Getty Images The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that fully vaccinated Americans do not need to wear a mask when they are outdoors. Those who have received all required jabs can ditch their face coverings if alone or in small groups of vaccinated people, the new guidelines say. But the
Month: April 2021
In vast annals of NFL draft history, there’s no precedent for the meteoric rise of North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance. He redshirted his true freshman season in 2018 in Fargo before authoring as close to a perfect season as we’ve ever seen in college football. Lance led the Bison in the 2019 season to
EPA The European Parliament is expected to ratify the post-Brexit EU-UK trade deal – a key move to ensure that tariff- and quota-free trade continues. The Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) has been operating provisionally since January. MEPs are expected to vote for it after 20:00 (18:00 GMT). Brexit tensions remain, including a French threat
In the UK parents only qualify for treatment on the NHS if they have had three miscarriages in a row. EastEnders actress Lacey Turner has has two miscarriages and believes the current system needs reforming. New research published in The Lancet reveals that miscarriage doubles the risk of depression and quadruples the risk of suicide.
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Getty Images Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department has said its computer network has been breached in a targeted cyber-attack, US media report. A ransomware group called Babuk is reportedly threatening to release sensitive data on police informants if it is not contacted within three days. The FBI is investigating the extent of the breach,
Getty Images Makeshift pyres are being built in crematoriums in India’s capital Delhi as the city runs out of space to cremate its dead. Deaths have been steadily rising in India as a deadly second wave of Covid infections devastates the country, with 380 recorded in Delhi alone on Monday. Medical oxygen, intensive care unit
EPA Medical supplies from the UK arrived in India on Tuesday – the first international shipment aimed at stemming a devastating Covid-19 surge. Ventilators and oxygen equipment landed in Delhi, but far more will be needed, with India recording 320,000 new infections on Tuesday, and deaths rising close to 200,000 overall. Many hospitals are overwhelmed,
Getty Images Boris Johnson will chair a cabinet meeting later as he attempts to shift the focus from a series of claims and questions over his conduct. Among them is an accusation the PM once said he would rather see “bodies pile high” than approve a third lockdown. Mr Johnson and No 10 strongly denied
Más de 147,45 millones de personas han resultado infectadas por el nuevo coronavirus a nivel mundial, según las cifras oficiales de casos confirmados, y 3.253.582 han muerto, según un recuento de Reuters. Se han notificado infecciones en más de 210 países y territorios desde que se identificaron los primeros casos en China en diciembre de
US police officers are seen mocking a 73-year-old dementia sufferer as they watch video of her shoulder going “pop” during her forcible arrest, according to footage released by her lawyer. Karen Garner was detained on 26 June last year after she walked out of a Walmart in the state of Colorado without paying for $13
Reuters Opponents of California’s governor have enough valid signatures to trigger a state-wide vote on his leadership. California’s secretary of state said that 1.6 million valid signatures had been verified, some 100,000 more than were needed. Gavin Newsom, a first-term Democrat, was up for re-election in 2022, but the recall means he will now probably
Getty Images UK consumer book sales climbed 7% to £2.1bn last year as people “rediscovered their love of reading” in lockdown, the industry body says. Demand for fiction and non-fiction jumped, while audio-book sales were up 37%, the Publishers Association said. Bestsellers included The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine
Getty Images US Census officials have completed their once-a-decade count of the American population, showing the second slowest growth in recorded history. Texas and Florida, two Republican titans of the Sunbelt, will gain congressional seats, while two Democratic giants, California and New York, are losing political influence. US population growth slows, but some regions boom
Getty Images The US will share up to 60 million doses of its AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries as they become available, the White House has said. The doses will be able to be exported in the coming months after a federal safety review. The US has a stockpile of the vaccine even though its
Boris Johnson said he would rather see “bodies pile high” than take the country into a third lockdown, sources familiar with the conversations have told the BBC. The remarks were said to have been made last autumn, just as England went into a second lockdown. The PM has strongly denied saying the phrase, describing the
PA Media Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been sentenced to a further year in prison and a one-year travel ban after being found guilty of propaganda against the regime in Iran. Her lawyer said she was accused of taking part in a protest in London 12 years ago and speaking to the BBC Persian service. The prime
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