Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have been accused of hypocrisy over their stance on racism in football after they condemned the abuse of three black England players, having previously refused to criticise fans who booed the team for taking the knee.more
The US Department of State has released a report on anti-genocide efforts and countries where the risk of crime is highest. Among the listed countries are, among others China, Burma and Syria.more
Nearly three-quarters of Poles expect the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which will begin in autumn, according to the IBRiS survey for the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita".more
Regardless of the outcome of the European Championship final against Italy, England has already achieved success - not only on the pitch but also beyond, uniting a divided country and raising public sentiment in a pandemic, British newspapers write today.more
A sizeable minority of people in the UK would be happy for Covid restrictions including a 10pm curfew to be in place indefinitely, new polling suggests.more
Employers should consider allowing workers to be late or take a day off if England wins Euro 2020, a Downing Street spokesman said. The announcement was issued after over 100,000 people signed a petition to make Monday a day off if England beat Italy in the European Championship final.more
The chancellor has reiterated the £20 uplift to universal credit will be scrapped as it "was always intended to be a temporary measure". Campaigners say the payments, worth around £1,000 a year, have stopped some from falling into poverty.more
Bougainville's leaders set a deadline of 2027 to gain full independence from Papua New Guinea Tuesday during talks on the future of the once-wartorn Melanesian island.more
Around nine in 10 adults in most parts of the UK are now likely to have Covid-19 antibodies, new figures suggest. The estimates range from 87.2% in Northern Ireland to 89.8% in England and 91.8% in Wales. In Scotland the estimate is lower and is closer to eight in 10 adults, or 84.7%.more
London’s top doctor has vowed the jabs roll-out will “sprint” over the next fortnight to get as many adults as possible vaccinated, as latest figures showed the capital was falling short of the Prime Minister’s targets.more
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday detailed the final steps in the easing of England’s lockdown rules, with a final decision due to be taken on July 12.more
Allowing fully vaccinated people to skip self-isolation risks a "loss of compliance", a psychologist has warned. Prof Robert West said the move - being considered by ministers - could breed "resentment" and encourage those without both jabs to ignore the rules.more
A prominent pollster for the Republican Party in the US has warned that culture wars are set to divide UK politics following a major study into voting attitudes.more
The number of people who don't turn up to their Covid vaccination appointment in Germany is increasing, leading to politicians from the government to start discussing the possibility of fines for people who make an appointment but don't show up.more
Parents of children called Alexa say their daughters are being bullied because it is the same name that Amazon uses for its virtual assistant. Some have even changed their child's name because they say the barrage of Alexa jokes is "relentless".more
Five years after the EU referendum, a new report published today by whatukthinks.org and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) argues that Brexit has been far from an unalloyed success so far as public opinion is concerned.more
Covid restrictions in England “must come to an end” on 19 July, the new health secretary, Sajid Javid, has announced, saying the public and ministers will have to “learn to live” with the virus.more
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Monday that the government grants 150 euros to young people aged 18-25 if they are administered the first dose of a vaccine against Covid-19.more
As of Thursday eveniung (June 25) 41,218,602 doses of the various Covid-19 vaccinations had been delivered across Spain with 38,293,871 doses administered, 733,245 of them within the last 24 hour period, a new daily record.more
A new study estimates that life expectancy in the U.S. decreased by nearly two years between 2018 and 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And the declines were most pronounced among minority groups, including Black and Hispanic people.more
