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While 79 percent of white citizens will do so, only 57 percent of minority-ethnic people have stated any desire to be vaccinated, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the Royal Society for Public Health. These statistics reflect the level of resentment and suspicion that has been stoked by …

President Emmanuel Macron was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Thursday, the Elysée Palace said in a morning press release. “This diagnosis was established following an RTPCR test performed as soon as the first symptoms appeared,” the statement read. The COVID-19 RTPCR test is a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test …

Some 1,000 new workers will be paid $15 an hour to supervise students in classrooms while their teachers give their lessons remotely, on a computer screen, according to a job posting by the school district. Other duties will include doing health screening of students as they enter school, delivering supplies, …

The journalist, whose name was not revealed, worked on the transition pool on Monday and Tuesday and traveled with the president-elect to Georgia, where he campaigned for two Democrat candidates for the US Senate.  The transition office said they began contact tracing “immediately” on hearing of the test on Wednesday …

Set in the rural beauty of Staffordshire, in an arboretum of some 30,000 trees and sweeping lawns, its Homeric figures celebrate determination and sacrifice. The names of more than 16,000 British servicemen and women are listed. The literature says they “died in operational theatre or were targeted by terrorists”. On …

“If I see you do it again you’re f***ing gone!” an enraged Cruise barked at two workers after seeing them standing too close to each other on set, according to audio obtained by the Sun on Tuesday. “That’s it! No apologies. You can tell it to the people that are …

Tuesday’s ruling threw out lower federal-court rulings upholding state orders that had shut down religious gatherings in the states. Lower courts were ordered to re-examine restrictions on indoor religious services ordered by Colorado Governor Jared Polis and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy in light of the high court’s November 26 …

“Masks will now be required at all times in the hall of the House without exception, including while members are under recognition,” she said on Tuesday, calling the new rule a matter of order and decorum. “To be clear, members will not be recognized unless they are wearing a mask …

Earlier in the year, restrictions were so tight that residents of Moscow were only allowed to visit their nearest shop, with cross city travel heavily limited. Dog owners were granted the right to walk their pets within just 100 meters of their homes. A measure which led to some entrepreneurial …

The long-awaited second coronavirus relief package, revealed on Monday, is shot through with problematic aspects that favor large corporations, including liability protection if the employer was “trying to conform to public health standards and guidance.” Opponents have argued this means letting the rich get away with murder as long as …