As the highly contagious omicron variant spreads across the vast country, the number of new Coronavirus infections in Russia spiked to over 110,000 on Saturday. There were 113,122 new Coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, which is an all-time high and a sevenfold increase from a few days ago, when there were about 15,000
Cryptocurrency laundering by cybercriminals surpassed $8.6 billion last year, up 30% from 2020, according to Chainalysis, a blockchain analysis company. In total, cybercriminals have laundered more than $33 billion worth of cryptocurrency since 2017, according to Chainalysis, with most of this money flowing to centralized exchanges. As a result of the significant growth of both
Coronavirus vaccine boosters are now recommended by the World Health Organization, starting with those at greatest risk. A shift from its previous position that booster shots are not necessary for healthy adults and an acknowledgement that vaccine supply is improving around the globe. The U.N. health agency announced on Friday that booster doses of the
Hundreds of Virginians remained stranded in their cars overnight as officials worked to reopen a stretch of Interstate 95 that was closed after a storm blanketed the region in snow a day earlier. Near Fredericksburg, about 55 miles (89 km) of a major north-south thoroughfare, I-95 was closed in both directions, according to the Virginia
State Department official Rina Amiri will be named a special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human rights by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter said. As a consultant to governments, the United Nations, and think tanks on Afghan issues, Amiri has spent two decades in this
As a precaution, local poultry has been culled due to a bird flu outbreak in Israel that has killed more than 5,000 migratory cranes. Authorities have closed uninhabited areas in a popular nature reserve and warned of possible egg shortages. Rangers in hazardous material suits gathered crane carcasses from the northern Hula Nature Reserve and
Germany’s regional health ministers have called for a nationwide ban on people arriving from Britain, where the Omicron coronavirus variant has sparked an outbreak that is now happening at epidemic levels. Germany has called on Berlin to classify Britain as a virus-variant area, meaning people arriving from the country would have quarantine for two weeks
It has been reported that a teacher in South Florida has been fired for refusing to wear a mask over a long period of time. As a result of his gross insubordination, the school board in Broward County decided Tuesday night to fire John C. Alvarez, a science teacher at Piper High. South Florida Sun
After four students were killed and others injured at Oxford High School, a lawyer announced Thursday that two lawsuits have been filed seeking $100 million in each case. The district, its superintendent, principal and others have all been sued. Geoffrey Fieger, an attorney with the Fieger Law firm in Detroit, said the suit was filed
The parents of a 15-year old accused of fatally shooting four classmates were found in distress early Saturday morning. The father and mother are now under arrest for their involvement in this crime, police said at the press conference where they announced that two other people have been taken into custody as well on charges
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Kyle Rittenhouse, a white 18-year old who was found not guilty of shooting and killing two men after they came to his perceived defence during intense racial justice protests in Kenosha Wisconsin visited him at Mar-a-Lago club. The president called the young man’s mother over as well before continuing.
A press release from Innocence Project and civil rights lawyer David Shanies’ law office informed that District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. of Manhattan district attorney’s office has decided to move to vacate Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam after more than half a century. They were convicted in the Black civil rights leader Malcolm X
