I submitted my COVID-19 poem to the California State Library COVID Diaries and it is now on the state website:https://coviddiaries.library.ca.gov/2020/12/31/the-curse-of-covid-19/crown of thornscoronacrown of suncoronaviruscrown ...

Beijing and Kiev have been arguing over an engine company for almost five years.Chinese investors started investing in the Motor Sich Combine in 2016. Beijing Skyrizon Aviation Industry (a subsidiary company of Beijing Xinwei Technology Group) signed a loan agreement with him for $ 100 million. Two years later, Motor Sich's stakeholders includ ...

The Guardian[/url]"]Time to reactivate MySpace': the day Australia woke up to a Facebook news blackoutFacebook users flocked to Twitter to complain about the ban, which also struck community pages, health departments, charities and politiciansAt 5.30am Australian east coast time, after months of threats and failed attempts ...

The Independent[/url]"]China has said it will not recognise the British National Overseas (BNO) passport as a valid document for Hong Kong residents from Sunday, after the UK said it would allow it to be used as a route to British citizenship.The announcement from Beijing is the latest in a series of moves – including a s ...

BREAKING : EU Parliament wants to call for a Nord Stream 2 construction freeze because of Navalny. "responsible for attacks on members of the oppositionFinally, EU started to act like it should have from very beginning! Great News!"After the Russian attack on Navalny we also have to talk about the energy issue," EPP parliament ...

Disappointing Chinese Vaccine Results Pose Setback for Developing WorldBrazil says CoronaVac has an efficacy rate just over 50 percent, much lower than previously announced. More than 380 million doses have already been ordered.Scientists in Brazil have downgraded the efficacy of a Chinese coronavirus vac ...

Independent[/url]"]Thom Yorke leads condemnation of ‘spineless’ decision to ‘reject’ EU offer to waive touring visasThe Independent understands that ‘standard’ proposal exempting musicians from visa process was rejected because the government is denying that same right to EU artists visiting the UKMusicians and other mem ...

The arrival in Turkey of the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinovac has been delayed after a resurgence in cases of the virus in Beijing.Delivery of the vaccine has been put back by “a day or two”, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a statement on Twitter on Sunday.The arrival of the first shipment of Sinovac had been expected on Mond ...

The Guardian[/url]"]Make what you want seem normal': David Frost and the Brexit dealBritish chief negotiator, or ‘Great Frost’ to the PM, said short-term costs of Brexit will be outweighed by long-term benefitsFor good or ill, David Frost knew how to get under Michel Barnier’s skin. The British chief negotiator’s habit in ...

The Telegraph[/url]"]Senior staff at HSBC, Standard Chartered and Deutsche Bank are Chinese Communist Party membersThe disclosures raise major questions about the independence of major institutions that operate in ChinaHundreds of senior employees at British banks HSBC and Standard Chartered have been members of the Chines ...

The summit of EU leaders is to be held tomorrow to decide on 3 very hot-topics.1) The imposition of sanctions on Turkey2) The EU budget and the veto of Poland and Hungary3) Brexit1) The imposition of sanctions on TurkeySanctions against Turkey at the very least for arms should be a given as Turkey has in the course of a single year:a) ...

Germany will allow Huawei to build out part of its 5G network, the business daily Handelsblatt reported last week after viewing a new draft law that the Angela Merkel government will submit to the Bundestag next month.Japan and South Korea politely but firmly refused to exclude the Chinese telecommunicatio ...

Politico[/url]"]Greece blasts Berlin for shunning plea for Turkey arms embargoGermany failing EU leadership test, Greek foreign minister says.Nikos Dendias accused Germany of failing to live up to its leadership role in the EUATHENS — Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias accused Germany of failing to live up to its leade ...

ekathimerini[/url]"]Judge Ankara by its actions not its wordsTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seen in a file photo. ‘To join a US-Turkey lobby group today means endorsing Erdogan’s agenda in a way few credible American businessmen are willing to do,’ says the writer.Almost every single US secretary of state has visi ...