Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the British Medical Association has called for the maximum time period between people receiving their first and second Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccinations to be cut from 12 weeks to six weeks, in accordance with WHO guidance.
China's parliament is considering changes to Hong Kong's electoral committee, which selects the city's leader, as well as giving it new powers to nominate and elect candidates to the city's legislature, a senior parliament official said on Friday. The size, composition and method of formation of the Hong Kong panel would be "adjusted and improved", said Wang Chen, a vice chairman of the standing committee of China's parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC). Wang was commenting on a draft decision by the parliament to change the electoral system in the Asian financial hub at the opening of the NPC's annual session on Friday, state news agency Xinhua said.
A senior teacher who was convicted after trial of misappropriating student funds over two years was sentenced to one-and-a-half years' jail.
"Of course it was a huge mistake," Diego Forlan says. "As soon as Barcelona said he was for sale, I knew it was a mistake."
"Business in front, party in the back": a hairstyle considered so obnoxious that for years it verged on being an arrestable offence, the mullet has made the unlikeliest comeback of the century.
An embankment failure in Paintsville, Kentucky, claimed multiple vehicles on March 4, according to local police.This footage, posted by Paintsville Police Department, shows a vehicle disappear from view as the ground beneath it collapses.“A large embankment failure behind the Paintsville City Garage at 112 River Road has occurred this morning,” the department said. “The slip is estimated to be 100-feet wide and 400-feet long. Multiple vehicles and other equipment were lost into the slip. No one was injured.”The collapse occurred following heavy rainfall and flooding in the region. Credit: Paintsville Kentucky Police Department via Storyful
An Australian court upheld a landmark class-action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson for "negligent" marketing of pelvic mesh implants on Friday, paving the way for thousands of women to receive compensation in a costly setback for the US pharma giant.
When Shanghai Port announced Ante Majstorovic's signing from NK Osijek on Tuesday, reports of his arrival at the former Chinese Super League champions barely caused a ripple. After a boom that saw big spending clubs lure some of the game's brightest talents to China, Majstorovic is the most expensive player purchased from a European club ahead of a 2021 season that will make headlines for entirely different reasons. The Suning Group, owners of defending champions Jiangsu FC, announced on Sunday the club would cease operations, less than four months after winning their first-ever title, as their parent company seeks to focus on their core retail business.
Japanese writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi may be known for his deep explorations of women in love, but he never set out to specifically chronicle female intimacy. The filmmaker made his name with 2015’s epic five-hour-long “Happy Hour,” which follows the friendships and lives of four middle-class women in their thirties, followed by the unconventional love story […]
Racing in the 36th match for sailing’s America Cup between defender Team New Zealand and Italian challenger Luna Rossa will begin next Wednesday after the relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown regulations in host city Auckland. The Cup Match was due to begin Saturday but was pushed back to Wednesday when Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, moved to alert level 3 after a small community outbreak. The outbreak is now thought contained and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced Auckland will move to alert level 2 from Sunday.
The first four races in the contest for the oldest trophy in international sport were scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Auckland but postponed after the New Zealand government announced the seven-day lockdown on the city last weekend. "The highly anticipated Race 1 of the 36th America’s Cup Match will start ... on Wednesday 10th March after the government announced a reduction in alert levels today," race organisers said in a statement. The best-of-13 match between holders Team New Zealand and Italian challengers Luna Rossa will continue with two races on Friday, March 12 and every day thereafter until a winner is decided.
The potential to do well in life should not result in lighter sentences for sexual offenders, said K Shanmugam.
ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will mark the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic — or as the show calls it, the “one-year anniversary of our national incarceration,” with a special episode next Thursday. “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Coronaversary Show” will take the place of a regular episode of the late-night talker on March 11 at 11:35 […]
The first four races in the contest for the oldest trophy in international sport were scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Auckland but postponed after the New Zealand government announced the seven-day lockdown on the city last weekend. "The highly anticipated Race 1 of the 36th America’s Cup Match will start ... on Wednesday 10th March after the government announced a reduction in alert levels today," race organisers said in a statement. The best-of-13 match between holders Team New Zealand and Italian challengers Luna Rossa will continue with two races on Friday, March 12 and every day thereafter until a winner is decided.
Klopp took off Salah, the league's leading scorer with 17 goals, for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 62nd minute when Liverpool were hunting an equaliser after Mason Mount had given Chelsea the lead in the first half. Egyptian Salah was baffled by the decision, as he left the field shaking his head.
Hastings, 24, was sent off after his boot made contact with Leinster wing Cian Kelleher during Glasgow's 40-21 defeat. A disciplinary committee reduced a six-week suspension by half due to mitigating factors, including his acceptance of foul play, remorse, and cooperation with disciplinary proceedings, the PRO14 said in a statement.
A Canadian prosecutor on Thursday urged lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to "leave the politics to the politicians," after they cited statements by former US president Donald Trump in fighting her extradition to the United States.
For activists preparing to mark International Women's Day in Kyrgyzstan, recalling the ambush that broke up last year's march is still traumatic.
A large grass fire erupted along the Interstate 80 near Gothenburg, Nebraska, disrupting traffic as first responders worked to control it on Thursday, March 4.This video, uploaded by the Nebraska State Patrol, shows smoke plumes wafting into the sky as the blaze moves quickly through a field next to the highway.Eastbound lanes of the highway were closed for about an hour, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation.Emergency workers managed to bring the inferno under control just after 3:30 pm. Credit: Nebraska State Patrol via Storyful
Israel Adesanya has believed all along that becoming the greatest mixed martial artist of all time is his destiny.
Atletico Madrid's bid for a first La Liga title since 2014 hits a pivotal point with Sunday's Madrid derby as Bayern Munich face off with old rivals Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan aim to further stretch their lead in Serie A.
