The European Union has been accused of ‘bullying’ and blasted as a ‘total disgrace’ after blocking a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines to Australia. Authorities in Italy have drawn on controversial export laws for the first time, refusing to grant a licence for 250,000 doses manufactured in the country to be exported. Officials in Rome had … Read more
Culture secretary Oliver Dowden ‘to confront Facebook this week’ over blocking news in Australia as Matt Hancock backs making social media giants pay for publishing links to stories Matt Hancock said he is a ‘great admirer’ of Canada and Australia in interview Both are trying to make the social media giant pay publishers for sharing … Read more
Two doses of Pfizer‘s coronavirus vaccine is 94 per cent effective at stopping over-55s from falling unwell with the disease, according to a major study in Israel. The data of more than half a million people who received two shots of the jab found patients were also 92 per cent less likely to develop severe … Read more
Road rage cyclist sparks outrage in Belgium after using his knee to knock over a child blocking his way and peddling off in video captured by girl’s father A family were out walking in a nature park in Baraque Michel on Christmas day The cyclist appears to deliberately strike the girl with his knee as … Read more
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen will meet in Brussels later this week for a face-to-face showdown in a last ditch bid to get a post-Brexit trade deal over the line. The end of the ‘standstill’ transition period is now just over three weeks away but the UK and the EU remain deadlocked in … Read more
Hungary and Poland plunged the EU into political crisis by blocking a £1.65 trillion coronavirus rescue budget that they claimed ‘blackmailed countries into accepting migrants’. On Monday, the two countries blocked the 2021-2027 budget and the recovery plan, worth a combined 1.85 trillion euros (£1.65 trillion), because access to the funds would be conditional on respecting … Read more
Small shareholders being ‘robbed’ by City rule blocking them from investing in shares worth billions in pandemic By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 23:25 GMT, 14 November 2020 Small shareholders are being ‘robbed’ by a City rule blocking them from investing in shares worth billions of … Read more
Britons are ignoring calls from test and trace and blocking its number because they are being bombarded, a contact tracer claimed today. When someone tests positive for the coronavirus they are asked to provide a list of their contacts – family, friends and colleagues they were near for at least 15 minutes – for the … Read more
Social media giants are accused of ‘politically motivated censorship’ after they blocked stories alleging corruption involving Donald Trump’s Democratic rival Joe Biden Twitter and Facebook stopped users from linking to Biden corruption stories The sites claimed the article needed fact checking and violated hacking rules New York Post reported Biden’s son allegedly offered to introduce … Read more
Twitter will no longer block and remove hacked content and will instead label tweets after Republicans said they threatened to subpoena CEO Jack Dorsey for shutting down President Trump’s campaign account and blocking links to Biden Ukraine stories. The company’s Legal, Policy and Trust & Safety Lead announced the policy changes on Thursday, saying the … Read more