The parent company of Facebook and Instagram, Meta Platforms, said on Wednesday that it has taken down more than 600 accounts, pages and groups connected to a China-based network spreading a false narrative of the U.S. government’s attempts to blame the coronavirus pandemic on China, according to Bloomberg. The disinformation campaign involved an account purporting to be a Swiss biologist named Wilson Edwards, which claimed that U.S. authorities were pressuring World Health Organization scientists to blame the pandemic on China. Meta Platforms also removed a network of accounts based in Italy and France connected to an anti-vaccination movement.
The tense relations between the United States and Russia took a turn for the worse Wednesday after Russia ordered the U.S. Embassy staff, who have been in Moscow for more than three years, to leave the country by Jan. 31, says the Wall Street Journal. Foreign Ministry officials indicated the decision was in retaliation to the United States’s decision to not extend the visas for more than 50 Russian diplomats, who would need to depart by June 30. The announcement comes amid fears that Russia could be preparing to invade Ukraine.
Scientists claim to have discovered the cause of rare blood clots in some people who received the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, writes the Washington Post. A new study published Wednesday found that a protein in blood can bind to a key element of the AstraZeneca vaccine, causing antibodies to attack the...
When asked to comment on recent claims by the head of Taiwan's regional foreign affairs department that the Taiwan authorities are conducting dialogues and consultations with politicians and socia...