Disgraced abroad and locked up at home: Ousted Myanmar leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in prison December 6, 2021 Media in Myanmar and Thailand are reporting this morning that a court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions. The ruling is the first in a series of cases brought against the 76-year-old Nobel laureate [...]
Covid silver lining: ‘Extremely mild’ Omicron variant is rapidly killing off much more deadly Delta coronavirus mutation December 6, 2021 Excitement is growing among Coronavirus experts in Southern Africa and around the world as it increasingly seems that the new Omicron variant is rapidly replacing the much more deadly Delta mutation. Experts are so ecstatic because it seems more and more that the Omicron variant is much more contagious and dominant than Delta, but also [...]
Travel industry in shock: Pre-departure tests for all UK arrivals from Tuesday December 4, 2021 Everyone arriving in England from abroad will be required to take a Covid-19 pre-departure test from 4am on Tuesday, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said this evening. The pre-departure tests will have to be taken a maximum of 48 hours before departure and will apply to all travellers arriving in the UK, regardless of their departure [...]
2,200 branches: Owner of Boots plotting £10bn sale of 172-year old pharmacy chain December 4, 2021 The parent company of Boots is reportedly considering putting the pharmacy chain on the market next year, according to news reports this morning. US retail giant Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is lining up advisers from Goldman Sachs to explore a potential sale of the pharmacy, Sky News wrote. City A.M. understands that a potential valuation [...]
‘Americans will be licking their lips’: Export of UK lamb to US from January as three decade-old ban ends December 4, 2021 Exports of British lamb to the United States are set to resume in January. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has amended the rule which currently prevents imports of lamb from the UK into the US. The amended “small ruminant rule” will come [...]
Davis Cup: Novak Djokovic fails to steer Serbia into final as Croatia progress December 4, 2021 Novak Djokovic failed to steer Serbia into the Davis Cup final as world number one pair Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic clinched the decisive doubles rubber to seal victory for Croatia in Madrid. Djokovic had given his side hope of reaching the final after winning the second singles rubber against Marin Cilic 6-4 6-2. World [...]
Community infection: Omicron variant spreads fast as 75 new cases are detected across England December 4, 2021 The UK Health Security Agency (HSA) said a further 75 cases of the Omicron variant have been confirmed in England amid signs of a “small amount” of community infection. The latest cases take the total for England to 104 and for the UK as a whole to 134 – including the first confirmed case in [...]
My career may be over but ‘I couldn’t give a s**t anymore’ after fatal ‘Rust’ shooting, says Alec Baldwin December 3, 2021 Alec Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger in the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, and added that his acting career may be over. The actor, 63, accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Hutchins when a prop gun he was holding went off during filming for the Western in New Mexico. In [...]
Omicron is first coronavirus variant that is able to crush immunity from earlier Covid infection, researchers in South Africa find December 3, 2021 A new study in South Africa suggests this morning that the new Omicron variant has “substantial” ability to re-infect people who previously had Covid-19 simply because it is able to evade immunity systems in people’s bodies. The study estimated that the risk of reinfection for November 1 to 27, when Omicron started circulating, was 2.39 [...]
Tories win Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election despite sleaze allegations and Boris Johnson’s disastrous CBI speech December 3, 2021 The UK’s newest MP this morning is Tory Louie French after winning the Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election around 2am earlier this morning. French took more than half the votes in the contest, which was triggered by the death of former Cabinet minister James Brokenshire. But there was a 10 per cent swing to Labour [...]
