Two more Covid-19 cases have been detected in the community in Auckland and health officials last night urged people who visited eight places of interest to isolate and get a test. Two people who completed their managed isolation at Auckland’s Pullman Hotel at the same time as the positive Northland community case were confirmed last […]
Vaccine: MEP grilled on EU's 'protectionism' of securing doses It was claimed the UK-based drugs giant pulled out of the meeting this evening after its chief executive hit back at the EU over claims the company is failing to deliver promised supplies in Europe. European sources say Commission officials are still demanding answers from the […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) repeatedly supported disturbing conspiracy theories and liked social media posts that suggested executing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and FBI agents, among others, according to several media reports published Tuesday. Media Matters for America, a progressive watchdog group, first reported that Greene, a far-right firebrand who was recently elected to […]
Angela Merkel outlines plans for European Health Union Speaking at the virtual Davos World Economic Forum on Tuesday, the German Chancellor downplayed the US President’s call for Europe to pick sides between the US and China. She said: “I would very much wish to avoid the building of blocs. I don’t think it would do […]
Vaccine: MEP grilled on EU’s ‘protectionism’ of securing doses Dr Veronique Trillet-Lenoir is a member of the European Parliament’s environment, public health and food safety committee. The French politician defended the European Union’s export ban threats by putting the blame on pharmaceutical companies for not fulfilling their coronavirus contracts. Despite Dr Trillet-Lenoir’s attempts to defend […]
John Swinney discusses travel restrictions in Scotland A report by Audit Scotland, an independent public body responsible for auditing the Scottish Government, found Scottish councils were £767 million short on cash to tackle the coronavirus crisis and urgently needed cash from the SNP led Scottish Government. Jackie Baillie MSP claimed £800million of funding awarded to Scotland […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony Blinken as America’s top diplomat, tasked with carrying out President Joe Biden’s commitment to reverse the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine that weakened international alliances. Senators voted 78-22 to approve Blinken, a longtime Biden confidant, as the nation’s 71st secretary of state, succeeding Mike Pompeo. The […]
The UK is to offer its genomics expertise to help other countries identify new COVID variants, Health Secretary Matt Hancock will announce. The launch of the New Variant Assessment Platform will see other countries offered UK laboratory capacity and advice to analyse new strains of coronavirus. It will be led by Public Health England working […]
National leader Judith Collins wants the Government to pass temporary emergency legislation to make is easier to build houses. She said the time had come for an extraordinary solution to an unfolding emergency. “It is too hard to build houses in New Zealand,” she said in a state of the nation speech to Auckland Rotary. […]
Denver officials must give seven days’ notice before clearing most illegal homeless encampments, a federal judge ordered Monday. The injunction comes from a class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court of Colorado in October, seeking to stop the sweeps entirely. There are a few exceptions to the new ruling. Though Attorney Andy McNulty had asked […]