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- US and China publicly rebuke each other in first major talks of Biden era
- Coronavirus live news: Paris prepares for new lockdown at midnight; Boris Johnson to receive AstraZeneca vaccine
- 'Our community is bleeding': Asian American lawmakers say violence has reached 'crisis point'
- Michael Spavor: Canada criticises China after trial held in secret
- Actor Armie Hammer under investigation for 2017 sexual assault allegation
- Sun investigator says he illegally obtained information about Meghan
- Myanmar security forces kill eight anti-coup protesters, say local media reports
- Mexico ambush: 13 state police killed in attack on convoy
- Facebook building a version of Instagram for children under 13
- E-bike left on charge blamed after fire engulfs Sydney home
- Wipe wallpaper with white bread? It works, says English Heritage
- Doctors suggest Covid-19 could cause diabetes
- Native American communities make vaccines available for all Oklahoma residents
- Matt Hancock confirms dip in UK Covid vaccine supply for April
- Oscars 2021 ceremony will be in-person and Zoom-free, producers say
- ‘It’s wild!’ Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell on making Oscars history
- Hear me out: why Crossroads isn't a bad movie
- ‘We choose good guys and bad guys’: beneath the myth of ‘model’ Rwanda
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode one recap: is the world ready for a black Captain America?
- 'The future of housing': California desert to get America's first 3D-printed neighborhood
- Is there a crisis at the border?: a look at both sides of the immigration argument
- Paris to enter four-week lockdown as France faces third Covid wave
- Drowned land: hunger stalks South Sudan's flooded villages
- Police patrols have increased in Asian areas. Not everyone is feeling safer
- ‘Things are desperate’: Brazil’s Covid intensive care units are almost all at capacity
- Australian minister signs extradition request for man who fled to India after 2018 beach killing
- Surge in gun violence is stress test for Oakland's defund the police campaign
- Fight against tuberculosis set back 12 years by Covid pandemic, report finds
- Lack of skin-to-skin care for small and premature babies hits survival rates
- 'Judith never came home': deadly fate of 'disappeared' women in Peru
- Covid vaccine side-effects: what are they, who gets them and why? | Nicola Davis
- 'Deep concerns': US and China trade criticism in Alaska meeting – video
- 'Takes one to know one': Putin hits back after Joe Biden 'killer' accusation – video
- Joe Biden says US will hit 100m vaccines 'weeks ahead of schedule' – video
- England's lockdown easing not affected by vaccine delays, says PM – video
- AstraZeneca vaccine 'safe and effective', says European Medicines Agency – video
- Georgia officer says Atlanta shooter was 'having a bad day' - video
- 'It is humbling': Mark Rutte claims fourth term in Netherlands election – video
| US and China publicly rebuke each other in first major talks of Biden era Posted: 18 Mar 2021 06:12 PM PDT Antony Blinken criticises China over Hong Kong and Xinjiang while his counterpart says US can no longer 'speak to China from a position of strength' The United States and China have publicly clashed during their first face-to-face high-level talks since Joe Biden took office, with one senior Chinese official urging the US to address "deep-seated" issues such as racism, and accusing his American counterparts of "condescension". Any hopes that the meeting, in Anchorage, would reset bilateral ties after years of tensions over trade, human rights and cybersecurity during Donald Trump's presidency evaporated when the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and the national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, opened their meeting with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi and the state councillor Wang Yi. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 Mar 2021 02:54 AM PDT French PM announces limited lockdown for Paris and other regions; India reports nearly 40,000 new infections; Boris Johnson to receive AstraZeneca vaccine as he reassures public over safety
The total number of cases of coronavirus in Poland has passed 2 million, as the country grapples with a third wave of the virus. The figures come from health ministry data, Reuters reports. Poland has recorded 2,010,244 coronavirus cases and 48,807 deaths in total since the start of the pandemic, the data showed.
Russia has reported 9,699 new Covid-19 cases, including 1,809 in Moscow. This brings the country's national case tally to 4,437,938 since the pandemic began. Continue reading... |
| 'Our community is bleeding': Asian American lawmakers say violence has reached 'crisis point' Posted: 18 Mar 2021 06:50 PM PDT House legislators hold hearing as Biden and Harris plan meetings with Atlanta leaders Asian American lawmakers and leaders warned that violence and discrimination targeting their community have reached a "crisis point" following the shootings in Atlanta this week that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent. The hearing, the first to examine anti-Asian discrimination in more than three decades, had been scheduled weeks ago amid a surge in violence against the Asian community since the pandemic began. But it took on heightened urgency after the mass shooting that left Asian Americans in Atlanta and across the country shaken and afraid. Continue reading... |
| Michael Spavor: Canada criticises China after trial held in secret Posted: 18 Mar 2021 10:12 PM PDT Canadian diplomat among officials from nine countries denied access to court for espionage trial of Spavor, which ended without a verdict Canada has criticised China after it tried Michael Spavor – one of two Canadians detained more than two years ago on suspicion of espionage – swiftly in secret, denying diplomats from nine countries access to the court. Spavor appeared in court for the one-day trial, but a verdict has not been issued, said Jim Nickel, the charge d'affaires of the Canadian embassy in Beijing. The trial itself lasted about three hours. The court said a verdict would be issued at a later date. Continue reading... |
| Actor Armie Hammer under investigation for 2017 sexual assault allegation Posted: 18 Mar 2021 05:18 PM PDT The accuser, known as Effie, was 20 at the time and claims she briefly dated the Call Me by Your Name star while he was married The actor Armie Hammer is under investigation for sexual assault, Los Angeles police said Thursday. Hammer is the main suspect in a sexual assault that was reported to police on 3 February, an LAPD spokesperson said. Police did not give further details. Continue reading... |
| Sun investigator says he illegally obtained information about Meghan Posted: 18 Mar 2021 03:19 PM PDT Dan Hanks claims he compiled 90-page report about actor early in her relationship with Prince Harry A private investigator employed by the Sun has said he illegally accessed the Duchess of Sussex's private information shortly after she met Prince Harry. Dan Hanks, who lives in Los Angeles, told the website Byline Investigates that he compiled a 90-page report on the future member of the royal family in October 2016, shortly after the tabloid newspaper first became aware of her relationship with the prince. Continue reading... |
| Myanmar security forces kill eight anti-coup protesters, say local media reports Posted: 19 Mar 2021 01:27 AM PDT Deaths would bring the total to 220 since 1 February coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar security forces opened fire on demonstrators against a military coup in the central town of Aungban on Friday, killing eight people, according to a local news outlet. Seven people were killed in the town and one wounded person died after being taken to hospital in the nearby town of Kalaw, the Myanmar Now news portal said, citing Aungban's funerary service. Continue reading... |
| Mexico ambush: 13 state police killed in attack on convoy Posted: 18 Mar 2021 07:07 PM PDT Attacks on police have become routine as the country fights drug cartels and organised crime Thirteen Mexican police officers and investigators have been killed in an ambush as they travelled through a rural region – marking the latest attack on law enforcement by brazen criminal groups. Eight state police officers and five members of the state's investigative police force died in the ambush in the municipality of Coatepec Harinas, 125km (78 miles) south-west of Mexico City in Mexico state on Thursday afternoon, according to officials. Continue reading... |
| Facebook building a version of Instagram for children under 13 Posted: 18 Mar 2021 10:56 PM PDT Social media giant says it's exploring introducing a parent-controlled experience that allows kids to 'safely' use the photo sharing platform Facebook is considering launching a version of its popular photo social media platform, Instagram, for children under the age of 13. BuzzFeed News first reported Facebook announced in an internal company post that the company would begin building a version of Instagram for people under the age of 13 years to allow them to "safely" use Instagram for the first time. Currently the company does not allow people who are under this age to create an account on the platform. Continue reading... |
| E-bike left on charge blamed after fire engulfs Sydney home Posted: 18 Mar 2021 06:47 PM PDT More than 20 firefighters sent to three-level Darlinghurst terrace to put out the blaze A fire that engulfed a three-level house in Sydney on Friday was started by an e-bike that was "left on to charge overnight", according to firefighters. More than 20 firefighters were sent to the Darlinghurst terrace to put out the blaze, which threatened seven people and burned through three storeys. Photos released by New South Wales Fire and Rescue showed a charred e-bike. Continue reading... |
| Wipe wallpaper with white bread? It works, says English Heritage Posted: 18 Mar 2021 11:00 PM PDT List of historical cleaning methods includes using milk on flagstones but advises against rubbing potatoes on paintings Do consider using skimmed milk on a flagstone floor, or fresh white bread on wallpaper, heritage experts confidently advise. But please do not follow the advice of housekeepers who used potatoes to clean oil paintings, or Worcestershire sauce to polish the silver. As some people prepare for a spring clean, English Heritage has revealed some of its best historical cleaning tips – and the worst. Continue reading... |
| Doctors suggest Covid-19 could cause diabetes Posted: 19 Mar 2021 01:15 AM PDT More than 350 clinicians report suspicions of Covid-induced diabetes, both type 1 and type 2 A cohort of scientists from across the world believe that there is a growing body of evidence that Covid-19 can cause diabetes in some patients. Prof Francesco Rubino, from King's College London, is leading the call for a full investigation into a possible link between the two diseases. Having seen a rise in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in people who have caught coronavirus, some doctors are even considering the possibility that the virus ‒ by disrupting sugar metabolism ‒ could be inducing an entirely new form of diabetes. Continue reading... |
| Native American communities make vaccines available for all Oklahoma residents Posted: 18 Mar 2021 10:52 AM PDT With several nations reporting Covid vaccine supplies far in excess of demand, nations open availability to all Oklahoma residents As Covid-19 infection rates tick up again in several states, indigenous communities in Oklahoma are reporting a different problem: not enough people to vaccinate. Earlier this month, several Native American communities, including the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Osage and Choctaw, opened up free vaccinations to all Oklahoma residents, not just the hundreds of thousands of nation members spread across the midwestern state. Continue reading... |
| Matt Hancock confirms dip in UK Covid vaccine supply for April Posted: 18 Mar 2021 09:27 AM PDT Health secretary says stocks will be affected by need to retest 1.7m doses and delay from India Matt Hancock has said there will be a significant dip in vaccine supply in April, confirming supplies have been hit by a need to retest 1.7m doses and a delay in arrival of imports from India. Speaking in the House of Commons, Hancock stressed the overall target timetable for vaccinations would not change but said he wanted to give more information, following the "speculation we've seen overnight", after he was criticised for a press conference on Wednesday where the drop in supply went unexplained. Continue reading... |
| Oscars 2021 ceremony will be in-person and Zoom-free, producers say Posted: 18 Mar 2021 05:18 PM PDT Academy Awards producers have insisted video-link will 'not be an option' for attendees in the wake of ratings slumps for other recent major awards shows The Oscars ceremony in April will be an intimate, in-person gathering, held without Zoom and limited to nominees, presenters and their guests, the producers said on Thursday. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, events to hand out the highest honours in the film industry will held at both the Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and the traditional home of the Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Continue reading... |
| ‘It’s wild!’ Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell on making Oscars history Posted: 18 Mar 2021 11:00 PM PDT Promising Young Woman's five nods include the first for a female British director. Its star and writer-director discuss telling women's stories, tackling difficult subjects – and feeling shellshocked Promising Young Woman is audacious from the off. A genre-bending revenge thriller, it ricochets between romcom and horror to radical and unsettling effect. Carey Mulligan plays Cassie, a medical school drop-out traumatised by the assault of her best friend. By day, she works in a coffee shop; by night, she fakes blackout drunkenness in bars. If "nice guys" take advantage, Cassie snaps open her sober eyes to teach them a lesson. The film made history this week, landing five Oscars nominations: picture, editing and actress (Mulligan's second run at the award), as well as original screenplay and director for Emerald Fennell. With her debut feature, Fennell has become the first British woman to be nominated for the director prize. This is the first year in which two women (Fennell and Nomadland's Chloe Zhou) are in the running; they are only the sixth and seventh women to be shortlisted. Continue reading... |
| Hear me out: why Crossroads isn't a bad movie Posted: 18 Mar 2021 11:11 PM PDT Continuing our series of writers sticking up for films hated by the majority is a defence of Britney Spears's entertaining 2002 star vehicle On repeated listens, when Britney Spears sings I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet a Woman, the lyrics seem to drag their feet to the simple point she's making: it's not easy standing on the edge of adulthood. No one can deny, however, that the agony of the in-between age is her song to sing. Spears's own career has told the story of prolonged adolescence with eloquence over the course of three decades: after early stardom in the Mickey Mouse Club she became first a precocious schoolgirl pop star then a gossip-magazine punchline and the reluctant ward of her own father's conservatorship. Back on the verge of her 20s, Spears sang her song in Crossroads, a 90-minute movie that was unfairly dismissed by critics but embraced by her audience. The Britney fans were on to a good thing – this movie is far better than you may have heard. When Spears's character Lucy reads out the lyrics to I'm Not a Girl in front of a crackling campfire, they sound fresh. When she belts them out at the film's climax, they're almost revelatory. Related: Hear me out: why Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker isn't a bad movie Continue reading... |
| ‘We choose good guys and bad guys’: beneath the myth of ‘model’ Rwanda Posted: 18 Mar 2021 11:30 PM PDT President Paul Kagame – long feted by leaders in the west – is accused of serial human rights abuses in expansive new book A devastating new book will accuse Rwanda's president Paul Kagame – long feted by his prominent international supporters as the model of visionary new African leadership – of being a serial human rights abuser, including for his role in a sustained campaign of assassinating his rivals in exile. Written by Michela Wrong, the author who covered the Rwandan genocide in 1994, when more than 800,000 people – largely ethnic Tutsis as well as moderate Hutus – were killed by Hutu militias over 100 days, Do Not Disturb represents one of the most far-reaching historical revisions of Kagame and his regime. Continue reading... |
| The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode one recap: is the world ready for a black Captain America? Posted: 19 Mar 2021 01:00 AM PDT There is life after Endgame, but Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes are having a hard time finding purpose. Just as well there's a new terror group in town Given the universal praise for WandaVision, the first small screen outing for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's hard to know whether that makes things more or less difficult for The Falcon and the Winter Solider. On one hand, fears over how the MCU would translate to the small screen have been well and truly allayed – we're most definitely not in Iron Fist territory. On the other, the raising of that bar brings its own pressures. Originally, The Falcon and the Winter Solider, or TFATWS as we'll call it from here on in, was supposed to appear on Disney+ before WandaVision, and it's immediately clear why. WandaVision, so surreal, fantastical and high-concept, was, theoretically, a bigger ask for the casual Marvel fan (although after 22 box-office busting films and one ratings smash TV series, how many casual Marvel fans there are remains open for debate). Nevertheless, TFATWS, is much more familiar in tone, and the contrast between this series and WandaVision could not be more marked. In one, characters couldn't leave a small town. Here, in the first episode alone, the actions flits between Tunisia, Washington, Louisiana, Switzerland, Japan and New York. Continue reading... |
| 'The future of housing': California desert to get America's first 3D-printed neighborhood Posted: 18 Mar 2021 11:00 PM PDT Rise in 3D-printed homes comes as California's housing crisis continues to rage, with 1.8m to 3.5m new units needed by 2025 The desert landscape of California's Coachella valley will soon be home to the first US neighborhood comprised entirely of 3D-printed houses. Through a partnership between two California companies – Palari, a sustainable real estate development group, and Mighty Buildings, a construction technology company – a five acre parcel of land in Rancho Mirage will be transformed into a planned community of 15 3D-printed, eco-friendly homes claiming to be the first of its kind. Continue reading... |
| Is there a crisis at the border?: a look at both sides of the immigration argument Posted: 18 Mar 2021 11:00 PM PDT The Texas governor has sent troops to fortify the border while advocates say the immigration numbers are being politicized Along the winding road which follows the Rio Grande west from Mission, Texas, dozens of armed border patrol agents, state troopers, soldiers, and state and local police are dotted about to catch undocumented migrants entering the country from Mexico. This is a so-called hotspot for irregular migration – folks crossing the border river without permission to enter the US – in what the Republican party and anti-immigrant activists are calling a crisis at the border. During one afternoon this week, there were more law enforcement vehicles cruising along this dusty 15-mile stretch towards Los Ebanos, a tiny border community connected to Mexico by a hand operated cable ferry, than there was local traffic. Continue reading... |
| Paris to enter four-week lockdown as France faces third Covid wave Posted: 18 Mar 2021 03:48 PM PDT New restrictions for capital and northern parts of country from Friday as virulent variants spread The French government has imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of northern France after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants forced the president, Emmanuel Macron, to shift course. Since late January, when he defied the calls of scientists and some in his government to lock down the country, Macron has said he would do whatever was needed to keep the euro zone's second-largest economy as open as possible. However, this week he ran out of options just as France and other European countries briefly suspended use of the Oxford/AstraZenca vaccine. Continue reading... |
| Drowned land: hunger stalks South Sudan's flooded villages Posted: 19 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PDT Two years of torrential rains have left 1.6m people in Jonglei province without crops and with their homes flooded. But, with extraordinary resilience, people in Old Fangak are working together to rebuild their lives.
After the unprecedented floods last summer, the people of Old Fangak, a small town in northern South Sudan, should be planting now. But the flood water has not receded, the people are still marooned and now they are facing severe hunger. Unusually heavy rains began last July, and the White Nile burst its banks, destroyed all the crops and encroached on farms and villages, affecting Jonglei and other states, leaving people to scramble for a few strips of dry land. Continue reading... |
| Police patrols have increased in Asian areas. Not everyone is feeling safer Posted: 19 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PDT The increased presence has provided relief for some, while others argue it's a temporary and ineffective solution to a crisis Police in cities across the country increased foot patrols in Asian neighborhoods following the shootings at three Asian-owned spas in the Atlanta area. From San Francisco to New York, Chicago to Philadelphia, police departments this week directed officers to step up their presence amid fears of anti-Asian violence after a shooter killed eight people, six of them Asian women, on Tuesday night. Continue reading... |
| ‘Things are desperate’: Brazil’s Covid intensive care units are almost all at capacity Posted: 19 Mar 2021 02:00 AM PDT The country's sceptic president and his allies continue to downplay the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 287,000 Brazil's healthcare system has been plunged into the most severe crisis in its history, with doctors overwhelmed and patients dying while they wait for intensive care beds as the country's Covid-sceptic president, Jair Bolsonaro, continued to spurn calls for a lockdown that would save lives. As the daily number of infections and deaths soared to new heights this week, researchers from Brazil's leading healthcare institute, Fiocruz, said South America's biggest country faced an unparalleled "catastrophe". Continue reading... |
| Australian minister signs extradition request for man who fled to India after 2018 beach killing Posted: 19 Mar 2021 02:46 AM PDT The body of Toyah Cordingley, 24, was found in sand dunes north of Cairns in October 2018 Australia has taken the first step towards catching a runaway suspect believed to have murdered Toyah Cordingley on a Queensland beach before fleeing to India. It's been two-and-a-half years since the body of the 24-year-old was found in the dunes of Wangetti Beach north of Cairns following what police called "a personal and intimate attack". Continue reading... |
| Surge in gun violence is stress test for Oakland's defund the police campaign Posted: 19 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PDT Homicides in the city have risen 314% and while some back shifting resources to prevention and healing, others want alternatives in place to keep Black and brown people safe Since the visceral video of George Floyd pinned beneath a police officer's knee sparked massive uprisings in US cities last summer, movements to defund police departments have grown from siloed local campaigns into a national movement. But in multiple cities, this work is being done amid a disturbing rise in gun violence that is affecting the same Black and Latino communities most affected by police misconduct. While some crime survivors support shifting resources from police and into prevention and healing services, others who have lost loved ones to shootings and live in high-crime areas worry that depleting police budgets without proven alternatives to fill any gaps will make Black and brown communities less safe. Continue reading... |
| Fight against tuberculosis set back 12 years by Covid pandemic, report finds Posted: 19 Mar 2021 12:30 AM PDT Number of people diagnosed and treated in worst-affected countries has fallen to 2008 levels as resources diverted Twelve months of Covid-19 has reversed 12 years of global progress against tuberculosis, worse than previously estimated. The pandemic has resulted in nearly a 25% decrease in diagnosis and treatment around the world, according to research published on Thursday by a coalition working to end TB. Continue reading... |
| Lack of skin-to-skin care for small and premature babies hits survival rates Posted: 18 Mar 2021 09:19 AM PDT Life-saving techniques fall out of favour on maternity wards in developing countries over Covid fears Small and sick babies are at increased risk of dying due to disruptions in care caused by coronavirus, a survey of health workers across 62 mainly developing countries has found. Every year, 2.5 million babies die within 28 days of birth, and more than 80% of them have low birth weight. A technique for premature and small babies known as kangaroo mother care (KMC), involving early prolonged skin-to-skin contact with their mothers and breastfeeding, can help reduce mortality. Continue reading... |
| 'Judith never came home': deadly fate of 'disappeared' women in Peru Posted: 18 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PDT Policeman accused of sex trafficking, while 12,000 women and girls vanish in 'shadow pandemic' Judith Machaca was last seen on her way home from work in her home town of Tacna in southern Peru. The environmental engineering student had been working part-time at a mobile phone shop and would always send a message if she was going to be late. The last text message from her phone was sent at 11pm on 28 November and the next day her distraught father reported the 20-year-old's disappearance to the police. They sent him away, saying that she was probably with a boyfriend and would show up soon enough. Continue reading... |
| Covid vaccine side-effects: what are they, who gets them and why? | Nicola Davis Posted: 18 Mar 2021 12:00 PM PDT Most side-effects are mild and short-lived, and some groups are more likely to get them than others According to Public Health England, most side-effects from the Covid vaccines – Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca – are mild and short-lived. These include soreness where the jab was given, feeling tired or achy and headaches. Uncommon side-effects include having swollen lymph nodes. Continue reading... |
| 'Deep concerns': US and China trade criticism in Alaska meeting – video Posted: 18 Mar 2021 10:25 PM PDT The United States and China publicly rebuked each other in the first face-to-face talks between senior officials from the two countries since Joe Biden took office. Representatives from the two countries met in Alaska, where a highly unusual extended back-and-forth took place in front of the cameras. When US secretary of state Antony Blinken pointed out "deep concerns" over China's actions relating to "Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, cyber attacks on the United States, economic coercion of our allies", China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi responded with a 15-minute speech in Chinese lashing out out at what he called a struggling democracy in the US, poor treatment of minorities and foreign and trade policies. Continue reading... |
| 'Takes one to know one': Putin hits back after Joe Biden 'killer' accusation – video Posted: 18 Mar 2021 04:18 PM PDT Russian president Vladimir Putin shrugged off accusations from Joe Biden that he was a 'killer', saying: 'It takes one to know one.' Putin then said he wished Biden health 'without any irony or joke'. Biden made his comment after an assessment by US intelligence agencies that Moscow was continuing to meddle in American democracy and had tried to help Donald Trump win last year's US election. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden says US will hit 100m vaccines 'weeks ahead of schedule' – video Posted: 18 Mar 2021 03:29 PM PDT Joe Biden said the US will have successfully administered 100m vaccine doses by 19 March – his 58th day in office. 'That's weeks ahead of schedule, and even with the setbacks we faced during the winter storms,' he said. Upon taking office, Biden set his administration the target of reaching the number in his first 100 days. Continue reading... |
| England's lockdown easing not affected by vaccine delays, says PM – video Posted: 18 Mar 2021 12:06 PM PDT Boris Johnson has said delays in vaccine supplies will not affect the government's roadmap out of lockdown. 'We've always said that in a vaccination programme of this pace and scale, some interruptions in supply are inevitable,' he said. 'The progress along the road to freedom remains unchecked.'
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| AstraZeneca vaccine 'safe and effective', says European Medicines Agency – video Posted: 18 Mar 2021 11:11 AM PDT The Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is 'safe and effective' and its benefits outweigh the risks, Europe's medicines regulator has said. The director of the European Medicines Agency, Emer Cooke, said the agency's safety committee had reached 'a clear scientific conclusion' and had not found that the vaccine was associated with an increase in the overall risk of blood clots Continue reading... |
| Georgia officer says Atlanta shooter was 'having a bad day' - video Posted: 18 Mar 2021 05:37 AM PDT A Georgia sheriff's captain was criticised for appearing to characterise the actions of the suspect in a mass shooting in Atlanta as him having had 'a really bad day'. Robert Aaron Long, 21, was charged with killing eight people in Atlanta, six of them women of Asian descent, on Wednesday. Atlanta police said Long had declared Tuesday's attack was not racially motivated. He claimed to have a 'sex addiction' and authorities have said he apparently lashed out at what he saw as sources of 'temptation' Continue reading... |
| 'It is humbling': Mark Rutte claims fourth term in Netherlands election – video Posted: 18 Mar 2021 03:47 AM PDT Mark Rutte has claimed an 'overwhelming' victory in national elections in the Netherlands, vowing to use a fourth term in office to rebuild the country after the coronavirus pandemic. Exit polls on Wednesday night suggested the VVD party had won 35 of the Dutch parliament's 150 seats, two more than in the previous election, while the pro-European D66 party finished second with 27 seats, up eight and the party's best ever result. The far-right, anti-Islam Freedom party (PVV) of Geert Wilders, meanwhile, lost three seats compared with the 2017 election, finishing third, equal with the Christian Democrats (CDA)
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