It was supposed to be simple – the US was going to apply the Afghanistan playbook in Ukraine against Russia. It was going to bog it down in a low-level conflict that would starve it of money and resources. It would strain the Russian society and it woul ...[
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Britain’s early handling of the coronavirus pandemic was one of the worst public health failures in UK history, with ministers and scientists taking a “fatalistic” approach that exacerbated the death toll, a landmark inquiry has found. ...[
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Brian Madderson says filling stations are emptied within hours of a delivery as calls grow for the army to step in ...[
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Official from Dutch-based FNV criticises visa plan as ‘dead end’ due to poor working conditions ...[
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The number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals across the US this Labor Day weekend was nearly 300% higher than this time last year, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The average number of deaths was over 86% higher than the same period last ...[
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Sewage treatment chemicals have been added to the growing list of products in short supply because of the UK’s chronic lorry driver shortage, it has emerged.
The government has told wastewater plants in England and Wales they may be able to discharge ef ...[
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Wholesale firms have been trying to mitigate rising costs ‘but will not be able to continue absorbing them’ ...[
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Gaps on supermarket shelves. Fast food outlets pulling milkshakes and bottled drinks from their menus. Restaurants running out of chicken and closing. Empty vending machines. Online grocery orders full of substitutions. Fruit and vegetables rotting in the ...[
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With Covid-19 surging across the state, Texas has requested five mortuary trailers from the federal government in anticipation of an influx of dead bodies, state officials told NBC News.
The mortuary trailers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...[
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Researchers found that clots occurring after first dose of Oxford jab affected otherwise young and healthy people ...[
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The rate of daily infections is the highest it has been since mid-January, with 55,000 new cases recorded on Thursday July 15, which is the most recent full day available. Thanks to the fact nearly 70 per cent of UK adults have received two shots of a vac ...[
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