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[ad_1] The British government has obtained PPE from factories in China where hundreds of North Korean women have been secretly working in conditions of modern slavery, according to evidence uncovered by The Guardian. The Guardian findings indicate that hundreds of thousands of protective overalls ordered from the Department of Health …

[ad_1] Eddie Jones has questioned the legality of Ireland’s scrum on the eve of a Twickenham showdown that he has called England’s biggest game of the year. The coach has also astutely commented on the composition of the visiting team, saying that he enjoyed hearing them describe it as the …

[ad_1] Joe Biden has been confirmed as the winner of the Nov. 3 election in Georgia after a manual recount of the ballots. The audit began after unofficial results showed Biden as the leading president, Donald Trump, by about 14,000 votes. Following the recount, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger …

[ad_1] Officials in the southern state had announced they were counting 5 million of the votes cast, following a request from the Trump campaign, and after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger initially said the vote was “too close to call.” Yet even though officials spent six days counting 5 million …

[ad_1] Anthony Fauci, America’s leading infectious disease expert, has promised that “the cavalry is on its way” in the form of a coronavirus vaccine, but urged a last major national effort to stop the spread. Sign up for The Guardian’s First Thing newsletter Fauci spoke at the first press conference …

[ad_1] Chancellor Rishi Sunak is preparing to announce a new restriction on public sector wages in next week’s government spending review in response to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Government sources said an announcement on the wage restriction would be part of Wednesday’s mini-budget, part of plans to …

[ad_1] The decentralized government of Northern Ireland has again widened its ‘circuit breaker’ lock and significantly increased restrictions. The hospitality sector and close contact services, such as hairdressers, have been closed for five weeks now. Under new restrictions, which take effect for two weeks starting Friday, November 27, retail stores …

[ad_1] The government has confirmed £ 300 million in emergency funding for spectator sports in England, with rugby union by far the largest beneficiary. Union will receive £ 135 million in total, of which £ 59 million will go to Premiership clubs. The rugby league, on the other hand, will …

[ad_1] Fashion chains Peacocks and Jaeger have gone into management putting more than 4,700 jobs at risk after the latest shutdown hampered efforts to find a buyer. It came after the owner of the EWM group, controlled by billionaire retailer Philip Day, passed a deadline to sell the two brands, …

[ad_1] George Osborne has been severely criticized by an influential parliamentary committee for wasting up to £ 50 million of public money on luxurious central London offices for the National Center for Cyber ​​Security (NCSC). The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) said the decision to acquire a workspace at Nova …