U.K. accountancy giant PwC has told its 22,000 staff that they can choose when they start and finish their day as part of plans to allow “greater flexibility for post-pandemic working.”
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President Biden’s three-year-old rescue dog Major has been involved in another biting incident at the White House – his second this month.
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The 19-year-old was reported missing two days after he was last seen in the Ladbroke Grove area of west London. Police are appealing for help to find a young university student who has been missing in London for almost a week.
Read More »United States: At least 2 dead, 8 injured after shootings in Virginia Beach
Police are investigating multiple shootings in Virginia Beach that left at least two people dead and eight others injured late Friday.
Read More »EU leaders tell AstraZeneca to “catch up” on vaccine deliveries in Europe before exporting to other countries.
The vaccine producer AstraZeneca must “catch up” on its promised deliveries to the EU before exporting doses elsewhere, the bloc’s chief has said.
Read More »Bill Gates believes the world will be completely back to normal by the end of 2022
The coronavirus vaccines will mean the world will resume as normal by the end of next year, the Microsoft co-founder has said in an interview for Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
Read More »Putin moves a step closer to becoming ‘President for life’: Russian MPs approve law that allows him to stay in power until 2036
Vladimir Putin moved a step closer to becoming ‘president for life’ today as Russian MPs approved a law that would let him stay in power until 2036.
Read More »With Nearly 90 Percent of Vote Counted, Netanyahu Lacks Clear Path to Majority
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not be able to form a government for the seventh time in his three-decade political career, according to preliminary results from 89% of the regular polling stations reported by the Central Elections Committee.
Read More »COVID-19: ‘Capitalism’ and ‘greed’ are behind the UK’s vaccine success, Boris Johnson reportedly says
Boris Johnson reportedly made the comments about the COVID vaccine rollout to Tory colleagues, but added: “I regret saying it.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said “capitalism” and “greed” are behind the success of the UK’s vaccine programme, according to reports.
Read More »AstraZeneca may have included outdated data on vaccine trial, US officials say
The United States Federal authorities are raising concerns that AstraZeneca may have included “outdated information” on its COVID-19 vaccine trial in reporting its efficacy.
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