CORENEWS: April 2021

Teen daughter of NJ anti-violence activist abducted, killed in South Carolina

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New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: At 100 days, Americans say Biden has faced bigger challenges and performed better than Trump

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Kamala Harris's first 100 days: An ambitious portfolio brings potential risk and reward

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Biden hasn't picked an ambassador to Israel. What does that say of U.S.-Israeli relations?

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Rep. Lauren Boebert produced a space blanket and covered her lap with it during Biden's address to Congress

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Maradona care ‘deficient and reckless’ before death, medical board report finds

Footballing icon died of heart failure in Argentina in November
The 60-year-old was ‘not properly monitored’, says report

A medical board appointed to investigate the death of Diego Maradona has concluded that the football icon’s medical team acted in an “inappropriate, deficient and reckless manner,” according to a copy of the report shared with Reuters on Friday.

Maradona’s death in November last year rocked Argentina, where he was revered, and prompted a period of mourning and finger-pointing about who was to blame after his long battle with addiction and ill health.

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Restorationists urge Jill Biden to erase Melania Trump’s Rose Garden makeover

A petition, signed by more than 54,000 people, calls on Biden to return the garden to its ‘former glory’ as Jacqueline Kennedy designed

Efforts to erase the Trump family legacy have reached the White House potting sheds and nurseries with Jill Biden being urged to restore the mansion’s garden to a state that predates ex-First Lady Melania Trump’s 2019 makeover.

An online petition calling on the first lady to return the Rose Garden to its “former glory” has been signed by more than 54,000 people. The petition says Biden’s predecessor “had the cherry trees, a gift from Japan, removed as well as the rest of the foliage and replaced with a boring tribute to herself”.

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Biden to restrict travel from India to US due to rise in Covid-19 cases

India’s healthcare system has been overwhelmed by the latest surge, with 386,452 new cases – which may be an undercount

The US will restrict travel from India starting next week, the White House said Friday, citing a devastating rise in Covid-19 cases in the country and the emergence of potentially dangerous variants of the coronavirus.

The limits, which take effect from 4 May, with bar most non-US citizens arriving from India from entering the United States.

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Family of Kansas teen killed by police blasts investigation as 'victim blaming'

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90 people found in home as cops investigate kidnapping report, Texas police say

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Biden ATF nominee made questionable statements about suppressors, automatic weapons

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UN calls for return to democracy in Myanmar, end to violence

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Rudy Giuliani spreads conspiracy theories about the DOJ and the Bidens in Fox News appearance following FBI raids

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Australians stuck overseas 'abandoned' by their own country

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SpaceX making 1st US crew splashdown in dark since Apollo 8

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Miami senator tried to bar schools from banning vaccinated teachers. That failed.

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New Jersey teacher curses at Black students, calls George Floyd ‘criminal’

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US recovery from pandemic recession is showing momentum

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India Covid crisis: US tells citizens to leave the country

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Covid rule that ‘turned care homes into prisons’ to be scrapped

Residents in England will no longer have to self-isolate if they leave home and remain outdoors

A rule forcing care home residents who go on any sort of outside visit to then spend two weeks in their room is being scrapped, the government announces today. Campaigners have hailed the reversal, with one group saying the regulation had turned “care homes into prisons”.

Under new guidance to begin from Tuesday, people living in care homes in England will not have to self-isolate if they leave the home to be in the garden of a relative or friend, or to visit outdoor spaces such as parks and beaches.

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Ian Nepomniachtchi will not be able to play next to Russia flag against Carlsen

As Magnus Carlsen prepares for a two-day final with his old rival Hikaru Nakamura, Wada’s ban on Russia has reached chess

Ian Nepomniachtchi’s feat in qualifying as Magnus Carlsen’s official challenger in a €2m, 14-game world title series at Dubai in November was subsequently hit on two fronts. First, having won the Candidates with a round to spare, Nepomniachtchi lost Tuesday’s dead rubber in Ekaterinburg. A more significant blow came on Friday, however, when he learned that he is not allowed to play with the Russian flag beside him in Dubai, owing to his country’s ban imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Following Tuesday’s defeat by China’s Ding Liren, the 30-year-old Muscovite said that he lacked motivation for the game, a strange comment when a win would have raised his Fide world rating close to 2800, the super-elite level, while as it was Ding’s victory regained the No 3 spot in the ratings that he had briefly let slip a few days earlier.

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AstraZeneca CEO hits back at Covid vaccine supply criticism

Pascal Soriot says firm is doing its best to produce more and ‘should be proud of what we did in the world’

AstraZeneca’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot, has mounted a robust defence of the drugmaker’s Covid-19 vaccine efforts, and said the business should be proud of what it has done for the world and is doing its “very best” to produce more, as the company faces legal action from the EU over delivery shortfalls, and shipments to poorer countries have also been delayed.

The company generated $275m (£197m) in revenues from the Covid vaccine it developed with Oxford University in the first three months of the year and shipped 48m doses to 120 countries through the global vaccine-sharing initiative Covax, 80% of which went to low and middle-income countries. In total, it has supplied more than 300m vaccine doses to more than 165 countries so far this year.

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Nepal facing deadly Covid wave similar to India, doctors warn

‘Situation is out of control’ as cases spike and hospitals run short of beds and oxygen

Doctors in Nepal have warned that the country is facing a similar devastating wave of Covid-19 as neighbouring India, with border districts already reporting an alarming spike in cases and shortage of hospital beds and oxygen.

In the Banke district of Nepal, bordering India, doctors at Bheri hospital said it was turning into a “mini India”, with coronavirus spreading out of control.

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America Is Brutal to Parents. Biden Is Trying to Change That.

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Many Dead in Stampede at Israel Religious Celebration

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The Jaguars taunted TV networks about the first pick.

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Dozens killed in crush at religious festival in Israel

Emergency services and ambulances ‘treating dozens of injured’ as rescue services say 28 killed

Dozens of people have been killed in a crowd crush at a Jewish religious gathering in northern Israel attended by tens of thousands of people.

A rescue service spokesman said 28 people died in the crush early on Friday, according to Reuters. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said 103 people had been injured, including dozens fatally. Channel 12 TV put the number of dead at 38.

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Federal investigators search Giuliani's home and office, and experts say it means he's in real trouble

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Kamala Harris says America isn’t racist but racism exists after Tim Scott’s comments

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Giuliani flakes on 'live statement' he announced 23 minutes earlier

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2 children killed, 16 people stabbed at China kindergarten

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Fort Worth Crips gang members trailed rival from club, shot him dead in BMW, DA says

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Heathrow Airport: Home Office must 'get a grip' on border delays

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Biden hasn't picked an ambassador to Israel. What does that say of U.S.-Israeli relations?

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Africa's week in pictures: 23-29 April 2021

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A Biden-Cheney fistbump, a sleepy Ted Cruz and John Roberts clapping: Moments you might have missed during Biden's address to Congress

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'Rudy's an idiot' who 'drinks too much': Michael Cohen relishes Giuliani's legal woes and predicts he'll flip on Trump

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Arizona farmers to bear brunt of cuts from Colorado River

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Trump ally Kris Kobach announces fresh bid in politics after losing Kansas governor and Senate races

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Patrick Surtain II has a PS2 controller pendant.

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Roger Goodell’s armchair is coming to Cleveland.

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Roger Goodell gave his first public statement on the Deshaun Watson investigation.

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Patrick Surtain II is among those following their fathers to the N.F.L.

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Co-op to ditch plastic ‘bags for life’ over pollution concerns

Campaigners fear that bags are often used just once despite their name, creating more plastic waste

The Co-operative Group is to stop selling plastic “bags for life” because, with many shoppers using them only once, they have become as big a problem as the single-use carriers they replaced.

With more than 1.5 billion “bags for life” sold each year Jo Whitfield, the chief executive of Co-op Food, said plastic pollution was a “massive issue” for retailers. “Many shoppers are regularly buying so called “bags for life” to use just once and it’s leading to a major hike in the amount of plastic being produced,” she explained.

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Complaints against universities in England and Wales hit record levels

Watchdog pays out £742,132 in refunds amid concerns about online learning during Covid-19

Students in England and Wales made record numbers of complaints against their universities last year after disruption to teaching caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and lecturers on strike resulted in widespread frustration with courses.

Students were particularly concerned that online learning was of lower quality than in-person lectures and seminars, according to the annual report from the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA), which acts as the final arbiter for student complaints and determines whether tuition fees should be refunded.

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Ghislaine Maxwell: lawyers release photo showing bruised face

Legal team allege she is being held in worse conditions to other inmates due to the “Epstein Effect”

Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell have released a photograph of the British socialite, who is in a US prison facing sex trafficking charges, showing her with a bruised face.

Maxwell, 59, who is accused of procuring underage girls for the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to abuse, has been in jail since last year while awaiting trial. She denies the allegations. Since her arrest last summer, she has only been seen in court sketches during hearings.

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Analysis: Biden is betting the pandemic has reset voters’ views of how much federal spending is too much.

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Did the 2020 Census Undercount the Hispanic Population?

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Biden speech to Congress: What has he achieved in 100 days?

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Arizona School Board Members Flee Meeting as Parents Protest Student Mask Mandate

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Cheney: 'Wishful thinking' by Trump she won't seek 4th term

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Videos show police fatally shooting 22-year-old

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U.S. Postal Service to consolidate 18 facilities, leading to concerns over mail delays

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France-Algeria relations: The lingering fallout from nuclear tests in the Sahara

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Vegas agency links more liver ailments to 'Real Water' brand

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US Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran

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Why there is no designated survivor for Biden’s Congress address like usual

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Eastern Kentucky oil refinery exceeds EPA emissions limit for cancer-causing chemical

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Paul Kellogg, New York City Opera Impresario, Dies at 84

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Biden Seeks Shift in How the Nation Serves Its People

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3 Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Shooting

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Amazon to raise pay for 500,000 workers.

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Biden, Calling for Big Government, Bets on a Nation Tested by Crisis

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Ron DeSantis Does Disease

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EU should ‘hang out welcome sign’ for an independent Scotland

Letter signed by 170 cultural figures seeks a ‘unilateral and open offer’ to rejoin EU ahead of Holyrood elections

European leaders are being urged to make an “unilateral and open offer” to Scotland to rejoin the EU should it vote for independence in a future referendum, in a letter signed by more than 170 prominent cultural figures from across the union.

Ahead of next week’s Holyrood elections, for which polling suggests a pro-independence majority of MSPs is a near certainty, the Italian novelist Elena Ferrante, the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, the English director Richard Eyre and the Greek political scientist Kalypso Nicolaïdis are among those asking heads of EU nations and institutions to show solidarity with the Scots.

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Star Wars prequels ‘not very much liked’, admits Ewan McGregor

Actor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in little-loved trilogy, says negative reaction was ‘quite difficult’

While he may have been one of the biggest names in three of the highest grossing movies of all time, Ewan McGregor has said he found it “hard” when the Star Wars prequels were panned by critics and audiences.

The actor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the little-loved episodes I, II and III from 1999 to 2005, told the Hollywood Reporter it was “hard they didn’t get well received”. He added: “That was quite difficult. They were universally not very much liked.”

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Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe: ‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’

It’s hard to convey the full depth and range of the trauma, the chaos and the indignity that people are being subjected to. Meanwhile, Modi and his allies are telling us not to complain

During a particularly polarising election campaign in the state of Uttar Pradesh in 2017, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, waded into the fray to stir things up even further. From a public podium, he accused the state government – which was led by an opposition party – of pandering to the Muslim community by spending more on Muslim graveyards (kabristans) than on Hindu cremation grounds (shamshans). With his customary braying sneer, in which every taunt and barb rises to a high note mid-sentence before it falls away in a menacing echo, he stirred up the crowd. “If a kabristan is built in a village, a shamshan should also be constructed there,” he said.

“Shamshan! Shamshan!” the mesmerised, adoring crowd echoed back.

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Spain to welcome overseas travellers with Covid certificates from June

Digital health certificates could show whether tourists have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from the virus

Spain aims to reopen to overseas holidaymakers from June under the Covid digital health certificate scheme, the country’s secretary of state for tourism has said.

Fernando Valdés told the World Travel & Tourism Council summit in Mexico on Tuesday that the programme – under which tourists could show they have been vaccinated, tested negative or recently recovered from the virus - would prove “fundamental to offering travellers certainty”.

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Mike Pence and Kellyanne Conway are among those whose book deals raise questions within the publishing world.

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“Pebbles,” a Starkly Imagined Vision of Patriarchy and Poverty

New Directors/New Films presents an extraordinary first feature by the Indian director P. S. Vinothraj.

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India Covid: Anger as Twitter ordered to remove critical virus posts

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UN faces tough task to get Cyprus peace talks restarted

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AstraZeneca: US to share up to 60m vaccine doses

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Brussels bracing for illegal festival amid fears of violence

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With car sales slumping, automakers turn to pay-as-you-go options to boost revenue

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NYC mayor criticizes Supreme Court gun case

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Black Democrats, Conflicted on a Voting Rights Push, Fear It's Too Late

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Coronavirus cases are surging in Oregon.

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Prosecutors are said to have sought an aggressive approach to the Capitol riot inquiry that was ultimately quashed.

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‘There Is a Tension There’: Publishers Draw Fire for Signing Trump Officials

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In a Locked-Down Capitol, Biden Will Address a Sparse Audience

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C.D.C. Eases Outdoor Mask Guidance for Vaccinated Americans

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Biden Underpromises, Overdelivers

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Times Event: How to Save Ourselves From Disinformation

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TUC calls for immediate public inquiry into Covid deaths

Union body says 15,000 people of working age have died from Covid in England and Wales

The Trades Union Congress is calling for an immediate public inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic, insisting it should examine whether workers were kept safe enough after about 15,000 people of working age died from Covid in England and Wales.

The GMB union said the prime minister’s reported comments that he would rather see “bodies piled high” than approve a third lockdown “shows why a public inquiry is needed now”. It said its members “deserve to know why they were put in harm’s way unnecessarily and if the PM think it’s OK for them to die”.

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‘Self-driving’ cars could get green light for use on UK motorways this year

Automated lane-keeping systems likely to be allowed only when traffic is moving slowly

Motorists could legally allow their cars to “self-drive” on British motorways later this year – but only slowly, the government has announced.

Drivers could soon be allowed to read a newspaper or watch a film via the car’s built-in screen in periods of slow-moving traffic, using automated lane-keeping system (Alks) technology that makes the car stay in lane and a safe distance from other vehicles.

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Most British adults played computer games during the pandemic, says Ofcom

Research finds that lockdown gave people time to indulge in games such as Animal Crossing

Most British adults played computer games during the pandemic after the lockdown gave people the time to indulge in releases such as Animal Crossing and contributed to a shortage of next-generation game consoles.

Research by Ofcom found that 62% of UK adults played some form of computer game in 2020. The media regulator said this represented an increase on previous years, as adults sought new forms of entertainment under the restrictions of the pandemic. Although younger people are still substantially more likely to play games, there was an uptick across all age groups driven by casual gaming on mobile phones.

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Single dose of Covid vaccine can nearly halve transmission of virus, study finds

Research from Public Health England suggests that protection conferred a fortnight after vaccination

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A single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine can slash transmission of the virus by up to half, according to a Public Health England study.

The PHE finding offers further hope that the pandemic can be brought under control as it indicates that vaccinated people are far less likely to pass the virus on to others.

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WHO blames ‘perfect storm’ of factors for India Covid crisis

Health body says mass gatherings, low vaccination rates and more contagious variants all to blame for surge in cases

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said India’s deadly Covid-19 second wave was caused by a “perfect storm” of mass gatherings, low vaccination rates and more contagious variants.

Speaking on Tuesday, WHO spokesperson Tarik Jašarević warned against blaming mutations of the virus as the sole cause of the tsunami of cases that have engulfed India in recent weeks, pushing the country’s healthcare system to the brink of collapse, and said that complacent behaviour had also played a role.

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Harry and Meghan to join Joe Biden at Vax Live concert to increase global vaccination

Jennifer Lopez and J Balvin among stars at performance to raise money for Covax

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will join the US president, Joe Biden, at a concert in Los Angeles aimed at increasing the global vaccination effort.

Harry and Meghan are “campaign chairs” of the A-list event, Vax Live. Hosted by Selena Gomez, and organised by Global Citizen, the event, on Saturday 8 May, will feature musical performances by names from the worlds of film and politics, and music performances from stars including Jennifer Lopez, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters, J Balvin and HER.

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Vaccinating adolescents could help prevent third wave of Covid in UK – study

Slowing down relaxation of coronavirus restrictions also among measures suggested by Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Vaccinating older children and slowing down the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions are among measures that could help to prevent a third wave of Covid in the UK, according to a report from an organisation set up by the former prime minister Tony Blair.

The government’s roadmap suggests all Covid restrictions could be lifted in England on 21 June. However, scientists have warned that even with an ongoing vaccination programme, the plan could lead to a resurgence of the virus and thousands, if not tens of thousands, of additional Covid-related deaths by summer next year.

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Police seek attacker who kicked Chinese American man in head

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Arizona Republicans are once again recounting 2020 ballots in the county that lost Trump Arizona

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EU chief felt 'hurt,' 'alone' at meeting with Turkish leader

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Leaked recording of Iran's top diplomat offers blunt talk

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India coronavirus: Can it make enough vaccines to meet demand?

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Man stabbed to death protecting teen, her mom in grocery store attack, Illinois cops say

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Spokesman: Israel to deport dozens of African Hebrews

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Woman involved in fatal crash, on probation for 2014 death

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Texas Capitol staffer alleges being drugged by lobbyist

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Man killed by LA police had been shot by officers before

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Indonesian brigadier general killed in 2-week Papua clash

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'Pop' fans: Biden kids, grandkids part of White House scene

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Palestinians celebrate as Israeli barriers come down after Jerusalem clashes

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Campaign to Recall Gov. Gavin Newsom Qualifies for California Ballot

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Race and the Coming Liberal Crackup

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Marco Rubio’s ‘Woke Capital’ Tantrum

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As Virus Rages Abroad, Biden Promises to Ship Millions of Vaccine Doses

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In California, a campaign to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom qualifies for the ballot.

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The Triumph of the Anti-Legislator

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PM-virus-fader-update

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US homeland security review to address threat of extremism within agency

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says department will explore ways to detect and prevent domestic violent extremist action

The US Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced an internal review to address the threat of domestic violent extremism within the sprawling federal agency.

Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said senior DHS officials would explore ways to detect and prevent extremism within.

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New Zealand loses top spot for best place to be during Covid to Singapore

Slow vaccine rollout cited as the difference between the two countries, both of which have virtually no community coronavirus cases

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New Zealand has been dethroned for the first time as the best place to be during Covid 19, as a result of its slower vaccine rollout. The country was bumped from the top spot by Singapore, in Bloomberg’s Covid resilience ranking.

While both countries have near-zero community cases, Singapore’s vaccine rollout is much further advanced. So while life was relatively normal in several countries thanks to strong control of the virus, “Singapore has already administered vaccines equivalent to cover a fifth of its population, an aspect of pandemic control that other virus eliminators like New Zealand, Australia and Taiwan are lagging on,” the report concluded.

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Mutations, politics, vaccines: the factors behind India’s Covid crisis

Analysis: experts believe a number of things coalesced to cause the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak

India is now identifying more than 1 million coronavirus cases every three days, with many times more thought to be going unregistered in a vast country where public health surveillance is often poor. Daily deaths exceeded 2,800 on Sunday, but these too are thought to be many times higher.

Epidemiologists and other experts are speculating that several factors have coalesced over the past months to bring India to the point of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreak.

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Boris Johnson is warned of ‘dangerous political vacuum’ in Northern Ireland

Letter from four former secretaries of state says Brexit’s damage to peace process must be addressed

Northern Ireland is in a dangerous political vacuum and could “fall over” unless the UK government acts swiftly, according to a cross-party group of former cabinet ministers with experience in the region.

Boris Johnson needs to show more urgency and focus to ameliorate Brexit’s damage to the peace process, the group tells the prime minister in an open letter published on Monday.

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Ex-Post Office head apologises to workers after convictions quashed

Rev Paula Vennells ‘truly sorry’ after Court of Appeal overrules prosecutions for theft and false accounting

The former head of the Post Office has apologised to its employees who were wrongly convicted because of a glitch in the company’s accounting system and will step back from her duties as an Anglican priest.

Under the leadership of Rev Paula Vennells, the Post Office pursued prosecutions against hundreds of subpostmasters and postmistresses, accusing them of theft and false accounting.

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Covid jabs to be offered to 44-year-olds in England from Monday

All those over 40 likely to follow within days, as chief executive of NHS England hails ‘another important milestone’

Coronavirus vaccines will soon be offered to the next priority group, with 44-year-olds able to get a jab in England from Monday and all those over 40 likely to follow within days.

About half a million more people will be eligible to book an appointment online or by ringing 119, as the chief executive of NHS England, Sir Simon Stevens, hailed the passing of “another medically important milestone in the biggest vaccination campaign” in the country’s history.

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What Covid vaccines does the UK have and which are in the works?

As Valneva recruits volunteers for final stage trials of its vaccine, here is the current state of play in Britain

Vaccines to protect against the coronavirus were designed, tested and manufactured in record time, and several have been approved for use in the UK vaccination programme, with a number of others under consideration.

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Quality of support for UK over-50s who lost jobs in pandemic raises concerns

Resolution Foundation says new scheme favours younger people and many older unemployed could fall out of workforce for good

The Resolution Foundation has warned that older people who lost their jobs during the pandemic could receive worse support than younger people, leading to large numbers of over-50s falling out of the workforce for good.

In its report, A U-Shaped Crisis, supported by the Nuffield Foundation, the independent thinktank voiced concerns that Restart, the recently announced support scheme for the long-term unemployed, “carries the risk that older workers receive a lower quality of service than younger workers”.

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Vaccine success makes UK attractive to international students, finds poll

Survey reveals Britain is more popular destination for studying than US, Canada, Australia and Germany

International students are more likely to want to study at British universities thanks to the success of the vaccine rollout, despite a widespread perception that the UK government mishandled its initial response to the pandemic, a survey suggests.

Nearly half (47%) of prospective international students said they would be more likely to choose to study in the UK because of the rate of vaccinations in the country, with nearly a fifth (17%) saying they thought the government was handling the rollout better than anywhere else, according to the survey of 105,083 students planning to attend university abroad. The UK was more popular than the US, Canada, Australia and Germany.

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Volunteers hired for clinical trial of Covid vaccine made in Scotland

Valneva hopes to seek approval as soon as summer, paving way for potential booster shots in autumn

Researchers are recruiting thousands of UK volunteers for the final stage clinical trial of a candidate coronavirus vaccine that is being manufactured in Scotland.

Doctors plan to give the Valneva vaccine to 4,000 adults from the beginning of May in a phase 2/3 trial that will run from more than 20 sites across England and two hospitals in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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New Zealand hosts 50,000 fans in its largest concert since the pandemic began.

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At least 23 people died in a fire at a Baghdad hospital that treated Covid-19 patients.

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At least 27 die in fire at Baghdad hospital housing Covid patients

Blaze at the Ibn Khatib hospital was caused by an accident involving an exploding oxygen tank

At least 27 people were killed and 46 injured in a fire on Saturday at a hospital in south-east Baghdad that had been equipped to house Covid-19 patients, medical sources at three nearby hospitals said.

The fire at the Ibn Khatib hospital in the Diyala Bridge area of the Iraqi capital occurred after an accident caused an oxygen tank to explode, the sources said.

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Eight officers injured policing anti-lockdown protest in London

Demonstrators hurled missiles, including bottles at march attended by Laurence Fox and Piers Corbyn

Eight police officers have been injured as they dispersed crowds during an anti-lockdown protest in central London on Saturday.

Five people were arrested for offences that included assault on police officers, the Metropolitan police said. They remain in custody on Saturday night.

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The week English football fans bit back against the billionaire owners

In just two days the Super League, dream of 12 of Europe’s richest clubs, lay in ruins after supporters of the six Premier League teams rose up against the owners. But will their anger have a lasting effect on the game?

This time last week, seven long days ago, there was a reassuring, business-as-usual vibe to the English Premier League. Manchester City were disappearing from view at the top of the table; Tottenham Hotspur were underperforming and disgruntled; Newcastle United were for sale. All as it should be.

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India Covid crisis: families' plea for help amid oxygen shortages and mass cremations – video report

India's underfunded health system is on the brink of collapse as the world's worst coronavirus surge wears out the nation. This week the number of recorded cases passed 300,000 a day, along with more than 2,000 deaths - which is close to twice the daily deaths India experienced during the first peak of the virus between July and September 2020.

Hospitals in Delhi have now issued SOS alerts on Friday, saying they had only a few hours’ supply of oxygen left and pleading for government help, while social media was flooded with requests for oxygen cylinders, shared by people seeking urgent care for their relatives.

India, the world's second most populous nation, has confirmed 16 million cases so far, second only to the US. The country's real death toll from the virus is thought to be significantly higher than official figures, amid reports of some state governments fudging data, and crematorium equipment in some states melting due to the constant heat of fires burning day and night.

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A creature of mystery: New Zealand’s love-hate relationship with eels

Native species have been revered, feared, hunted and tamed. Now experts hope revulsion can give way to fascination

For many years, the top-rated attraction in the Tasman district of New Zealand was a cafe famed for its rural setting, seafood chowder – and tame eels.

For a few dollars you could buy a pottle of mince and a wooden stick to take down to the stream, where a blue-black mass was shining, writhing, waiting.

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