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[ad_1] There are some key differences between the rules that will be implemented tomorrow and those that will be enforced in March. England is bracing for tough new coronavirus restrictions to take effect tomorrow after MPs overwhelmingly back another national lockdown. It means that several businesses will be forced to …

[ad_1] On the street of Little Havana in Florida, an old man watches the world go by. He gently leans back in his chair as the headlines of the Spanish news blare on a portable radio. Later, Francisco sells peanuts. Image: Many Cubans initially liked Barack Obama, but his decision …

[ad_1] Female warriors hunted and slaughtered big game in the Andes some 9,000 years ago, a graveyard containing projectile points and butchery tools revealed. The remains of the 17- to 19-year-old huntress and her artifacts were found in a tomb at the high-altitude archaeological site of Wilamaya Patjxa, in what …

[ad_1] The world’s largest mink producer, Denmark, says it plans to euthanize more than 15 million animals, due to fears that a Covid-19 mutation that moves from mink to humans could jeopardize future vaccines. At a press conference on Wednesday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said 12 people are already …

[ad_1] A qualified nurse was arrested and taken to a Hull police station after trying to get her 97-year-old mother out of a nursing home just hours before the second lockdown. Footage captured by former Coronation Street actress Leandra Ashton shows her mother, Ylenia Angeli, 73, ‘being arrested’. Occupational health …

[ad_1] A continued rise in severe Covid-19 disease means hospitals could have more patients with the disease in two weeks than at the peak of the pandemic, NHS leaders warn. Hospitals in England were treating 10,971 hospitalized patients with Covid on Tuesday. NHS England noted that this was more than …

[ad_1] Katrina manson Twitter has attached warnings to four of Donald Trump’s seven tweets since the vote count began last night, including three on Wednesday morning. “Part or all of the content shared in this Tweet is in dispute and could be misleading about an election or other civic process,” …

[ad_1] Austrian police are investigating whether an Islamist terrorist who killed four people in Vienna on Monday night was part of a larger network and whether the attack could have been prevented. Kujtim Fejzulai, known to the authorities as a sympathizer of the Islamic State group, which took credit for …

[ad_1] Another 25,177 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK and another 492 died after contracting the virus, according to the latest government data. The new statistics, reported on Wednesday, bring the UK’s total to 47,742 deaths and is the highest daily figure since May 19, when 500 were …

[ad_1] Murdered cop Matt Ratana has been remembered as a “great ball of energy” at his funeral, with the Haka performed in a moving tribute to the rugby fan. Sergeant Ratana died after being shot by a handcuffed suspect at the Croydon Custody Center in south London in the early …