Focus Washington December 2021

Google to Fire Employees Out of Compliance with Vaccine Rules

December 15, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Google’s 150,000 employees that are not vaccinated will soon have to face losing their pay or using the search engine to find job openings since they risk losing the job if they fail to comply […]

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Mystery Disease Kills 89 People in South Sudan

December 14, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to probe the yet-to-be-identified mysterious disease that has killed at least 89 people in Fangak, in the South Sudan’s state of Jonglei, in an area recently hit by […]

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USA Gymnastics Sexual Abuse Survivors Reach Settlement

December 14, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Elite gymnasts have received a win, but this time off the mat. More than five years after the first sexual abuse allegation was made against former gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, the legal battle is finally […]

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UK Reports First Publicly Confirmed Omicron Death

December 14, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Kingdom has reported its first known death from the latest Covid variant, Omicron, making it the first publicly confirmed death globally from Omicron. The swiftly spreading strain was first detected in Britain on […]

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Gates, Soros Use COVID to Impose ‘Total Control’, German Cardinal Accuses

December 14, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A high-ranking judge at the Vatican court has sparked controversy last week claiming the likes of George Soros and Bill Gates are using the coronavirus pandemic to create a global “surveillance state.” In an interview […]

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Religious Challenge to NY Jab Mandate Rejected by US Supreme Court

December 14, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The challenges brought by a group of Christian medical professionals and an organization that promotes vaccine skepticism to New York’s refusal to allow religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers was rejected on […]

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Danish Ex-Minister Gets Prison Sentence over Separated Migrant Couples

December 14, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The former Danish immigration minister Inger Støjberg, who was a high-profile government figure during Europe’s 2015 migration crisis, was sentenced on Monday to 60 days in jail after an order she issued in 2016 to […]

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Mark Meadows Recommended for Criminal Contempt by January 6 Panel

December 14, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

With a unanimous 9-0 decision made on Monday, the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol recommended the former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for prosecution for criminal […]

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European Diplomats Warn Iran Nuclear Deal Will Soon Be ’Empty Shell’

December 14, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Stressing that the time is running out, senior British, French, and German diplomats warned on Monday that without progress n the Vienna nuclear negotiations, the 2015 nuclear deal between major powers and Iran will very […]

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First Servicemen Got the Boot from the Air Force for Refusing COVID Jab

December 14, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Over two dozen of service members were discharged by the US Air Force for refusing to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine and none of them sought medical, administrative, or religious exemptions, Air Force spokesperson Ann […]

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Musk’s SpaceX to Turn CO2 into Rocket Fuel

December 14, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

SpaceX is working on a program to extract CO2 out of the atmosphere by turning it into rocket fuel, which will be important for its mission to Mars, its founder Elon Musk has announced in […]

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Report Shows US Corporate Giants Spy on Staff to Prevent Unionising

December 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

US corporate behemoths are using every means available, including spying on their own staff to prevent them from unionising, leaked internal documents show as quoted by Newsweek. The best-known examples of how employers use surveillance […]

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Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Takes 3-Day Recess After Prosecution Rests Case

December 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial will enter its third week on Thursday. The prosecution has rested its case, and beginning Thursday, the defense will make their case. A three-day recess began today following the conclusion […]

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Taliban Seeks U.S. Ties

December 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Top Taliban leader, Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, said that the new Taliban regime wants good relationships with all countries, and has no issue with the United States, urging the U.S. to release frozen […]

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Meadows Allegedly Said National Guard Would Protect Jan 6 Rioters

December 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows allegedly said that the National Guard troops would keep Trump’s supporters safe during the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol. A report released Sunday by […]

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Deadly Tornadoes May Be Effect of Climate Change

December 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Tornadoes ripped through the United States over the weekend, especially in the Midwest and Southeast of the country. Experts are saying that this is yet another unprecedented weather disaster for 2021, likely due to climate […]

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Moscow Warns NATO Expansion Will Lead to Dire Consequences

December 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Moscow will never shift from its position opposing the NATO enlargement and warned the alliance that it will face dire consequences if it attempts to expand eastwards, Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov said on […]

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Iran Ready for Space Satellite Launch amid JCPOA Talks in Vienna

December 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

According to several satellite images that are showing alleged activity at Iran’s Imam Khomeini Spaceport, Tehran’s apparently getting ready to launch a space satellite amid the Vienna talks on the Iran nuclear deal Iranian media […]

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Andrew McCarthy Claims Allowing Noncitizens Vote ‘Suffocates Liberty’

December 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In light of the NYC council’s decision on Thursday to allow noncitizen residents the right to vote in local elections passed, National Review Institute senior fellow Andrew McCarthy claims that such measure would suffocate liberty […]

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Assange Suffered Stroke in UK Prison, His Fiancee Says

December 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Due to the extreme stress of fighting extradition to the US from the UK’s maximum-security Belmarsh Prison, Julian Assange has suffered a ministroke, his fiancee Stella Moris has informed. According to Moris’ statement, who is […]

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New Government in Berlin Says Nord Stream 2 Cannot Be Certified

December 13, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia can’t be certified and launched yet because it doesn’t meet EU energy requirements while safety concerns are still on the table, Germany’s new foreign minister, Annalena […]

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Coronavirus deaths increase in the United States as the population refuses to get vaccinated

Coronavirus Deaths in U.S. Moves Closer to 800,000

December 12, 2021 Maja Popovska

On Sunday, the United States was on the verge of reaching 800,000 coronavirus deaths, as the country prepared for an increase in infections caused by greater time spent indoors owing to colder weather and the […]

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epa09627691 Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with US President Joe Biden via videoconference at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia, 07 December 2021. EPA-EFE/SERGEY GUNEEV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

Kremlin Reports Biden, Putin Agree to More Talks in Future

December 12, 2021 Maja Popovska

The Kremlin stated on Sunday that U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to undertake additional talks in the future during an eagerly awaited conversation the week before amid increasing tensions over […]

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Rand Paul Claims Travel Bans Won’t Stop Omicron Spread

December 12, 2021 Maja Popovska

In an interview on Sunday, Republican Senator Rand Paul slammed travel restrictions caused by the discovery of the omicron variation, stating that “the travel bans aren’t going to work” to limit the strain’s spreading, The […]

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California governor Newsom holds news conference at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center

Governor Newsom Models California Gun Bill after Texas Abortion Law

December 12, 2021 Maja Popovska

Governor Gavin Newsom of California said he intends to leverage a contentious US Supreme Court decision on Texas’ tight abortion restrictions to draft legislation that would allow private persons to sue select gun makers, dealers, […]

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Tornadoes Destroy U.S. States, Emergency Declaration in Kentucky

December 12, 2021 Maja Popovska

President of the United States Joe Biden declared a state of emergency for Kentucky on Saturday, after the state was blasted by a series of tornadoes that claimed the lives of at least 70 people, […]

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Australian PM Urged to Push For Release of Assange

December 11, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After the London High Court ruled on Friday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, Australian MPS are urging and pressuring their Prime Minister Scott Morrison to intervene in the case […]

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France May Lose another Lucrative Shipbuilding Deal to the US

December 11, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The US State Department has given the go-ahead on Friday to two potential weapons deals with Greece to provide extensive upgrades to four older frigates and also supply them with four new warships as the […]

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NYC Witnesses 361 Percent Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

December 11, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

According to the data the NYPD Hate Crime Review Panel presented at a news conference this week, New York City has witnessed a whopping 361% rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. Quoting the New York Police […]

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Pollutants Can Influence the Sex of Babies, US-Swedish Study Says

December 11, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

New US-Swedish research shows that that the number of pollutants and poverty indicators in certain areas heavily influence the ratio of boys and girls born in those areas, The Hill writes. The University of Chicago […]

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