Frontline workers living with long Covid should have access to a compensation scheme if they are unable to return to work, a Liberal Democrat MP has said. Opening a general debate on long Covid, Layla Moran said: "Long Covid affects young as well as old and the numbers are staggering".
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Italian police arrested 50 people on Thursday and placed a prominent centrist politician under investigation in a crackdown on the 'Ndrangheta mafia that prosecutors say lays bare its efforts to launder cash and buy influence. The 'Ndrangheta is based in the southern region of Calabria, the toe of Italy's boot, and has surpassed Sicily's more famous Cosa Nostra to become the most powerful mafia group in the country -- and one of the largest crime gangs in the world. Among those placed under investigation was Lorenzo Cesa, head of the small UDC party, who was in the national spotlight last week after he rejected overtures from Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to join the ruling coalition, which has lost its absolute majority in parliament.
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The senior nurse in the intensive care unit of Barcelona's Sant Pau Hospital is anxiously watching the wards fill up and fears that Spaniards are letting their guard down against the coronavirus, numbed by the daily litany of deaths. Wearing double masks, goggles and gowns, they fitted patients with tubes to assist their breathing or helped them into comfortable positions.
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The French actress Nathalie Delon -- once regarded as one of the most beautiful women in the world -- died of cancer on Thursday, her son told AFP on Thursday.
The United States saw 900,000 new filings for unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department said Thursday, a massive number that shows the economy remains far from healed as President Joe Biden takes office.
The European Commission is likely to tap financial markets in "late spring" to finance pre-payments for 27 national plans for recovery from the pandemic, seeking to borrow tens of billions of euros, European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said. Gentiloni said February and March would be key months for the Commission's assessment of how each of the 27 EU governments wants to spend its share of the EU's 750-billion-euro recovery fund, which will then be validated by EU finance ministers. "This means that in late spring, the Commission will go to financial markets to raise this money... with the goal of disbursing the pre-financing of this 13% to each country with an approved plan," he said.
Drone footage showed the area surrounding Darley Dale, England, flooded on January 21 in the wake of Storm Christoph.A flood warning was in place for the area. Forecasters said river levels were expected to remain high until at least January 22.Local media reported a “major incident” had been declared across Derbyshire.The Derbyshire Constabulary Drone Unit, who filmed this video, said “the River Derwent looks more like an ocean.” Credit: @DerPolDroneUnit via Storyful
AC Milan defender Theo Hernandez had a "false positive" for coronavirus last weekend while teammates Ante Rebic and Rade Krunic have both now recovered, the Italian league leaders confirmed on Thursday.
Union Pacific's fourth-quarter profit chugged ahead as shipping volume improved for the first time since before the coronavirus pandemic slowed the economy to a crawl last year. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.25 per share.
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Turning Mount Everest’s trash into treasure Courtesy: Ivar Studios / Sagarmatha Next Location: Nepal Trash collected from the world's tallest mountain Courtesy: Goran Thulin will be transformed into art and displayed at a nearby gallery Courtesy: Sagarmatha Next Used oxygen bottles, torn tents, cans, and plastic wrappers are usually dumped or burned in open pits polluting the air and water, and contaminating the soil (SOUNDBITE) (Nepali) SAGARMATHA NEXT PROJECT COORDINATOR, PHINJO SHERPA, SAYING: "It is a unique idea, to collect garbage and display it in a museum. This will further increase tourism. At the same time, this will also lead to waste management and encourage the young generation to visit the area." Courtesy: Tommy Gustafsson / Sagarmatha Next Courtesy: Goran Thulin
An early morning walk in Geraldton, Western Australia, provided a local resident with the sight of a shark or shovelnose ray feeding close to shore on January 21.In footage captured by Paula Moses, the creature can be seen flapping against the waves at Point Moore Beach.“The shark had come in much shallower but I was too late to capture that on video,” Moses told Storyful.She added, “It appeared to be in the midst of a feeding frenzy, going up and down a small stretch of beach for about five minutes before swimming off into deeper water.”The “little dude” was “having some breakfast,” Moses said on Facebook.Commenters on the video suggested the fish could have been some species of shovelnose ray, rather than a shark. Credit: Paula Moses via Storyful
AC Milan players Rade Krunic, Ante Rebic and Theo Hernandez are available for selection again after their latest coronavirus tests, the Serie A club announced on Thursday. Croatia forward Rebic and Bosnia midfielder Krunic have made a full recovery from the virus and received negative results, while defender Hernandez was found to have received a false positive test on Sunday. “AC Milan announces that both Ante Rebic and Rade Krunic underwent a molecular swab test with negative results and this morning had the medical exams required to resume professional activity,” a club statement read.
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A regional election in Catalonia, initially set for next month, remains up in the air after a court took a preliminary decision Thursday against a 3-month delay ordered by the northeastern Spanish region’s government due to the surge of COVID-19. The Catalonia High Court said that, pending a final decision on the matter before Feb. 8, the election should preventively be kept for Feb. 14 instead of pushing it back to May 30. The timing leaves little choice to half a dozen political parties divided along the lines of left and right, but also between support or opposition for the region's independence, other than to begin preparations for the vote.
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