The comedian Dave Chappelle has tested positive for the coronavirus and has canceled several upcoming shows at the Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, Texas, a spokeswoman told The Associated Press. The venue’s website showed cancellations for four shows through Tuesday. Mr. Chappelle, who had been hosting socially distanced shows in Ohio since June, with […]
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Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, briefs the members of the UN Security Council. Iran and US are both accused of undermining the 2015 nuclear deal. Credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas Opinion by Jan Eliasson, Dan Smith (stockholm) Friday, January 22, 2021 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Jan 22 (IPS) – Ambassador Jan Eliasson is Chair of the […]
For weeks, Britain has reported eye-watering coronavirus death numbers, hospitals have continued to fill up, and fears are high that it will take months to control the spread of a highly transmissible variant first detected in the Kent region of England last year. Yet vaccination figures have offered a glimmer of hope: Nearly five million […]
Daniel Craig with director Cary Joji Fukunaga on the No Time To Die set in 2019 The release of the next James Bond film has been delayed for a third time because of the coronavirus pandemic. No Time To Die had already been pushed back twice, and will now debut globally on 8 October, an […]
KYIV, Ukraine — After a revolution seven years ago, Ukrainians discovered that their ousted president had used public money to build himself a gigantic palace with a private zoo, a golf course and a garage full of antique cars. To prevent such corruption in the future, a raft of reforms were put in place including […]
Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. The Biden administration has a huge amount of work to do to get the virus under control. I took a 1,600-mile road trip this week that has left me even more amazed at how poorly the United States has handled the coronavirus — […]
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a rare suicide attack that rocked central Baghdad, killing 32 people and wounding dozens By Associated Press January 22, 2021, 11:11 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article BAGHDAD — The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a rare suicide attack that rocked central Baghdad, […]
The comedian Dave Chappelle has tested positive for Covid-19 and has canceled several upcoming shows at the Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, Texas, a spokeswoman told The Associated Press. The venue’s website showed cancellations for four shows through Tuesday. Mr. Chappelle, who had been hosting socially distanced shows in Ohio since June, with rapid […]
Carly White was taking her sons, Harry, eight, and Finley, two, for their daily stroll on Carbis Bay beach. A seal bobbed up as she pondered the prospect of world leaders including Joe Biden heading to this faraway corner of Cornwall for the G7 summit in June. “I’m excited, surprised and nervous. It will be […]
On Friday, the Times of London, citing an unnamed senior member of the ruling coalition, reported that Japanese authorities had privately concluded that the Olympics could not proceed due to the ongoing pandemic. CNN has not independently verified this report, which officials in Tokyo were quick to refute. In a statement, the Tokyo 2020 organizers […]