Reuters Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days and use surveillance to halt the spread of the new Covid strain, local media report. The ban is expected to come into effect at midnight on Sunday, following full cabinet approval. Israel has so far confirmed one case of the potentially more
Month: November 2021
Elodie Bateson has been blind since birth. But the 11-year-old from Limavady has become an expert at making short animated movies. She uses a voice-assisted tablet and specialist braille technology to help her make the movies. It gives her detailed descriptions as she works and audio prompts also allow her to take photographs. “I started
Getty Images On 28 November, two key branches of the US military – the Navy and the Marines – will hit a deadline for their members to get Covid jabs, yet thousands of America’s armed forces members remain unvaccinated. Some 2.1 million people are part of the US military, including active and non-active members, and
Reuters In the final hours before polling day in Honduras, a few dozen activists gathered inside the Liberal Party’s headquarters in the capital, Tegucigalpa, for some last-minute training on the main plank of their electoral platform. On a flatscreen TV, they watched their white-shirted presidential hopeful, Yani Rosenthal – who lies third in the polls
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After nearly two decades of almost complete domination, heartbreak and humiliation, the University of Michigan finally found a way to beat its archrival Ohio State, bullying the Buckeyes to the tune of 42-27 at a snowy, delirious Michigan Stadium. The win sends the Wolverines (11-1) to the Big Ten championship game
PA Media A third person has died after Storm Arwen lashed parts of the UK with high winds, rain and snow. The 35-year-old man died after his pick-up truck was struck by a falling tree in Aberdeenshire on Friday. The same day a head teacher died after a tree fell onto his car in Antrim
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Face coverings will become mandatory again in shops and on public transport in England from next week under a raft of measures to target the new Covid variant, Omicron, the PM has said. PCR tests for everyone
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Two people in the UK have been found to be infected with the new Covid variant, Omicron, the health secretary has said. Sajid Javid said the cases in Brentwood, Essex, and Nottingham were confirmed by the UK
Reuters Sixty-one people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa have tested positive for Covid-19, Dutch officials say. They have been placed in isolation at a hotel near Schiphol airport. They were among some 600 passengers held for several hours after arrival while they were tested for the virus. The Dutch authorities
Reuters Countries around the world are racing to introduce travel bans and restrictions on southern African countries in an effort to contain the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. The moves come after the variant was officially named by health officials. Omicron had many mutations and early evidence suggested an increased reinfection risk, the WHO said.
Getty Images Secondary schools in England have been asked to prepare to test pupils on-site after Christmas. On Friday, the Department for Education told schools that testing pupils upon their return in January “will help reduce transmission after a period of social mixing” during the holidays. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said
Reuters Legendary US composer and songwriter Stephen Sondheim has died aged 91. His lawyer told the New York Times that Sondheim passed away on Friday at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He was a titan of musical theatre who turned the unlikeliest of subjects into entertainment landmarks. During his illustrious career, he wrote the scores
Author Matt Haig believed all of his Christmas’ had come at once 16 years ago when Brad Pitt bought the film rights to his first novel. That movie was never made, but an adaptation of A Boy Called Christmas, the book he wrote after the bestseller Reasons To Stay Alive, is now being released in
Getty Images Swiss Health Minister Alain Berset is in a bit of bind. With just under two-thirds of the population fully vaccinated, the Swiss have one of the lowest vaccination rates in Western Europe. Now, Covid-19 infections are rising exponentially, with case numbers rising by 40% to 50% each week. So is the health minister
Reuters It has been called “the most scrutinised transport aircraft in history”, but some critics believe Boeing’s 737 Max is still not safe. It was cleared to fly passengers again by US regulators last year, having been grounded following two catastrophic accidents. Since then, however, a number of potentially serious problems have been reported during
A 24-year-old Kurdish woman from northern Iraq has become the first victim of this week’s mass drowning in the Channel to be identified. Maryam Nuri Mohamed Amin was one of 27 people who died while attempting to cross to Britain on Thursday. Her fiancé, who lives in the UK, told the BBC she was messaging
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