European newspapers lashed out EU leaders on Saturday after the bloc tried to impose Covid vaccine controls on the Northern Ireland border. EU chiefs had been accused of an ‘incredible act of hostility’ after announcing controls on the export of jabs to the UK, including Northern Ireland. In a move which would have effectively created a … Read more
The Pentagon will begin distributing COVID-19 vaccines to Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Al Qaeda terrorists and 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, as early as next week, officials have confirmed. Prosecutor Clayton Trivett Jr, who’s leading the case against five terrorists behind the September 11 attacks, made the disclosure in a letter to defense lawyers Thursday. … Read more
While Americans are nearing the end of Donald Trump’s term as United States President, some are going so far as to have him removed from Home Alone 2, including its star Macaulay Culkin. Trump had a brief cameo in the 1992 sequel Home Alone 2, where Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin McAllister asks Trump, ‘where the lobby … Read more
Hospitals are ‘back in the eye of the storm’ as they battle rising coronavirus cases, the head of the NHS has warned. Sir Simon Stevens hailed the efforts of staff in what he described as the ‘toughest year’ the health service had ever faced. He said: ‘Many of us will have lost family, friends, colleagues … Read more
Conservationists have drafted the first ever global map of bee diversity to help track the distribution of populations of the vital pollinators. There are some 20,000 individual species of bee presently living on Earth — but accurate, compiled data on their distribution had been lacking. Researchers from China, Singapore and the US analysed and validated … Read more
Michel Barnier today said the EU and the UK are ‘redoubling our efforts’ to strike a post-Brexit trade deal amid signs Joe Biden’s US election win has sparked a fresh negotiating push. The EU’s chief negotiator said he was ‘happy to be back in London’ as he arrived for talks this morning and set out … Read more
Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to ‘redouble efforts’ to reach a trade deal and signed off on talks continuing next week. The Prime Minister told his Brussels counterpart that there remained ‘significant differences’ in the UK-EU negotiations. He said the two sides differ on their positions over fishing … Read more
Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces clashed in several parts of Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday, as the United States stepped up diplomatic efforts to try to end the deadliest fighting in the mountain enclave for over a quarter of a century. In Washington, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met separately with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan … Read more
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the UN World Food Programme for ‘its efforts to combat global hunger’ By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline Published: 10:02 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 10:08 BST, 9 October 2020 The World Food Programme has been announced as the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for its … Read more
The tiff between Sirs Rod Stewart and Elton John doesn’t seem to be thawing any time soon. The iconic singers fell out at some point last year, when Rod, 75, poked fun at 73-year-old Elton’s retirement tour, and the biopic made about him, Rocketman. And now Rod claims he has tried to extend an olive … Read more