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The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) announced on Thursday that the first dose of the Pfizer Covid vaccine will be offered to all 16- and 17-year-olds without needing the consent of their parents, reversing its own recommendation from just two weeks ago. The independent panel of experts, which …

Back in June when I discussed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis working to ban transgender athletes in girls sports, I said this was a cultural line in the sand. Most Americans have no issue with what consenting adults do in their own homes and to their own bodies, but the instant …

The militants entered the city on Friday afternoon, according to media reports corroborated by footage circulating online. The development was confirmed to Reuters by Nimroz’s police spokesperson, with the official, who remained anonymous for security reasons, blaming the fall of the city on a lack of reinforcements from Afghanistan’s central …

With the United States withdrawing from Afghanistan, the UK had little choice but to follow suit. This has not gone down well with a portion of the ruling Conservative Party, which has always been the most hawkish of British political parties. Yesterday, two former British defence ministers, Tobias Ellwood and Johnny …

Bureau of Prisons Attorney Katherine Siereveld has taken unprecedented measures to block Gottesfeld from conferring with his legal team, the inmate’s wife, Dana Gottesfeld, has said in an interview.  “I think it’s an act of retaliation because it’s only against Marty and not against other people,” she told RT. Siereveld …

The attack took place on an Odakyu Electric Railway line late on Friday in Tokyo’s southwestern suburb of Setagaya. One of the victims was gravely injured after getting stabbed multiple times, local media reported citing police sources. Immediately after the incident, the train stopped between two stations, with the suspect …

Kill anything that moves March 15, 1968 was a normal day in America. The sun was shining. The birds were chirping. Race riots in Mississippi were entering their fifth day or so. And at the other end of the globe, in Vietnam, soldiers of the Americal Division’s Charlie Company, 1st …

The Italian government announced on Thursday that the so-called Green Pass will be mandatory for teachers, university students, and people traveling using long-distance public transport from September 1.  Similar to the controversial health certificate recently rolled out by France, Italy’s Green Pass is a digital or paper document that shows …

Speaking to Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita, Ziobro slammed the EU ahead of an August 16 ruling to obey a decision from the Court of Justice or face potential financial repercussions, threatening that his country would not remain in the EU “at any cost.” The warning to EU officials about their …

When it comes to the politicisation of the curriculum, Scotland stands at the forefront of turning education into a form of mass social engineering. New guidance issued by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) asserts that teachers must commit to promoting “social justice, diversity and sustainability”. It states that …