Chancellor denies plan to rise taxes and then cut them before election

Chancellor Rishi Sunak answers questions on tax rises ahead of Wednesday’s Budget on The Andrew Marr Show. Read the latest coronavirus news here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-vaccine-uk-cases-lockdown-pfizer-latest/ #rishi #sunak #budget Subscribe to The…

Getting Up Close and Personal With Interstellar Objects

Space missions usually take years to prepare. Now the European Space Agency is designing one that can spring into action when an interstellar object appears, allowing a close-up look before…

Water pollution: Martinique’s coral reef threatened by bacterial infection

On the French island of #Martinique, the #coral reef is threatened by a rapidly spreading bacterial infection, fuelled by #pollution and #climate change. FRANCE 24’s Cole Stangler explains why the…

EU leaders seek to inject energy into slow vaccine rollout

European Union leaders sought to inject new energy and a fresh sense of unity into the bloc’s lagging #coronavirus #vaccination efforts Thursday as concern mounts that new #variants might spread…

Ritchie Torres’ Path to Congress Was Anything But Ordinary

Ritchie Torres made history when he was elected to Congress for his district in New York City, but he couldn’t have anticipated his first 100 days would be this historic.…

Myanmar coup: Protesters accuse China of backing military junta

Riot police in #Myanmar on Friday dispersed hundreds of anti-coup #protesters who have rallied daily in the country’s largest city against a junta that toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu…

Armenia opposition supporters rally in Yerevan, demand Pashinyan’s resignation

#Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan defied calls to resign and accused the military of an attempted coup on Thursday, as divisions over his handling of last year’s war with #Azerbaijan…

Two dead in Niger election unrest, opposition figure sought

Two people in #Niger have died in post-#election #violence and hundreds have been arrested, the government said Thursday, accusing a prominent opposition figure of stoking the unrest. Subscribe to France…

Rescuers save whales from notorious stranding spot – BBC News

A group of 28 pilot whales have been successfully refloated after they beached themselves twice in two days at a New Zealand spot known for mass strandings. Watch as the…

‘I had beginnings of a midlife crisis’: Boris Johnson reveals the reason he went into politics

Boris Johnson says he went into politics at the ‘beginnings of a midlife crisis’. The Prime Minister told pupils at Accrington Academy in Lancashire on Thursday that he entered politics…

Vaccine rollout in Africa: Ivory Coast to receive doses from COVAX scheme

#Ghana became the first country to receive #vaccines from the global #Covax scheme Wednesday, paving the way for poorer nations to catch up with inoculation drives in wealthier parts of…

Coronavirus in Austria: Viennese cafés open their doors to students despite lockdown

Only a little jazz tune disturbs the studious atmosphere. In a downtown #café, young Viennese residents enjoy the calm, space and comfort of the red benches, escaping from the closed…

Ghana receives first coronavirus vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative – BBC News

Ghana has become the first country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative. A delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Accra on Wednesday. The…

Tiger Woods awake and responsive after crash, police investigating cause

Police on Wednesday sought to determine what caused #TigerWoods to swerve off a Southern #California road in his sport utility vehicle, colliding with a tree and rolling down a hillside…

Ghana first nation to receive coronavirus vaccines from COVAX

#Ghana received the world’s first delivery of #coronavirus #vaccines from the United Nations-backed #COVAX initiative on Wednesday — the long-awaited start for a program that has thus far fallen short…