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[ad_1] The first case of the mutant ‘super-COVID-19’ strain was found in Southern California, Governor Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. Newsom announced that the ‘super-COVID’ strain had landed in California during a virtual conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday afternoon. Just an hour ago we were informed that this new …

[ad_1] It is a pragmatic solution to an incredibly urgent problem: how to immunize large numbers of people at risk of a rampant variant of Covid-19 in the shortest time possible. The answer that government advisers have found is to give everyone, more than 20 million of them, a single …

[ad_1] Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal has been roundly rejected by the Scottish and Northern Irish parliaments, as the UK’s decentralized nations called it disastrous and damaging. Holyrood and Stormont passed motions condemning the deal by a large majority after the three parliamentary delegates were hastily pulled from their Christmas …

[ad_1] WWho would have guessed it? When it came time to push, it turned out that a bad deal was better than no deal after all. The first agreement in history to put more barriers in the way of free trade than the one that preceded it. A 1,200-page treaty …

[ad_1] When former England international and respected expert Karen Carney dared to contextualize the promotion of Leeds United, it was bound to raise the eyebrows of the fans. But few would have expected the club’s official Twitter account to haunt her and thus inadvertently direct the sexist underbelly of online …

[ad_1] Ireland will revert to Level 5 restrictions for at least a month in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said. Addressing the nation, he described the situation as “extremely dire” and said the new strain is “spreading at a rate that has …

[ad_1] Three Labor MPs have resigned as junior leaders after defying Keir Starmer and refusing to vote for Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. Just hours after the deal closed on Christmas Eve, Starmer announced that he would whip his party for support, despite criticizing the deal’s essence as “thin.” But some …

[ad_1] Millions more people face stricter restrictions after the government announced an extension of Level 4 rules in England in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that while the changes “will place a significant burden on individuals, and especially affected businesses,” they …

[ad_1] Primary schools in England’s worst hit coronavirus hotspots will remain closed at the start of the period on January 4 as ministers desperately try to curb the spread of the disease. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced this afternoon that primary schools will not be allowed to reopen in dozens …

[ad_1] Ten people were injured and 26 are missing following a landslide in southern Norway, police said. One of the victims was seriously injured and more than a dozen buildings were razed in the early hours of Wednesday in the municipality of Gjerdrum, about 19 miles north of Oslo. The …