“We are flying plane into the Capitol”: a chilling threat was sent to air traffic controllers vowing revenge for killing of Iranian general / In the USA, multiple air traffic controllers in New York heard a chilling threat. The audio of the threat was exclusively obtained by the CBS News TV channel.
In Ukraine, SBU blocked large-scale heroin smuggling to EU / The Ukrainian Security Service prevented the smuggling of a large batch of heroin to the EU countries.
Trump pressured Georgia officials to “find” enough votes for him to win the state / On Saturday, January 2, The Washington Post published audio of the hour-long phone call between Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Donald Trump.
In Donbas, the New Year began with shellings: militants violated the truce six times / On January 1, the first day of 2021, Russian occupiers in Donbas fired six times at the positions of Joint Forces Operation units that are holding the defense on the eastern border.
Trump has finally signed HR 133 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 / On Monday, December 28, incumbent US President Donald Trump has signed H.R. 133, an act making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.
BioNTech made an important statement regarding the vaccine against the newly-emerged COVID-19 strain / Co-founder of BioNTech Ugur Sahin claimed said that the immune response of the coronavirus vaccine produced by his company can also resist a new strain of the mutated virus, which has been recently found in the United Kingdom.
A new strain of the coronavirus has been found in the UK / In Britain, new COVID-19 strain symptoms explained – from fewer to tiredness. The official symptoms of coronavirus include a new persistent cough, the loss of taste and smell, and a high fever, as was reported by The SUN.
The World Bank Scales-up Support to Ukraine to Help Protect Low-Income Families / On December 11, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a loan to Ukraine in the amount of $300 million for the Second Additional Financing for COVID-19 Response under the Social Safety Nets Modernization Project.
The Venice Commission issued a Joint Urgent Opinion on the legislative situation regarding the Constitutional Court of Ukraine / The European Council issued an opinion requested by President Zelenskyy on 25 November 2020 regarding the constitutional crisis in Ukraine following decision No.
Venice floods as forecasts fail to predict the extent of a high tide / On Tuesday, December 8, Venice has been hit by high tides of up to 1.5 meters (5ft) after its flood barrier system was not activated as a result of mistaken forecasts.
