Over 60% of Americans have concerns about the Delta variant, according to a CBS/YouGov poll published on Sunday. The mutation recently became the dominant variant in coronavirus cases in the US. White House health officials have used the Delta variant in their push for Americans to get vaccinated, arguing it …
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While US President Joe Biden pointed the finger at Facebook as the main culprit behind underwhelming vaccine uptake in the US, Fauci took a shot at the conservative cable news media. Responding to CNN’s Jim Acosta question of whether Tucker Carlson’s hugely popular show on Fox News would have prevented …
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Who would have thought there could ever be the need for such a thing, but 17 July is, apparently, World Emoji Day. Yippee. It’s so exciting, vital even. I can hardly contain my joy at the arrival of this awe-inspiring occasion. And, on that score, who would ever have thought …
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The graphic ad, which is set to run in Sydney – the largest city in Australia, and the one hit hardest by Covid – shows the woman panting with tears in her eyes as she is hooked up to a respirator in hospital. “Covid-19 can affect anyone. Stay home. Get …
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In fact, Tuesday’s Vice article said, some of the reporters who “survived” the riot still won’t even go back into the Capitol to do their jobs, despite the fact they continue to cover Congress. “One longtime Capitol Hill reporter opted for early retirement shortly after living through the riot,” the …
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“When they say that the 4th of July is about American freedom, remember this: The freedom they’re referring to is for white people,” Bush said Sunday on Twitter. “This land is stolen land, and black people still aren’t free.” Bush didn’t specify who “they” are, and as some Twitter users …
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Donald Trump visited the Rio Grande valley on Wednesday, at the invitation of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, touring the border wall he began building while in office – but which was halted by President Joe Biden immediately upon inauguration. After Trump gave a speech at one point, Acosta shouted a …
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The now-famous footage of two small children, aged three and five, dropped over a 14ft border wall by human smugglers should horrify a civilized world. Illegal immigration is at an historic high in America. Human smugglers are reportedly making $14m a day. Rafts carrying women and children are making the …
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Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Denis Logunov, the deputy director of the Gamaleya Institute that developed the jab, warned that there was a decrease in efficacy against the sub-type, which is believed to have originated in India. Laboratory tests designed to show how closely matched the antibodies given by the …
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I have to admit that I didn’t think we would win the Brexit referendum. I believed it had come too soon. I had always been convinced that the UK would one day leave the European Union, but I thought it would occur at some point in the 2020s. On the …
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