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[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 […]

[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

[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

[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

[ad_1] British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, the World Health Organization and Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya are among the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize after being backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner. Also among the candidates for the accolade are Pope Francis, the Myanmar National Unity Government

[ad_1] Allison Fluke-Ekren, the woman who led an Islamic State squadron and plotted to attack the US, was abandoned by her family members who said that they do not want to maintain any contact with her. Allison Fluke-Ekren on Monday appeared in a US court to face the charges levelled against her. The Kansas mom

[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

[ad_1] Despite ongoing tensions at the Ukrainian-Russian border, the West and Russia will aim to use diplomacy this week to resolve the longstanding issues. The Kremlin, according to AFP, informed the US of its stance on Ukraine on Monday, the news agency said quoting a US state department spokesperson. The confirmation comes hours before officials

[ad_1] The United Arab Emirates on Monday announced that it will impose a 9% corporate tax rate, according to a report by news agency Financial Times. The announcement comes when another Asian major economy, India, announced its Union Budget for the year 2022 and is expected to make an impact among businesses based in the

[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