WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Scientific advisers to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will take up a thorny challenge on Thursday (Sept 23): Who qualifies for the new Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus booster and why? On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised booster shots of the vaccine for people over 65 who received their […]
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We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Professor Atiq-ur Rehman was redeployed at the height of the pandemic as routine operations were […]
James Bond actor Daniel Craig has been made an honorary commander in the Royal Navy – matching the on-screen rank of 007. It comes ahead of the premiere of the newest Bond instalment, the repeatedly delayed No Time To Die, which marks Craig’s last outing as the famous spy. He has played 007 in five […]
Business
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Wednesday signed a bill that restricts warehouse employers from setting productivity quotas that prevent workers from taking breaks or following health and safety laws. The new law could alter Amazon’s labor practices. The bill, known as A.B. 701, also requires employers to disclose productivity quotas to workers and regulators […]
More than £1bn-worth of state pensions have been underpaid due to repeated human errors which were almost inevitable amid complex rules and outdated IT systems, a spending watchdog has said. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates it underpaid 134,000 pensioners and those it can trace will be paid an average of £8,900, the […]
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REVEALED: Mother of Insulate Britain ringleader is a Labour councillor who has been arrested FOUR times in a WEEK over M25 chaos Theresa Norton, 62, is a Labour councillor at Scarborough and Whitby Council She has been arrested four times in a week over Insulate Britain’s M25 mayhem Her 1870 terrace home has single glazed […]
Politics
Sir Keir Starmer must use the Labour conference to show the nation he “has what it takes” to be prime minister, the leader of the GMB Union has said. Gary Smith, who took over as general secretary earlier this year, told Sky News the Labour leader was “decent” and “committed”. But he warned the party […]
PMQs: Johnson and Starmer butt heads over tax increases We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Labour Party conference, scheduled to […]
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BEIJING – Regulators in China are said to have instructed developer Evergrande Group to focus on completing unfinished properties and repaying investors while avoiding a near-term default. But it offered no financial support to the company which has yet to pay US$83.5 million (S$112.5 million) in bond interest due on Thursday (Sept 24). The world’s […]
Dear ST reader, We hope you’ve been keeping well. In our Asian Insider newsletter this week, we examine how the Aukus trilateral defence pact affects the region and why reactions to it have been mixed. We also look at China’s troubled real estate giant Evergrande and whether it poses a systemic threat to the economy. […]
