U.S. National Science Foundation could get $600 million in pandemic relief bill

Scotland's Six Nations clash with France is OFF after coronavirus outbreak

25.02.2021 / 16:47

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25.02.2021 / 16:32

Travis Scott faces investigation for Covid rule-break after being mobbed by fans

Travis Scott reportedly faces an investigation for a possible Covid rule-break after he greeted a flood of fans.

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25.02.2021 / 16:22

Billie Eilish discusses impact of the coronavirus pandemic on her upcoming new album

Billie Eilish has spoken about her upcoming new album during an interview with The Late Show, explaining how the downtime afforded by the coronavirus pandemic enabled her to get back in the studio.The singer is currently at work on new music, having suggested earlier this month that as many as 16 songs are in contention to feature on her forthcoming second album.Speaking to Stephen Colbert in a new interview on The Late Show in the US this week, Eilish explained how she took the opportunity to make a new album when the pandemic’s shutdown of live music provided her with her first extended period of time off in four years.“I don’t think I would’ve made the same album, or even the album at all, if it weren’t for Covid,” she said.

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25.02.2021 / 16:22

Nearly 60% say mental health hit by pandemic - CSO

Almost 60% of people say their mental health has been impacted by the pandemic, with younger people more likely to have experienced recent difficulties with their well-being.

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25.02.2021 / 15:44

Pandemic or not, the Golden Globes show must go on

Gallery: The absolute best movies of the 2010s (Espresso)"When there is magic in awards shows, it comes from everyone being in the same room together," she added. The coronavirus pandemic not only closed movie theaters and prompted studios to shift dozens of releases into late 2021 or 2022, it also led to the postponement of awards shows and turned them into socially distanced affairs.

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25.02.2021 / 15:40

Fraudsters offer 400 million 'ghost' Covid vaccines in EU: officials

BERLIN/BRUSSELS : Fraudsters have offered 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines worth some 3 billion euros to European Union countries, two officials, showing how criminals seek to capitalise on a botched inoculation campaign weighing on the bloc's economic recovery.EU leaders will discuss by videoconference on Thursday how to protect their 450 million citizens from new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus, ensure stable vaccine deliveries, ramp up production and update jabs to counter new strains.Two officials with the bloc's executive European Commission estimated that around 400 million doses of "ghost" vaccine had been offered by fraudsters at a price of up to €3 billion ($3.67 billion)."There is a really large quantity," one

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25.02.2021 / 15:20

Jane Fonda Urges People To Get The Coronavirus Vaccine If They’re Able To After Having Both Doses Herself: ‘It Certainly Doesn’t Hurt’

Jane Fonda chats to Ellen DeGeneres about embracing her grey hair, recently having the coronavirus vaccine, and more during an appearance on her show Thursday.

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25.02.2021 / 14:50

Brits could be offered Covid vaccines as 'nasal sprays and tablets' to speed up rollout

Coronavirus vaccines could be offered as nasal sprays and tablets – potentially offering “large advantages”.The Oxford University and AstraZeneca jab has already been given to millions of Brits across the UK.However, scientists may replace the needles with “second generation formulations”.Professor Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford, discussed the research as she was quizzed by MPs on the Science and Technology Committee.She said: “We are also thinking about second generation formulations of the vaccine."As you know all the vaccines have been given at the moment as intramuscular injections, and that is not necessarily the best way to provide protection against a respiratory virus infection, where we want the

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25.02.2021 / 14:20

Active-duty military begins giving vaccines in New York area

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BLM launches Survival Fund amid federal COVID-19 relief wait

25.02.2021 / 11:17

NEW YORK – The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is formally expanding a $3 million financial relief fund that it quietly launched earlier this month, to help people struggling to make ends meet during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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25.02.2021 / 10:08

Daily ICU deaths highest since pandemic began

There were 135 Covid-19 patients in intensive care at 8pm last night, sharply down on the night before due to a high number of deaths.

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 pandemic taking its toll on Durham Region paramedics

25.02.2021 / 05:23

COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly all aspects of everyday life.

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CFL will have to appease more levels of government to get 2021 protocols approved

25.02.2021 / 04:13

CFL faces more challenges in its planned return for 2021 than it did last year when it was forced to cancel its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The CFL and CFL Players’ Association continue working on their return-to-play protocols. A league source estimates the final paperwork will be ready for submission in a week or two.

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Residents at Saskatchewan long-term care facilities relieved to get COVID-19 vaccine

25.02.2021 / 03:51

More than 40 per cent of long-term care residents in the province have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority; residents at some facilities say they’re relieved.

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Florida vaccine supply about to get a boost, governor says

25.02.2021 / 03:05

Gov. Ron DeSantis said between the four FEMA mass vaccination sites, an increase in Pfizer vaccine, and Johnson & Johnson on the way, the state of Florida is going to start seeing more coronavirus vaccine very soon.

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Paul Woods seeks extra $1M in lawsuit against London Health Sciences Centre

25.02.2021 / 02:09

Paul Woods is seeking an extra $1-million in punitive damages in a lawsuit against the London Health Sciences Centre, on top of the $2.5-million in his initial claim from January.Woods was removed as London Health Sciences Centre’s president and CEO in early January, just days after LHSC’s board of directors confirmed that he had travelled to the United States on five occasions since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, most recently from Dec. 19 to 25, 2020.

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25.02.2021 / 01:29

Podcast: Ep. 77 "Social Murder"

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Original 9, Hewitt in Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021

25.02.2021 / 00:37

Billie Jean King and the other members of the Original 9 who laid the groundwork for the women’s professional tour are the first group elected together to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, joining Lleyton Hewitt and Dennis Van der Meer in the Class of 2021.

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Florida’s theme park industry is bouncing back faster than most states’, IAPPA study says

25.02.2021 / 00:07

ORLANDO, Fla. – Though the theme park and attractions industry is still feeling the impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a new study shows Florida is doing comparatively better than most other states.

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High court inclined to expand warrantless entry into homes

25.02.2021 / 00:07

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed inclined to expand when officers can enter a suspect's home without a warrant.

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West End BIZ hopes to prop up new businesses that have survived pandemic

24.02.2021 / 23:56

COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to businesses across Winnipeg, but the city’s West End is trying to generate interest in local gems that have weathered the storm with New Business Week — a celebration of the 60 businesses that took the risk of opening shop during the pandemic.West End BIZ executive director Joe Kornelsen said that while seeing the 60 new businesses take on the challenge and make it through the year despite all the struggles is a positive sign for the area, the neighbourhood also lost 90 businesses due to the pandemic’s effects.

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Coronavirus: Vaccinations now open to Manitobans 95 and over, First Nations 75 and over

24.02.2021 / 23:37

Manitoba is opening up COVID-19 vaccinations to the general population, starting with those 95 and older and First Nations people 75 and older. Dr.

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Coronavirus: Toronto mayor announces cancellation of public events until July 2021

24.02.2021 / 23:30

Toronto Mayor John Tory has announced all public events will be cancelled until July, including Canada Day, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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mirror.co.uk

24.02.2021 / 23:23

Covid vaccines could help stamp out virus in UK to measles-like levels, expert claims

The current crop of coronavirus vaccines are so effective they could help stamp out the disease to measles-like levels, an expert has claimed.

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B.C. residents set to get priority as provincial camping reservations open March 8 2021

24.02.2021 / 23:12

annual melee to book a camping spot will open online on March 8 but residents can only book a campsite online two months in advance of their arrival date.People who live in the province will have priority access to campsite reservations throughout the summer and not just in the opening window. B.C.

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New Brunswick reports 2 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday

24.02.2021 / 22:36

coronavirus on Wednesday.One of the cases involves an individual in the Moncton region and is under investigation.The other case involves a staff member of Manoir Belle Vue, an adult care home in Edmondston. Coronavirus — No new cases reported in New Brunswick for first time in 2021 To date, New Brunswick has confirmed 1,426 cases of COVID-19 and has seen 1,335 recoveries.

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Stirling house prices rocket despite pandemic pressures

24.02.2021 / 21:47

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The average price of a property in Stirling has shot up by more than 10 per cent in a year - despite the financial strains on many during the pandemic.The latest Scottish House Price Index data has revealed that prices locally are the sixth highest in the country, with a pad costing on average £238,388 in December 2020.It marks an increase of 10.5 per cent on the same figure in December 2019 and puts Stirling as the sixth most expensive area to live in across Scotland.Stirling also comes in as the second priciest of Scotland’s seven cities to live in, with only Edinburgh having a higher average property price at the end of the year.The jump in house

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Better luck next year: Winter Park cancels annual St. Patrick’s Day parade

24.02.2021 / 21:38

WINTER PARK, Fla. – As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the City of Winter Park has called off yet another event: its annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.

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Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame announces ‘Legends Class’ inductees

24.02.2021 / 19:46

Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2021.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hall of fame has opted to induct a “Legends Class” of four athletes and one team whose accomplishments were mostly prior to 1950.This year’s inductees are powerboat racing pioneer Harry Greening, Olympic swimmer and football player George Larson, football player and trainer Jimmie Simpson, football player and coach Brian Timmis and the 1932 Leander men’s heavy eights Olympic rowers.Greening pioneered powerboat racing in 1908 with four race boats named Gadfly and in 1920 with nine more boats named Rainbow.His ‘Rainbow Seven’ won the Lipton Trophy, emblematic of North American Powerboat Racing supremacy and presented to the Royal Hamilton Yacht

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States pass their own virus aid, not waiting on Washington

24.02.2021 / 19:09

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Not waiting for more federal help, states have been approving their own coronavirus aid packages, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help residents and business owners devastated by the the pandemic's economic fallout.

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Florida Technical College to host drive-up food distribution event

24.02.2021 / 18:24

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida Technical College will host a drive-up food distribution event Thursday to help families struggling financially through the coronavirus pandemic.

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24.02.2021 / 16:35

Woman regrets very unfortunate tattoo she got just before pandemic

explained in a now-viral video.The unfortunate tat, which she got in March just before the coronavirus swept the world, reads: “Courageous and radically, refuse to wear a mask.”She ends the clip by giving a sarcastic two thumbs up, and commenting: “I could NOT have had worse timing. P.S.

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School voucher push taps frustration over distance learning

24.02.2021 / 16:02

ATLANTA – With her children struggling in many classes last spring, Kelli Rivera became so frustrated with how her suburban Atlanta district was handling the coronavirus pandemic that she withdrew them to home-school them. They're back in public school and mostly attending class in person. For now.

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Dumfries Sheriff Court could be upgrade to ensure continued operation during coronavirus pandemic

24.02.2021 / 15:04

“However, the decision is not one for the Scottish Government to take – it is rightly taken independently by the Lord President. We have increased funding for victims organisations.“I know that Finlay Carson has a long-standing interest in the court in Dumfries.

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24.02.2021 / 14:31

Senior citizens, people above 45 with co-morbidities to get covid shots from Mar

coronavirus vaccine at designated government facilities and private hospitals from 1 March, the Centre said on Wednesday."The covid-19 vaccination will be available in over 20,000 private vaccination centres.

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Coronavirus: A look inside a Winnipeg elementary school amid the COVID-19 pandemic

24.02.2021 / 14:09

School curricula haven’t represented the Black perspective, says Winnipeg principal The school also hired additional staff in the fall to help spread classes out and keep students space apart. One of them was Grade 4 teacher Clinton Neufeld.“Spacing is obviously a big thing.

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24.02.2021 / 13:36

Ellie Goulding is 30 weeks pregnant - but says during pandemic it has been ‘lonely’

Ellie Goulding is pregnant with her first child with her husband, art dealer Caspar Jopling. The singer said she discovered the pregnancy on her first wedding anniversary in August last year, while she and Jopling were away together.

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24.02.2021 / 13:27

India’s contribution in global scientific research on coronavirus less than 7%: Study

NEW DELHI : Despite harbouring the second maximum burden of coronavirus infections in the world, India contributed an average of less than 7% of total scientific research done during the covid-19 pandemic globally, showed an analysis published in the Scientometrics journal.The authors said that scientists across the world came out with an “astonishing" number of over 87,000 scientific papers.

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Chinese official calls for 'joint efforts' in China-US trade

24.02.2021 / 12:56

BEIJING – China’s commerce minister appealed to Washington for “joint efforts” to revive trade but gave no indication Wednesday when tariff war talks might resume or whether Beijing might offer concessions.

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Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as 'cautious' route out of lockdown announced

24.02.2021 / 11:48

coronavirus lockdown in Scotland yesterday.The First Minister said she hoped to lift the 'Stay at Home' message on April 5 as cases and deaths across the country continue to fall.It is hoped that the reopening of the economy will start around April 26 with the return to the levels system.Sturgeon said more detail will be set out in March as the pressure on the NHS eases.It comes after it was announced that 56 people had died from coronavirus in the last 24-hour period.In that same time 655 new cases were identified across Scotland which brings the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 to 198,839.Over 7,000 people have passed away after testing positive for Covid-19 in Scotland.Stay tuned for all the latest news

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Judge bans enforcement of Biden's 100-day deportation pause

24.02.2021 / 10:33

HOUSTON – A federal judge late Tuesday indefinitely banned President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations.

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Iraq's struggling Christians hope for boost from pope visit

24.02.2021 / 09:47

Nasser Banyameen speaks about his hometown of Qaraqosh in the historical heartland of Iraqi Christianity with nostalgia. Before Islamic State group fighters swept through the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. Before the militants shattered his sense of peace. Before panicked relatives and neighbors fled, some never to return.

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What Covid tier could each Ayrshire council area be in after lockdown?

24.02.2021 / 09:19

coronavirus tiers will be returning in the final week of April.The First Minister revealed that the levels system would be implemented again after full lockdown ends in Scotland.It's anticipated that every council area will move from Tier 4 to Tier 3 on April 26 as the country gradually eases out of lockdown.Before Christmas, the level of each council area was based on a number of factors determined by the Scottish Government.Officials took into account the following indicators:But broadly number of new cases per 100,000 was a strong indicator of which level each local authority would be placed into.At the moment just one Ayrshire region could make a case for tier 2 restrictions.

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24.02.2021 / 08:37

George Clooney reveals the many chores he picked up during the pandemic

George Clooney , being at home all the time took a lot of getting used to during the COVID-19 pandemic.During a recent interview with W Magazine, the actor shared the many responsibilities he has while spending so much time at home during the ongoing Stay-At-Home orders throughout the country. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that there’s a lot to do around the house, as the Oscar winner is dad to 3-year-old twins Alexander and Ella with his wife, Amal Clooney .Luckily for the star, he looks at all of his new chores as “hobbies.”A post shared by W Magazine (@wmag)“I’ll tell you what I’ve taken on as a hobby: two or three loads of laundry a day,” he revealed to the mag.

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Shaw back with Brews; Kennedy, Lamb, Teheran find new teams

24.02.2021 / 04:39

With spring training in full swing, third baseman Travis Shaw returned to the Milwaukee Brewers while former All-Star third baseman Jake Lamb and pitchers Ian Kennedy and Julio Teheran found new teams.

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Coronavirus: Interior Health deems Kelowna General Hospital outbreak ‘stable’

24.02.2021 / 03:49

Interior Heath wants the public to know that the outbreak at Kelowna General Hospital is being considered ‘stable’ and that the hospital is safe for people to use its services.“The hospital is safe to go to, people are safe for their appointments and emergencies,” said Dr. Silvina Mema, an Interior Health medical officer.There have been no additional positive cases to add to the four patients and one staff member, who had tested positive as of Monday.

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Scots in most deprived areas 10 times more likely to get Covid fine

24.02.2021 / 02:47

coronavirus rules than those from more wealthy areas.The findings of a new report reveal that those found in the 10% least well-off neighbourhoods were 11.2 times more likely to receive a fine than those in the 10% least deprived.Professor Susan McVie, of the University of Edinburgh, produced the findings which were published in a paper on Monday used by the Independent Advisory Group on Police Use of Temporary Powers Relating to the Coronavirus Crisis.It said: "Whatever the reason, it is important to remember that the overall use of enforcement was very low, even amongst those living in the most deprived communities."Expressed as a rate per 10,000 of the population aged 16 or over, only 27.3 people per 10,000 living in the 10% most

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