Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has said German media reports about its coronavirus vaccine being less effective among the over 65s are “completely incorrect”. The denial came in response to two articles published in the German papers Handelsblatt and Bild, which both suggested the
The US has not met its goal to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of 2020, with fewer than 3 million Americans receiving their first dose from two fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccines by New Year’s Eve. Donald Trump’s administration sought to distribute
An 11-year-old child has been charged with murder after a 62-year-old woman was fatally shot in Colorado. The child, who has not been named, was arrested on Monday and charged with second-degree murder, following the death of Karmen Keefauver in Montrose County,
As the world recovers from the crippling effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 will be the year when the world starts to return to – potentially – some version of the new normal. Climate change will once again figure as an
Police in Vacaville, California have opened an internal investigation after a video of one of their officers seemingly pinning his K-9 partner to the ground and punching it in the face went viral online. The video, which was filmed by a bystander,
Most Americans have been under some type of coronavirus restrictions for the last nine months since the pandemic pushed some hospital systems to near-breaking point in March. Coronavirus fatigue has set in, influencing just how many people are willing to continue with
Hollywood production companies will close for three weeks, as coronavirus cases continue to rise across Los Angeles. A letter sent to Hollywood’s largest union on Tuesday confirmed the move, which comes after health authorities called on Hollywood to suspend production. The county’s
A nurse in Indonesia has been suspended for removing his personal protective equipment to have sex with a Covid-19 patient in the hospital. The incident came to light after a Twitter account (@bottialter) uploaded a picture that showed a heap of
India’s northeastern state of Assam has passed a law abolishing state-run Islamic schools, ahead of local elections next year. The bill was tabled by the state government led by prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, and passed on Wednesday
The Trump administration recently received unconfirmed reports that China paid non-state actors to strike American soldiers in Afghanistan, and was declassifying the information. According to two senior administration officials who spoke to Axios, the US president was briefed on 17 December with
With the clock ticking down to the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president, the Trumps are packing their bags at the White House and look likely to make their Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida their first post-presidency home. Owned