Elon Musk has formally taken over Twitter, triumphantly posting "the bird is freed" and immediately firing several top executives as he is set to overturn lifetime Twitter bans and restore freer speech to the platform.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
Wuhan has been plunged back into lockdown as more than 800,000 people have been told to stay at home until the end of the week, in the latest move in China's maniacal, unending war against the virus.
U.S. TV host Trevor Noah has been blasted for inventing a large-scale 'racist backlash' against Rishi Sunak, who became Britain's first non-white Prime Minister this week.
New evidence has emerged from Switzerland showing that mRNA vaccines are routinely injuring the heart of vaccine recipients, with myocarditis occurring in as many as one in 27 cases.
Rishi Sunak has reimposed the ban on fracking lifted by Liz Truss, in his first major shift away from her policy agenda. He also hinted he would bring back the ban on onshore wind farms.
Read the powerful speeches made by MPs on Monday in Parliament in the debate on vaccine safety, where they tell the Government it is "in denial about the risks of these vaccines".
Children with antibodies had increased infection risk against Omicron, a study in JAMA has found. Protection came instead from T cells, which cut infection risk dramatically.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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