“Frustrating as it is for all of us, Christmas is not going to be normal this year,” Sunak told Sky News on Sunday. At the same time, British PM Boris Johnson is “looking at ways to see how families can spend time with each other,” the minister added. Christmas celebrations …
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Speaking at a daily media briefing on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian expressed his strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the Five Eyes countries for their flagrant violations of international law and basic norms of international relations following comments made by the Western allies on Wednesday. Zhao’s rebuttal …
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The EU’s Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton and Pichai held a video conference late on Thursday after the leak of an internal document from Google, which detailed a 60-day strategy to oppose the bloc’s fresh internet regulations together with other US companies. “The Internet cannot remain a ‘Wild West’: we …
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General Nick Carter, the chief of the UK’s defence staff, said the “rhythm” of history suggested that the outbreak of global conflict is a possibility because of the uncertainties caused by the coronavirus. The general cautioned that Britain and the international community would need to learn from history in order …
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The dramatic move is expected to be announced sometime next week, The Times newspaper and the Daily Mail reported on Friday night, citing sources from within 10 Downing Street. The details or the duration of the supposed lockdown are yet unknown. Johnson is reportedly meeting over the weekend with the …
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The FBI, CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) and the Department of Health and Human Services issued a joint statement on Wednesday sounding alarms over the “imminent” hacking operations, assessing that “malicious cyber actors are targeting the [Healthcare and Public Health] Sector with Trickbot malware, often leading to ransomware attacks, data …
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Speaking on Tuesday, Darmanin told France-Inter Radio that security operations will be ramped up at religious sites as the country faces an increased terrorist threat ahead of All Saints’ Day on November 1, in the wake of the recent brutal killing of a history teacher in an apparent Islamist attack. …
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In an interview with radio host Charlamagne Tha God, as well as through a series of tweets, P. Diddy announced the launch of Our Black Party, a new political party meant to “address the needs of black people” through “developing a coalition of people and organizations committed to building Black …
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The country’s coronavirus cabinet met late into Tuesday night to discuss an exit plan from the lockdown, re-imposed in September amid a wave of new infections, but decided the measures would remain in force over the weekend. “The decision to ease restrictions and allow for a gradual exit from the …
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The Microsoft founder-turned-vaccine-evangelist painted a mostly rosy picture of a vaccine rollout getting “rich countries” back to normal by the end of 2021 in an interview during the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council on Tuesday. However, with less than half of Americans saying they’d get a Covid jab – even …
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