• France launches another Covid-19 vaccine campaign ahead of Olympics

    A new Covid-19 vaccination campaign began in France on Monday, with elderly and vulnerable people encouraged to get a booster shot before the start of the Paris Olympic Games.

  • India defers approval of Paytm's investment in its payments arm

    India has deferred approval of Paytm's Rs 50 crore ($6 million) investment in its Paytm Payment Services arm in part due to concerns about a Chinese shareholding in the parent company, according to three government officials and a document seen by Reuters. One 97 Communications, popularly known as Paytm, is already under the scrutiny of India's banking regulator and financial crime-fighting agency after the central bank ordered it to wind down its payments bank in January. The sources indicated...

  • Drug and alcohol treatment facility seeks zoning approval

    WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Citing a great need for treatment centers in our area two addiction treatment professionals are looking to open a new facility in Wilkes Barre. First, they need the green light from the city's zoning board. The owners want to repurpose this vacant assisted living facility into a drug and alcohol detox []

    • Snopes

    CDC Redacted Study on Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination?

    The redacted document, released as part of a FOIA request, was not a study.

  • Popular Paper On Ivermectin And COVID-19 Contains False Information

    Popular Paper On Ivermectin And COVID-19 Contains False Information Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A popular study that claims ivermectin has shown no effectiveness against all-cause mortality contains false information but remains uncorrected. The meta-analysis, published in 2021 by the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, explores how groups in randomized, controlled trials fared after receiving ivermectin compared to control groups. Among...

  • Willoughby man indicted on COVID-19 relief fraud charges

    A Willoughby man has been charged by a federal grand jury in Cleveland on a 13-count indictment along with a Medina man for their alleged roles in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds According to a Department of Justice news release, 61-year-old Edward Oluwasanmi of Willoughby and 61-year-old Joseph […]

  • Realme C63 certifications reveal some of its specs ahead of launch in India

    Realme is working on a new smartphone for at least the Indian market, the C63. This is expected to be a lower-end offering catering to budget-conscious buyers and slotting into Realme's stable right underneath the recently unveiled C65. It's been recently certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which means it will definitely be sold in India, but of course it should make it to other markets too, we just don't know exactly which yet. What we do know is that it will come with a...

  • Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists

    Here are some of the most persistent COVID misinformation narratives.

  • Four years after shelter-in-place, COVID-19 misinformation persists

    Here are some of the most persistent COVID misinformation narratives.

  • vivo V30e is launching soon in India with a 5,500 mAh battery

    vivo is getting ready to launch a new smartphone in India, the V30e. This model comes with a 5,500 mAh battery, and it's touted as being India's slimmest smartphone with that capacity considering the fact that it's 7.69mm thick. vivo also promises "4-year battery health", which means the cell should retain at least 80% of its capacity after 1,600 complete charge cycles, which vivo says means approximately four years. The phone has a 50 MP main camera using Sony's IMX882 sensor, a 50 MP...

    • CNN

    Cash, drugs and booze among record election bribes seized by India

    A record quantity of bribes, including cash, booze, drugs and precious metals, has been seized by Indian election authorities in the run-up to mammoth nationwide polls that begin on Friday. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday revealed it had recovered inducements worth just over $550 million since March — the largest amount in the country’s 75-year electoral history. It marks a “sharp increase” on the more than $400 million in bribes seized by the ECI in the country’s last general...

  • 11-inch Redmi Pad SE is launching in India on April 23

    The Redmi Pad SE was released in September of last year, following an announcement in August, but so far it hasn't made its way to India. That's set to change very soon, as the brand's social media accounts for the country are now in full teaser mode, revealing the fact that the Redmi Pad SE is going to be launched in India on April 23. It's unclear why Redmi waited so long from the tablet's initial announcement to bring it to India, but it's finally happening. The device will be revealed...