The UK medicines regulator has approved the Moderna Covid vaccine for six to 11 year olds, describing it as "safe and effective". It has also approved the Valneva vaccine, which uses more traditional technology.
Elon Musk this morning has offered to buy Twitter. He's clearly had enough of the internet's public square banning people for not being woke or on-message enough. Will his takeover succeed?
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
‘Partygate’ has distracted attention from the dire inflation statistics published today. Prices are now rising at an annual rate of 7% – the fastest rate in 30 years. And lockdown is to blame.
Too many in politics and the Civil Service had little or no “skin in the game” when they were making decisions to destroy livelihoods and to frighten the nation into compliance.
Lockdown-loving states New York and California are among the worst overall pandemic performers while freedom-loving states Florida and South Dakota are among the best, new research by a leading US think tank has found.
A summary of all the most interesting stories that have appeared about politicians’ efforts to control the virus – and other acts of hubris and folly – not just in Britain, but around the world.
Sri Lanka's central bank said on Tuesday it had become "challenging and impossible" to repay external debt, blaming the "effects of the COVID-19 pandemic" for the drastic move.
Boris Johnson, Carrie Johnson and Rishi Sunak are to receive fixed penalty notices for attending lockdown parties, having been found by police to have broken the law. Will they quit?
Parents should "examine their own internal biases" on race if their toddler only has white friends and teach them about 'white privilege', according to the BBC’s early-years guidance.
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