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Lancet’s anti-hydroxychloroquine retracted as fake

Published: June 5, 2020, 8:59 am

A study, published on May 22 in one of Britain's most prestigious medical journals, was compiled by means of bogus data from a company called Surgisphere to trash the best and the most safe early treatment currently available to patients against Covid-19.

Death of black Collins Khosa elicits no protests

Published: June 4, 2020, 1:34 pm

JohannesburgCollins Khosa is one of several black people killed by soldiers or police during South Africa's draconian lockdown period. No-one supported his family in their quest for justice except a white judge in Johannesburg.

Trump and Duda pave the way for conflict

Published: June 4, 2020, 11:09 am

This old globe of ours is becoming a more dangerous place. President Donald Trump used the opportunity of Polish President Andrzej Duda's state visit to announce that he would reduce the US troop force in Germany and move a certain percentage of US soldiers to Poland.

From ‘murderers’ to ‘heroes’ in a week

Published: June 4, 2020, 9:09 am

New YorkA week or two ago, people who had ignored lock-down rules, were called "murderers". But since the start of the #BlackLivesMatter riots in New York City, incredulously hospital staff and city officials have been applauding protesters who ignore social distancing guidelines and violate stay-at-home orders.

Ten percent of Covid-19 cases spread 80 percent of the infection

Published: June 4, 2020, 8:46 am

Researchers are puzzled by the fact that most people infected with SARS-CoV-2 do not seem to spread the infection, while a few are so-called "super-spreaders" that infect dozens.

‘My eye was gouged out by the Libyan Interior Minister’

Published: June 3, 2020, 9:15 am

After the terrible ordeal of a ex-detainee Ragab Rahil Abdel-Fadil Al-Magarhy in the Mitiga secret prison in Libya, an appeal was made to the United Nations. 

Italian doctor sows confusion about the pandemic

Published: June 3, 2020, 8:36 am

RomeAn Italian doctor has claimed that the Coronavirus is no longer present on Italian soil. He wants the administration to stop unnecessarily “terrorizing” the country.

The George Floyd protests

Published: June 2, 2020, 9:33 am

As my readers know, I am a critic of police brutality and regard George Floyd’s murder as being as unacceptable as every other outrage committed by police.

Autopsy results: Race riot symbol died from a heart attack

Published: June 2, 2020, 8:59 am

Minneapolis US race riot symbol George Floyd died from a heart attack while being arrested, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner. He had traces of the deadly opioid fentanyl in his system according to a toxicology report.

Rampage with a hatchet in Scheveningen

Published: June 2, 2020, 8:05 am

The HagueIt happened on Thursday evening in one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands: A man went on a rampage with a hatchet, but was shot by police.