BRITAIN has today approved a third Covid vaccine in a boost to efforts to beat the pandemic. UK regulators have now recommended the use of the Moderna jab – which is 94 per cent effective in preventing coronavirus. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates Seven million doses of the US-based company's vaccine had already […]

PENSIONER Rosemary Fletcher refused to let the pandemic stop her doing good, choosing to carry on caring for others in lockdown – and now her dedication has been rewarded with an MBE. “It’s humbling to be recognised,” says retired NHS occupational therapist Rosemary, 71. She received the medal in the New Year Honours List for her work as a volunteer […]

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For as many restaurants across Colorado that raced this week to reopen their indoor dining rooms, still many others decided to do so reluctantly — or not at all. Even in a good year, the worst stretch of restaurant sales starts in January just after the holiday season. But during this first full pandemic winter, and following a lagging second […]

Less than a week into the new year, Greta Thunberg is here to remind us that the environmental threats to our planet did not disappear in 2020, and there is still plenty of work to be done in the ongoing fight against climate change. “We need to make sure that right now, we don’t relax and fall back asleep because […]

Chinese social media erupted in a mixture of glee and schadenfreude yesterday as a mob stormed the United States Capitol, comparing the chaos with anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019. Hard-core supporters of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday broke into the building in Washington to protest against his election defeat, ransacking parts of it while scuffling with security […]

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Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the most famous mummies thanks to his incredibly preserved corpse – which nonetheless is missing both his penis and testes. The ancient ruler, also known as Ramesses the Great and Ozymandias, was 6ft tall, fathered at least 100 children, and lived to the age of 90 in a time where most people […]

The world might be witnessing not only the death throes of the Trump presidency but of US democracy. Democracy's great virtue is not that it guarantees the best possible ruler but that it allows the bloodless removal of a bad one, as the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper said. Donald Trump's denialist contortions are an effort to prevent democracy delivering its […]