Osaka torch relay should be cancelled, governor says
Osaka prefectural governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said on Thursday the Olympic torch relay in the city of Osaka should be cancelled amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.
Yoshimura had sounded ...
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UK opposition leader says ‘British instinct’ likely to oppose COVID passports
Britain’s opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer has expressed scepticism about the use of so-called vaccine passports to allow people to access hospitality and entertainment venues, saying the “British instinct” ...
Global M&A sets first-quarter record at $1.3tn in deals
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity surged globally in the first quarter of 2021 to a year-to-date record, as companies and investment firms rushed to get ahead of changes in ...
Four reported dead, 2 wounded in mass shooting south of Los Angeles
Police in the Californian city of Orange reported a shooting on Wednesday with “multiple victims at the scene including fatalities,” and local news media outlets said four people were killed ...
Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine hits production problems
Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday it had found a problem with a batch of drug substance for its Covid-19 vaccine, which did not meet quality standards at Emergent Biosolutions’ ...
Maguire rescues England against Poland, Germany stunned by N. Macedonia
England’s Harry Maguire smashed home a late winner as they laboured to a 2-1 win over Poland in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday, with the defender bailing out team ...
Macron orders Covid lockdown across all of France, closes schools
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of ...
Brexit reality only hitting now, EU’s Barnier says
The European Union’s former Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said on Wednesday the reality of Britain’s decision to leave the bloc was only now being felt, years after the ...
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny goes on hunger strike over lack of medical care
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike on Wednesday in an attempt to force the prison holding him outside Moscow to provide him with proper medical care for ...
‘He was high’: cashier who chatted with Floyd testifies at trial
A cashier who was one of the last people to speak with George Floyd before his deadly arrest last May testified at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in Minneapolis on ...
Biden’s German Shepherd Major in dog house a second time for biting
President Joe Biden’s rescue dog Major nipped an individual on White House grounds, a spokesman said, the second such incident involving the younger of Biden’s two German Shepherds.
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Data withheld from WHO team probing Covid-19 origins in China
Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday.
The United ...
Poland’s CD Projekt sees strategy update fall flat
Polish video games maker CD Projekt launched a strategy update on Wednesday aimed at rebuilding investor confidence after a bug-ridden game launch last year backfired.
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Biden infrastructure plan would spur millions of blue-collar jobs, economists say
President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan would create millions of jobs and could undo some of the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic, economists said, and could particularly ...
Most Britons support “vaccine passports”, survey suggests
Most Britons support the idea of so-called vaccine passports that would allow people who have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to access certain places or activities, according a ...
Two Capitol Police officers sue Trump over Jan. 6 riots
Two U.S. Capitol Police officers have filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, saying he incited the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection and was responsible for physical and emotional injuries ...
A billion dollars for every chip-maker who ‘makes in India’
India is offering more than $1 billion in cash to each semiconductor company that sets up manufacturing units in the country as it seeks to build on its smartphone assembly industry ...
Rugby star Flanagan gets 10-game ban for ‘testicle attack’
Bradford Bulls hooker George Flanagan has been suspended for 10 matches and fined 250 pounds after being found guilty of “attacking an opponent’s testicles” for the second time in 18 months, the ...
Krispy Kreme gives away treat to vaccinated
By Jane Ross, Sandra Stojanovic
Known for their perfectly glazed sugary treats, people now have another reason to appreciate doughnut chain Krispy Kreme.
Starting Monday, anyone who shows a valid ...
Google to contribute $29 mln to new EU fund to fight fake news
Alphabet unit Google will contribute 25 million euros ($29.3 million) to the newly set up European Media and Information Fund to combat fake news, the company said on Wednesday, amid criticism tech ...
In mutant variants, has the coronavirus shown its best tricks?
The rapid rise in different parts of the world of deadly, more infectious coronavirus variants that share new mutations is leading scientists to ask a critical question – has the SARS-CoV-2 ...
Warnings over geoengineering in climate change fight
By Andrea Januta
The National Academies of Science on Thursday called for the United States to pursue research into solar geoengineering to cool the Earth’s atmosphere but urged caution ...
Germany decides AstraZeneca COVID shot can be used for over-60s
German federal and state health ministries agreed that from Wednesday AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine can be used for people aged 60 and above, following further reports of a rare brain blood ...
Greece registers 4,340 new COVID-19 cases, new high
Greece reported 4,340 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, its highest daily tally, after increasing the number of tests performed while its hospitals remain under severe pressure from a wave of new ...