Dominic Perrottet tells people to make getting a booster shot their 'New Years Resolution' as COVID cases surge to 21,151
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says “our health system remains strong” as he encourages people to make getting booster shots their "New Years Resolution".
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/coronavirus/watch-live-premier-dominic-perrottet-holds-press-conference-as-nsw-records-21151-covid19-cases/news-story/c4e0dc415edca6be6075044e9669810d
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Millions in Canada under Covid-19 curfew on New Year’s Eve
The French-speaking province of Quebec has issued draconian Covid lockdown orders just in time for the holiday
Millions in Canada under Covid-19 curfew on New Year’s Eve
The French-speaking province of Quebec has issued draconian Covid lockdown orders just in time for the holiday
https://www.rt.com/news/544864-quebec-curfew-new-years/
Kremlin ‘pleased’ with Putin-Biden talks, but warns against ‘colossal’ mistake
Biden appears to have acknowledged Russia’s security concerns, and has made a promise re Ukraine
Moscow is satisfied with the outcome of a conference call between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told the media. However, it has warned the US against increasing sanctions on Russia.
In a statement released after the phone talks between the Russian leader and his US counterpart, the Kremlin revealed that Biden had made a pledge to Putin not to supply arms to Ukraine.
“Biden made it clear that the US does not intend to deploy offensive strike weapons in Ukraine,” Ushakov said, speaking to the Russian press.
He explained that this had been one of the goals Moscow had hoped to achieve via the proposals for security guarantees it had made to the US and NATO.
During the 50-minute call, Putin once again outlined the main principles of Russia’s security requirements, which envisage a ban on NATO’s eastward expansion. The Russian leader reportedly stressed that any potential deal with the West should include legally binding guarantees as to Russia’s security, with Ushakov noting that Biden appeared to have taken that demand "quite seriously.”
The Biden administration nonetheless refused to confirm that the US leader had made any commitment thereto during his conversation with Putin. “We are not going to draw conclusions, and there were certainly no declarations as to intentions from this conversation. But, regardless, our focus is really on actions and on indicators – not on words, at this point,” a White House official said on Thursday, shortly after the call was wrapped up.
The Kremlin revealed that security talks would be held in three formats: at the Russia-US level in Geneva, at the Russia-NATO level in Brussels, and at the level of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna. The bilateral meetings will begin on January 9.
The presidents’ conference call took place amid rising tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. The US and its allies have repeatedly sounded the alarm about the potential of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, citing an alleged buildup of Russian troops within the country’s own borders. Moscow has dismissed the speculation as baseless, insisting it harbors no intention whatsoever of attacking its southern neighbor.
https://www.rt.com/russia/544861-kremlin-pleased-biden-putin-talks/
Biden Senior Adviser’s Brother Will Lobby for Foreign Company that Developed Coronavirus Vaccine
White House counselor Steve Ricchetti’s brother, Jeff Ricchetti, plans to lobby on behalf of a foreign company that developed a vaccine for the coronavirus.
Medigen Vaccine Biologics, a Taiwan-based company, hired Ricchetti to work on “issues related to Covid-19 vaccines accepted for foreign travelers to the United States,” according to CNBC.
Medigen developed a coronavirus vaccine, but Taiwan is currently the only country to approve its use. Medigen hopes Ricchetti will lead a successful effort to get the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve its vaccine for Taiwanese travelers coming into the United States.
Ricchetti is the sole lobbyist working on the account.
According to CNBC, “Ricchetti has seen a wave of new clients since the start of the new administration.”
He made national headlines last year after lobbying the White House on behalf of Amazon and large health care companies like GlaxoSmithKline, Horizon Therapeutics, and Vaxart Inc. However, in light of Ricchetti’s connection to the Biden administration, he said he does not lobby his brother or disclose the two’s relationship to his clients.
“I do not lobby my brother and I have not even mentioned to him the names of clients that I currently represent,” he said in April. “For the better part of the last thirty years I have lobbied members of Congress and their staff, and various individuals who have served in the successive administrations. It is what I do for a living.”
Ricchetti also said he would no longer engage directly with White House officials on behalf of his clients.
Jeff and his brother Steve started a lobbying firm in 1996 but sold it to Tony Podesta in 1999 after Steve became deputy chief of staff in the Clinton White House.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/30/biden-senior-adviser-brother-lobby-foreign-company-developed-coronavirus-vaccine/