Month: April 2022

Alabama’s governor has signed into law new rules that could see doctors face jail if they continue to prescribe hormone treatment and puberty-blocking medication to transgender youths. LGBTQ advocates have described it as a combination “bathroom bill” and “Don’t Say Gay” bill, echoing similarly controversial legislation recently passed in other US states. The Alabama bills
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More than 32,000 vulnerable COVID patients in England have been treated with “cutting-edge” antiviral drugs which improve symptoms “within hours”, the NHS has said. The health service has procured nearly five million doses of Pfizer’s Paxlovid and other antivirals, such as Molnupiravir, via a deal struck by the government. Paxlovid was found in trials to
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Boris Johnson has called Russia’s attack on a Ukrainian railway station “unconscionable”, as held talks with Germany’s chancellor on how to reduce dependency on Russian gas.  The two leaders condemned Russia’s strike on a crowded railway station in the Ukrainian city, Kramatorsk, which killed at least 50 people, suggesting the Russians were guilty of war
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Italian confectionary group Ferrero has been ordered to suspend production at its plant in Belgium following an investigation into dozens of cases of salmonella allegedly linked to the company’s Kinder chocolates. Earlier this week, certain Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs were recalled by the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) due to the possible presence of salmonella.
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Britain has followed the US in sanctioning Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters. The Foreign Office announced travel bans and asset freezes against Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov’s daughter, Yekaterina Sergeyevna Vinokurova, is also being targeted by the measures, designed to squeeze the “lavish lifestyles” of Mr Putin’s inner
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