London public health director: 'Stay at home'
The public health regional director for London, Professor Kevin Fenton, has urged all Londoners to stay at home, saying that pressures on the NHS will continue for three to four weeks.
The public health regional director for London, Professor Kevin Fenton, has urged all Londoners to stay at home, saying that pressures on the NHS will continue for three to four weeks.
A U.S. voting machine company filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against former President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his "big lie" campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents on Monday showed. The Denver-based company, Dominion Voting Systems Inc, filed an earlier lawsuit against Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell, whom the company also accused of spreading false conspiracy theories about the election that Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden. A senior Dominion employee, Eric Coomer, also filed a defamation lawsuit against the Trump campaign, saying he had been driven into hiding because of death threats from Trump supporters.
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a further review by a lower court of a lawsuit brought by a Texas death row inmate who objects to a policy that bars a chaplain from accompanying him into the death chamber. The justices ordered Ruben Gutierrez's case sent back to a federal trial-level court for additional proceedings. The justices in June had blocked Gutierrez's execution after Texas changed its policy and barred all spiritual advisers from the death chamber.
The 33-year-old Ashton has been brought in at Sixways Stadiums as an initial cover after the hamstring injuries sustained by fullback Melani Nanai and wing Noah Heward. The move offers Ashton a chance to become the Premiership's record try-scorer.
British scientists have said the UK variant of the coronavirus that is behind a surge in COVID-19 infections there may be not only more transmissible, but also more lethal - with a mortality risk around 30% higher than other variants. The UK variant - known as B.1.1.7 - is also up to 70% more contagious than other coronavirus variants circulating in the UK and has already been detected across the world. U.S. health officials have warned it could become the dominant variant there by March.
Bally's continued its acquisition juggernaut Monday, acquiring the daily fantasy sports company Monkey Knife Fight in an all-stock transaction that further widens the fast-growing company's drive to add casino, online sports betting and media companies. Providence, Rhode Island-based Bally's becomes the third U.S. sports betting company to have a daily fantasy sports component, along with DraftKings and FanDuel.
Vice President Kamala Harris ceremonially swears-in Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. His is the country’s first African American to hold that post.
Jan.25 -- Moderna Chief Executive Officer Stephane Bancel says Covid-19 is not going away. He says the company wants to develop a shot that can protect you from the flu and Covid-19. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets."
European stock markets fell Monday on news that France might be headed for a fresh lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic.
Newly formed cinema collective Indian Women Rising has boarded Student Academy Award-winning short film “Bittu” as presenter. IWR will shepherd the film through its Oscar campaign. Based on a real life incident from 2013, “Bittu” is based on the story of a close friendship between two girls (played by Rani Kumari and Renu Kumari) in […]
SpaceX set a new world record for the number of spacecraft launched by a single rocket, after deploying 143 satellites on a Jan. 24 launch from Kennedy Space Center. The launch represents a convergence of space industry trends.
In “Palmer,” Justin Timberlake taps into his roots, headlining the inverse of last year’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” in which a Southern boy who went off to Yale looked back on his origins to explain the red-state attitudes that look so alien to conservatives. Here, Timberlake delivers a beer-chugging, pickup-driving, fight-picking portrait of what he might have […]
NBC and Dick Clark Productions have announced that the 2021 Billboard Music Awards will take place on Sunday, May 23. The show will air live on NBC at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT, and will serve to celebrate the hottest names in music today. The honorees are determined by their performance on the Billboard […]
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The Federal Reserve this week will likely underscore its commitment to its low-interest rate policies, even as the economy recovers further from the devastation of the viral pandemic. Chair Jerome Powell is sure to strike a dovish tone at a news conference after the Fed's latest policy meeting ends Wednesday. The conditions the Fed has laid down before it would adopt any policy changes aren't close to being met, so no new actions are expected this week.
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A rare funnel cloud formed over downtown San Diego, California, on Sunday, January 24, captured here in timelapse footage.The National Weather Service in the city had forcast isolated storm cells with rain and hail.They later confirmed the formation of a funnel cloud in the downtown area, saying some “weak rotation” had been spotted on their radar. Credit: Bertrand Yeung via Storyful
A gray whale and her calf were spotted swimming along the California coast on January 17.This footage, by wildlife photographer Mark Girardeau, shows stunning footage of the pair of mammals off Laguna Beach.“Gray whales have the longest migration of any mammal on the planet and they typically go south to Mexico to give birth. But sometimes they give birth en route, which is the case here,” Girardeau told Storyful.He said the calf in the footage is “riding the mother’s slipstream for easier swimming.” Credit: Mark Girardeau/Newport Coastal Adventure via Storyful
The European Union has urged drug developer AstraZeneca on Monday (January 25) to find ways to swiftly deliver COVID-19 vaccines, after the company unexpectedly announced a large cut in supplies to the bloc during the first quarter of the year. AstraZeneca told the EU on Friday (January 22) it could not meet agreed supply targets to the end of March, with an EU official involved in the talks telling Reuters that meant a 60% cut to 31 million doses. The complications stem from supply chain issues within a proposed manufacturing site in Belgium, run by AstraZeneca's partner Novasep. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker received an up-front payment of 336 million euros from the EU for at least 300 million doses, according to three EU officials speaking to Reuters. Eric Mamer is the EU Commission’s Chief Spokesman. "The (European Commission) President (Ursula von der Leyen) spoke to the CEO of AstraZeneca this morning by phone, Mr. Pascal Soriot, and she made it clear that she expects AstraZeneca to deliver on the contractual arrangements foreseen in the advance purchasing agreement." AstraZeneca’s CEO Pascal Soriot explained how complicated the situation was from their point of view, when speaking at the World Economic Forum on Monday. "We should remember that what we are trying to do collectively here has never been done in the history of the world, to develop a vaccine, or several vaccines in this instance, in a year. And then scale up to billions of doses when we know today the biggest manufacturer has only got a capacity of a billion doses per year across all their vaccines. So it's a huge undertaking that has only been possible because we've collaborated." EU contracts with vaccine makers are confidential, but an EU official did not rule out penalties for AstraZeneca, given the large revision to its commitments. This marks the latest vaccine-related frustration for the EU. The version developed by Pfizer is currently the most used across the bloc, but earlier in January it also announced a delay in its supply. AstraZeneca's vaccine is expected to be approved for use in the EU on January 29, with first deliveries expected from the middle of next month.
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Sen. Josh Hawley penned an essay for the New York Post Monday that earned him a spot on the cover of the nationally famous outlet. The headline said, “The muzzling of America.” The illustration showed a big piece of tape over a man’s mouth that reads “CANCELED.” In his accompanying column, Hawley — who backed former president Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud and objected to states’ certification of President Joe Biden’s election win, even after a Capitol riot related to the certification left 5 dead — said that his “social credit score” has “taken a nosedive” lately. (Hawley’s forthcoming book was canceled by Simon & Schuster and Hallmark asked him to return its political contributions.) Readers of his piece had a different argument, however: Many objected to his use of a nationally-distributed tabloid and its wide-reaching digital arm to claim that he’s been somehow silenced. Also Read: Hallmark Asks Sens. Hawley and Marshall to Return Donations Over Post-Riot Election Challenges Writer Judd Legum wrote on Twitter alongside a screenshot of the cover, “If you want proof that America’s problem isn’t ‘cancel culture,’ Josh Hawley lied about election fraud, attempted to subvert the democratic process, helped incite a riot at the Capitol that left 5 people dead and he’s still a United States Senator.” Steven Beschloss tweeted, “Josh Hawley whining in the N.Y. Post about cancel culture and being muzzled while roaming free and not expelled from the Senate–despite his key role in inciting the deadly insurrection–is next level gaslighting.” “Yes, poor Josh Hawley is being censored, he says, from a cover article in the NY Post. It’s such a shame an United States Senator has no way to get his message to the American people,” quipped another reader. Some pointed out that it could even be argued that in his efforts to overturn the voting results from some key states, Hawley himself was trying to muzzle voters while others fumed that Missouri residents are looking for information about the COVID-19 vaccine and other pressing issues while their senator is focused on his own image. Read original story Sen Josh Hawley Claims He’s Been ‘Canceled’ — in NY Post Cover Essay At TheWrap