Surveillance indicators suggest that at a national level Covid-19 activity increased slightly in [the week ending Sunday 23 May]. Case rates have increased or stayed level across all age groups. Case rates … were highest in those aged 10 to 19, with a case rate of 55.2 per 100,000 population. The lowest case rates continued … Read more
Nothing currently in the data shows England should “deviate from the roadmap”, the prime minister says. Source link
“France did not understand that, while trying to prevent a regional conflict, or a civil war, it was in fact standing by the side of a genocidal regime,” Macron said Thursday following a visit to the Gisozi memorial in the Rwandan capital Kigali. “By doing so, it endorsed an overwhelming responsibility,” Macron added, in the … Read more
If Mr. Biden’s plans were enacted, the government would spend what amounts to nearly a quarter of the nation’s total economic output every year over the course of the next decade. It would collect tax revenues equal to just under one fifth of the total economy. Today in Business Updated May 26, 2021, 4:06 p.m. … Read more
Good morning. Joe Biden has ordered US intelligence agencies to “redouble” their efforts to identify how coronavirus was first transmitted in humans, including by continuing to press China to participate in a full investigation. Biden asked for a report back with a “definitive conclusion” in 90 days. Chinese lab origin theory promoted by Republicans Since … Read more
Gloucestershire Police has been searching a cafe cellar for suspected victim Mary Bastholm. Source link
Weather: Mostly sunny, with a high in the low 80s. Alternate-side parking: In effect until Monday (Memorial Day). The pandemic laid bare inequalities in many aspects of life in New York. One of those lies in park access for low-income New Yorkers and people of color. Those groups have significantly less park space available than … Read more
A blaze ripped through the overcrowded settlement of Susan’s Bay in Freetown in March, injuring hundreds. British photographer Henry Kamara, of Sierra Leone descent, documents the aftermath in this coastal community as people try to rebuild their lives Source link
The incident took place in the Niger River early Wednesday local time when the boat left Niger state and was heading to Kebbi State, according to Mary Noel-Berje, a spokeswoman for the Niger State government. Around 20 people have been rescued and four bodies recovered so far, she said, adding that the search and rescue … Read more
But the health secretary rejects the accusation that he lied to colleagues about his Covid handling. Source link