Danica Kirka
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UK to require COVID-19 shots for nursing home workers
LONDON (AP) — Britain will require COVID-19 vaccinations for nursing home workers in England, arguing that the need to protect vulnerable residents outweighed employees' right to choose whether to get the jab. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the new rules Wednesday together with plans for a public consultation on extending the vaccine requirement to National Health Service workers. → Read More
G-7 leaders agree on vaccines, China and taxing corporations
CARBIS BAY, England — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations staked their claim Sunday to leading the world out of the coronavirus pandemic an → Read More
G-7 leaders agree on vaccines, China and taxing corporations
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations staked their claim Sunday to leading the world out of the coronavirus pandemic and crisis, pledging more than 1 billion coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer nations. → Read More
G-7 leaders pledge 1B COVID-19 vaccines to countries
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Sunday pledged more than 1 billion coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer nation. → Read More
As summit ends, G-7 urged to deliver on vaccines, climate
Group of Seven leaders are aiming to end their first summit in two years with a punchy set of promises → Read More
As summit ends, G-7 urged to deliver on vaccines, climate
FALMOUTH, England (AP) — The Group of Seven leaders aim to end their first summit in two years with a punchy set of promises Sunday, including vaccinating the world against coronavirus, making huge corporations pay their fair share of taxes and tackling climate change with a blend of technology and money. They want to show […] → Read More
Lucky number: Biden is 13th U.S. president to meet Queen Elizabeth II
LONDON -- Imagine trying to make an impression on someone who’s met, well, almost everyone. → Read More
Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen
LONDON (AP) — Imagine trying to make an impression on someone who's met, well, almost everyone. Such is the challenge for President Joe Biden, who is set to sip tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor Castle after a Group of Seven leaders' summit in southwestern England. Biden will be the 13th president to sit with the now-95-year-old monarch. The White House said he previously met the… → Read More
Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen
President Joe Biden is set to sip tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor Castle. → Read More
Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen
President Joe Biden is set to sip tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor Castle. → Read More
Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen
President Joe Biden is set to sip tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor Castle. → Read More
Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen
President Joe Biden is set to sip tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor Castle. → Read More
Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen
President Joe Biden is set to sip tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor Castle. → Read More
Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen
President Joe Biden is set to sip tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor Castle. → Read More
Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen
Joe Biden will become the 13th American president to meet Queen Elizabeth II. Biden and his wife, Jill, are set to sip tea with the queen at Windsor Castle on 6/12. → Read More
Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen
LONDON (AP) — Imagine trying to make an impression on someone who’s met, well, almost everyone. Such is the challenge for President Joe Biden, who is set to sip tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday at Windsor Castle after a Group of Seven leaders’ summit in southwestern England. Biden will be the 13th president […] → Read More
Buckingham Palace barred minorities from office jobs in '60s
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace barred ethnic minorities from office jobs during the 1960s, the Guardian newspaper reported Thursday, citing documents in Britain’s National Archives. The revelation, published on the newspaper's front page, was based on papers showing that Queen Elizabeth II’s chief financial manager told civil servants in 1968 that it was not the palace’s practice to hire… → Read More
London school fights COVID fallout with laptops, bean bags
LONDON (AP) — Nik Geraj’s voice fills with pain as he talks about how he struggled to help his daughter study during the coronavirus lockdowns that shut her school for more than four months over the past year. Before the pandemic, 6-year-old Mia was doing well. But she had a hard time during lockdown, missing […] → Read More
Rule Britannia? Critics question Johnson's flagship plans
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to build a national flagship to travel the world’s oceans promoting British trade and investment → Read More
UK may require NHS workers to take COVID-19 vaccine
LONDON (AP) — The British government may require National Health Service workers to be inoculated against COVID-19 — a contentious proposal that was immediately criticized by opposition leaders as counterproductive. The U. K. government's vaccine minister, Nadhim Zahawi, told Sky News on Sunday that officials were considering the move in hopes of preventing medical workers from spreading… → Read More