ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Thousands who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires and clamored for food and water in the bitter cold, three days after the temblor and series of aftershocks hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 19,300. Rescuers continued their race to pull more people alive from the rubble, […]
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Apple Surpasses Android in US, iPhone Now Accounts for 50 Percent of Smartphone Market Share: Analysis Firm
As Apple gears up to launch the next iteration of its iPhone, new data suggests the flagship product is dominating the smartphone market in the United States, surpassing Android devices. What Happened iPhone’s share of the U.S. smartphone market touched the 50 percent-mark for the first time since the product was launched in 2007, the Financial […]
Venezuela Surpasses Syria as World’s Largest Migrant Crisis
CARACAS – The Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V) announced on Monday that the number of Venezuelan migrants that have so far fled from their country and its socialist regime had reached 6,805,209 by August 5, more than 20 percent of the nation’s population. Views: 0
Russian daily COVID count surpasses 110,000 due to Omicron onslaught
The daily count of new COVID-19 infections in Russia spiked above 110,000 on Saturday as the highly contagious Omicron variant races through the vast country. The state coronavirus task force reported 113,122 new infections over the past 24 hours — an all-time high and a sevenfold increase from early in the month when daily case […]
Number of COVID Vaccine Injuries Reported to VAERS Surpasses 50,000, CDC Data Show
The Most Revolutionary Act By Megan Redshaw VAERS data released today showed 50,861 reports of adverse events following COVID vaccines, including 2,249 deaths and 7,726 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020 and March 26, 2021. Data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the number of injuries and deaths reported […]
Israel coronavirus mortality rate surpasses U.S. for first time since pandemic began
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Israel surpasses US in daily COVID-19 deaths per capita
For the first time, Israel’s daily coronavirus deaths per capita have surpassed those of the United States, a military task force said in a report published Tuesday morning. The task force, which belongs to the Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence Directorate and advises the Health Ministry, already included that statistic in a diagram in a […]
Russia Surpasses China With Massive Gold Purchases In January
Russian Central Bank Gold Reserves Rise to 1,857 Tons in January, Passing People’s Bank of China’s 1,843 Ton Gold Hoard. Russian gold reserves are now the fifth largest in the world. Russia added 600,000 ounce of gold (18.66 tons) to reserves in January. Russia added a record 224 tons of gold to reserves […]
RT English surpasses 2bn views on YouTube, entire network reaches 4.5bn mark
RT captures 5 Shorty Awards for social media, video app & news coverage “However serious the story, we always strive to make it accessible, and do our best to provide the audience with high quality, verified, informative and entertaining content. We are very inspired by the number of 2 billion views and will not let […]
Bitcoin Surpasses $1,500 for the First Time
The world’s most popular cryptocurrency continues to set historic highs this week. Bitcoin cracked the $1500 barrier on Thursday. Bitcoin was trading at $1,515 against the US dollar at 2:00pm GMT, retreating from the day’s high of $1,544.43, according to the CoinDesk price index. The digital currency has gained more than 32 percent during the […]
Kuwait foils 3 ISIS terror attacks, arrests suspects in raids – officials
“The Interior Ministry said on Sunday it foiled three terrorist plots targeting the country’s security by directing three pre-emptive raids inside and outside Kuwait against terrorist elements of the so-called Daesh,” said a statement published by KUNA news agency. Daesh is the Arabic acronym for Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The statement did not offer […]
Peter Dutton says ‘illiterate’ refugees would be ‘taking Australian jobs’
Immigration minister criticises pledges by Labor and the Greens to increase Australia’s refugee intake, claiming it would lead to unemployment. The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, has said refugees aren’t numerate or literate and would take Australian jobs in inflammatory comments arguing against increasing the refugee intake. Labor has said the comments are deeply offensive and […]
Reversal of fortune: Poet sentenced to beheading has reprieve – 8 years, 800 lashes…in 50 installments
A poet sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for abandoning his Muslim faith has had his sentence of beheading commuted – but must still face 800 lashes and eight years in jail. Ashraf Fayadh was detained by the country’s religious police in 2013 in Abha, southwest Saudi Arabia, and rearrested and tried in early […]