The City of Brownsville, Texas, is administering voluntary COVID-19 tests to migrants recently released from Border Patrol custody. Although the first round was limited to pre-existing supply, the City later received an additional 10,000 test units from the State. Each costs approximately $100. The City of McAllen also received a shipment of 10,000 units for […]
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Border Patrol Relies on Texas Towns to Test Released Migrants for Coronavirus
Hong Kong’s Leader Says She Relies On ‘Piles Of Cash’ Because Of U.S. Sanctions
Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, said in an interview Saturday that she has no bank account and relies upon “piles of cash” for her finances because of U.S. sanctions against the city. Lam told the Hong Kong International Business Channel that she had “no banking services made available to her” and mused — perhaps […]
SYRIAN ARMY 25 KILOMETERS FROM TABQA AIRBASE; SUDDEN SURGE IN ARMY AUDACITY HAS AL-RAQQA IN ITS SIGHTS
Ziad Fadel AL-RAQQA: The Syrian Army has left Dayr Haafir behind in a relentless push toward the Tabqa Dam and the Jiraah Military Airbase. The army can move over 25 miles per day, and, ergo, unless ISIS can find the resources to blunt the government’s assault, we predict the army will be outside the […]
Bavaria may introduce Hitler’s Mein Kampf in schools to ‘immunize’ youngsters
The Parliament conducted a plenary session on Thursday with the opposition parties including the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Free Voters pushing for the book to be included in the education program. During the session the politicians discussed whether the new annotated version of ‘Mein Kampf’ should be included in Bavaria’s school programs, and […]
In Loving Memory: Doctor in Tehran plants 30,000 tulips for late mother
Each year Houman Ardabili plants colorful tulips on Zarafshan Street in Tehran, in memory of his mother. This year the plantation reached 30,000 flowers. If one simply walks near the northern part of Zarafshan Street, the fragrance of bright spring flowers is clearly noticeable. Houman, 37, works as a doctor. Many years ago, he traveled to the US to study molecular […]
New dengue fever vaccine ‘effective in 100%’ of human trial subjects
Last year, 48 healthy volunteers were randomly injected with a placebo, or the vaccine, known as TV003, by researchers from the University of Vermont and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Hawaii declares health emergency to fight mosquitoes carrying Zika, dengue fever Six months later, 41 of the test subjects returned, to be infected with a genetically-modified […]
Current oil market turbulence ‘Due to OPEC Managing Price’
The present crisis in the global energy market is deeply rooted in OPEC managing the oil prices, LUKoil and PetroChina Board of Directors Member Richard Matzke told Sputnik on the sidelines of the IHS Energy CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas. HOUSTON (Sputnik) — Global oil prices dropped from $115 to less than $30 per barrel […]