The UK’s medicines regulator has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the decision followed a “rigorous review” of safety and effectiveness in that age group – and that the benefits of having the COVID jab outweighed the risks. The Joint Committee on Vaccination
Month: June 2021
Businesses looking to secure government contracts will have to pledge to be net zero by 2050 under new requirements. From September, firms seeking public sector contracts worth more than £5m a year will also have to publish “clear and credible carbon reduction plans” before being considered, the Cabinet Office said. The move, which coincides with
NASA’s long-awaited flagship observatory — the James Webb Space Telescope — is slated for take-off after October this year, as the space agency continues its talks with the European Space Agency (ESA) to fix a final launch date. This comes after their initial announcement in July last year in which the Webb Telescope was due
US President Donald Trump speaks to officials during a roundtable discussion on community safety, at Mary D. Bradford High School in in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. – Trump visited Kenosha, the city at the center of a raging US debate over racism, despite pleas to stay away and claims he is dangerously fanning
The world’s leading economies are on the brink of announcing a historic deal to tax the tech giants, the German finance minister has told Sky News. Olaf Scholz said the plan to reform the taxation of tech companies and introduce a minimum level for business tax rates would “change the world”, bringing in billions of
I had a rocky relationship with jumpsuits for years, but finally came around after figuring out exactly what to look for. Now, it’s all love! I was usually the tallest girl in the room growing up, which meant shopping for any kind of one-piece (from bathing suits to rompers) was always a challenge. So, when
Play video content TMZ.com The former NASA astronaut commanding the first civilian crew to the International Space Station is feeling good about the so-called space tourists, because they’re handling zero gravity better than him!!! Michael Lopez-Alegria, the decorated astronaut with 2 NASA records for spacewalks, joined us on “TMZ Live” Friday to tell us how
Donald Trump has been suspended from Facebook until at least January 2023 after he “praised people” who took part in violence during the US Capitol riot. The social media giant’s independent oversight board had in May upheld Facebook’s block on the former president. However, the board ruled it was wrong to make the ban indefinite
Tesla, for example, is a master of branding. The electric car company positions its products as both environmentally-friendly and luxurious – the perfect purchase for those who want to stop global warming while feeling stylish. Tesla’s incredibly fancy cars have all the features that make their owners want to show them off: autopilot mode, a
June 4, 2021 | 11:38am ET The Lowdown: It’s been five years since Red Fang released 2016’s Only Ghosts — a veritable hiatus for the heavy rockers from Portland, Oregon. Sadly, few bands can replace Red Fang’s irresistible blend of sludge, comedic timing, and monster riffage. Their absence left a void in the stoner metal
Welsh leader Mark Drakeford has expressed concern about the Indian coronavirus variant spreading across the border from England hotspots as his country moves to further ease lockdown restrictions. While ruling out a ban on travel, the first minister has urged visitors from the North West to take “all the precautions” in order to keep themselves
The world’s first venture capital fund to be focused on the space industry is plotting a rocket-fuelled launch onto the London stock market amid record levels of funding being ploughed into the sector. Sky News has learnt that an arm of Seraphim Capital is working with bankers on plans for a public share sale that
A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has invented a fibre with digital capabilities that can sense, store, analyse, and infer activities after it’s sewn into a shirt. Yoel Fink, professor and principal investigator at the Research Laboratory of Electronics and a senior author on the study, said that these fibres
In this photo illustration, the Facebook logo is seen on a smartphone screen with the EU flag in the background. Chukrut Budrul | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Regulators in the U.K. and the EU launched formal competition investigations into Facebook on Friday. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority said it is investigating
Brussels is to ban Belarusian planes from EU airspace as it ramps up pressure on the Minsk regime over the forced diversion of a passenger jet and arrest of a government critic. The move will also see European airlines strongly encouraged to avoid flying over the ex-Soviet country, which sparked an international outcry after a
In Taylor Jenkins Reid’s version of American mythology, the stories all start in California. That’s why she’s here now, lounging on her Los Angeles porch in a white T-shirt and sunglasses, relishing her private oasis of warm breezes and copious sunshine. A rooster crows from the neighboring yard as a cement truck bumbles by. She
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