Coronavirus
Israel’s ‘fake news war room’ set up to tackle vaccine disinformation...
14 Feb, 2021
As Israel’s record-setting inoculation drive slows down, it has set up a special unit to combat ‘fake news’ about coronavirus vaccines, but...
Israel’s largest HMO finds vaccines 92% effective in preventing serious illness
Clalit survey of 1.2 million Israelis, half of them immunized, finds that shots drive down symptomatic COVID by 94%
Feb.14, 2021
A massive study by Israel’s...
Old hatreds fuel online misinformation about COVID-19 in South Asia
By Kamya Yadav, Isra Thange,
Julia Ilhardt, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro
November 25, 2020
photo: Credit: ChocolateLr18. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Since COVID-19 spread to South Asia,...
Misinformation market: The money-making tools Facebook hands to Covid cranks
31.01.21
The video opens with a question: “Could this be bio-terrorism?”
Talking directly into the camera, the unshaven young man continues in a sarcastic American drawl:...
Far-right anti-maskers protest lockdown measures in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras
February 14, 2021
Far-right anti-maskers staged protests against the lockdown restrictions in Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras on Sunday. Despite the biting cold, they gathered holding...
Intellectual property cause of death, genocide
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Feb.10, 2021
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY: Refusal to temporarily suspend several World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property (IP) provisions to enable much...
EU’s Covid-19 Vaccination Debacle: “Epochal Failure”
by Soeren Kern
February 13, 2021
The vaccination rollout has been plagued by bureaucratic sclerosis, poorly-negotiated contracts, penny-pinching and blame shifting — all wrapped in...
Political Resolution of the National Bureau of the Left Bloc
The National Bureau of the Left Bloc met on 30th January 2021, one week after the presidencial election.
Feb.3, 2021
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS MARKED BY...
Orthodox Jews defy health protocols & clash with Israeli police at...
8 Feb, 2021
Members of Israel’s Orthodox Jewish community took down metal barriers and clashed with police at the funeral of a senior rabbi who...
Sweden’s King Slams the Country’s Coronavirus Response
“I think we have failed,” Carl XVI Gustaf said in an interview, referring to the country’s high death toll.
By Erin Vanderhoof
December 18, 2020
When Sweden’s...