Shipments of Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines will increase by 7% next week after J&J shot paused

The U.S. government is increasing its allocations of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccine after federal agencies recommended a pause of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Across the country next week, there will be a seven percent increase in the number of doses shipped, according to new data published on Tuesday. During the week of … Read more

White House drawing up plans for surge shipments of COVID vaccines to send to emerging hotspots

The White House is currently making plans to send massive shipments of COVID-19 vaccines to emerging hotspots in the U.S. Two senior administration officials told CNN the Biden administration is very worried that the number of Americans traveling over Spring Break will lead to a fourth surge of the coronavirus. Members of the federal government’s … Read more

EU vaccine chaos as AstraZeneca announces shortfall in shipments to bloc

The EU is facing vaccine chaos after AstraZeneca announced a fresh shortfall in planned shipments as five European countries claim others are signing ‘secret contracts’ to make sure they get extra jabs. The pharmaceutical giant cited production problems and export restrictions as the cause for the delay. In a statement it said: ‘AstraZeneca is disappointed … Read more

Canada faces delays in vaccine shipments from Europe

Canada has been dragged into the EU’s vaccine chaos with Pfizer and Moderna both cutting back deliveries from Europe while Brussels goes to war on jab exports to rescue its own stumbling vaccine roll-out.   With no home-grown vaccines in Canada and no jabs being shipped from the United States, the country is reliant on factories … Read more

Smartphone shipments up in Q4 2020, says IDC

The smartphone business has suffered in 2020. We even saw Samsung being overtaken by Huawei in the global sales in the 2nd quarter. By third quarter, the South Korean tech giant then topped US sales and beat Apple for the first time since year 2017. The last quarter of each year is usually better and … Read more

A TON of cocaine worth up to £100million is found hidden within fruit shipments at Dover

A TON of cocaine worth up to £100million is found hidden within fruit shipments at Dover port The cocaine was discovered concealed within shipments of fruit at the Kent Class A drugs with street value of approximately £100 million found in pallets  Joint operation involved National Crime Agency and Police Scotland Organised Crime Partnership By … Read more

Beirut’s port finally opens again for aid shipments

The Port of Beirut has re-opened for aid shipments over three weeks after a haul of abandoned ammonium nitrate in storage blew up a warehouse causing a cataclysmic explosion that killed 171 people.  In aerial photographs released today, aid ships can be seen moored off Beirut’s flattened port. The blast, which took place on August … Read more

Beirut’s port finally opens again for aid shipments

The Port of Beirut has re-opened for aid shipments over three weeks after a haul of abandoned ammonium nitrate in storage blew up a warehouse causing a cataclysmic explosion that killed 171 people.  In aerial photographs released today, aid ships can be seen moored off Beirut’s flattened port. The blast, which took place on August … Read more