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Ways to boost COVID vaccine supplies and improve the rollout across the continent will be discussed by EU leaders today. During the virtual talks, the European Commission is expected to ask them to support plans for added controls on vaccine exports. It follows a statement on Wednesday in which the...Read Full StoryEuropean UnionEu CitizensEu CountriesEu LeadersCovidPublic HealthUkEU CitizensBoosting ExportsUKThe European CommissionApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyAstraZenecaBoris JohnsonJeremy HuntUrsula Von Der Leyen

Anger with Nike has erupted on Chinese social media after the company issued a statement saying it was “concerned about reports of forced labour” in China’s Xinjiang province, and that it would not source textiles from the region. The backlash over the Nike statement was among the highest trending topics...Read Full StoryH&mBacklashChinese CompaniesNike Inc.Chinese [email protected] Central TelevisionCCTVBeijing Youth DailyBetter Cotton InitiativeJapaneseUniqloWang YiboTan SongyunHu Xijin

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay began Thursday in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, one year after the world’s largest sporting event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) allegedly gave family members including CNN anchor Chris Cuomo 'special access' to state-administered COVID-19 tests in early 2020, the Washington Post first reported Wednesday.Read Full StoryJapanEconomyCdcGermanyPublic HealthFukushima PrefectureCNNThe Washington PostAstraZenecaNIAIDCDCAmericansJohnson & JohnsonFordAxios-IpsosAndrew CuomoChris Cuomo

LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane said on Wednesday he remained confident that Britain’s economy was poised for a quick bounce-back as the country races ahead with its coronavirus vaccinations and restrictions are lifted. “My sense will be… chatting to people, they are desperate to get their...Read Full StoryEconomyUkThe EconomistChief EconomistITVBritainSavingsJobsMoneyCrisisHouseholdsLONDONNormalInequalityInfrastructureAndy Haldane

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia celebrated a 1-0 home win over more heralded neighbours Croatia in their opening 2022 World Cup Group H qualifier on Wednesday after Sandi Lovric struck in the 15th minute to sink the 2018 tournament runners-up.Midfielder Lovric beat Croatia keeper Dominik Livakovic with a heavily deflected shot from 15 metres five minutes after Croatia forward Nikola Vlasic had hit the post at the other end when he was through on goal.Croatia dominated the match but looked disjointed in midfield and up front, and were lucky not to fall further behind when Livakovic kept out an Andraz Sporar effort after Ivan Perisic almost scored an own goal.At the other end, Slovenia keeper Jan Oblak had a largely quiet evening, easily smothering tame efforts from Domagoj Vida and Mislav Orsic.The home team’s substitute Blaz Kramer missed an 89th-minute sitter that would have made it 2-0 before Slovenia hung on comfortably in stoppage time.Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic conceded his side had played well below par and stressed they were now under pressure.“Congratulations to Slovenia, while we put in a poor performance and deserved nothing more from this game,” Dalic told Croatia’s Nova television.“Slovenia looked more aggressive and motivated as we could only create a handful of half-chances which came to nothing. There is no more room for error but our heads won’t drop, we’ll move on and we have to improve.”SloveniaCroatiaNikola VlasicStunIvan PerisicLJUBLJANAReutersMidfielder LovricSandi LovricStoppage TimeHome TeamDominik LivakovicTame EffortsHalf-chancesZlatko DalicJan OblakDomagoj Vida

Venue: Cardiff City Stadium Date: Saturday, 27 March Kick-off: 20:00 GMT. Coverage: Live on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, 5 Live, BBC Sounds, BBC Sport website and app, S4C. Wales are waiting to discover the extent of midfielder Joe Allen's injury. Allen, 31, was forced off after just seven...Read Full StoryCzech RepublicStoke CitySoccerBelgiumHome GamesBBC Radio WalesBBC Radio CymruBBC SoundsBBC SportJuventusTottenhamLutonWales Host MexicoS4C WalesCardiff City StadiumJoe AllenAaron Ramsey

Brussels, March 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Non-medical contact professions in Belgium, such as hairdressers and beauty salons, will have to close, the country's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said at a press conference. Schools will also close next week and will reopen on April 19 in a blitz of new measures designed to curb the third coronavirus wave, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. "Outdoor bubbles" will be reduced to four people from ten, not counting children under the age of 12. These new measures will apply fr...... Read MoreBelgiumCovid-19Beauty SalonsPublic HealthBrusselsXinhua News AgencyCoronavirusXYZCountryHairdressersOutdoor BubblesSchoolsAlexander De Croo

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil has reached 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths and become the second nation to top that figure. The United States hit the same milestone on Dec. 14, but it has a larger population.Read Full StoryBrazilCovid-19Public HealthUnited StatesSao PauloCOVID-19 DeathsSAO PAULOPopulation

People in seaside community Porthcawl share their thoughts about the prospect of tourists returning when the Welsh government eases Covid restrictions allowing people to travel further afield. While some are concerned about an 'influx' and social distancing, others say they will bring benefits to local businesses.Read Full StoryPublic HealthUkWelshCovid RestrictionsTouristsBusinessesBenefitsSocial DistancingPeopleCommunityTravel

Liz Truss (PA Archive)Transgender people will be protected under Government plans to ban conversion therapy, according to the equalities minister.Women and equalities minister Liz Truss said she wanted to ensure that transgender people were “free to live their lives” without being subject to “horrific” conversion therapy.The minister said earlier this month that the Government would “shortly” bring forward plans to ban conversion therapy, after a string of resignations from the Government’s LGBT advisory panel.Ms Truss told ITV’s Peston: “I’m very clear that we want to make sure that transgender people are free to live their lives and don’t face the type of horrific conversion therapy that currently has been going on here in the UK.”Charity Stonewall welcomed the comments, calling them a “clear commitment” by the minister in a post on Twitter.The charity added: “It is vital that the forthcoming legislative ban promised by Government protects trans people from conversion therapy in all its forms, including medical, psychiatric, psychological, religious and cultural practices.”Boris Johnson has said ending conversion therapy is “technically complex” but insisted that ministers will “stamp it out” after three LGBT advisers resigned in protest.The Prime Minister said he would work to end the “abhorrent” practice after his Government came under damning criticism for allegedly creating a “hostile environment” for LGBT people.Jayne Ozanne, the first of the advisers to quit, cited delays to banning the pseudoscientific process as among her many complaints of ministers.She was followed by James Morton, who had reportedly been “very concerned for several months” that Ms Truss and her junior ministers were “not committed to LGBT equality”.Ellen Murray became the third person to quit the panel – writing on Twitter that she decided to leave “due to the Government’s persistent and worsening hostility towards our community in myriad areas”.Trans PeopleTransgender PeopleTrans WomenThird PersonUkTransgender WomenEnvironment MinisterGovernment 'sITVPestonTwitterEqualities MinisterLGBT PeopleMinistersMs TrussLiz TrussBoris JohnsonJayne Ozanne