Starmer urges EU to honour Covid vaccine contract
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer urges the European Union to honour its contract amidst concerns it was going to block the export of Covid vaccines to the UK.
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer urges the European Union to honour its contract amidst concerns it was going to block the export of Covid vaccines to the UK.
In a year that saw movie theaters boarded up due to Covid-19, eight new films that did reach our screens impressed Academy voters enough that they are in contention for Hollywood's biggest award -- the Oscar for best picture.
Asian shares and U.S. stock futures fell on Wednesday as concern about a resurgence of coronavirus cases in some countries cast doubt on the strength of global growth and demand for crude oil. Australian stocks dropped 1.25% and shares in China were down 0.46%. Stocks in Tokyo slumped by 1.79% due the growing likelihood that Tokyo, Osaka and surrounding areas will be put on lockdown due to a new wave of coronavirus infections.
KOTA KINABALU, April 21 — The skin condition affecting the sharks of Sipadan island is a chronic natural disease caused by changes in the environment, said a marine expert here. Fellow of the...
China's President Xi Jinping will attend the U.S.-led climate change summit on April 22 at the invitation of President Joe Biden, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Xi will attend the summit via video and will deliver a speech, Hua Chunying, spokeswoman at the foreign ministry, said in a statement. Biden has invited dozens of world leaders to join the summit, with the United States expected to soon deliver a new pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions after rejoining the 2015 Paris pact abandoned by the Trump administration.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba has denied that the government is monopolising the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines, which has resulted in Malaysia experiencing...
Deutsche Bank’s chief global strategist Binky Chadha breaks down his analysis of the current state of markets and the economy.
The European Super League project lay in tatters after the six English Premier League clubs involved revealed plans to quit 48 hours after agreeing to join Italian and Spanish teams in the new elite soccer competition.Supporters who had gathered to protest the apparent move were soon celebrating after news of the withdrawal, swinging soccer scarves in the air and proclaiming, ''We've got our Chelsea back''.Manchester City were the first to back out of the venture and then Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur announced they were following suit.Chelsea are expected to complete the departure of the 'Big Six' when they submit withdrawal papers to the Super League company.
Kim Keck, president and CEO of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), discusses how the group’s newly launched National Health Equity Strategy to confront the nation’s crisis in racial health disparities, and how it plans to reduce racial disparities in maternal health by 50% in five years.
Panama will purchase another 2 million doses of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's vaccine against COVID-19, bringing its total purchase of this vaccine to about 7 million doses, the government said on Tuesday. The Central American nation has already received about 600,000 doses of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's vaccine.
The Arab League, United Nations, European Union and the African Union on Tuesday demanded an immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces from Libya.
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter successfully completed its first historic flight on Mars. The helicopter climbed to an altitude of 10 feet (3 meters), hovered, and then touched back down on the surface of Mars. Credit to "NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS".
The South African COVID-19 variant, or the B.1.351 strain, has been detected in Singapore based on unofficial sources but the information has yet to be officially verified, according to WHO.
Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden is out indefinitely after sustaining a setback during his rehabilitation from an injured right hamstring, the team announced Tuesday. "We're back to square one," Nets coach Steve Nash said. Harden is averaging 25.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 11 assists in 34 games since joining Brooklyn early in the season from the Houston Rockets in a three-team trade.
Before video footage of George Floyd's death began circulating on the internet last May, an original statement by the Minneapolis Police Police painted a very different picture of the fatal incident.
Jurors returned a verdict of guilty on all three charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was tried for the murder of 46-year-old George Floyd, on Tuesday, April 20, after less than 10 hours of deliberation.Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges – second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter – for the killing of Floyd. The verdict was announced just after 4 pm on Tuesday afternoon at the Hennepin County Government Center.Footage captured by Amudalat Ajasa in George Floyd Square, a makeshift memorial where Floyd was killed last May, shows a crowd tearfully celebrating. Credit: Amudalat Ajasa via Storyful
Clive Davis has announced the second part of his virtual “Pre-Grammy Gala,” delayed from its original date of the night before the awards, with music veterans like Elton John, Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon set to join the invitation-only festivities, along with current hitmakers like DaBaby and H.E.R. The party will now take place Saturday, […]
Protesters marched and chanted in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, following the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd, on April 20.Chauvin was tried on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. The former officer was seen on video kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd pled for air.The verdict was announced just after 4 pm Tuesday afternoon at the Hennepin County Government Center. Footage from outside the building shows a crowd erupting in cheers as the verdicts against Chauvin were read aloud.Three other former police officers await trials for charges of aiding and abetting second-degree murder, and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Credit: Eric Thomas via Storyful
The Washington Nationals put outfielder Juan Soto on the 10-day injured list Tuesday evening due to a strained left shoulder. Soto was scratched from the lineup a couple hours before the Nationals' game against the St. Louis Cardinals. The 22-year-old Soto is hitting .300 with two homers and eight RBIs in 14 games this season.
United States President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the White House, on April 20, after jurors returned a guilty verdict on all three charges against former police officer Derek Chauvin, on trial for the death of George Floyd.In an address live streamed on Twitter, President Biden said that the systemic racism that led to Floyd’s death was a “stain on our nation’s soul”.“It was a murder in the full light of day and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the Vice President just referred to, the systemic racism is a stain on our nation’s soul.The murder of George Floyd launched a summer of protest, unified people of every race and nation to say enough,” he said.Vice President Harris called for more action on racial injustice saying, “Black men are fathers and brothers and sons and uncles and grandfathers and friends and neighbours. Their lives must be valued in our education system, in our health care system, in our housing system, in our economics system, in our criminal justice system.”Chauvin was tried on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. The former officer was seen on video kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd pled for air. Credit: President Joe Biden via Storyful
Transgender youth, parents and advocates on Tuesday urged the Alabama House of Representatives, as well as the state’s governor, to reject legislation that would ban the use of puberty-blockers or hormones to treat transgender minors. Alabama could be the second if House members approve the Senate-passed bill. Parents, medical providers and a transgender teenager spoke out against the Alabama bill during a virtual press conference hosted by the Human Rights Campaign.