Natural disasters cause $210 billion in damage in 2020, insurer says

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Natural catastrophes around the world resulted in $210 billion in damage in 2020, with the United States especially hard hit by hurricanes and wildfires, a top insurer said on Thursday. The damage, tallied by the German reinsurer … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 8 January 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, Recent events beg a question, and it’s a big one. What will we NOT bow down for?  Americans are driving around solo, all masked up. Does that make some kind of sense, or are people just projecting … Read More

‘Completely untrustworthy’ – Iran leader bans import of US and UK-made COVID-19 vaccines

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei —Reuters Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday banned the import of US and British-produced coronavirus vaccines, saying they were “completely untrustworthy.” “It’s not unlikely they would want to contaminate other nations. Given … Read More

Germany extends coronavirus lockdown until February

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Germany’s lockdown has been extended for another three weeks; photo / Jens Buettner / dpa / AP. Germany’s state and federal governments agreed on January 5 to extend and expand coronavirus lockdown rules in the country for another three weeks.  … Read More

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