The still-unnamed Everton footballer arrested on suspicion of child sex offenses in 2021 has had his bail extended once again as confirmed by Greater Manchester Police. The Premier League star was arrested on July 16 last year and was released on bail until October 19. His bail was later extended to January 16, …
Read More »Expiration date on nearly 1 million old Covid tests extended
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lengthened the shelf-life for around 800,000 expired coronavirus tests that have sat in a warehouse in Florida for months, giving state health officials more time to use them up. The FDA allowed the extension after Abbott Diagnostics, the firm that produced the …
Read More »US Navy test-launches 2 life-extended Trident II ballistic missiles, amid row over nuclear-powered sub deal with Australia
The launch was conducted off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida on September 17 from USS Wyoming, an Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1996, and recently underwent an technological overhaul and refueling. The D5LE is the latest ‘life-extended’ version of the Trident II missile …
Read More »‘Enough’: Australian newspaper The Age comes out against extended lockdown in fiery editorial
On Wednesday, the paper published an editorial headlined “Victoria can’t go on like this.” The piece condemned Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews and the Labor State Government over its extension of harsh lockdown measures and a lack of evidence to back them up. The restrictions were maintained despite officials conceding it …
Read More »Sydney’s lockdown extended for another two weeks as restrictions fail to bring down Covid infections
Speaking on Wednesday, New South Wales State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said it would be necessary to extend restrictions in Sydney until at least July 30, and the lockdown would not be removed until the number of new cases was close to zero. The country’s most populous city has been under …
Read More »Germany’s Covid-19 restrictions may be extended amid rising cases, govt memo reportedly says
The chancellery wants to delay the lifting of restrictions until a later date in April in an effort to curb a rise in infection cases “accelerated by Covid-19 variants,” the document reportedly states. The paper is expected to “serve as the basis” of an upcoming meeting on Monday where Chancellor …
Read More »Dutch curfew extended by emergency bill as government shuns court ruling of Covid lockdown ‘illegality’
The emergency bill passed in a 45-13 vote on Friday evening, according to local media, upholding the nightly curfew in the face of an ongoing legal challenge to the restrictions, intended to stem the spread of Covid-19. While a lower court ruled in favor of Dutch activist group Viruswaarheid (Virus …
Read More »New START treaty with US officially extended until February 2026 as Moscow hopes for new chapter in global stability
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the treaty was formally signed without any amendments or additions, in effect preserving the arms control accord as it currently exists until February 5, 2026. The Ministry hailed the diplomatic breakthrough as a “cornerstone of international security” and expressed hope that …
Read More »Germany considers extended lockdown as new Covid-19 variants emerge, Merkel spokesperson warns of ‘risk of mutation’
“We still have a big risk… that is the risk of mutation,” Steffen Seibert, Angela Merkel’s spokesman, said at a news conference, revealing that the chancellor had brought forward a meeting with the leaders of Germany’s 16 states to Tuesday. The country has reported multiple cases of the Covid-19 variant …
Read More »England’s November lockdown to be extended throughout December if infection rate doesn’t go down, Gove confirms
Gove told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge that the government had hoped that a system of regional lockdown “could succeed” in curbing the surge in Covid-19 but, “unfortunately, over the course of the last two weeks the virus has been spreading faster than predicted.” The planned second lockdown across England would …
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