Durham Police should reopen an investigation into whether Sir Keir Starmer broke coronavirus laws, a minister has said. The Labour leader has come under pressure since footage emerged of him drinking a beer with colleagues at a time when restrictions were in place. Speaking on Sky News, International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said officers should
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Three days of alleged attacks in a contested area of Moldova are raising fears the conflict in Ukraine could spread over the border. There have been reports of explosions and shots fired in Transnistria, a Russian-backed breakaway territory in Moldova. Sky News’ Mark Stone finds sympathies for Russia in the territory appear to be rising.
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A leaked document seems to indicate a majority of US Supreme Court justices planned to support overturning the historic Roe v Wade case law that legalised abortion. Politico claims to have seen the draft ‘opinion’ which if genuine, is, they say, a “full-throated” and “unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision” which guaranteed constitutional protections of
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Is Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’ ambition to push Russia out of the whole of Ukraine realistic? Retired Air Vice Marshal Sean Bell explains why it might not be. He said getting military equipment and artillery into Ukraine was key, but it needed to be the right kind of equipment and not hardware which requires years
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When it comes to bang-for-your-buck electric bicycles, it’s hard to beat the Phoenix-based company Lectric eBikes. While they may not have the fancy components of the big-name companies or the sprawling reach of the industry top dogs, there’s a reason the company has such a dedicated following: They offer good e-bikes at great prices. Having
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The Federal Reserve is hiking interest rates in an effort to defuse an explosive year of price inflation. But global forces could neutralize the effects of that tightening of monetary policy, and keep inflation high. Some observers believe the U.S. government may have misread the looming threat of inflation. During the pandemic, Uncle Sam dispersed
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Infectious diseases such as malaria remain a leading cause of death in many regions. This is partly because people there don’t have access to medical diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases (along with a range of non-infectious diseases) at an early stage, when there is more scope for treatment. It’s a challenge scientists have
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