New Zealand to ban young people from ever being able to buy cigarettes Via CNBC.com: New Zealand on Thursday announced plans to prevent young people from ever being able to buy cigarettes as part of an initiative to make the country entirely smoke-free by 2025. The measures will mean that anyone born after 2008 will not be able to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime, while the level […]
‘Vaccinated, recovered or dead’: Germany gives stark winter warning to its people Via CNBC.com: Germany’s health minister has issued a stark warning to the country’s public, telling citizens that vaccination was the key to their survival. “Some would say this is cynical but probably by the end of this winter, pretty much everyone in Germany will be vaccinated, recovered or dead ... That’s the reality,” Jens Spahn told a press […]
Austria Threatens to Lock Down Unvaccinated Citizens Via Breitbart: Austria’s chancellor on Thursday stepped up threats of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people, as new coronavirus cases in the Alpine country are soaring. Austria has taken a series of measures in recent weeks in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 and encourage more people to get vaccinated. On Monday, new rules took effect barring unvaccinated people who haven’t recovered […]
China’s economy is showing signs of stagflation, economists warn Via CNBC.com: There are signs of stagflation in China, as prices continue to rise while the latest manufacturing data show production slowing, economists say. China’s factory activity contracted more than expected in October, shrinking for a second month, an official survey released on Sunday showed. The official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index for October came in at 49.2, falling below the 50 […]
China is ramping up coal imports from Russia — but not Australia Via CNBC.com: As China tries to resolve its power shortage, the country is also ramping up its coal imports — bringing in three times as much coal from Russia compared to last year, China customs data show. Reports of power cuts at factories across China intensified in September as local governments struggled to balance rising demand for electricity […]
Groups warn of supply chain system collapse, as California ports face record backlogs Via Just The News: The International Chamber of Shipping, a coalition of truck drivers, seafarers, and airline workers, recently warned heads of state at the United Nations General Assembly that if restrictive COVID policies don't change and freedom of movement isn't restored to transportation workers, a supply-chain collapse is imminent. Industry leaders representing some 65 million transport workers asked […]
British army to start driving tankers as queues for fuel continue Via Reuters: British soldiers will start driving tankers to replenish empty pumps, as drivers queued again for fuel after days of shortages, despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying the situation was improving. Britain has been gripped by a rush of panic-buying for almost a week that has left pumps dry across major cities, after oil companies warned they did […]
North Korea fires possible ballistic missile into ocean: Reports Via Just The News: North Korea on Tuesday launched a suspected ballistic missile, according to reports from Japanese and South Korean authorities. The unidentified projectile was fired eastward at around 6:40 a.m., and landed in the East Sea, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency. The launch is being analyzed by South Korean and U.S. intelligence, the agency reported. The firing […]
Homeland Security chief admits more than 12,000 Haitians released into U.S. Via Just The News: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas disclosed Sunday that more than 12,000 Haitian illegal immigrants who had gathered in Texas near the southern border are being released into the United States. "Approximately, I think it's about ten thousand or so, twelve thousand," Mayorkas told "Fox News Sunday" when asked how many have Haitians were already released. […]
