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New coronavirus variants highlight the need for countries to do their own research and development on COVID-19 vaccines, said a senior Philippines trade official, adding that people will only be safe once the whole world is vaccinated. The Philippines is looking to work with its trading partners on this as vaccine demand is unlikely to wane anytime soon, said Allan Gepty, assistant secretary at the Department of Trade and Industry in an interview at the Reuters Next conference. The new COVID-19 variants highlight that "we have to continue doing our respective research and development in this area because there is a truism that …no one is safe unless everyone is safe," said Gepty.
Three former Google software engineers have sued the tech giant, alleging it breached employee contracts by not honouring its "don't be evil" pledge. The lawsuit was filed by former employees Rebecca Rivers, Sophie Waldman and Paul Duke at a state court in Santa Clara county, California, on Monday. Google, whose parent company is Alphabet Inc, has promoted the pledge "don't be evil" as a core value for more than 20 years, and it remains a part of the firm's official employee code of conduct.
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The migrant crisis has become a key issue on the doorstep in the Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election campaign, the Reform UK candidate has said, as he accused Tories of "warm words but nothing changes".
Thomas Schreiber seethed with resentment over how he felt couple treated him, jury hears
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's flag airlines halted new reservations on Wednesday and the government widened a travel ban amid escalating alarm over Omicron after a second case of the coronavirus variant was detected in the country. Japan Airlines Co and ANA Holdings Inc said they were suspending new reservations for international flights to Japan until the end of December. The move came at the request of the transport ministry, which has also requested foreign airlines to halt to all such reservations.
The defender had just returned from a night out in August when he was approached by three men.
All nine cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus can be traced back to a single event on November 20, Nicola Sturgeon said.
Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has vetoed for the second time a law allowing terminally ill people to seek assistance from a doctor to end their lives, effectively postponing the legislation until a new parliament is elected. The veto, announced late on Monday, cited language used in the bill to describe terminal conditions that Rebelo de Sousa said was sometimes contradictory and needed to be clarified. Lawmakers first passed a bill to legalise euthanasia in January but Rebelo de Sousa asked the constitutional court to evaluate the legislation's "excessively undefined concepts".
The Energy Networks Association have confirmed that 45,000 of their UK customers are still without power.
Christmas parties this year should not see “much snogging under the mistletoe”, a Cabinet minister has said, as Boris Johnson faced questions over a Downing Street event that reportedly took place during last year’s lockdown.
EU member Germany is transferring Covid patients across the country by plane to deal with the latest wave
Businesses in Oxford, Michigan, showed their support for the community after four students were killed and several others wounded in a mass shooting at Oxford High School on November 30.Video taken by Brendan Gutenschwager shows storefronts in Oxford displaying signs of support on Wednesday.Oakland County Sheriff Michael J Bouchard said in a press conference on Tuesday night that the suspect, a 15-year-old sophomore at the high school, was being held at Oakland County Children’s Village as a juvenile. A preliminary investigation indicated that the weapon used in the shooting was purchased on November 26 by the suspect’s father, Bouchard said.The suspect, Ethan Crumbley, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder and terrorism among other counts, police said. Credit: Brendan Gutenschwager via Storyful
Early indications suggest most Omicron coronavirus cases are mild, an official at the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. An official, speaking on behalf of the organisation, said there is no evidence to suggest the efficacy of vaccines has been reduced by the new strain - but did say some mutations of the virus indicate an increased risk of quicker transmission. It comes as a top official in Botswana's health ministry said on Tuesday that 16 out of the 19 cases of the Omicron variant detected in the country were asymptomatic.
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Counter-terror police are warning all parents to be vigilant as figures show a rise in the number of children being arrested for far-right terrorism offences. Police say lockdown created a "perfect storm" for teenagers to become radicalised by the far right. "We know that hateful extremism has been prevalent online and in essence, it makes sort of a perfect storm for a potential radicaliser to exploit that environment, and I think we have seen that in the last 12 months."
The fastest and slowest streets in the UK for broadband have been revealed. Topping the charts for quickest broadband, was Haul Fryn in Birchgrove, Swansea, recording an average speed of 882Mbps, according to new research by price comparison site Uswitch. In contrast, Wistaston Road in Crewe has been identified as the slowest - with an average download speed of just 0.24Mbps, which means it would take more than 48 hours to download a two-hour HD film.
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Rod Barton says changes that give parliament power to disallow pandemic orders make it ‘a much better and fairer bill’
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