Month: May 2021

Getty Images Indigenous groups in Canada have demanded a nationwide search for mass graves after the discovery of the remains of 215 children. The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that remains were found at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people. The find sparked outrage, prompting some in Canada
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Getty Images Peru has more than doubled its Covid death toll following a review, making it the country with the world’s highest death rate per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The official death toll now sits at more than 180,000, up from 69,342. Prime Minister Violeta Bermudez told reporters that the number was
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Getty Images The SNP MP Joanna Cherry has resigned from the party’s national executive committee. She said “a number of factors” had prevented her fulfilling her mandate “to improve transparency and scrutiny”, and “uphold the party’s constitution”. Her decision comes after MP Douglas Chapman stood down from his role as party treasurer citing a lack
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PA Media There are signs the UK is in the early stages of a third wave of coronavirus infections, a scientist advising the government has said. Prof Ravi Gupta, from the University of Cambridge, said although new cases were “relatively low” the Indian variant had fuelled “exponential growth”. He said ending Covid restrictions in England
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EPA China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit which has failed to lead to a sustained upsurge in births. The cost of raising children
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LOS ANGELES — After the Phoenix Suns dropped Game 3 against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center and fell behind 2-1 in the series on Thursday, the overwhelming sentiment in the locker room after the game was they’re “bringing the series back to Los Angeles,” league sources told Yahoo Sports. Where does this stern
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Reuters Denmark’s secret service helped the US spy on European politicians including German Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2012 to 2014, Danish media report. The Defence Intelligence Service (FE) collaborated with the US National Security Agency (NSA) to gather information, according to a report by Danish broadcaster Danmarks Radio. Intelligence was collected on other officials from
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The DUP leader Edwin Poots has accused the European Union of treating Northern Ireland as a political “plaything”. Mr Poots claimed the EU was damaging the Northern Ireland peace process. European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic firmly rejected that suggestion. Speaking on the Marr programme on BBC One, Mr Poots said the current EU commissioners did
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