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Where Neil Clark goes in April, the Daily Star follows in January. Back on April 1, 2020 (and, no, it wasn’t an April Fool jest), I actually suggested Piers Morgan should be part of a National Emergency Government of Common Sense Citizens for the Protection of the Public. At the …

Protesters in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem hurled rocks at moving vehicles and created street barricades using garbage dumpsters during Tuesday’s unrest, according to local media. Police are said to have deployed a water cannon to disperse the crowd, and made several arrests.  Footage from RT’s video agency Ruptly shows several fires …

French authorities are considering placing the country in a new lockdown as the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has passed the 3 million mark. Speaking to Radio Classique, French European Affairs minister Clement Beaune said the government is considering different options to tackle the spread. “Nothing has yet been decided. …

Police faced off with curfew-defying crowds in The Hague, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Enschede, Stein, Oosterhout, Breda and elsewhere across the nation for the second day in a row on Sunday.  READ MORE: Rowdy youth torch Covid-19 testing site in Netherlands as nighttime curfew triggers unrest (VIDEOS) At least 190 people, including …

Hundreds of black-clad protesters clashed with police on the streets of Copenhagen on Saturday night, shooting fireworks at the officers and getting batons in return. Violent demonstrations have become a weekly occurrence in the Danish capital, where lockdown measures were extended at the beginning of the year and where the …

The regulation that allows local authorities to close pubs, restaurants, shops, and public spaces was due to expire last week, but it was extended earlier this month until July 17, according to a report in the Telegraph. A Department of Health source told the paper that MPs had voted for …

A trivial case about a man violating strict German lockdown rules by celebrating a birthday with his friends has ended up in a decision the German media described as “politically explosive.” A district court in the city of Weimar did not just acquit the defendant but also stated that the …

Patel said the authorities would focus on protecting the NHS from being overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients, and the relaxation of restrictions would wholly depend on how smoothly the rollout of the immunization campaign went. “It is far too early to even speculate as to when lockdown measures will be eased …

With the Covid-19 vaccine rollout underway, the UK government has been forced to field questions about when the national lockdown will be lifted.  Lewis explained that there is “still a long way to go” and people cannot expect the jab to come to the rescue at this stage, as it …

“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 …