Thursday, January 21, 2021

Biden's inauguration sows doubt among QAnon conspiracy theorists

GLOBAL-RACE/PROTESTS-PORTLAND

It may be too early to gauge whether the wave of disillusionment that swept through the QAnon ranks on inauguration day is a turning point or a fleeting setback for the movement.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-inauguration-qanon-conspiracy-theorists-1.5882732?cmp=rss

U.S. Senate Republican leader wants Trump impeachment trial pushed to February

Virus Outbreak Congress

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of Donald Trump's impeachment trial by a week or more to give the former president time to review the case.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/senate-imeachment-trial-trump-1.5882857?cmp=rss

German scientists make paralyzed mice walk again

German scientists make paralyzed mice walk again

Researchers at Ruhr University use designer protein brain injections to regenerate spinal nerves which allow paralyzed mice to walk again.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/german-scientists-make-paralyzed-mice-walk-again-1.5883153?cmp=rss

Nigerian appeals court overturns blasphemy convictions that caused outcry

NIGERIA-CRIME/BLASPHEMY

A Nigerian court threw out two blasphemy convictions on Thursday that had caused an international outcry, freeing a teenager from a 10-year prison sentence and ordering a new trial for a man sentenced to death.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nigeria-appeals-court-overturns-blasphemy-convictions-1.5882460?cmp=rss

Several European countries deal with impact of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine disruption

HEALTH–CORONAVIRUS/EU

Pfizer has slashed in half the volume of COVID-19 vaccines it will deliver to some EU countries this week, government officials said on Thursday, as frustration over the U.S. drugmaker's unexpected cut in supplies grows.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/eu-pfizer-biontech-delays-1.5882161?cmp=rss