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BRASILIA (Reuters) -COVID-19 infections are reaching new peaks in the Americas with 7.2 million new cases and more than 15,000 COVID-related deaths in the last week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. "The virus is spreading more actively than ever before," PAHO Director Carissa Etienne told a…

Boris Johnson's promise to scrap all Covid restrictions by the spring was welcomed by business leaders today, but unions warned against allowing a 'free-for-all'. The Prime Minister said that 'from now' No10's work from home guidance will no longer apply, and face masks will no longer be required in school…

WASHINGTON: The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its cosmic parking spot a million miles away, bringing it a step closer to its mission to unravel the mysteries of the Universe, NASA said Monday. At around 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1900 GMT), the observatory fired its thrusters for five…

B oris Johnson will fight any no confidence vote launched against him by his own MPs and expects to fight the next general election, No 10 has said, after he was urged to resign by a Tory grandee and lost one of his newest MPs to Labour. The Prime Minister…

Media caption, Watch how Boris Johnson reacts when asked if apologising to the Queen was a moment of shame Boris Johnson faces more questions about his leadership at Prime Minister's Questions, as the row over lockdown parties at No 10 continues. Growing revolt among Tory MPs, including those elected in…

On Wednesday, January 19 at 19:30GMT: Are the nine political lives of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson up? A series of scandals have marked his leadership, but now several political analysts think it may all end over a party. The party in question – a May 2020 social event in…

Wednesday 19 January 2022 6:15 am By: Paul Ormerod Paul Ormerod is an economist at Volterra Partners LLP and author. Boris Johnson decided not to add further regulations after having implemented Plan B to tackle the spread of the Omicron variant. (Photo by IAN VOGLER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) The last…

/ Europe Issued on: 19/01/2022 - 01:33 British PM Boris Johnson visits Finchley Memorial Hospital in North London, Britain January 18, 2022. © Ian Vogler, Pool via Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the brink of facing a leadership challenge, according to reports, after an angry backlash over claims parties were…

Author of the article: As many as 20 new Conservative Party lawmakers plan to submit letters of no confidence in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday, a Daily Telegraph journalist posted on Twitter on Tuesday. The lawmakers from Johnson’s own party all entered parliament in 2019. Their rebellion could…

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