During an interview with BBC Breakfast on Monday, Huddleston said, “Despite the temptation, please don’t risk the health of your loved ones by actually hugging them.” “Also, if you see somebody behaving in a slightly odd way, then maybe call them out on it in a respectful way, because sometimes …
Read More »Minister ‘disturbed’ by school protest over Prophet Mohammed cartoon, says teachers should not be ‘intimidated’
Speaking on Friday, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick told Sky News that the Department for Education had been in touch with the school and the local council, and an investigation into the teacher’s conduct was the right way to proceed. However, Jenrick said he was “disturbed” by events on Thursday, when …
Read More »Israel seizes Palestinian foreign minister’s travel permit after visit to International Criminal Court over war crimes probe
Senior Palestinian official, Ahmed al-Deek, said that agents of Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence service have questioned al-Maliki for around 30 minutes at the Allenby crossing from Jordan into the West Bank on Sunday. Members of the FM’s entourage were questioned for around an hour, he added. Al-Maliki’s special travel permit has …
Read More »Hungarian foreign minister takes Russian Sputnik V jab on camera
The minister posted a picture of himself receiving the jab on his Facebook page on Friday, as he announced that he had finalized the details of another Sputnik V delivery with Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov. Hungary is now expected to receive 680,000 doses of Sputnik V over …
Read More »Prime Minister Jean Castex gets Covid-19 vaccine live on air as France resumes rollout after blood-clot fears
“I didn’t feel anything,” the 55-year-old said at the Begin military hospital in Paris as he sought to allay fears that the vaccine was unsafe. France was among a dozen European Union nations to pause its rollout of the jab. Paris announced on Thursday it would resume administration of the …
Read More »‘Quite a dangerous place’: British minister warns Northern Irish stability could be threatened amid unionist anger at Brexit deal
“If the unionist community feel that the Protocol is breaching the Good Friday agreement and moving away from the spirit of it, then we’re in quite a dangerous place in terms of stability of not just the executive but the north-south institutions,” Lewis told reporters. Earlier, the LCC – an …
Read More »‘Just like pirates’: Syrian minister says US controls most crude reserves in northeast, loots oil to strangle country’s economy
“Americans and their allies are targeting the Syrian oil wealth and its tankers just like pirates,” Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Bassam Tomeh told state TV this week, adding that the move is designed to cripple Syria’s economy, which depends on oil revenues. While US officials maintain the military presence …
Read More »Iran firmly committed to developing missile capability, says defense minister, amid hostility in the region
Speaking on Thursday at a meeting with senior Iranian officials, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami claimed that “significant” progress had been made in Iran’s defense industry despite the presence of crippling sanctions. He noted that the nation’s military had met its objectives for the year, which ends on March …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine deliveries slow in April but will speed up in May, says UK minister, despite drug company rebuttal
“We have less supply than we might have hoped for the coming weeks, but we expect it to increase again later through the course of April,” British housing Robert Jenrick told the BBC on Thursday. “We have every reason to believe that supply will increase in the months of May, …
Read More »Australia’s defence minister apologizes, now has to pay up for calling alleged rape victim ‘lying cow’
Linda Reynolds, who is currently on sick leave from her cabinet position, reiterated her apology to Brittany Higgins on Friday for calling her a “lying cow.” She said in a statement that her rude remark was not meant “in the sense it may have been understood” by the public and …
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