Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “very optimistic” that he will be able to remove all coronavirus restrictions in England by 21 June under his four-stage plan for lifting lockdown. Under his roadmap for easing COVID measures, the prime minister hopes “all legal limits on social contact can be removed” under the last of those four
Rates of pay growth are running at their highest level since 2008, according to official figures which also show the first rise in payrolled employment since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported average weekly earnings up by 4.7% on an annual basis during the three months to December.
Facebook will lift a block on news pages in Australia following a week-long standoff between the social media giant and the government. The site had removed access to all news content in the country on its platform and also prevented people around the world from posting links to Australian publications after the government considered legislation
President Joe Biden has led a minute’s silence to honour America’s coronavirus victims after the country became the first to record more than half a million deaths. As 500 lit candles lined the White House steps to commemorate the dead, a military band played Amazing Grace and the president made his emotional remarks. “Today we
Andra Day, the powerful singer and songwriter famous for “Rise Up,” is making her starring role debut in Lee Daniels’ The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. The United States Vs. Billie Holiday stars Andra Day as Billie Holiday, the legendary jazz singer. The FBI targeted Billie Holiday for using narcotics, but they ultimately wanted to
My partner and I are both book nerds–we met working at a bookstore–but we don’t have a lot of overlap in our reading. He tends towards science fiction and horror, and I read YA, literary fiction, and queer lit of all genres. When we do both read the same book, though, it’s always an interesting
For an instant mood-booster, slip into something a little more glam While you’re likely très familiar with the little black dress (LBD), it probably doesn’t feel like that these days. Like most of the world, you’ve probably traded in your statement dresses and Insta-worthy lewks for sweatsuits and PJs. Look: It is what it is.
That explosion was bound to happen. Most of the secrets that everyone kept spilled out into the open on All American Season 3 Episode 6. Poor Spencer gained some closure concerning Corey only to have other parts of his life torn apart. No one should be surprised. This day has been coming. Spencer really should have
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a delivery ceremony for Tesla China-made Model 3 in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 7, 2020. Ding Ting | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Shares of Tesla closed down 8.55% on Monday, as investors betting on a pandemic comeback rotated out Big Tech and piled into cyclical stocks. It’s
England is set to remove all legal limits on people’s social contact by 21 June, the prime minister has announced. After schools reopen on 8 March, with some outdoor restrictions lifted by 29 March, Boris Johnson said the next step will be to reopen beer gardens and hairdressers in England from 12 April at the
Retailers could be allowed to open their businesses again as early as 12 April, the government has announced. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the news to the House of Commons, saying that the reopening of retail would be part of the second step out of England’s lockdown. Progress on the next steps out of lockdown
Boris Johnson will warn the United Nations Security Council that unless urgent action is taken to tackle climate change, the world risks worsening conflict, displacement and insecurity. In a virtual address, the prime minister will call on all members to help the most vulnerable countries adapt to the impact of climate change and cut emissions.
The US has become the first country to record more than half a million deaths with coronavirus. The pandemic has now seen 500,071 COVID-related fatalities in the country and more than 28 million people infected, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus tracker. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are to commemorate the huge
The first episode of HBO’s new documentary detailing Dylan Farrow‘s allegations of sexual abuse against Woody Allen is out — and the famed director has choice words for it. He and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, blasted the doc in a joint statement … calling ‘Allen v. Farrow’ a “hatchet job” that they believe had no
I have a confession: my self-care ritual of choice is listening to two women tell each other horrifying stories about murder. With all due respect to hot baths, cookie dough, and yoga, nothing has been more consistently comforting to me over the past hellscape of a year than the voices of Karen Kilgariff and Georiga
Daft Punk are calling it quits. On Monday, the French duo of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter announced the end of their acclaimed project with an eight-minute video titled “Epilogue”. The video contains excerpts from Daft Punk’s 2006 film Electroma — including a scene in which one of the robots blows himself up. Following the