The Hill Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said in a new interview that some Americans do not have a full understanding of the latest guidelines put forth by the federal government relative to mask wearing and coronavirus vaccines. “I think people are misinterpreting, thinking that this is a removal of a mask … Continued
NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Wednesday reported more coronavirus deaths in a single day than any other country at any time during the pandemic, while infections continued to spread through vast rural areas with weak health systems. The Health Ministry reported a record 4,529 deaths in the past 24 hours, driving India’s confirmed fatalities … Continued
BBC Commons standards commissioner Kathryn Stone has confirmed she is looking into whether the prime minister correctly declared how the trip was paid for. Mr Johnson has previously declared he received accommodation worth £15,000, covered by Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross. Downing Street said the prime minister had acted correctly and transparently. But Labour said … Continued
NPR Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a 10-year-old in New York, just became the country’s newest national chess master. At the Fairfield County Chess Club Championship tournament in Connecticut on May 1, Adewumi won all four of his matches, bumping his chess rating up to 2223 and making him the 28th youngest person to become a chess master, … Continued
AP Like more than 120 million other Americans, Jan Massie is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and can pretty much give up wearing a mask under the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But she’s still covering her face, even as the temperature rises in her native Alabama, because of benefits she … Continued
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 42 people Sunday, Palestinian medics said, in the deadliest single attack in the latest round of violence. Despite the toll and international efforts to broker a cease-fire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with … Continued
CIVIL SERVICE WORLD Downing Street has said work to create the new Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit will commence right away with former British Virgin Islands governor Gus Jaspert acting as interim head until permanent chief Dr Emily Lawson is available. Prime minister Boris Johnson’s official spokesman this week announced that the unit was being created … Continued
(CNN)The first tropical storm of the 2021 eastern Pacific hurricane season formed off the southwest coast of Mexico on Sunday. Tropical Storm Andres is the earliest tropical storm to ever form during the satellite era in the eastern Pacific, surpassing Adrian in 2017. Andres also holds the distinction of developing before the official start of … Continued
The Washington Post The actress behind Clair Huxtable is returning to her alma mater, as a dean. Howard University on Wednesday named multi-award winning TV, stage and film actress and director Phylicia Rashad as dean of its College of Fine Arts. Rashad, who began her career on Broadway before moving on to play Bill Cosby’s … Continued
Zero coronavirus deaths have been announced in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Monday. Wales recorded four deaths meaning that, overall, the UK showed a slight increase on the two deaths recorded on Sunday. It comes as Boris Johnson has confirmed England will proceed to lift more lockdown restrictions next week. Meanwhile, the UK’s coronavirus … Continued
