The Pentagon will begin distributing COVID-19 vaccines to Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Al Qaeda terrorists and 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, as early as next week, officials have confirmed. Prosecutor Clayton Trivett Jr, who’s leading the case against five terrorists behind the September 11 attacks, made the disclosure in a letter to defense lawyers Thursday. … Read more
Hospitals are ‘back in the eye of the storm’ as they battle rising coronavirus cases, the head of the NHS has warned. Sir Simon Stevens hailed the efforts of staff in what he described as the ‘toughest year’ the health service had ever faced. He said: ‘Many of us will have lost family, friends, colleagues … Read more
Conservationists have drafted the first ever global map of bee diversity to help track the distribution of populations of the vital pollinators. There are some 20,000 individual species of bee presently living on Earth — but accurate, compiled data on their distribution had been lacking. Researchers from China, Singapore and the US analysed and validated … Read more
Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to ‘redouble efforts’ to reach a trade deal and signed off on talks continuing next week. The Prime Minister told his Brussels counterpart that there remained ‘significant differences’ in the UK-EU negotiations. He said the two sides differ on their positions over fishing … Read more
Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces clashed in several parts of Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday, as the United States stepped up diplomatic efforts to try to end the deadliest fighting in the mountain enclave for over a quarter of a century. In Washington, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met separately with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan … Read more
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the UN World Food Programme for ‘its efforts to combat global hunger’ The UN’s World Food Programme has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Judges said the prize was to recognise its efforts in tackling global hunger Award is a snub to WHO, also a UN body, amid … Read more
The tiff between Sirs Rod Stewart and Elton John doesn’t seem to be thawing any time soon. The iconic singers fell out at some point last year, when Rod, 75, poked fun at 73-year-old Elton’s retirement tour, and the biopic made about him, Rocketman. And now Rod claims he has tried to extend an olive … Read more
NHS coronavirus contact tracers struggled to reach tens of thousands of potentially infectious people yesterday after phone lines crashed following an IT malfunction. As workers attempted to catch up on a backlog of calls to the 16,000 infectious people missed from the database – due to an error caused by an outdated version of Microsoft’s … Read more
Health secretary Matt Hancock promised 1.4million care workers lapel badges to honour their efforts in tackling Corona… but they STILL haven’t been delivered five months on The green Care badges would get same recognition and benefits as NHS staff Just 90,000 of them have been dispatched – the rest are gathering dust in boxes Care Badge … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle can be seen waving to car passengers and helping children with their backpacks in a new video of their first charity outing since lockdown. Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 39, both wearing face coverings, distributed supplies, clothes and nappies at a drive-through run by Los Angeles charity Baby2Baby, which … Read more