President Joe Biden has signed into law a $777.7bn US annual military budget – his first in office – weeks after Congress overwhelmingly passed the bill amid protests from progressives and anti-war groups who had advocated for cutting military spending.
On Monday, New York City changed for children ages 5-11 years old. They are now required to show proof of a COVID vaccine to enjoy most public activities.
London-based rights group Big Brother Watch, a vocal opponent of Covid passes being introduced in England, has launched a legal challenge to the scheme it considers an example of divisive and discriminatory dystopia.
Police interrupt a movie (Matrix 4 here, what an irony!) to control health passes and IDs of people INSIDE the cinema. Is this the society you want to live in?
Canada - which has a population of 38 million - has admitted to secretly tracking 33 million phones during the Covid-19 lockown, according to the National Post, citing Blacklock's Reporter which first noted the disclosure.
The protection conferred by booster vaccines against the omicron variant begins to wane within 10 weeks, according to a briefing released by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
More than 10,000 Russian troops have been returning to their permanent bases after month-long drills near Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing the Russian military.
New York shattered another record on Christmas eve with 49,708 new COVID-19 cases, breaking its previous top figure by thousands as one-in-seven tests come back positive in the Empire State.
