Because the Ukraine disaster deepens, it has been extensively reported that the Biden administration is contemplating know-how sanctions on Russia – particularly with regard to semiconductor chips. By weaponising its place within the semiconductor worth chain, the US would primarily be repeating the motion it took towards Chinese language telecommunications ...

A significant firefighter’s union in New York Metropolis has urged its members to point out up for work even when they're unvaccinated, successfully asking them to defy the Large Apple’s controversial new Covid vaccine mandate for public workers. ...

Common US conservative information and commentary web site The Each day Wire mentioned it is not going to implement President Joe Biden's “tyrannical” plan to have giant corporations require their workers get vaccinated or examined each week for Covid. ...

Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has been labeled “harmful” by his critics over a video encouraging Individuals to defy Covid-19 laws from the “petty tyrant” well being officers and the federal government, together with masks mandates. ...

Massive anti-government protests broke out in Cuba's main cities in a uncommon show of “pro-freedom” sentiment that was instantly cheered on by US officers and denounced as “overseas provocations” by President Miguel Diaz-Canel. ...

Former French Open queen Maria Sharapova hailed Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal as they produced an all-time traditional in Paris on Friday night time – which followers have been allowed to observe till its conclusion regardless of a Covid curfew. ...

Cristiano Ronaldo turns 36 in February however the five-time Ballon d’Or winner says he's eyeing success for “many, a few years to return” because the prolific ahead chases extra glory with Juventus and Portugal in 2021. ...

Regardless of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home-order, some California enterprise house owners have begun reopening their doorways to clients, saying their firms — and livelihoods — have gotten unsustainable. Juan Desmarais, the proprietor of Primo’s Barbershop in Vacaville, a Northern California group, advised CNN he was pressured to shut his ...

Scores of individuals have proven up for a giant home celebration in a single day in Chicago, defying the coronavirus lockdown and ban on giant gatherings. The gathering got here because the US Covid-19 tally approached the 1 million circumstances mark. ...

Dozens of individuals gathered in a complicated historic district of Paris for an impromptu avenue social gathering, dancing to music blasted by a resident from his balcony amid the coronavirus lockdown. The social gathering triggered a fast police response. ...