Daily Mail

Joan Wakefield has barely been able to walk for the best part of six months. The 72-year-old from Stockport had a knee replacement in October and has since suffered infections in the scar tissue, causing agonising pain.

Then at the beginning of this month she received the first dose of AstraZeneca‘s Covid-19 vaccine. ‘I woke up the next morning and the leg pain and stiffness was gone,’ she says. Continue reading “The coronavirus jab’s most tantalising side effects? It may help fight cancer, chronic pain… and even Alzheimer’s”

Nikkei Asia

BEIJING/HONG KONG — When China convenes the most important event on its political calendar, the annual National People’s Congress, on March 5, it will approve a long-term plan spanning 15 years. By the end of that road map, in 2035, China sees itself replacing the U.S. as the world’s largest economy.

The NPC — China’s parliament — will also move to quash any criticism of the Communist Party, weighing major electoral changes for Hong Kong to ensure that the territory is firmly under the control of Chinese “patriots.” Continue reading “China’s parliament readies road map to overtake US economy”

Toronto Sun

Peel Health has issued guidelines to parents instructing them to keep any children who have been sent home because a classmate has tested positive for COVID-19 isolated in a separate room from all other family members for 14 days.

The severe guidelines, which apply even to small children who are dismissed from child care, are being criticized by experts as harmful and not supported by science. Continue reading “Experts call Peel guidelines to place children in solitary quarantine ‘cruel punishment’”

Daily Mail

The Covid vaccine could be offered in fast-food restaurant car parks to ensure high uptake in at-risk groups.

The suggestion came as Government advisers warn that poor, obese, men and ethnic minorities are at more risk of being admitted to hospital by the disease.  Continue reading “Covid vaccine may be offered in fast-food restaurant car parks to make sure at-risk groups – including those who are obese – do not get left behind”

B’nai Brith Canada

OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on Carleton University to publicly condemn antisemitism and speak out after one of its professors alleged that Jewish money was corrupting the institution, while casting aspersions on its Centre for Jewish Studies.

In a Feb. 10 online event hosted by “Carleton University Students for Scholars at Risk,” Nahla Abdo, a panelist and professor of sociology, lamented supposed Israeli influence at the University, saying: “Money works – I wish we had money. We could have donated a lot of money and buildings. Israeli… you know, you have tons of buildings, everywhere, actually named after donors. That is not a strategy that Palestinians can do. They are not there, in that world. So they can continue to be victims of that.” Continue reading “Carleton University Should Condemn Antisemitism, Take Action on Professor’s Remarks”

Harbingers Daily

California’s Assembly is slated to consider a new bill requiring department store childrens’ sections to be largely “gender-neutral” in order to combat “prejudice” and “judgment” against gender non-conforming children.

“Large retailers that sell toys, clothes, and other children’s items in California would have to devote floor space to merchandise marketed to both boys and girls under a new bill,” Politico reported earlier this week. “Stores would be able to sell the same products they do now as long as they maintain some areas where shoppers can find all toys or clothes, regardless of gender-based marketing, under CA AB2826 (19R) from Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell). It would apply to department stores with 500 or more employees beginning in 2023.” Continue reading “California Bill Requires ‘Gender Neutral’ Stores, Fines Retailers For ‘Boy’ & ‘Girl’ Toy Departments”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in a calibrated response to recent rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq.

The strikes, which were first reported by Reuters, appeared to be limited in scope, potentially lowering the risk of escalation. Continue reading “U.S. carries out airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria: Pentagon”