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Jump to postCologne to Frankfurt airport Turin to MXP Bratislava to VIE Belfast to DUB Shenzhen & Macau to HKG Macau's population is about the same level as Luxembourg or Malta. Doubt they can support much more service even without HKG, most likely scenario is passenger would transfer via another regional h...
Jump to postIn my opinion, far too much food ends up in the bin. A lot of baked goods are not sold, meals that are too lavish are served in restaurants, or expired food is simply thrown away. Family members and acquaintances of mine tell me that this makes up about 40 percent of the whole. We should be more ca...
Jump to posthttps://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2022041600103&g=soc Rural Japan are now seeing their corona case count hitting record high and claim they are in a 7th infection wave, with possibility of medical capacity shortage, however major cities and past outbreak hotspots are relatively flat in infection...
Jump to postKiwirob wrote:Kuwait isn’t a natural country it was carved off from Basra province by the British in 1921.
Wait, so now you can't even say critical race theory? Talk about censorship... I used to be Republican until I realized that everything they say is wrong is something they are doing themselves Per the official document linked from the news above, it isn't just say critical race theory, but referenc...
Jump to postIf a country can’t produce enough food to feeds its population then there’s an excess population issue that’s goes far beyond this war. Do you expect a country like Monaco, Kuwait, or Singapore to be able to produce enough food to feed their population? Different countries in the world have their d...
Jump to postWait, so now you can't even say critical race theory? Talk about censorship... I used to be Republican until I realized that everything they say is wrong is something they are doing themselves Per the official document linked from the news above, it isn't just say critical race theory, but referenc...
Jump to postGood to hear food distribution is improving. My post from yesterday isn't a new development. In fact have been pretty widespread starting back from the first few days of the lockdown, and is also part of the dissatisfaction. The situation also varies widely between different communes, locations, bu...
Jump to postIn India, the RW made a copy of Twitter, called it Khoo or something similar. They had copied everything modifying a bit here and there so it may look 'different'. I was expecting some centrists to migrate over to the new service. But that idea failed miserably and most of them who had left Twitter...
Jump to posthttps://www.reuters.com/world/china/shanghai-jumps-into-group-buying-stay-fed-during-covid-lockdown-2022-04-08/ Also this is what the private market in Shanghai now is looking like, when government delivery aren't reaching most people on time and individual citizens can't just go out and buy what th...
Jump to posthttps://finance.ettoday.net/news/2230361
Taiwan LCC Tigerair recruiting new pilots and cabin crew for training, as the company anticipate the country is going to open up in July or August
Cases in Shanghai hit record: https://abcnews.go.com/International/shanghai-lockdown-tests-resilience-covid-strategy-economic-social/story?id=84052348 Cases in Shanghai surged on Wednesday to another record high of 26,330, of which just 1,190 were symptomatic. There is no end in sight to the lockdo...
Jump to postI don't know - it's much easier in a workplace. One thing we really found out these last two years is how damned immature other adults are. CDC can make recommendations amd regulations that are solely based on public health stand point, but in cases such regulations get to the point where it interf...
Jump to postI don't know - it's much easier in a workplace. One thing we really found out these last two years is how damned immature other adults are. CDC can make recommendations amd regulations that are solely based on public health stand point, but in cases such regulations get to the point where it interf...
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https://twitter.com/LongShao1/status/15 ... 7432354822
Thwre are now report that claim, the government in Shanghai are evicting people from their homes for the purpose of quarantining infected people
It was the flight attendants that were the ones who demanded the mask mandates to begin with. Now they complain about the stress and hardship they have in enforcing it. Maybe they and their union should have thought about that before pushing for it. Situation, and evaluation of situation, changes w...
Jump to posthttps://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20220413fin002/ Starlux's founder earned support in Evergreen group, parent company of EVA Air, expected to chair the board of directors of UNI Air, an airlines focusing on Taiwan domestic flights as well as Taiwan-China Mainland flights. Structure of other parts of ...
Jump to postCrime happens in every city. Whether it is a city of 1,000 or a city of 1,000,000. Crimes in small towns are not notable because the value is less than that in large cities. Plus, there are more people in large cities, so, statistically, the chance of a crime happening in a city is larger. So, why ...
Jump to postIn France the pension system is basically a tax that you can't not pay, that pays the pensions of current pensioners, no significant money is put aside/invested. So if the system collapses, we're all screwed. That's the general way a public pension system works surely. The current taxpayers are pay...
Jump to posthttps://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/202204130397.aspx
Chinese media published a total of six articles in the past week to argue covid-zero is *the* scientific choice in the fight against coronavirus.
https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/21992439/
New corona medicine in Japan, undergoing approval process, found to be teratogenic against infants in animal experiment, causing malformed babies, and thus will not be recommend to pregnant people.
About Chinese leaders
Some have theorized that opinion he receive, and judgements that he made based on such opinion, could be as bias as what Putin is receiving, due to the similar fear of telling the truth
A lot of dirty water under the bridge since the last post above. In the interest of this quite open topic and commercial aviation and connected politics, I want to pose a question. Since the embargo of Russia from the airspace of the "good guys", there has been a steady stream of Turkish ...
Jump to posthttps://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/french-election-2022/2022/04/will-left-wing-voter-apathy-in-france-hand-marine-le-pen-electoral-victory In 2017, 52% left wing voters said they will vote for Macron and just single digit percent point said they will vote Le Pen But now, the figure ...
Jump to postSpeak of which did the forum's signature section disappeared? I placed some quotes there
Jump to posthttp://www.caacnews.com.cn/1/1/202204/t20220407_1342338_wap.html On April 6, CAAC organized a safety conference, emphasized importance of safety culture, and push for eliminating risks. ------ Then, I saw a questionable information recently. The information appeared in form of screenshit without any...
Jump to postI have previously posted this in the Hungary - NATO/EU thread but I guess it was a bit too far from the thread's topic? So I'm making a new thread to specifically talk about the topic. ---- https://www.politico.eu/article/georgia-and-moldova-apply-for-eu-membership/ With the current situation, Ukrai...
Jump to postTaiwan is going away from Zero-Covid: https://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-move-away-zero-covid-100459727.html 578 new cases, unfortunately one death in the Island nation: https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272466008/taiwan-reports-578-new-covid-19-cases-one-death https://m.commonhealth.com.tw/article/85...
Jump to posthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTeifSW2Qm4
In Jiuting Township of Shanghai, mass gathered and protested over material shortage, after ~3 weeks of lockdowm, demanding materials be distributed to them.
Some claim warning gunshot have been fired im the process?
https://udn.com/news/story/122650/6225668 Chinese expert now concluded that the exponential growth of Omicron case in Shanghai was because they lock down too late, and have not enough understanding about Omicron's characteristics. They say considering characteristic of Omicron, especially its high ...
Jump to postWhat is the end game? With a highly infection variant with asymptomatic transmission and guaranteed (in my opinion) re-introduction from outside, lockdowns are a short term bandaid https://udn.com/news/story/122650/6225668 Chinese expert now concluded that the exponential growth of Omicron case in ...
Jump to posthttps://www.theonion.com/the-onion-explains-war-crimes-1848754396 The Onion, the satire news site, published an article on war crime If the concept of "Satire of war crime" isn't horrible enough, then see its content. Q: What is America’s stance on war crimes? A: In America, it’s technical...
Jump to posthttps://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E5%85%A9%E5%B2%B8%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B/odn-20220408-0408_00178_025/%E6%9D%B1%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA%E9%9B%A3--%E6%B0%91%E8%88%AA%E5%B1%80%E8%A6%81%E6%B1%82%E4%BA%8B%E6%95%85%E5%8B%95%E6%85%8B%E6%B8%85%E9%9B%B6 The Chinese Civil Aviation Authority reportedly want to reduc...
Jump to posthttps://m.weibo.cn/status/LndUsnIBQ?jumpfrom=weibocom#comment China Shanghai Lockdown caused food supply unable to deliver TV stations are airing program teaching people how to perform diet to reduce food consumption. https://3g.163.com/dy/article/H4BNF94B05533F8G.html?referFrom=&spss=adap_dy Ag...
Jump to postAll of this is just basically saying that Russia and China are ruled by antiquated undemocratic governments that wish to squash anyone that challenges the ruling class. These types of governments are cruel by nature, as a Government is not a parent to be honored. It is a apparatus that should nurtu...
Jump to postMost people do not understand how sinister is the Russian claim that they want to "de-nazify" Ukraine. They want to kill all the people who take a part in forming Ukrainian identity: artists, poets, writers, teachers, politicians. Wouldn't be the first time they did it: in 1937 they shot ...
Jump to postIt's a high time Russia is reminded -- to be a member of the UN, any country that's not a founding member of the UN, must apply first. And yes, USSR's seat at the Security Council either remains vacant until further decision, or escheats to a founding member of the UN, who was also a member of USSR...
Jump to postObviously this is all about Ukraine, their desire for their leaders, their system of government, right to be secure. Like most I feel raw anger, if not total surprise, of the Russian atrocities. The accounts I read of just today were heartbreaking and disgusting, the 'victors against Nazi Germany' ...
Jump to postAn interesting read on the effectiveness in the current situation for Chinese vaccines: https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/31/health/covid-19-china-us-different/index.html “In China, my understanding is, the vaccine rates are sort of inverted somewhat, and the elderly have lower vaccination rates,” he sai...
Jump to postMuch of the blame, at least in the United States, can be put on the very wealthy. They bring in record profits year after year and share none of that with those of us who actually helped give them those profits. There are massive stock buy-backs going on right now and, if you look at the gas compan...
Jump to postPart of that is Republican hatred of unions. Union jobs went away because of Republicans, and houses had to be built with some kind of labor, so why not unskilled? Union jobs or not cannot change these basic metric of economies I mentioned above. Blaming workers for cost of living is not correct. I...
Jump to postDisgusting! „ the U.S., the initiator of the Ukraine crisis“ Extremely disappointed about the Chinese. But what should I have expected… They have chosen their side and we shall keep this in mind. Russia needs to of the Security Council, China will block that, how to get them to back off with not on...
Jump to posthttps://www.timesofisrael.com/4th-vaccine-dose-boosts-defense-against-severe-covid-in-over-60s-israeli-data-shows/ Israel: For people over 60, 4th dose vaccine reduce infection for 4 weeks, but then its effect drop and almost no difference on the 8th weeks. However, the extra protection against seve...
Jump to posthttps://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking ... er-holiday
Omicron death rate in Hong Kong now reached 0.71% as new infection fall and more cases get closed.
Russia needs to of the Security Council, China will block that, how to get them to back off with not only that but their help in general. Sanctions are an option, China however is even more entwined economically than Russia and any effect would take time. Since the threat to Ukraine, which became r...
Jump to postComment from China's Global Times on what they call the "Bucha incident" https://weibo.com/3214158792/Ln5V9iE9H?pagetype=profilefeed #GlobalTimesEditorial [Cannot let the "Bucha Incident" become an excuse of flaming fire] The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on Apri...
Jump to postIn many countries, national governments have established truth and reconciliation committee or other organizations with similar names, with the goal of finding out the history of different groups of people being suppressed in the past, and to have national recognition, understanding of the history o...
Jump to postHave been saying this before omicron and before the war broke out. The question is just how worse will it be.
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