Vallance: Signs infections levelling off in Tier 4 areas
UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance says there are signs Covid infections are starting to level off in some areas that have been in Tier 4 restrictions the longest. .
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The Supreme Court is declining to take up the case of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence after being convicted in a corruption case. Once one of the three most powerful state officials, Silver was ousted as speaker in 2015 and was convicted later that year. Part of that conviction was then tossed out on another appeal, leading to yet another sentencing in July.
Vienna-based sales outlet Square Eyes has acquired Tim Leyendekker’s first feature “Feast” ahead of its world premiere in the Tiger Competition of the Rotterdam Film Festival. Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer. Based on the Groningen HIV case, in which three men drugged other men and infected them with their own HIV-infected […]
Jodie Turner-Smith is joining the “Witcher” universe. The “Queen & Slim” star has been cast in a lead role in Netflix’s prequel series “The Witcher: Blood Origin.” The six-episode limited series will take place 1,200 years before the events of “The Witcher,” starring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, and show the backstory of the […]
England suffered a blow ahead of their Six Nations title defence after both Joe Launchbury and Joe Marler withdrew from the squad on Monday.
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Canada's unemployment rate in December was revised to 8.8% from 8.6% on Monday, while the net decline in jobs for the month was amended to 52,700 from 62,600, as Statistics Canada completed a historic review of its labor force data. The revision, undertaken to ensure the data was aligned with recent population and geographical boundary estimates, had "virtually no effect" on employment estimates for the pandemic period of March to December 2020, the agency said.
Footage showed heavy rains and a damaged bridge submerged, with locals walking through flood water in South Africa’s Limpopo province. Six people were killed in Mozambique, while the death toll from flooding in eSwatini - formerly known as Swaziland - now stands at two, according to police. Three people had been reported killed in Zimbabwe and one in Madagascar. Ongoing rains, though lightening, threatened further floods, as the ground has already been oversaturated, South African Weather Service said. Eloise is expected to move towards south western Botswana on Tuesday (January 26) according to the South African Weather Service, where it will cause heavy rain. More downpours are also expected in South Africa in the coming days.
The NFL has announced that Miley Cyrus will headline the NFL TikTok Tailgate at Super Bowl LV in Tampa Bay on February 7. According to the announcement, the Tailgate will be the on-site pregame hospitality event exclusively for the 7,500 vaccinated health care heroes the NFL invited to attend Super Bowl LV. The league announced last week that around […]
Ethiopian security forces have detained minors as young as 11 in their crackdown on a militant group in western Gambella region and have also repressed opposition politicians, the state-appointed human rights commission said on Monday. The report also said about 90 mainly ethnic Tigrayans had been in custody in Gambella since early November - when a war began between federal troops and the former ruling party of Tigray - without any investigation starting. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government says it is quelling insurrection in various parts of Africa's second most populous nation, while some rights groups say the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner is rolling back new freedoms he promised.