EU will allow fully vaccinated holidaymakers in – but has not yet decided if Britain will make ‘safe list’

Ambassadors signed off plans to allow people who have received both Covid jabs to enter EU countries for non-essential trips such as holidays. Travellers walk with their luggage at Fiumicino Airport after Italy lifted quarantine restrictions for people arriving from … Read More

China’s Firms Gain a Foothold in South America as Energy Providers

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WASHINGTON, May 19 2021 (IPS) – Over the past decade, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from China have carved out a niche as owners and operators of electric utilities in South American countries through acquisitions of energy grids. As SOEs shift from their … Read More

The Japanese Public Wants Out of the Olympics. Everyone Else Says No.

Some two months away, organizers of the Tokyo Games face mounting pressure to postpone yet again. More than 15,000 athletes from over 200 countries are expected to make their way to Japan in time for the Olympics starting July 24. But as … Read More

Taiwan Steps up COVID-19 Alert, Shutters Non-Essential Workplaces

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Mask-wearing is compulsory indoors and outdoors, and social gatherings are strictly limited. A local resident listens to a medical staff before queueing up for the COVID-19 virus testing at the Wanhua District in Taipei, Taiwan, May 19, 2021. -AFP The … Read More

Battered Biden under siege as crises confound the White House

Remarkable 5 days of bad developments stretching from Israel to the Mexican border, up East Coast via Colonial Pipeline. Memo to President Biden: Life moves pretty fast, and now the world is on fire. Israel is erupting, Americans are utterly confused when masks … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 7 May 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, In case you didn’t know, the redhead with the hair that hangs limply on one side informs us that the border problem was created during the last administration, and the new crew is just trying to clean … Read More

‘God’ left out of Biden’s National Day of Prayer proclamation

Biden’s proclamation was different from Trump’s. Like his predecessors, President Biden issued a proclamation on the National Day of Prayer this week, but one word was missing. Both former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump mentioned “God” in their National Day of Prayer proclamations, but Biden’s proclamation never … Read More

Who is Markus Söder, Bavaria’s premier?

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CSU chairman Markus Söder was long seen as a strong contender to replace Angela Merkel as a conservative chancellor. But after a power struggle with CDU head Armin Laschet, he stepped aside. Markus Söder heads the Christian Social Union Bavarian … Read More

India’s daily COVID-19 cases pass 400,000 for first time as second wave worsens

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KEY POINTS India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday. It was the first time India’s daily case count had topped 400,000 after 10 consecutive days over 300,000. Deaths from COVID-19 jumped by 3,523 over … Read More

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