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Gray Report Paints Damning Partygate Picture, Boris Struggles to Contain Fallout

[ad_1] Civil Servant Sue Gray has delivered a damning report over the “gatherings” held at Downing Street through 20 months of lockdown – at a time when the Prime Minister was telling people that they were required by law to avoid such events. Gray has been careful to use the neutral word “gatherings” rather than […]

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South Africa Relaxes Covid-19 Isolation Rules, Restarts Schools with No Social Distancing

[ad_1] The South African government has relaxed isolation rules for asymptomatic COVID-19 positive people and removed the one-meter social distancing requirements at schools, as the country exits its fourth wave of the coronavirus. Announcing the changes on Monday evening, the Presidency said in a statement that the Cabinet had approved the changes to the Adjusted

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Boris in a ‘Sorry State’ after Release of Redacted Partygate Report

[ad_1] Empty words: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has found a way to apologise that appears to have become unacceptable around much of the country. Faced with a summary of the Sue Gray report, he said in Parliament he is “sorry”, but without accepting that he has done anything wrong. Earlier he had apologised to Parliament

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Omicron Sub-variant Spreads More Than Original Strain, Says Study

[ad_1] A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the original version, according to a study conducted in Denmark. The researchers examined the transmission of Omicron subvariant BA.2 versus BA.1 in 8,541 Danish households and 17,945 household members. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed finding, posted on the preprint repository MedRxiv, indicates

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Trudeau Slams Protesters; Police Chief Says Situation Volatile

[ad_1] The Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, who is suffering from Covid, reacted to the ongoing Freedom Convoy protests in capital Ottawa by saying that those protesting were ‘an insult to memory and truth’. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, however, is cornered as protesters and the opposition party, the Conservatives, see the mandate as an act

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Russia Hits Out At US After UNSC Public Meeting, Thanks ‘Colleagues’ India, China

[ad_1] Russia on Tuesday thanked India, China, Gabon and Kenya for ‘withstanding US hand-twisting’ during the United Nations Security Council debate on Monday where member states discussed the tensions in Ukraine. As we expected, it was nothing but a PR stunt, classic example of “megaphone diplomacy”. No facts, only allegations and unsubstantiated claims. US diplomacy

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