Thousands signed a petition calling on ministers to fulfil a pledge to outlaw the practice.
SURGE testing has been deployed to two new areas of England to stop the spread of the South Africa variant of coronavirus. Residents in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, and Brent, north west London, are urged to take up the offer of a test. Positive cases will be sequenced for genomic data to help understand Covid-19 variants and their […]
The "30 Rock" actor had joked about Anderson's "fascinating" ability to switch accents, a thinly veiled nod to wife Hilaria Baldwin's Spanish-heritage debacle.
The handball law is expected to receive further clarity on Friday when football’s lawmakers meet for their annual general meeting.
Can “vaccine diplomacy” change any minds in Central Asia when it comes to the Russia vs. China equation?
Only five of the 789 U.S. professional athletes who tested positive for the virus in 2020 developed serious heart disease, and none had significant issues after being cleared to return to play, according to an unprecedented, collaborative study between MLB, MLS, the NBA, the NFL, the NHL and the WNBA.
Around Rs 200 crore of this funding will be utilised to offer complete exit to existing lenders, including Piramal Capital. The balance amount will be used to support construction of the company’s existing projects and future growth.
A TV news reporter was robbed of his camera at gunpoint while conducting interviews about car break-ins in San Francisco, authorities said. KPIX reporter Don Ford said he was preparing to interview residents Wednesday for reaction to a string of thefts around Twin Peaks when four men pulled up in a white luxury sedan. “The...
While 4,156 people recovered from the disease, as the total of the cured rose to 10,20,671, the active cases edged down to 44,441, Health Minister K K Shailaja said.
The district administration has began SVEEP activity to achieve 100% voter turn out during the forthcoming Assembly election to all seven Assembly con
Smartphone audio can be a bit hit or miss. Some phones ship with HiFi digital audio converters (DACs) capable of delivering high quality audio to headphones and speakers while others take a something-is-better-than nothing approach. Now chip maker Qualcomm is introducing a new Snapdragon Sound set of technologies designed to bring high-quality, low-latency audio to […]
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Lawmakers in Alabama and Mississippi this week passed a pair of bills that would ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports and prohibit transgender youth under the age of 19 from getting hormone therapy, puberty-blockers and surgery. The Mississippi House approved legislation on Wednesday that would forbid transgender women, who were born biological men, from...
Today's strike by medical technicians in Oregon could be the beginning of a labour organising trend amid the pandemic.
Over the past 18 years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has consolidated more power than any leader since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. He has transformed Turkey’s politics, faced down a military coup, and rewritten the country’s constitution to give his presidency additional power. But his combative style and autocratic instincts have earned him…
On March 1, Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former president of the Fifth Republic to be sentenced to prison for corruption and influence peddling in the so-called "eavesdropping" affair. The unprecedented verdict, though, doesn’t end the saga. Sarkozy has undertaken a media tour to "denounce a profound injustice".
By Tony Attwood On 6 June 2019 we did quite a bit of boasting. Indeed the headline of the day said it all. “We ...
Читать дальше...President Akufo-Addo says his victory in the December 2020 presidential election has finally been guaranteed. This comes on the heels of the Supreme Court rsquo;s unanimous dismissal of his contender rsquo;s petition challenging the validity of the election results as declared by the Electoral Commission.
Rahul Vaidya and Disha Parmar, who landed back in Mumbai post their post-BB vacation, were spotted in the city today (March 4). Walking on the streets hand-in-hand, the couple looked lovely in their casual looks.