Author: Cole Hanson

Athena | Greece announced, on Tuesday, new restrictive measures in places of leisure and work, and the end of free testing for COVID-19 in an attempt to stop the “pandemic of the unvaccinated”. • Read also: COVID-19 vaccine: 3rd dose recommended in France for over 65 years • Read also: COVID-19: a new record of deaths in Iran with more than 700 deaths in 24 hours “From September 13 until March 31, 2022, ‘new procedures’ for mandatory screening will be applied to non-vaccinators,” Greek Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said in a statement after a press conference. In particular, entry to…

Jerusalem | Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Monday after incendiary balloons were launched into its territory from the Palestinian enclave, causing forest fires. • Read also: The first rocket fire from Gaza into Israel since May A Palestinian security source in the area said that the raids targeting sites in Gaza City, Khan Yunis (south) and Jabalia (north) did not result in casualties, but caused material damage. The source, who asked not to be identified, added that the armed Hamas movement, which holds power in Gaza, fired at Israeli planes, without going into further details. The…

The leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right American militia, was sentenced Monday to five months in prison for destroying a “Black Lives Matter” sign belonging to a Washington church during pro-Donald Trump protests. A key figure in this far-right movement that played a central role in the January 6 attack on the US Congress, 37-year-old Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, was arrested two days earlier for tearing this banner off the facade of a church in the US capital and burning it, according to the Department of Justice. A Washington court had charged him with destroying the property of the Asbury…

(Kabul) The Taliban announced on Monday that they have surrounded the fighters of the self-proclaimed resistance to their authority in Panjshir, a landlocked province northeast of Kabul, adding that it wants to negotiate with them rather than fight. Posted Aug 23, 2021 at 6:28 am Unconfirmed news reported, during the night, clashes on the outskirts of the Panjshir Valley, where the deputy head of the regime toppled by the Taliban, Amrullah Saleh, took refuge and declared resistance to the country’s new masters. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid announced on Twitter that “our fighters are stationed near the Panshir district” they are…

Dozens of people had to jump out of an upstairs window to escape a house fire in Queens, New York, on Sunday. • Read also: British Columbia fires: Residents can go home • Read also: British Columbia wildfires: Warmer temperatures to come • Read also: Lytton wildfire: Former resident sues CN and CP Among the wounded, the bride and her six-year-old daughter reported to the New York Post. People couldn’t get out because of the bars in front of the windows. “They must have jumped out the window upstairs,” says Mike Bowcar, a 15-year-old neighbor. The fire started just before…

Several dogs heading to an animal shelter were instead shot for rescue due to the interpretation of health restrictions linked to COVID-19 by a city council in Australia. According to information obtained by the Sydney Morning Herald from the Local Government Office (OLG), Bourke Shire Council, in northwest New South Wales, did so in order to prevent volunteers from the Cobar shelter from getting to go there to retrieve the animals. A spokesperson for the government agency said: “OLG has been informed that the Board of Directors has made this decision in order to protect its employees and the community,…

(Dubai) The Taliban announced, on Sunday, that “hundreds” of its fighters are heading to the Banshir Valley, northeast of Kabul, one of the few areas in Afghanistan that is still outside the control of the Islamic group. Posted on Aug 22, 2021 at 1:13 pm Updated at 13:38 “Hundreds of mujahideen in the Islamic Emirate are heading to Panjshir to control it after local officials refused to hand it over peacefully,” the Taliban said on its Arabic account on Twitter. The Taliban entered the capital, Kabul, on August 15 without encountering much resistance, following a blunder attack that began in…

(Washington) His representatives announced Saturday that Reverend Jesse Jackson, the pastor and famous civil rights activist in the United States, has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, despite being vaccinated. Posted on Aug 21, 2021 at 10:22 PM Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife Jacqueline Jackson, 77, are undergoing treatment at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago, the pastor-led Rainbow Bush Alliance said in a statement posted on Facebook. Doctors are currently monitoring their health. The organization adds that anyone who has been in contact with any of the past five or six days should follow “guidelines from the government’s Centers…

Hurricanes and tropical storms are extreme weather systems that can change direction in a short period of time. Even a significantly weakened system can carry strong winds, heavy rains, and floods and can cause widespread destruction.The provincial government of Prince Edward Island said in a statement on Friday. Latest information from National Hurricane Center On Henry’s Track published Friday at 6 p.m. It indicates winds of 100 km/h are expected. Warm waters and weather conditions are also expected to allow the storm to strengthen into a hurricane Friday evening or early Saturday. The path has shifted slightly to the west…

(Paris) It’s impossible to ignore: Between provocative slogans and comparisons with Nazi atrocities, anti-sanitary protests for passports in France were riddled with signs of anti-Semitism. Anti-Jewish hatred was amplified by the epidemic and social networks, alarming associations and specialists. Posted Aug 21, 2021 at 7:33 am. Roman Fonsegrives France media agency Some protesters use a widely derogatory symbol – yellow stars on the chest, denouncing a “Nazi passport”, a swastika made up of syringes – putting Nazi barbarism into perspective. The anti-Semitic ‘Who?’, used as a symbol to assign responsibility for the health crisis to the Jewish community, also rushed…