NI secretary: ‘Violence is not acceptable’
Brandon Lewis says he welcomes the statement from the five-party Northern Ireland Executive that “violence is not acceptable”, following a week of unrest in Belfast and Derry/Londonderry.
Brandon Lewis says he welcomes the statement from the five-party Northern Ireland Executive that “violence is not acceptable”, following a week of unrest in Belfast and Derry/Londonderry.
India may build new coal-fired power plants as they generate the cheapest power, according to a draft electricity policy document seen by Reuters, despite growing calls from environmentalists to deter use of coal. Coal's contribution to electricity generation in India fell for the second straight year in 2020, marking a departure from decades of growth in coal-fired power. Environmental activists have long rallied against India adding new coal-fired capacity.
British scientists on Monday launched a trial which will deliberately expose participants who have already had COVID-19 to the coronavirus again to examine immune responses and see if people get reinfected. In February, Britain became the first country in the world to give the go-ahead for so-called "challenge trials" in humans, in which volunteers are deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease caused by the coronavirus. "The information from this work will allow us to design better vaccines and treatments, and also to understand if people are protected after having COVID, and for how long," said Helen McShane, a University of Oxford vaccinologist and chief investigator on the study.
The search for more space and new surroundings is still driving the UK housing market, according to Rightmove,
According to NatWest's UK Small Business Recovery survey, the rebound was led by small construction firms, with output among companies rising at the fastest pace since June 2001.
Taylor Swift’s “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” has put her back at the top of the album charts — for the third time in eight months. The re-recorded version of her second album — which became her first No. 1 record back in 2008 — debuted at No. 1 this week on Billboard’s Top 200, Top Album […]
Minnesota-based advocacy groups gathered outside the governor’s residence in St Paul on April 18 to protest the police shooting of Daunte Wright.Protesters demanded justice for Dante Wright, George Floyd, and “all stolen lives”, according to the Facebook event’s description.“The police have responded to protests of police murder with police violence,” the organizers wrote. “While giving a weak charge to Kim Potter for executing Daunte Wright and releasing her immediately on bail, authorities have brutalized and arrested protesters demanding justice.”Footage filmed by local non-profit organization Women’s March MN shows a crowd chanting “black lives matter” while holding signs saying “Stop causing trauma, police reform now” and “Am I next.” Credit: Women’s March MN via Storyful
The Canadian province of Ontario will begin offering AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday to people turning 40 or older this year, according to a government source. The change will broaden access to vaccines as a third wave of infections threatens to overwhelm hospitals in Canada's most-populous province, and should make it easier to use doses that in some cases have been accumulating at pharmacies. The vaccine has already been distributed to pharmacies but currently can only be given to people turning 55 or older this year.
Twelve top European soccer clubs on Sunday announced their plans to create a new league that could end the sport's global structure as we know it.
Canada's first budget in two years, to be presented to parliament on Monday, proposes a sales tax for online platforms and e-commerce warehouses, a digital services tax for Web giants and a luxury tax on items like yachts, government sources familiar with the document said. It will not include a wealth tax, a levy sought by the opposition New Democrats. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's budget will need the support of at least one opposition group to pass.
Twelve of Europe's biggest clubs on Monday said they planned to launch a breakaway Super League, despite the threat of an international ban for them and their players.
The Academy of Country Music Awards show is airing Sunday night. Come back here for a complete list of winners as the telecast proceeds. To watch the show live, tune in to CBS at 8 p.m. on the east coast or 7 in the central time zone, including Nashville, host city for the telecast. On […]
Former “Survivor” contestant, Sunday Burquest, died following a lengthy battle with cancer, her daughter, Kennedy, announced in a Sunday Instagram post. She was 50. “To my unbelievably beautiful mama, Thank you. Thank you for fighting as hard as you did for as long as you did. Thank you for being a best friend, a role model, a sister, and my mother all in one,” Kennedy wrote as a caption to four photos of mother and daughter together over the years. She went on to thank her mother, who was a Christian youth pastor, for raising her “to love Jesus, and show that love to others. That’s something you did so well. It breaks my heart to know you will never get to see me on my wedding day, or be there when I have my first kid. But I know you’re watching over me,” “Although it hurts me so bad to watch you go, I’m so happy you are happy again. I’m happy you get to be with Jesus, and see your dad. I’m happy you aren’t in pain anymore. I’m happy I got to have these past few months with you,” she continued. “I loved taking care of you. You’ll always be my favorite patient. I love you to heaven and back a million times. I know one day we will meet again. Until then, I’ll spend every minute missing you, and trying to make you proud. Rest easy mom, I’ll see you soon” In 2016, four years after conquering breast cancer, Burquest appeared on Season 33 of “Survivor” — called “Survivor’s Millennials vs. Gen X” — where she came in seventh place. But cancer returned and, in 2020, she was diagnosed with terminal esophageal and ovarian cancer. She is survived by her husband and four children. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @kennedy_burquest Read original story Sunday Burquest, ‘Survivor’ Contestant, Dies at 50 At TheWrap
The offer would have made Stevens the highest-paid coach in college basketball.
Andrea Pirlo conceded Juventas missed Cristiano Ronaldo's "killer instinct" as the Italian champions fell to their first league defeat in two decades to Atalanta on Sunday leaving their participation in next season's Champions League at risk.
Cuban dissidents accused authorities of cutting their web access and preventing them from leaving their homes during the Cuban Communist Party Congress where leaders denounced renewed U.S.-backed attempts at "counterrevolution" using online platforms. The four-day congress, where Raul Castro is set to step down as Communist Party leader, takes place amid a dire economic crisis that has fueled social discontent. During a speech opening the congress on Friday, Castro warned the "counterrevolution" lacked popular support or leadership but was adept at manipulating the web.
At least eleven people were killed and nearly 100 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt's Qalioubia province north of Cairo, according to a statement by the health ministry. Eyewitness, Medhat Abdel Raouf stood in disbelief: "We don't know what happened exactly. The carriages derailed, many people died. There are many people under the derailed carriages and we cannot get them out. We don't know what to say, we are tired, (there have been) four (train) accidents in one month."Egyptian National Railways released a statement that said the train was heading from Cairo to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura when four carriages derailed at 1:54 p.m., about 25 miles north of Cairo. The cause of the accident is being investigated. More than 50 ambulances took the injured to three hospitals in the province. The derailing is the latest of several recent railway crashes in Egypt. At least 20 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in March when two trains collided near Tahta, about 275 miles south of Cairo. Fifteen people were injured this month when two train carriages derailed near Minya al-Qamh city. Egypt's transportation minister has faced calls to resign from some Egyptians on social media. He has rejected these and vowed to keep working on developing the aging rail network.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — With loud chatter about the general election being just around the corner, the three ex-PKR lawmakers who defected to help form the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government might...
A selection of England, Spain and Italy's biggest clubs are reportedly set to announce plans for a breakaway European Super League, which were strongly condemned by UEFA and the three countries' football authorities.
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Phil Neville tasted defeat in his first competitive match as Inter Miami manager as a double from former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez helped LA Galaxy snare a 3-2 Major League Soccer opening day victory.