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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] The health secretary has told Sky News that he expects a mass vaccination program against COVID-19 to be launched “in a matter of weeks.” A coronavirus vaccine has yet to receive official approval, but two US-led treatments have been found to be more than 90% effective. COVID-19 updates live …

[ad_1] Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland currently have different rules and regulations to combat the coronavirus. In Northern Ireland, the executive has announced the blocking of the “circuit breaker” in the country. will be extended for another two weeks. Elsewhere, Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced stricter conditions there, …

[ad_1] During their video summit on Thursday, EU leaders received an update on progress in Brexit negotiations with Britain. But with only six weeks to go in the transition period between the two sides, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has urged Brussels to step up contingency planning for a …

[ad_1] Nearly a million people in China have taken an emergency Covid-19 vaccine that is still in its testing phase, the company that developed the vaccine said. Chinese authorities launched the vaccine, developed by the China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), for select groups of people in July, including Chinese government …

[ad_1] A surgeon has launched a global search for a blood stem cell donor to save the life of his severely ill 12-year-old daughter. Arya Lloyd first complained of stomachaches in May this year, and initially her parents thought they were general growing pains. But when the pains persisted, Arya …

[ad_1] Women in their 30s will never know about equal pay in their working lives if progress to address the gender gap is not accelerated, according to a new analysis. To mark Equal Pay Day, the day that women actually stop receiving a payment due to the gender pay gap …

[ad_1] The World Health Organization has advised doctors not to prescribe Gilead’s remdesivir to coronavirus patients in hospital, casting doubt on the efficacy of the only antiviral approved to treat the disease. Remdesivir was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month. But a WHO expert panel …

[ad_1] President-elect Joe Biden has denounced Donald Trump as one of the “most irresponsible presidents in the history of the United States,” calling the incumbent president’s challenges against the results of the November elections as “incredibly damaging.” Speaking after a call with state governors on Thursday, Biden said he was …

[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 …