Новости за 11.11.2021

The stampede at last Friday’s Astroworld festival has claimed another victim, with a 22-year-old student from Texas having died of her injuries. Rapper Travis Scott, who produced the event, has urged victims to contact him.
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Controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson has hammered the “totalitarian state” he says has emerged in response to Covid-19, angrily wondering why he ever got vaccinated if the state still won’t leave him in peace.
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For the first time ever, Israel’s navy is publicly taking part in joint maritime drills with the UAE and Bahrain. The Israeli media reports that the muscle-flexing is an apparent message to Iran.
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Former US diplomat and spymaster Ric Grenell sought to salvage a deal between Serbia and Kosovo brokered by ex-president Donald Trump with a border stunt, only to get into a Twitter spat with an EU colleague.
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The Taiwanese health authorities have suspended the administering of second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for children aged between 12 and 17, citing concerns about an increased risk of heart inflammation.
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UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje has criticized referee Mike Beltran for ignoring an eye-poke and allowing opponent Michael Chandler to punch him during their dramatic UFC 268 thriller, which he says could have cost him $1 million.
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Bellator MMA fighter Usman Nurmagomedov – cousin of UFC icon Khabib – has been detained in Moscow after a car he was traveling in hit a police officer, according to reports.
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Several BBC employees have reportedly quit over the broadcaster’s perceived insensitivity toward LGBTQ-related matters. While some see the network as ultra-woke, others apparently see just the opposite.
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The National Care Forum has set out the “human cost” of England's new Covid vaccine mandate, which came into effect on Thursday, forcing 8% of staff to leave their job despite the industry already being under severe pressure.
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The EU’s drug regulator has approved the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments for Covid-19, clearing the way for the use of the Regeneron-Roche and Celltrion therapies amid a rise in cases on the continent.
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NFL star Aaron Rodgers is at the center of a media firestorm after admitting he misled people about his vaccination status, but such a public figure can hardly be blamed for being wary of releasing personal medical information.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has issued “the most serious type of recall” for popular home testing kits that show if one is infected with coronavirus. At least 2.2 million products may have been showing false positives.
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Cybersecurity researchers have found spyware, similar to the notorious ‘Pegasus’ malware peddled by Israeli company NSO Group, on thousands of South Korean smartphones. The software is disguised as innocent yoga and photo apps.
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Hezbollah’s secretary-general has accused Riyadh of escalating tensions with Beirut and rejected calls for the resignation of a minister who sparked a diplomatic row over his comments on the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen.
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Israel has launched a national drill in a ‘war games’ format to assess its preparedness for an outbreak of a potential unknown new strain of Covid-19.
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Judge Bruce Schroeder barred the use of iPads to view zoomed-in footage in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, accepting the defense’s claim that Apple’s AI could manipulate the video to “create” something that is “not necessarily there.”
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Minsk may block gas transit to the European Union if more sanctions are imposed on Belarus, the country’s president Alexander Lukashenko threatened on Thursday. Brussels is currently discussing a fifth package of measures.
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Shares of Rivian Automotive continued to rise on Thursday, following the electric-truck maker’s outstanding Nasdaq debut on November 10. It’s now on track to be the most valuable US automaker after Tesla.
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The Russian authorities are drafting a bill to require the presentation of a QR code confirming vaccination against Covid-19 before using long-distance public transport or entering cafes and shops, it was revealed on Thursday.
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Brussels expects energy prices in Europe to start falling in the second half of 2022 at the soonest, while high prices for gas that are directly impacting electricity costs are projected to persist until next spring.
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Germany has voiced its opposition to the inclusion of nuclear energy within the European Union’s sustainable-finance taxonomy, claiming it would undermine the bloc’s credibility on going green.
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Legendary designer Tom Ford isn’t an outright opponent of ‘cancel-culture,’ but he reckons that the modern left’s zero-tolerance attitude to “cultural appropriation” is making it “tough to be creative.”
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News that Ukraine’s English-language paper the Kyiv Post will be shuttered led to an outcry from journalists this week. In contrast, previous assaults on media freedom have gone unremarked upon, and the double standard is clear.
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Latvia has cautioned that NATO could be called in to help protect the EU’s eastern border amid a rapidly escalating migrant crisis, with Brussels having accused Belarus of flying in refugees as part of a “hybrid war” campaign.
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