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Updated Nov 19, 2021, 02:18pm EST Topline Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all five counts on Friday for fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a tense protest last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in a case that polarized many Americans, with some on the right casting Rittenhouse as righteous while others…
Topline Austria will enter another nationwide Covid-19 lockdown and will make vaccination compulsory from February, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday, becoming one of the few countries in the world to take the drastic step to mandate shots as it struggles to boost stagnant vaccination rates and contain record levels of Covid-19. Key Facts Austria’s new…
Updated Nov 19, 2021, 02:11pm EST Topline The United Nations has added to the chorus of calls from the tennis world for proof of the safety of missing Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai and an investigation into her allegations that she was sexually assaulted by a powerful government official. Key Facts Proof of Peng’s “…
Updated Nov 19, 2021, 12:20pm EST Topline President Joe Biden announced two new nominees to the U.S. Postal Service’s board of governors Friday and will not renominate current board chair Ron Bloom, a Democrat—removing a key ally of controversial Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, whose ouster may now be easier with Bloom off the board. Key…
Topline Austria is set to become the first country in Europe to make Covid-19 vaccination compulsory— only a handful of nations around the world have issued a sweeping mandate for all adults in a bid to control coronavirus infections: Key Facts Austria will make vaccination against Covid-19 compulsory from February 1, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said,…
Four Nordic airlines have removed the requirement to wear a face mask in-flight on the majority of their routes. Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Norwegian, Widerøe and Flyr will lift the mandate on all their routes within and between Denmark, Norway and Sweden from October 18. Scandinavian pandemic restrictions lifted The moves come after all three Scandinavian…
U.S. and Taiwan to hold second round of economic dialogue next week