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The items below are highlights from the free newsletter, “Smart, useful, science stuff about COVID-19.” To receive newsletter issues daily in your inbox, sign up here. Don’t skip that second dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine, advises a 4/29/21 story by Tara Parker-Pope at The New York Times, even if…

By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A nurse prepares a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine. FRED TANNEAU/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5pm on…

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Front-line workers stage a 'die-in' protest to demand paid sick days for all workers, in front of the Ontario provincial legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto, on Jan. 13, 2021. CARLOS OSORIO/Reuters It hasn’t even been a year since the business community pledged to stamp out systemic discrimination. The police…

Sony Pictures Entertainment has released the final trailer for Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway. Originally due out in February 2020 to be closer to Easter, the sequel faced numerous delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will finally be hitting theaters here in the United States on June 18. In…

The NPD Group has released its report for the first quarter of 2021, showing how well the US video game industry performed in the January-March period. In short, the US games market is thriving right now due in part to the launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X…

Singapore, Apr 29, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Glasstech Asia Online Conference, powered by BAU and BAU China, happened on the 27th of April 2021. Leading the glass and facades community ahead, the online conference brought together a network of glass and facades professionals around the world, to learn, discuss…

If you’re like me, the vaccine shot in your arm means you’re looking into finally taking a trip after staying locked down for a year. To help you travel safely and in line with local guidelines, Google will now send you alerts regarding pandemic-related restrictions at your destination along with…

Calls for an end to one-party rule in China could be illegal – or they might not be – but in any case there is no one-party rule, a former justice secretary told Hongkongers on Wednesday. Elsie Leung, who's also a former deputy of Beijing's Basic Law Committee, explained that…

A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to test for COVID-19 at a testing centre in Srinagar. Photo: AFPThe World Health Organization chief has voiced alarm at India's record-breaking wave of Covid-19 cases and deaths, saying the organisation was rushing to help address the crisis. "The situation…