Heal or kill? How Germany colluded with drug makers to dupe citizens about efficacy of Covid vaccines
And according to a February 25, 2022, document, RKI was prevented from downgrading its overall risk assessment of Covid-19 from “very high” to “high” even after the mostly mild symptoms of the Omicron wave were evident, due to intervention from Lauterbach and the German Health Ministry.
Authorities in France still puzzled by train attacks hours after the opening of Paris Olympic Games
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attacks and France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said it was too early to speculate about who might be behind them. Two security sources said the mode of attack meant initial suspicions fell on leftist militants or environmental activists, but cautioned they did not yet have any evidence.
Being Volodymyr Zelensky: Comedian who became president, carries around ‘drag bag’ as he never knows where he’ll sleep next
The clean-shaven, boyish Zelensky sworn in as president in Kyiv in 2019 wearing a stylish suit fitted to his slight frame has been replaced by a much older looking, heavier-set, brooding figure typically clad in paramilitary fatigues with unshaven stubble and dark circles under his eyes.
How immigration evicted Tories’ Sunak from 10 Downing Street, installed Labour’s Starmer as UK’s new prime minister
Despite his convincing victory, polls have suggested there is little enthusiasm for Starmer or his party. Thanks to the quirk of Britain’s first past the post system, Labour’s triumph looked set to be achieved with fewer votes than in both 2017 and 2019 – the latter its worst electoral showing for 84 years.
Tories’ lost hope: Britian’s Labour Party on a roll as Conservatives brace for resounding defeat
Facing predictions of the worst result in the party’s history, the Conservatives turned their focus to damage limitation, saying they needed to hang on to enough seats to provide an effective opposition to a Labour government.
Immigrants expected to sway results in favour of Labour Party, send Tories home in UK July 4 polls
Immigration is an electoral battleground in Britain, with Sunak promising to cut net migration levels if the Conservatives win, amid concern from many British voters that it was too high and put excessive pressure on the state-run National Health Service, housing and education.
Europe and Middle East airlines cash in on thriving human trafficking as Indians, Africans scramble for the US
Along the way to the US border, Ismaila Diop, 30, a small-business owner from Senegal, landed at Managua aboard Avianca flight TA315. Traveling in a group of about a dozen Senegalese migrants, Diop was passed off to organised groups of smugglers who went by their first names only or called themselves “Mama Africa.”
Barcelona’s 16 year-old Lamine Yamal walks familiar road taken by football greats and he’s lighting up Euro 2024 for Spain
Playing with two out-and-out wingers makes a huge difference to this team. They force the opposition to defend the width of the pitch, leaving more free space in central areas, and as long as Yamal and fellow wide man Nico Williams keep their tactical discipline and track back when required, Spain are well placed to cut any side open on the break.
How ferocity of Kenyan lions inspire England’s football team in need of big cats’ pride instinct
Throughout almost eight years in charge, Gareth Southgate has kept referencing the values and principles of a tribe; understanding what it represents historically and how the way players perform in the present will impact on the future of the tribe. “There is a longer history than just us, so we must have the humility to recognise where we are in that journey, but also to make the most of that moment and leave the team in a better place than we found it,” he said before this tournament began.
New poll finds Britain’s governing Consertive Party is hurtling toward ‘electoral extinction’
Market research company Savanta found 46 per cent support for Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, up 2 points on the previous poll five days earlier, while support for the Conservatives dropped 4 points to 21 per cent.
