#French Prime Minister Jean Castex starts this thursday the first #secular #committee, bringing together a dozen of gouvernment’s members, to tighten legislation. Sociology Professor at Paris’ ESSEC Marwan Sinaceur tells…
Continue ReadingThe Prime Minister is expected to reject suggestions that his flagship levelling up pledge will divert funding away from the so-called Blue Wall, promising not to "decapitate the tall poppies"…
Continue ReadingSciCheck Digest There is no evidence that a door-to-door campaign to encourage vaccinations against COVID-19 means President Joe Biden and Democrats “are coming to your front door to force you…
Continue ReadingCrowds looted shops and businesses in South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls for an end to a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people, wrecked hundreds…
Continue ReadingMore than 900,000 people in #France rushed to set up appointments to get vaccinated on Monday night after the president warned that people would see curbs imposed on them if…
Continue ReadingA top EU official has told the BBC that the Greek government must stop the illegal deportation of migrants arriving on the country’s borders. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva…
Continue ReadingSouthern Spain sweltered under intense heat for a second straight day on Sunday, when thermometers were expected to reach well over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in large swathes…
Continue Reading“US citizens are dying (~1 every 5 minutes) and variants are rising while we await an update from the FDA and @WhiteHouse on #COVID19 vaccine licensure,” Adams tweeted. See source
Continue ReadingIndonesia is sourcing emergency oxygen for virus patients from neighbouring Singapore, the government said Tuesday June 6th, as the 24-hour toll soared to a record 728 deaths and hospitals crumble…
Continue ReadingAfter vanishing from #Paris for a year and a half, #American #tourists have returned, #Covid vaccination certificates in pocket, as part of a grand reopening of the country’s tourist sector.…
Continue ReadingPeople in Harrow, London queue up outside the Belmont Health Centre on Saturday after it was announced that anyone aged 18 or over can receive a vaccine. Those aiming to…
Continue ReadingDrugmakers and #research centers around the world are working on #Covid-19 #vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway. Subscribe…
Continue ReadingDrugmakers and research centers around the world are working on #Covid-19 vaccines. At least four Chinese #vaccines are far along including those from #China National Biotec Group (CNBG), CanSino Biologics…
Continue ReadingThis month marks five years since the northern Iraqi city of #Sinjar – home to the #Yazidi ethno-religious minority – was liberated from the Islamic State group, under which it…
Continue ReadingFrench #police on Tuesday cleared a #migrant street camp outside the Stade de France stadium north of #Paris where around 2,000 people, mainly Afghan and African, had been living in…
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