Despite its standing as the world’s most vaccinated country, the 115-island archipelago Seychelles is seeing a dramatic resurgence in COVID-19 transmission, bringing its daily case rate to “a higher number of infections per capita than India,” The Wall Street Journal reports.To date, approximately 67 percent of Seychelles’ population is vaccinated — the majority of those…
The White House spoke out against Florida’s new elections bill, which was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday. Karine Jeanne-Pierre, a White House principal deputy press secretary, said the move was in the “wrong direction” and “built on a lie”.In other news, President Joe Biden gave a speech in Louisiana on Thursday…
Demand for Pfizer’s Covid vaccine could bolster its revenues for years, the US drugs giant has said.Pfizer said it was expecting “durable demand” for the vaccine, in a similar way to flu vaccines.In the first three months of 2021, the vaccine generated revenues of $3.5bn (£2.5bn) as governments scrambled to try to contain the pandemic.Revenue…
The region around Varanasi, one of the holiest cities in the world for Hindus, is among the worst affected by the second wave of coronavirus sweeping India.Many angry citizens of the region, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, are now asking where their MP, Narendra Modi – India’s prime minister – is in their…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has failed to win a key state in elections held amid record Covid-19 deaths and cases.The BJP targeted West Bengal heavily during campaigning but the state was comfortably held by the incumbent, Mamata Banerjee, a fierce Modi critic.Her win came as a surprise to political observers, who noted how…
Reporters in Georgetown, Kentucky, asked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday about House Republicans rushing to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her leadership position due to her clashes with former President Donald Trump about the validity of the 2020 election. McConnell sidestepped the question. “One hundred percent of my focus is on…
A meeting between Bill and Melinda Gates and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2013 left Melinda upset at the relationship between her husband and the financier, as reported by The Daily Beast on Thursday.Sources told the outlet that her soon-to-be ex-husband’s friendship with Epstein — who had already pleaded guilty to soliciting an underage…
The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division says it has “concerns” over Arizona’s 2020 election audit. The concerns were raised in a letter to state Sen. Karen Fann, a Republican. Voting rights groups last month asked the Justice Department to intervene. See more stories on Insider’s business page. The US Department of Justice has…
The US Department of Labor issued guidance Wednesday that lets states waive recovery of unemployment insurance overpayments. “In many cases, individuals received payments for which they may not have been eligible through no fault of their own,” the department’s Suzi LeVine said. States that already collected repayments should give that money back, the department said.…
A 1997 Time Magazine profile of Bill Gates delved into his love life and family life with Melinda Gates. Bill Gates reportedly had an agreement with Melinda where he would spend a long weekend with his ex every year. “We can play putt-putt while discussing biotechnology,” Gates told Time. See more stories on Insider’s business…
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