The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. The …
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WHO Chief ‘Disappointed’ China Hasn’t Allowed Researchers into Wuhan
The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed disappointment Tuesday with the failure of Chinese officials to grant final permission to an international team of researchers to enter the country to investigate …
your ads here!Virginia Cellist Goes from COVID Depressed to TikTok Star
Andrew Savoia, a 24-year-old Arlington, Virginia, cello player has taken social media by storm, posting TikTok videos of himself performing instrumental covers of modern pop and hip- hop songs. One …
your ads here!French Health Minister Details Plan to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccinations
French Health Minister Olivier Veran said Tuesday the nation was going to “amplify, accelerate and simplify” its COVID-19 vaccination program after coming under fire for the initial slow roll out …
your ads here!A COVID-19 shot for $150? Online Scams Surge as Slow Vaccine Rollout Frustrates
As millions of people await their turn to get a COVID-19 vaccine that could be months away, scammers online, in emails and on messaging apps are luring victims with claims …
your ads here!Public Frustration Grows as France’s Vaccination Campaign Lags
In France, public frustration with the government is growing as the nation’s coronavirus immunization campaign gets off to a slow start. In response, officials say they will speed up and …
your ads here!Study: Warming Already Baked in Will Blow Past Climate Goals
The amount of baked-in global warming, from carbon pollution already in the air, is enough to blow past internationally agreed upon goals to limit climate change, a new study finds. But …
your ads here!Indiana to Host All Men’s March Madness Games
The Midwestern state of Indiana this year will be host to the entire men’s college basketball tournament, also known as March Madness, the NCAA announced Monday.The college athletic group is …
your ads here!Tanya Roberts, Bond Girl and ‘That ’70s Show’ Star, Hospitalized
Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in “A View to a Kill” and later played Midge Pinciotti in the sitcom “That ’70s Show,” has been hospitalized after falling at her …
your ads here!New COVID-19 Lockdowns in Britain; New Variant Found in New York
Britain’s prime minister announced a fresh round of lockdowns Monday, closing schools and nonessential shops, as the country begins vaccinating health care workers and the elderly.Prime Minister Boris Johnson said …
your ads here!Moderna Plans to Ramp Up COVID-19 Vaccine Production by 20%
Drug maker Moderna says it plans to ramp up production of its COVID-19 vaccine by 100 million more doses than what it originally forecast.The Massachusetts-based company said Monday it would …
your ads here!Online Collaboration Tool Slack Suffers Global Outage
Online communication and collaboration service Slack reported a global outage Monday, as millions returned to work after the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.”Our team is currently investigating, and we’re sorry …
your ads here!Tanya Roberts, Bond Girl And ‘That ’70s Show’ Star, Dies
Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in “A View to a Kill,” appeared in the final season of “Charlie’s Angels” and later played Midge Pinciotti in the sitcom “That ’70s …
your ads here!Google Employees Form Workers’ Union in United States
More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers’ union, the elected leaders of the union wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday. …
your ads here!British Health Secretary Doesn’t Rule Out New Restrictions as Coronavirus Continues to Spread
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Monday the government is not ruling out new restrictions as the coronavirus continues to spread even in areas with the strictest constraints.In television interviews, …
your ads here!‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: Liverpool Salute Marsden After Singer Dies Aged 78
Gerry Marsden, frontman of 1960s group Gerry and the Pacemakers, has died aged 78, the singer’s friend Pete Price announced Sunday. Liverpool-born Marsden, who died after a short illness, had a …
your ads here!IRS Says Executors Undervalued Prince’s Estate by 50%
The ongoing controversy over the money left behind by Prince when he died without a will is heating up again after Internal Revenue Service calculations showed that executors of the …
your ads here!Fauci Suggests Slow Pace of US Coronavirus Vaccinations to Pick Up
Vaccinations against the coronavirus are off to a slow and chaotic start in the United States, but the country’s top infectious disease expert held out hope Sunday that the pace …
your ads here!Britain Warns of New Lockdowns Amid Coronavirus Surge, Variant
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Sunday of new lockdowns to be issued across the country as cases of the coronavirus surge, particularly with a new variant spreading.Britain has been seeing upwards of 50,000 …
your ads here!Israel Plans 2 Million Vaccinated by End of January
Israel said Sunday two million people will have received a two-dose Covid-19 vaccination by the end of January, a pace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasts is the world’s fastest.Starting on …
your ads here!Zimbabwe Reintroduces Dusk-to-Dawn Curfew to Contain Rising COVID-19 Cases
Zimbabwe has reintroduced a 12-hour dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain rising COVID19 cases and combat citizens’ disregard of lockdown regulations. The World Health Organization is calling on Zimbabweans to abide by …
your ads here!Fast Rollout of Virus Vaccine Trials in US Reveals Tribal Distrust
The news came during a hopeful time on the largest Native American reservation.Daily coronavirus cases were in the single digits, down from a springtime peak of 238 that made the …
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