Author: Cole Hanson

A British study published at the end of April suggests that the cognitive losses from severe cases of COVID-19 equate to 20 years of ageing. • Read also: In Washington, cathedral bells ring for millions dead from COVID-19 • Read also: COVID-19: hospitalizations below 2,000 The cognitive impairment resulting from a severe case of COVID-19 is similar to that occurring between the ages of 50 and 70 and is equivalent to losing 10 IQ points, according to a team of scientists from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London. Study results suggest that the effects are still detectable after…

Millions of Britons are forced to eat less, or have to skip meals, a study published on Monday said, a situation that has worsened sharply since the start of the year as the cost of living has risen. More than 7 million adults lived in April in a household that ran out of food (nearly 14% of the total), according to a study published by the Food Foundation, a number that is up 57% since January. About 2.6 million children live in these homes. And 2.4 million adults didn’t eat for at least a full day during April, according to…

(Beijing) Millions of Beijing residents work from their homes Monday after a new round of anti-COVID-19 bolts, giving the Chinese capital of 22 million people the appearance of a ghost town. Posted at 6:59 Updated at 7:37 am. China is facing its worst epidemic wave in two months since the disease first broke out in early 2020. Even if pollution numbers remain minimal on a global scale, authorities are rigorously implementing a zero-COVID-19 policy and restricting entire cities as soon as a few cases emerge. After Shanghai, the country’s most populous city, which has been confined since the beginning of…

The Taliban have severely tightened restrictions on women’s freedom in Afghanistan, and on Saturday required them to wear the full veil, preferably the burqa, an announcement sharply criticized by feminist activists. • Read also: Afghanistan: Supreme Leader urges world to recognize Taliban government • Read also: Boycott Quebec, a country worthy of the Taliban • Read also: ‘Don’t just think of the Ukrainians’: Afghans are calling for help In a decree issued at a ceremony in Kabul, the supreme leader of the Taliban and Afghanistan, Hebatullah Akhundzadeh, ordered women to completely cover their bodies and faces in public, saying that…

(Moscow) Several fires, exacerbated by high winds, broke out in eastern Siberia, local authorities said Saturday, burning hundreds of buildings and killing dozens. Updated May 7th Local authorities in the Krasnoyarsk region said more than 450 homes were bombed and at least five people were killed. There are at least 17 injured, including ten in hospital. A state of emergency has been declared in the area. And in the Kemerovo region, three dead people were found in a burning house and a criminal investigation was opened. In the Omsk region, two dead and eight wounded. “Extinguishing is complicated by weather…

Our columnist Mathieu Bock Côte is currently based in France, where he follows French news from a Quebec perspective. I have often thought that politics is the only sphere of existence which proves the possibility of the resurrection of bodies, and last year in France tended to confirm this belief to me. Let me explain: for several years, most analysts and commentators have agreed to bury the decomposing body of the French left. History has condemned her that she will not be reborn. Its various parties seemed exhausted: Jean-Luc Mélenchon was old and his party was too crazy, the environmentalists…

On Saturday, Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a Russian landing ship near the small island of Snyk in the Black Sea, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion that began at the end of February. • Read also: “Amazing” violations of human rights in Ukraine • Read also: Moldova: new explosions in Transnistria • Read also: Russia: last rehearsal before the May 9 parade The Ukrainian Navy said on Facebook that a Bayraktar TB2 combat drone, developed in Turkey, “hit a Project 11770 Serna landing ship as well as two Tor surface-to-air missile systems,” without…

In a decree issued at a ceremony in Kabul, the supreme leader of the Taliban and Afghanistan, Hebatullah Akhundzadeh, ordered women to completely cover their bodies and faces in public, saying that the burqa, a network of full blue headscarves at eye level, was the best option for this. Women should wear Shadri [autre nom de la burqa]Because it is traditional and respectableindicates this decree. A woman who is neither young nor old should cover her face except her eyes in accordance with the recommendations of the Shariah, in order to avoid any provocation when meeting a man. who are…

(Washington) The US Department of Defense denied, on Thursday, providing intelligence information that allowed Ukrainian forces to target senior Russian officers near the front, as the Defense Ministry claimed. The New York Times. Updated May 5 Paul Handley France media agency Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said it was true that the United States was passing intelligence to Kyiv “to help the Ukrainians defend their country.” But he added, “We do not provide information on the whereabouts of senior military commanders on the battlefield, nor do we participate in targeting decisions made by the Ukrainian military.” US information helped Ukraine sink…

I’ve never had an abortion before, but once I made an appointment to have one. I can assure you that no one takes this decision lightly. For weeks, I was hesitant about this issue. Especially since I was already a mother of two girls at the time. I tell you how bad I felt when I came to the conclusion that having a baby now wasn’t a good deal. That was, and I will always remember this date, May 17, 2011. I picked up the phone and called the clinic. Then I waited, sadly, for the circled date on my…