Debris from a dinghy that was supposedly carrying over 100 migrants are seen floating in the Mediterranean Sea northeast of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, Thursday, April 22, 2021. SOS Mediterranee, which operates the rescue vessel Ocean Viking, said late Thursday … Read More
India hits new record with COVID-19 infections, US vows aid
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India’s infection surge has been blamed in part on a highly contagious variant. India has been battling the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreak and on Monday recorded another record in new cases with 352,991 in the past 24 hours along with … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 23 April 2021
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Greetings from Tyler, The Dreaded Third Wave! (With several more coming) Canadian Lockdown has teeth! Australian Freedoms Withdrawn America, well forget it ever happened FEAR SELLS! That hidden video of the CNN technical director told us part of what we … Read More
Germany: ‘Emergency Brake’ to Kick in on Saturday
Photo(s): Imanuel Marcus Now that Angela Merkel’s amendment to the Infection Protection Act passed the Bundestag and Bundesrat, the ’emergency brake’ will apply starting tomorrow. Counties and cities with Seven Day Incidences below 100 are not affected. Berlin, April 23rd, … Read More
Will Peru Become the Next Venezuela?
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A Chavez-style socialist is the leading contender to become the nation’s next president. (ALONSO CHERO/El Comercio de PERU/Newscom) Pedro Castillo, a self-described Marxist-Leninist heading the Peru Libre (“Free Peru”) ticket, has secured a spot in the country’s June 6 presidential … Read More