Boris Johnson stresses the need for people who have so far refused a booster jab to "join the movement" and get a vaccination. On a visit to a Boots chemists in his west London constituency of Uxbridge, the prime minister says: "We've got to make sure that we see off Omicron, we are making great progress".
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Here's everything you need to know about the 2022 Badminton World Championships, as Loh Kean Yew prepares to defend his men's singles title.
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One set of barracks behind, a 16,000 gold deficit, and their throne exposed - but Spirit decided to go for Roshan. It's one of the reasons they took that epic game 2 and went on to win the series.
Harrowing video has emerged of the moment families suddenly became trapped by flash flooding in a disaster that has claimed the lives of at least seven people.
Pensioner Mykhailo sits on a park bench in the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut admiring two huge murals painted on the sides of adjacent apartment blocs. The murals, gifted to the city by Ukrainian artists in 2020, offer hope and solace for Mykhailo, 79, as Bakhmut is pounded by almost constant Russian bombardment. Many residents have left Bakhmut as Russian forces advanced.
Ukrainian forces said they used a kamikaze drone to strike a Russian observation tower in the Belgorod region of Russia.Video posted on August 15 shows an explosion underneath the tower before it bends and falls in a remote location in the Grayvoronsky district of Belgorod.The same video was posted by Army FM, a radio station owned and operated by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense.According to local media, the strike occurred close to the Ukrainian border, in the Grayvoronsky district of Belgorod on Sunday.Anton Gerashchenko, a Ukrainian government official, said the targeted tower was “probably used to monitor Ukrainian military.”According to Russian Telegram channel Mash, the tower was struck on Sunday but said it was not of particular value. Credit: Third Force via Storyful
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If you have ever been to Jonker Walk in Malacca, then it’s almost certain that you would remember the iconic statue of a male bodybuilder situated right in the middle of the market. The sculpture is actually a representation of Jonker Walk founder, Gan Boon Leong, who unfortunately, passed away this morning. The 85-year-old died…
Liverpool fought back with 10 men to prevent a first Premier League defeat in front of fans at Anfield since 2017 as Darwin Nunez was sent off during a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Monday.
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Putin claimed Russia is ready to sell its "high-precision weapons and robotics."
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"It's crazy how quick we judge people... wow. Imagine if somebody did that to us."
A “record amount of rainfall” caused a “severe flood event” in Kanawha County, West Virginia, on Monday, August 15, according to Commissioner Lance Wheeler of Kanawha County Emergency Management & Floodplain Management.As much as six inches of rain fell “in a short time,” officials said.County officials reported that Metro 911 of Kanawha County had answered more than 500 emergency calls by Monday morning.The National Weather Service said that low pressure moved “showers and thunderstorms back across the region” on Sunday.Video posted by Jakob Beasley on Monday shows high floodwater inundating buildings and cars in Charleston. Beasley said that the flooding was “not what I wanted to wake up to this morning.” Credit: Jakob Beasley via Storyful
U.S. stocks clawed back from a downbeat start to the trading week Monday as Wall Street looked to extend a summer rally that saw equity markets log their longest winning streak in 10 months in Friday's session.
Emmy-winning actor Anne Heche has died, aged 53, following injuries sustained in a car crash. The actor was critically injured in an accident in Los Angeles last week, and had been in a coma without regaining consciousness ever since. She was “peacefully taken off life support” after matches for an organ donation were found, in respect of her wishes. She became one of Hollywood’s best-known actors by the late 1990s, famous for roles in Donnie Brasco and the Oscar nominated film, Wag The Dog. She is survived by her two sons, with her family saying it has “lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend”.
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain, the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine in late 2020, has now also given the first green light to a variant-adapted shot that targets both the original and Omicron version of the virus. The UK medicines regulator (MHRA) gave the so-called bivalent vaccine made by U.S. drug company Moderna conditional approval as a booster for adults on Monday. Later on Monday, the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) backed the use of the variant-adapted shot in the country's booster campaign starting September.
