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South Australian police officers who refused to get jabbed against COVID-19 can return to work after the state dropped its vaccine mandates for police on Monday morning. SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens noted he was confident any risk to the force and members of the public can be “effectively managed through alternative controls” rather than unvaccinated staff being on enforced leave. “Whilst the managerial direction enables unvaccinated employees to return to their substantive duties, there will be some limitations regarding their ability to attend some settings such as residential aged care facilities, disability facilities and the forensic science building,” he said. The…

ERDOGAN has snubbed Vladimir Putin by invoking a sneaky power play as he is set to curb the passage of warships through the Bosphorus. However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who in the past has had a close relationship with the Kremlin, was not quick to accept the request. On Monday, Erdogan suggested he would invoke a clause in the 1936 Montreux Convention, which allows the nation to deny the passage of naval vessels belonging to warring parties. He said: “We have the authority and we have decided to use it in a way that will prevent the crisis from…

CHICAGO—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that the United States and Western allies have immobilized half of the assets of the Russian central bank and will continue to impose “severe consequences” on Russian President Vladimir Putin and the wealthy oligarchs who support him if he escalates his war in Ukraine. Yellen, speaking in Chicago to promote President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, said the Treasury has “made it a priority to go after oligarchs or Russian elites who are key to President Putin’s corrupt power”. “We have sanctioned many of these individuals over the last few weeks and we are assembling a task force with Justice Department colleagues and our allies to uncover, freeze, and seize their…

Members of six new major industries are standing against Western Australia’s (WA) vaccination mandates in court amid a similar legal battle between the state and members of the WA Police Force. The seven total industries involved in the legal proceedings now include police, health, construction, education, fire and emergency services, corrections, and critical electricity infrastructure. The initial case launched by WA Police Senior Constable Ben Falconer on Nov. 26, 2021 came after he and all other unvaccinated staff were threatened with disciplinary action if they refused to get jabbed by Dec. 21. Hotchkin Hanley Lawyers, representatives for all seven groups, defended the initial challenge…

The U.S. State Department and the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) were aware in January 2020 that Chinese authorities were withholding COVID-19 data, according to government documents obtained by a legal watchdog organization. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) also sent “experts” from the NIH-supported P4 lab at the University of Texas Medical Branch to train Wuhan Institute of Virology technicians in “lab management and maintenance”—nearly two years before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic—the records obtained by Judicial Watch through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit show. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said he believes…

Players in Russia who want to move to another country because of the invasion of Ukraine should be granted an emergency reopening of the transfer window, according a new idea being proposed to Fifa. The Polish Football Association, which has led opposition to continued Russian involvement in international competition since the outbreak of war, has written to Fifa making the suggestion, with hundreds of foreign players playing their club football in Russia. The Ukrainian defender Yaroslav Rakitskyi has left Zenit Saint Petersburg and more players are expected to follow at other clubs, with Poland’s Grzegorz Krychowiak hoping to be allowed to leave Krasnodar.…

House prices are at a record high compared to wages – how much longer can this pandemic boom last? asks SIMON LAMBERT. House prices are an element of the UK economy that we could have done without emerging from the pandemic stronger than before. The bizarre pandemic property boom, fuelled by a cocktail of cheap mortgages, itchy feet, a desire for more space, and stamp duty cut, has sent house price inflation spiralling. Britain’s biggest building society Nationwide revealed yesterday that on its long-running index, house prices were up 12.6 per cent over the past year. That has added £29,000…

More than one million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country last week, according to U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. “In just seven days we have witnessed the exodus of one million refugees from Ukraine to neighboring countries,” Grandi wrote on Twitter on March 2. “For many millions more, inside Ukraine, it’s time for guns to fall silent, so that life-saving humanitarian assistance can be provided.” Refugees have been fleeing west from the warzones in Ukraine at a rate of more than 100,000 per day since Russia began its invasion. Roughly half have ended up in Poland. Most of the rest have crossed into Slovakia,…

London faced a third day of severe disruption as London Underground workers went on strike for the second time this week. Transport for London (TfL) said people should expect all tube services across the capital to be suspended on Thursday, and advised passengers to work from home or walk or cycle where possible, or plan for crowding and delay if using other trains or buses for essential journeys. The 24-hour strike, which started at midnight, follows a similar walkout on Tuesday by members of the RMT union in a dispute over jobs and pensions. TfL said it would seek to run limited tube services…

The price of Brent crude oil rose above $119 a barrel to the highest since May 2012, while gas prices rose as well. Petrol prices have been hitting record highs as the cost of oil soars. Energy bills are also likely to rise further than previously predicted, trade body Energy UK said. Emma Pinchbeck, the chief executive of the energy industry body, said: “It’s a really worrying time for both customers and industry. “We’ve been saying since the autumn that we’d expect bills to go up again in October. With what we’re seeing in Ukraine and in the oil and…