Coronavirus cases are up 85 per cent in children, according to pediatric data. Last week, nearly 72,000 children tested positive for Covid-19, marking a major increase that has left public health officials worried, especially as the new school year draws near. The
The United States’s first arms sale to Taiwan under Joe Biden has been approved by the State Department, in a move that will irk Beijing. The sale, which includes 40 self-propelled howitzers manufactured by BAE Systems and related equipment, is worth an
Blake Bargatze was planning to wait a few years before getting one of the available Covid-19 vaccines. The 24-year-old’s hesitancy, mother Cheryl Bargatze Nuclo tells The Independent, was based on him thinking he had time to see how the vaccine worked for
Over half of Americans think that it would be bad for the country if former President Donald Trump ran for president again in 2024, a new survey has said. According to a survey conducted by Quinnipiac University, 60 per cent of respondents
A proposal to criminalise LGBT+ people in Ghana is “a gross violation” of human rights and could set back a decade of progress fighting HIV/AIDS in the West African nation, according to the United Nations. The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family
Shontel Brown’s surge came almost out of the blue. She crushed a double-digit lead that progressive firebrand Nina Turner had built over months in just a few weeks’ time to easily win the Democratic nomination for a Cleveland-area congressional seat. But her
A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who feared reprisals at home after criticizing her coaches at the Tokyo Games has reached safety in Poland following a dramatic standoff. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, in a blue sweater and jeans, walked off a plane in Warsaw on Wednesday
Australia has announced reparations for the members of the “Stolen Generations” – indigenous children who were forcibly removed from their families. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told the country’s Parliament on Thursday that it will make one-off payments of A$75,000 (around £40,000) to
Two Russian news outlets and a legal aid group backed by a leading Kremlin critic have shut down after authorities blocked their websites – the government’s latest moves in targeting independent media, opposition supporters and human rights activists – ahead of Russia‘s September parliamentary
A GOP council member in Galveston County, Texas, has died from Covid just five days after he shared a meme on Facebook challenging the effectiveness of vaccines to fight deaths from the disease. Scott Apley, 45, frequently challenged mask wearing and vaccinations
Seventeen people — including at least three employees of Walt Disney World — have been arrested in Florida in what police have described as a major child sex-trafficking sting operation. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday said that the group of