▪️French Prime Minister Jean Castex, who received two doses of the vaccine, tested positive for Covid-19.
▪️After the destruction of the US energy sector, Biden will release 50 million barrels of oil from the country’s strategic reserves.
▪️Darrell Brooks intentionally drove his car into a Christmas parade in Waukesha and is charged with 5 counts of premeditated murder.
▪️The White House Vaccination Coordinator, Dr. Bechara Chukayr, will leave his post on Monday.
▪️According to the UN, more than a million children in Afghanistan are on the verge of starvation.
▪️India is preparing a bill on the regulation of cryptocurrencies, which will help the central bank to create an official digital coin, but will ban all private cryptocurrencies.
▪️The judge in charge of the sex trafficking case, Gilane Maxwell, excluded two expert witnesses whom her lawyers wanted to call as a defense, including an expert on the misconduct of the prosecutor’s office.
▪️Helsinki and nearby cities recommend returning to remote work, as well as expanding the use of masks.
▪️Bloomberg: “The pandemic has turned global trade into chaos. The California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have become a clear example of what is happening to global supply chains.”
▪️Lawyer and economist Peter Navarro: “Millions died because the “sociopath” Fauci hid details about the laboratory in Wuhan from the Trump administration.”
▪️In the Kursk region in Russia, pregnant women are promised to pay 5,000 rubles for vaccination. The Prime Minister of the country calls for increasing the rate of vaccination of the entire population, since “collective immunity” has still reached the required level.
▪️The Turkish lira has fallen to a historic low after President Erdogan promised victory in the “economic war for independence.” Current cost: 13.44 per dollar.