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However, Sunday’s lockdown halt for vaccinated residents comes with some strings attached: A national 11pm curfew is still in place for restaurants, and mask-wearing remains compulsory in indoor public spaces. Also, each of the country’s nine states can tighten restrictions based on local conditions; in fact, business reopenings won’t begin …

For one, the presidents of both Russia and the US have held direct talks – a far too rare occurrence. Even if the progress has been less than spectacular, there is a renewed sense that saber-rattling has given way to actual high-level diplomacy. Against this backdrop, however, an influential American …

Wallace announced at the end of Sunday’s show that it would be his last as host of the series, and praised the news channel. “The bosses here at Fox promised me they would never interfere with a guest I booked or a question I asked, and they kept that promise,” …

In Melbourne, protesters gathered outside the local parliament on Sunday, marching through the city center and bringing traffic to a halt. Among the slogans seen and heard at the demonstration were “my body, my choice” and “sack Dan Andrews,” the latter being a reference to the premier of the state …

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and the city council have agreed to a $1.6 billion budget, which includes $191 million for the city’s police – an increase of more than $20 million for the year of 2022. This will bring the budget nearly back to what it was before the city …

To recap where we are in the Assange case:  January 2021: District Judge Vanessa Baraitser blocked Julian Assange’s extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States on health grounds. October 2021: the United States appealed this decision on five grounds. December 10, 2021: the High Court ruled in favor …

The new guidance was announced by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on Sunday, and comes into effect on Tuesday. It replaces earlier advice that required anyone suspected of being in contact with an Omicron case to immediately isolate at home for 10 days. Anyone whose test comes …

Speaking on the Girls On Film podcast, Barbara Broccoli, who controls the 007 franchise, touched on the search for an actor who would replace Daniel Craig as James Bond, and confirmed that it would certainly not be a female actress. The producer argued that it would be wrong to make …

Every scenario considered by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) included a wave of transmission caused by Omicron, which has more mutations than any other known strains of the virus. Their most optimistic projection suggested that if no additional anti-coronavirus measures are implemented, some 175,000 people are …

A photo published by The Mirror on Saturday shows Johnson apparently reading out questions to staff at a Christmas quiz in Downing Street on December 15, 2020. Johnson is flanked on either side by aides wearing tinsel and a Santa hat. Although the quiz was supposedly a virtual one, in …