© The Independent Singapore Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung set out the way forward for Singapore’s aviation industry, which suffered severe setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in a ministerial statement in Parliament on Tuesday (6 Oct). Asserting that it is not just the aviation industry but also Singapore’s relevance […]
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The Government is considering further restrictions if coronavirus infections continued to rise, a minister has suggested, saying the country faces “a choice” about what happens next. Asked about reports this morning that further national restrictions are looming Helen Whately, the care minister, pointed to existing restrictions on household mixing in the North […]
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UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya acknowledged he “crossed the line” and apologized Thursday after a back-and-forth exchange on social media with fellow middleweight Kevin Holland ended with Adesanya saying he would “rape” him. Adesanya posted a video on social media earlier this week, responding to trash talk from Holland. In […]
The Covid-O committee will also consider whether test and release, where travellers can leave quarantine if they have a negative Covid result on the fifth day, should continue for both those held in quarantine hotels and all other arrivals from lower risk countries, as currently happens. Also on the […]
Britons should not book summer holidays abroad, says the vaccines minister, as the Government prepared to force UK arrivals from “high risk” countries with the new Covid variant to quarantine in hotels. Nadhim Zahawi said it was “far too early” to even speculate about summer holidays with 37,000 people […]
LONDON, Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Greece’s first openly gay minister said encountering homophobia in public life was “a given,” but hoped his appointment to the conservative government would make it easier for LGBT+ people to tackle discrimination. Nicholas Yatromanolakis was named deputy minister for contemporary culture after being […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Prime Minister Scott Morrison became Australia’s first leader on Monday to make an appearance before parliament by video link, as he spends time in quarantine following a recent trip to Japan. While not the first such session by a world leader, with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
What a lucky fellow is the Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer. The appalling saga of the American presidential election and the twists and turns of the scientific advice on the coronavirus pandemic have taken attention away from the matter of anti-Semitism within the Labour Party during the leadership of […]