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- Madrid calls for army’s help as Spanish capital heads for partial lockdown amid Covid-19 surge
The regional chief of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has requested help from the army to fight the coronavirus surge in and around the city after local authorities ordered a partial lockdown of some poorer areas starting on Monday. Fears of another lockdown prompted protests in the city over the ... read more - Trump ricin letter raid: Canadian cops deploy CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL threat teams in Quebec after poison sent to White House
Canadian police say they’ve deployed chemical, biological and nuclear specialists in Quebec as part of an operation related to the mailing of poison to the White House. Earlier, a woman was arrested for allegedly sending the letter. The police operation focused on the city of Longueuil, just outside Montreal, on ... read more - Assange’s Removal From Embassy Was Coordinated on ‘Direct Orders From the US President’, Court Told
Journalist Cassandra Fairbanks has informed the court in Julian Assange's extradition hearing that Arthur Schwartz, who is known as Donald Trump Jr's "fixer", had advance warning of the US indictment against the WikiLeaks publisher. ... read more - Major Police Operation Involving Special Chemical, Explosives Team Underway in Quebec, Canada
A woman suspected of sending an envelope with the poison ricin addressed to White House has been detained at the New York-Canada border, Canadian law enforcement officials have said, as quoted by the Montreal Gazette. ... read more - Pompeo Announces US Sanctions on Venezuela’s Maduro, Iran’s Ministry of Defence
Late last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that all the UN sanctions against Iran are coming into force and that Washington is ready to punish those UN Security Council members that are against the sanctions. ... read more - US Secretary of State Pompeo Addresses Media on Anti-Iranian Sanctions – Video
The official previously stated that the UN sanctions against Tehran are coming into force, including an arms embargo, after the US triggered a 30-day snapback mechanism. However, the EU and Russia, as well as Iran, denied it, stressing that Washington can't unilaterally restore international restrictions against the Islamic Republic. ... read more - Shut the F**k Up: Indians Troll Global Times Editor for Saying India’s Military is No Match for PLA
Months of border hostilities between India and China have started to be reflected on social media, with the smartphone generation in both countries waging a war of words on Twitter, while soldiers of the two Asian giants have witnessed incidents of violent clashes in the contested Ladakh region, reporting causalities ... read more - EU’s Top Diplomats Call for Int’l Probe Into Navalny With OPCW Involvement, Borrell Says
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union’s foreign ministers insist on an international investigation into the situation with Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, with the involvement of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the bloc’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said on Monday. ... read more - AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Still on Hold in US Amid Reports of 2nd Neurological Disease Case
The Testing of the chimpanzee adenovirus-based vaccine had been repeatedly called into question for the “dangerous” lack of sufficient trials on chimp viruses as well as the unclear consequences of the new technology. The trials of AstraZeneca vaccine candidate remain on hold in the US. ... read more - British-French actor Michael Lonsdale, star of Moonraker & The Day of the Jackal, dies aged 89
British-French actor Michael Lonsdale, who was most widely recognised for playing the villain opposite James Bond in 'Moonraker', died on Monday aged 89. Bilingual Lonsdale had a storied film and theatre career, notching up more than 200 roles in both French and English over the course of six-decades. As ... read more - More Than 160 Politicians Back Calls for Release of WikiLeaks Founder Assange
LONDON (Sputnik) - More than 160 prominent politicians from across the globe, including 13 current and former heads of state, have now added their names to an open letter addressed to the UK government that calls for the immediate release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. ... read more - Russian Partner Open, Transparent in Sharing Details of Sputnik V Vaccine – Dr. Reddy’s
In a first substantial breakthrough in India for Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute vaccine Sputnik V, the multinational pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s announced that it will be distributing 100 million doses of vaccine in India after conducting final-stage human trials and receiving regulatory clearances. ... read more - Lebanon faces ‘hell’ if new government isn’t formed, President Aoun warns
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has conceded that there is no clear solution to the political gridlock that has prevented the creation of a new government, warning that his country was staring into the abyss. Read more TONS of ammonium nitrate discovered at Beirut port weeks after same ... read more - China uses clips from ‘Transformers’ & ‘The Rock’ in VIDEO showing nuclear bombers simulating attack on apparent US military base
China’s air force has published a sleek video that portrays a fictitious air raid targeting a suspected US military facility, with some of the footage apparently lifted from Hollywood action films. The video, released on Saturday by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, shows nuclear-capable H-6 bombers carrying out ... read more - Around 200 People Questioned in Connection With Navalny Case
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian police have questioned around 200 people in connection with the incident with opposition figure Alexei Navalny, and checks are continuing, with staffers of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) being subject to re-examination, the Russian Interior Ministry's Transport Department said on Monday. ... read more
