US President-elect Joe Biden has nominated William Burns as the director of the CIA. So, who is he? #CIA
Covid-19 dampens Egypt’s tourism industry
#Egypt is struggling to revive its pandemic-hit tourism industry after revenues plunged by nearly 70 percent to $4 billion in 2020.
Trump administration speeds up federal executions this week
The Trump administration is winding down, but it’s ramping up an unprecedented number of federal executions this week. The government restarted federal executions last year for the first time in 17 years. Ten...
Spike in UK’s COVID cases prompts health officials to warn of worsening situation
Despite the UK government instructing people not to exercise outside their local area amid COVID restrictions, PM Boris Johnson was apparently spotted ‘exercising’ some 11 kilometers from his residence. And...
Sputnik V becomes bestseller | More countries pick Russia’s COVID vaccine
As Russia develops an ‘express’ variant of its Sputnik V COVID jab, the vaccine – once scorned and maligned – is becoming a bestseller as global demand grows. Following Algeria, Argentina, Serbia, Bolivia...
Protester arrested outside Olympia Capitol as 2021 legislator session kicks off
A protester was arrested outside the Olympia Capitol, as the 2021 legislative session kicked off. He was marching towards law enforcement, before getting arrested. Washington Governor reportedly authorized up to 750...
World’s strongest disabled man pulls a VAN with bare hands!
The seated deadlift world record has been broken, after a German powerlifter, disabled man Tobias Anthofer, a.k.a. ‘Big Sitting Bull’, pulled a van with his bare hands and lifted weights in Lunen, North...