Burger King U.K. has apologized for a tone-deaf attempt at honouring International Women’s Day on Twitter, after the company started a thread of messages with a seemingly misogynist statement about women.“Women belong in the kitchen,” the verified @BurgerKingUK account tweeted on Monday morning, in a statement that instantly triggered fury and a tide of sexist remarks.

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Getting Results Award winner helps her community get vaccinated

Marye Steele calls herself a reservationist at the Nova Family Campground in Port Orange, where she works in the front office checking campers in and making sure they have the supplies they need.

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Amazon gets Thursday night games, NFL nearly doubles TV deal

The NFL will nearly double its media revenue to more than $10 billion a season with new rights agreements announced Thursday, including a deal with Amazon Prime Video that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to “Thursday Night Football” beginning in 2022.

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Scots singer Michelle McManus gets covid vaccine and thanks NHS staff

Michelle McManus beamed behind her face mask today as she got her first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca jab. The singer posted a snap on her Twitter and Instagram pages as she got the covid vaccine at the Carmichael Hall in Giffnock.

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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine is safe, getting it tomorrow, says UK PM Boris Johnson

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Coachella Getting Pushed Back to 2022 Amid Pandemic (Report)

Coachella is reportedly getting pushed back again.

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UK regulator: People should keep getting AstraZeneca shots

LONDON – British regulators said Thursday that people should keep getting AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine following its review of data on patients who suffered from blood clots after getting the shot.

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South Africa's Zulu king is buried amid praise, controversy

JOHANNESBURG – The traditional leader of South Africa’s 12 million Zulu people, King Goodwill Zwelithini, has been laid to rest in a private ceremony early Thursday.

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Woman with COVID-19 gives birth, gets new lungs

DETROIT – A suburban Detroit woman infected with COVID-19 gave birth then underwent a double lung transplant just weeks later to save her life, doctors said Wednesday.

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Asian markets follow Wall St higher on Fed rates promise

BEIJING – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said its key interest rate would be kept near zero through 2023.

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Robin Thicke dances in car after getting COVID-19 vaccine with his fiancée April Love Geary

Five-time Grammy nominee Robin Thicke and his fiancée since 2018, April Love Geary, got the COVID-19 vaccine together in Los Angeles on Wednesday.'Couples who get the vaccine together, stay together,' April bragged to her 180K Instagram followers.'Also fellas, getting the vaccine is BDE [big di** energy].' Card-carrying couple: Five-time Grammy nominee Robin Thicke and his fiancée since 2018, April Love Geary, got the COVID-19 vaccine together in Los Angeles on Wednesday April bragged to her 180K Instagram followers: 'Couples who get the vaccine together, stay together.

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St. Patrick’s Day arrives as whiskey gets cheaper

whiskey, it might be time for a shot, especially on St. Patrick's Day.A new deal negotiated between the United States and Britain will see a temporary suspension in tariffs placed on certain goods.

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The end approaches for Chile's military-era constitution

MEXICO CITY – The cool kids. The usual suspects. The ones everyone knows about.

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IndiGo, SpiceJet's journey in the pandemic gets tougher with high fuel costs

Also Read | Inside the mad scramble to comply with the new labour codesMoreover, it’s not as if demand recovery is exciting with the month of March turning out to be rather slow. In a report on 15 March, ICICI Securities Ltd analysts said, “Weekly average daily fliers came in at 243636 in the week ended 13 March versus 264312 in the week ended 6 March." Note that average daily passenger traffic in the month of February stood at 277230, according to the broking firm.

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Ruth Langsford gets to see mum in care home for her birthday after Covid kept them apart

Ruth Langsford got to see her mum for her birthday when she visited her in her care home.

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Asian shares slip ahead of Fed's view on US economic outlook

TOKYO – Asian shares fell in muted trading Wednesday as world markets cautiously awaited the U.S. central bank's latest assessment on the economy.

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US sanctions 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials

HONG KONG – The U.S. sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing’s ongoing crackdown on political freedoms in the semi-autonomous city, including a decision to overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system.

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White House sets low expectations for China talks in Alaska

The White House is setting low expectations ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s first face-to-face meeting with their Chinese counterparts in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba’s tourism, hospitality sector gets $8M in relief

Manitoba’s tourism and hospitality sector will see $8 million in new funding for COVID-19 relief, Premier Brian Pallister announced Tuesday.

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Blanca Blanco wears hot pink bikini to mark one-year Covid lockdown anniversary

Tale Of Tails actress Blanca Blanco has been spending lockdown at home. But on Thursday the medical worker turned actress took some time off to enjoy a beach day as she slipped into a hot pink bikini.The girlfriend of Deer Hunter actor John Savage shared several images for her 100K followers on Instagram where she posed outside a beach house in Malibu.In her caption the movie star marked the one year anniversary of the day COVID-19 was named a pandemic.'Be fierce,' began the siren, who will next star in the film Harnessing The Rain.

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Asian shares rise after US stocks gain for fifth day

TOKYO – Asian shares rose on Tuesday, cheered by a rally to all-time highs on Wall Street.

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Thailand PM gets AstraZeneca jab, 1 Asian country suspends

BANGKOK – Thailand's prime minister received a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca on Tuesday, as much of Asia shrugged off concerns about reports of blood clots in some recipients in Europe, saying that so far there is no evidence to link the two.

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‘We loved each other so, so much’: Husband dies from COVID-19 days after getting married

Jeff and Sherry Nabors (Credit: Sherry Nabors) GULFPORT, Miss. - Sherry Nabors said her late husband, Jeff, wanted to get married knowing that he would soon die from COVID-19 just days after being hospitalized with the virus."We loved each other so, so much," Sherry, 53, told FOX Television Stations Monday. "And I think he just wanted me to be apart of his family."The couple was married in Jeff’s hospital room at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport in Mississippi on Feb.

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A look at one of B.C.’s drive-thru vaccination clinics as program gets underway Monday

COVID-19 vaccinations for the general population in B.C. are now officially underway.Hundreds of clinics opened across the province and thousands of eligible seniors are rolling up their sleeves.A drive and walk-through site in Langley started allowing vehicles in just before 9 a.m.

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Fired DeLand officer gets his job back after arbitrator finds issues with internal investigation

DeLAND, Fla. – A DeLand police officer fired for making a wrongful arrest in 2017 will be back on the force following an appeal to the city’s decision to fire him after an arbitrator found issues with the investigation into the incident leading to his dismissal.

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107-yr-old man who was in the Constituent Assembly drafting panel gets Covid jab

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Gujarat: 3 receive Covid vaccination certificates without getting jabs

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A Place In The Sun presenter Laura Hamilton, 38, explains why she's getting Covid vaccine

A Place In The Sun host has Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), an immune deficiency disease.The mum-of-two was diagnosed with the condition after the birth of her daughter Tahlia, five.The Channel 4 star is also mum son Rocco, seven, who she shares with her husband Alex Howard.This morning she spoke to fans via Instagram after receiving her first vaccination and explained why she had been called up for the jab.“I’m currently sat in my car.

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GMB’s Susanna Reid reveals she’s getting her coronavirus jab this week and is unfazed by blood clot fears

GOOD Morning Britain's Susanna Reid revealed she's getting her coronavirus jab this week.

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Asian shares mixed as China reports so-so economic data

BANGKOK – Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday as China reported a variety of data that painted a complicated picture of its recovery from the pandemic.

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'I missed you so much': Grandma hugs grandson for the first time after getting COVID-19 vaccine

FORD CITY, Penn. - A local grandmother got to hug her grandson for the first time in months after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The touching reunion took place on March 8 in Ford City, Pennsylvania. Kelsey Chvala took the video of 3-year-old Trax running to hug his 71-year-old grandmother Jean."Getting to see his Nana for the first time since Christmas.

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Experts urge Scots to continue getting AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine despite blood clot fears

coronavirus vaccine causes blood clots, the UK’s medicines' regulator has said. The MHRA said that it is ‘closely reviewing reports’ after Ireland moved to temporarily suspend the rollout of the jab.

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As Florida gets ready to expand Vaccine eligibility state sees 3,699 new COVID-19 cases

ORLANDO, Fla. – More people will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in Florida on Monday.

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Yanks manager Boone feels 'awesome' after getting pacemaker

TAMPA, Fla. – New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone is into his second full week on the bench after having a pacemaker inserted and says he's feeling “awesome.”

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Ocala woman left lying in road dies after getting hit by car, troopers say

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A 20-year-old Ocala woman is dead after she was hit by a car early Sunday morning.

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Westwood leads at Sawgrass, gets another shot at DeChambeau

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Lee Westwood gets another shot at winning The Players Championship, and another crack at Bryson DeChambeau.

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No. 3 Illinois gets past No. 5 Iowa, into Big Ten title game

INDIANAPOLIS – Kofi Cockburn scored 18 of his 26 points in the first half, and No. 3 Illinois beat No. 5 Iowa 82-71 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament title game.

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China streamlines visas for domestic COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Hong Kong

China‘s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong said that it will simplify mainland China visa applications for foreigners in the city who have been inoculated with Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines.The simplified process, effective from Monday, resumes pre-pandemic application requirements, and will be available only to applicants and their family members inoculated with Chinese-produced vaccines who have obtained a vaccination certificate, the office of China‘s foreign commissioner in Hong Kong said in a statement dated Friday.It said it made the move “in view of resuming people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries in an orderly manner.” It did not say why the simplified procedures were not extended to those receiving other

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Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout gets needed boost from pharmacies

Ontario expanded its coronavirus vaccine rollout this week with the addition of pharmacies and physicians’ offices to its immunization framework.The pilot project officially launched Friday in Toronto, Windsor-Essex, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington public health units.At 8 a.m., the doors to Shoppers Drug Mart at Lawrence Avenue East and Kennedy Road in Scarborough swung open to welcome vaccine recipients.“We’ve been waiting for this moment since the beginning of the pandemic,” said pharmacist Victor Wong.The pharmacy received 500 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and by 2 p.m., staff had administered more than 100.“This marks the beginning of the end of what’s been such a tumultuous year.” WHO says continue to use AstraZeneca

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Mayawati gets vaccinated against COVID-19

COVID-19 vaccine at a private hospital here.She later urged the central and state governments to provide free vaccines to the poor."I appeal to the central and state government to provide free vaccine to the poor. I appeal to everyone to take the vaccine," she said.She said people were facing difficulties due to the situation created by coronavirus."I strongly appeal to the people of the country to follow COVID guidelines properly and take full advantage of the vaccination process.

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'Effortless and painless': Ratan Tata gets his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Ratan Tata received his first dose of anti-Covid shot on Saturday, calling it "effortless and painless"."Very thankful to have gotten my first vaccination shot today. It was effortless and painless.

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Volusia County Community gets results for veteran with new home

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla – After three years of living under hazardous health conditions, James Northcote, a 90-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran, received the keys to his brand-new home in Volusia County.

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China approves sweeping changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system

China’s parliament approved on Thursday a draft decision to change Hong Kong’s electoral system, calling it “another major step on Hong Kong’s governance” during a press conference Friday. The decision further reduces democratic representation in the city’s institutions and introduces a mechanism to vet and screen politicians’ loyalty to Beijing.

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School worker vaccination program gets underway in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania’s program to vaccinate teachers and other school workers, starting in the youngest grades, immunized more than 6,500 people in its first days, officials said Friday.The Wolf administration said 10 of the school clinics, organized by intermediate units, are up and running.

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Blanca Blanco wears hot pink bikini to mark one-year Covid lockdown anniversary

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Ricky Gervais shares picture getting his first COVID jab

COVID-19 jab.The comedian took to Twitter to share a pic getting the vaccine with the caption: “Take that you COVID C***!”.Gervais is among a number of celebrities who have recently received the COVID vaccine including Sir Ian McKellen, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton.Take that, you COVID Cunt! pic.twitter.com/gkxH5bxTwC— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) March 11, 2021It comes after Gervais previously spoke out against those “complaining” from privileged positions while the NHS fought the virus in the first lockdown.“After this is over I never want to hear people moaning about the welfare state again, I never want to hear people moaning about nurses again.

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BTS Discuss The State Of Virtual Concerts During The Pandemic: ‘We’re Afraid But We’re Getting Used To It’

Performing virtually isn’t ideal but it’s better than nothing for BTS.

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Burger King gets grilled for ‘women belong in the kitchen’ tweet

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