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COVID-19 is no longer global health emergency: World Health Organization
COVID-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities.
"Yesterday, the Emergency Committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern. I've accepted that advice. It's therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Russian writer Prilepin injured in car bombing
The author and activist, who has volunteered for military service, survived but is gravely wounded, officials tell the media
Russian author and political activist Zakhar Prilepin was seriously injured on Saturday in a car bomb near the city of Nizhny Novgorod. His driver was killed.
The explosion occurred while Prilepin’s car was on a highway. Preliminary data indicated that the explosive device was planted underneath the vehicle.
Suspect in Prilepin car bombing arrested
Russian police claim to have detained a man who may have been involved in the assassination attempt on the writer
Russian police have announced having arrested a man who could be connected to the bomb blast that injured prominent Russian writer and political activist Zakhar Prilepin.
According to the prosecutor's office of Nizhny Novgorod Region, the explosion took place in the village of Pionersky, some 70km from the eponymous city, located some 400km to the east of Moscow.
US-Russia On Verge Of "Open Armed Conflict" After Kremlin Drone Attack: Foreign Ministry
On Friday the highest ranking Russian official thus far to have issued a statement on the Wednesday drone attack which targeted Kremlin buildings which house President Vladimir Putin's offices said that the drone operation out of Ukraine was impossible without US foreknowledge.
"It's clear that without the knowledge of their minders, the terrorists from Kyiv could not have carried out (the attack)," Lavrov said while on a trip to India, in reference to Washington.
China to work with Russia on Ukraine crisis – FM
Beijing is committed to making “tangible contributions” to help end the conflict, the country’s top diplomat has said
China will work with Russia to bring about peace between Moscow and Kiev, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Thursday after meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. The diplomats discussed the matter on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers summit in Goa, India.
“China will continue to promote peace negotiations and is willing to maintain communications and coordination with Russia in order to make tangible contributions to the political settlement of the crisis,” Qin said, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Former CIA Officer Says Decision to Drone Attack Kremlin Was Made by the United States
Deadly escalation an effort to provoke major Russian response.
Former CIA intelligence officer Larry Johnson says the decision to launch a drone attack on the Kremlin was made by the United States.
The Wednesday attack, which was likely to have been targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, was stopped by electronic warfare systems which disabled the drones before they could reach their target.
According to Johnson, the attack must have been spearheaded by the Biden administration and the US military-industrial complex because “decisions on such attacks are made not in Kiev, but in Washington.”
Italy left with ‘inadequate’ ammunition after arming Ukraine – media
Many of Kiev’s Western backers are facing the same problem, with the US reportedly telling them to “get in line” for resupplies
There is “not much left” in Italy’s military stockpiles after six aid shipments to Ukraine, the Corriere Della Sera newspaper reported on Friday. With Italian industry dismantled and resupply from the US uncertain, the country reportedly has enough ammunition left for two days of fighting.
China slams US arms sales to Taiwan
American weapons dealers have “swarmed” to Taiwan seeking new business opportunities, Beijing said
US military support for Taiwan is turning the island into a “powder keg” and risks igniting a regional conflict, China has warned, urging Washington to cease its weapons sales to Taipei while warning of “consequences” for countries that interfere in its internal affairs.
Asked about the Taiwan-US Defense Industry Forum held in Taipei earlier this week, which brought together a number of US and local arms dealers, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said continued weapons sales to the island “seriously violate” past agreements with the United States.
Borrell Asserts EU Needs Own China Policy Separate From US
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reiterated on Friday that Europe should have its own policy on China which is separate from the US. "I think that yes, we, Europeans, we have to have our own way of facing China. On the EU-US-China triangle, we are closer to Washington, certainly, but we have to have our own way and we are working on that," he said at an event hosted European University Institute in Florence.
The fresh comments echo controversial statements of French President Emmanuel Macron issued in April wherein he told the press after a state visit to Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping that Europe must have "strategic autonomy" and not merely become 'America's followers'.
Israel has freedom to act against Iran nuclear threat - US
“Sturm und drang” over Netanyahu’s White House snub is overblown, US national security adviser says.
Washington allows Israel freedom of action against the Iran nuclear threat,US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said.
“We have made clear to Iran that it can never be permitted to obtain a nuclear weapon,” Sullivan said in an address to the Washington Institute think tank on Thursday. “As President [Joe] Biden has repeatedly reaffirmed, he will take the actions necessary to stand by this statement, including by recognizing Israel’s freedom of action.”
Jerusalem threatens Damascus on Iran’ encroachment; US seeks Israel-Saudi peace
1) The United States proactively seeks to foster peace between Israel and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2) U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan warns Iran not to cross the line regarding nuclear weapon capabilities. 3) Jerusalem’s top defense official threatens Damascus over Iranian encroachment in Syria.
Argentina’s central bank is clamping down on crypto: Argentina Bans Payment Apps From Offering Bitcoin to Customers
The central bank said Thursday that payment platforms cannot offer crypto trading services to their customers.
Argentina’s central bank is clamping down on crypto. In a statement yesterday, the bank said that payment platforms are now banned from offering digital assets like Bitcoin to customers.
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) said that the reason was to “mitigate risks.”
Binance faces Russia sanctions probe – Bloomberg
US officials are reportedly looking into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange operator
The national security division of the US Department of Justice is looking at whether Binance or any of its officials may have violated the US and EU sanctions on Russia, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing “people familiar with the matter.”
According to five people who asked not to be named, the US suspects that Russian nationals may have moved money through the world’s biggest crypto exchange. The DOJ declined to comment.
Yellen’s G-7 Travel to Japan Cut Short By Debt-Limit Concerns
(Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shortened her upcoming trip to Japan to attend a gathering of finance ministers and central bank governors thanks to the looming showdown over the US debt limit.
Yellen’s travel plans were compressed to ensure that she can continue to participate in ongoing efforts in Washington to address the issue, a senior Treasury official said Friday in a conference call with reporters ahead of next week’s Group of Seven gathering in Niigata, Japan.
Biden Warns GOP That Defaulting on US Debt Will End String of Good Jobs Reports
Congressional lawmakers have remained at a debt ceiling stalemate for months as Republican lawmakers have used the matter as a negotiating tactic, and refused to heed the US president's veto warning. The Treasury Department has warned the US may default on its debts by early June.
US President Joe Biden warned on Friday that a default on US debt would effectively end the string of positive job reports that continued into the month of April.
'They're Everywhere': Hundreds of Migrants Arrive on US-Mexico Border Ahead of Title 42 End
EL PASO (Sputnik) - Hundreds of migrants illegally crossed into the United States in the Texas border city of El Paso, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
On Friday afternoon, hundreds of migrants gathered at different points along the US border wall in El Paso that separates the United States and Mexico.
A massive surge of illegal migrants is expected to overwhelm the US southern border after the Trump-era public health emergency order known as Title 42 - which allowed the US government to turn away illegal immigrants at the border to prevent the spread of COVID-19 - is set to expire on May 11.
World Health Organization Declares The COVID Pandemic To Be Over As Phase 2 Of The Great Reset Launches With Mealworm Tacos And 15-Minute Cities
The spread of COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization declared Friday. Welcome to Phase 2 of the Great Reset.
Well, what do you know? Looks like the dreaded, terrible, worst plague of modern times has come to an ignominious end in a Friday afternoon memo from the World Health Organization. No brass bands, no ticker tape parade. Why? Because the vast majority of the people who have endured this pandemic now have PTSD, not from COVID but from the relentless gaslighting from our New World Order overlords. But take heart, the Great Reset is still here, and is in fact, now in Phase 2.
CDC's Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition.
Walensky's last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim director wasn’t immediately named. She sent a resignation letter to President Joe Biden and announced the decision at a CDC staff meeting.
Class-Action Suit Launched Against Australian Government Over COVID Vaccine Injuries
As reports of vaccine injuries gain traction globally, an Australian doctor is leading a new class action against the federal government and key medical figures.
Queensland GP Dr. Melissa McCann has filed the action in the Federal Court of Australia on behalf of 500 complainants.
The action targets the federal government, Dr. Brendan Murphy, the Chief Medical Officer, and Prof. John Skerritt, the public face of the Therapeutic Goods Administration—the country’s drug regulatory body.
Apple, Google teaming up to better track your movements under the claim of providing you more ‘security’
(Natural News) Tech giants Apple and Google, which track user data incessantly as part of their business models, are teaming up on an app to prevent others from tracking users in an obvious move to corner the user market once and for all.
According to the Washington Times, the tech behemoths “are working to develop new alerts of unwanted tracking to warn people when someone is spying on their movements through Bluetooth location-tracking products.” The outlet added: “Bluetooth location-tracking tools help people find lost luggage, keys or other items but they can be misused by stalkers or others to inappropriately surveil your whereabouts.”
PURE EVIL: Leading US medical institutions are deliberately confusing toddlers and converting them into transgenders
(Natural News) American kids are being pushed toward transgenderism by their schools, by left-wing politicians, and by medical institutions. North Carolina’s leading medical institutions – Duke, UNC, and ECU – now offer “transgender treatments” that confuse, brainwash, and socially transition kids as young as two, three, and four. Toddlers are being socially transitioned and put in environments where they are coerced to live in accordance with a so-called gender identity.
Republican states are cracking down on America’s horrific transgender mutilation crisis
Transgender mutilation of children has become a national crisis, and GOP states are taking action to stop it.
(LifeSiteNews) — Republican-led states are pushing back against the radical LGBT movement with a wave of new laws restricting devastating transgender surgeries and drugs for children.
2023 has been a breakthrough year in the fight to stop LGBT ideology and protect children from its harms. Since January, 14 states have approved laws to ban or limit “gender transitions” for minors, which have exploded in popularity in recent years as gender confusion has surged among youth.
London Food Bank Rolling Out Face Biometrics App for Store Purchases
A London food bank is expanding its use of face biometrics to facilitate the distribution of food to its customers through local shops.
A trial of the FaceDonate app by Hackney Foodbank in London, England, was launched a year ago, and included nearly 200 users, Reuters reports. Now the app will be made available to all Hackney Foodbank users.
The app is used at participating local grocery stores, where the user can access a wider variety of foodstuffs than the food bank is able to stock.
Some of America’s largest companies are sending out trigger warnings ahead of Mother’s Day
Some of America’s biggest companies are sending out the equivalent of “trigger warnings” for their customers ahead of Mother’s Day while featuring LGBT messaging on their websites.
A now-viral thread from Twitter user Arizona Informer shows several screenshots of opt-out messaging from Kroger, Levi Strauss, DoorDash, and other well-known companies with language that includes calling Mother’s Day and Father’s Day “sensitive times” and that the holiday “can even be triggering.”
Whitney Webb: This is why Epstein documents are coming out now
People who downplayed their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein are continuing to have to answer for it. The Wall Street Journal published more documents related to Epstein’s life and they show powerful people with regular contact with him after a sex crime conviction, including Bill Gates. We speak with journalist Whitney Webb about what is new and what we already knew and how much more backtracking we are going to see from wealthy and powerful people.
Great video of Whitney Webb interview on redacted.inc
Really cutting edge journalism in the news you report.
very interesting, Argentina cracking down on Bitcoin.