Tue 14 December 2021: Backlash and outrage erupted in Quebec, Canada, after Fatemeh Anvari, a new Grade 3 teacher at Chelsea Elementary School, was fired for wearing a ‘hijab,’ a head covering worn by Muslim women as part of their religious practice. The Muslim woman was asked to leave because Bill 21 in Quebec prohibits […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: Norway has decided to ban serving alcohol in pubs and restaurants as part of new efforts to combat the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid virus, in addition to imposing strict rules in schools and speeding up vaccination in the country. New COVID-19 rules will prohibit the sale of alcohol […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: Coronavirus-related deaths in the UK are expected to “drastically increase” as a result of the rapid spread of the Omicron strain, Health Secretary Sajid Javid told the House of Commons yesterday. Mr Javid said the variant now accounted for 44 per cent of all Covid infections in London and is expected to […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: From cars and rockets to crypto and internet services, Musk’s influence over our lives is growing. Time magazine has named Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as its Person of the Year, for an incredible 12 months of achievements in which he jockeyed for the crown of world’s richest person and […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: Top Canadian officials have apologized for the government’s failure to do enough to prevent widespread military sexual abuse. Anita Anand, the newly appointed Defence Minister said on Monday that far too many people in uniform had suffered sexual assault or discrimination based on sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. “We must […]
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Tue 14 December 2021: A new survey of United States workers found that 30 percent of unemployed respondents cited physical health as the cause of their joblessness, while 15 percent cited mental health issues. One of the more baffling questions surrounding the labour market recovery in the United States is the mismatch between a near-record […]
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Mon 13 December 2021: France has launched 400 investigations into networks selling forged COVID-19 health cards, the interior minister announced on Sunday, as virus-related hospitalizations skyrocket across the country. In recent days, French media has focused on the case of a woman infected with the virus who died in a regional hospital in Paris after […]
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Mon 13 December 2021: The Supreme Court denied Johnson & Johnson’s request to halt a Mississippi lawsuit over its talcum powder products on Monday. The case began in 2014, when Mississippi filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. Mississippi claims the company violated state law by failing to warn users of the “dangerous and potentially […]
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Mon 13 December 2021: The Biden administration unveiled a new plan on Monday to build a charging network of about 500,000 stations for electric vehicles across the United States. “Today, the Biden-Harris-Administration is releasing an EV Charging Action Plan to outline steps Federal agencies are taking to support developing and deploying chargers in American communities […]
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Mon 13 December 2021: Pfizer announced on Monday that it will pay $6.7 billion for Arena Pharmaceuticals, an American biotech startup. “Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) announced today that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Arena, a clinical stage company developing innovative potential […]
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