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Apr42021 by adminNo Comments

Easter again celebrated globally among COVID-19 restrictions

World

April 4 (UPI) -- Christians worldwide celebrated Easter Sunday for the second year amid coronavirus restrictions, including lockdowns in some nations, as the death toll mounted despite widespread rollout of life-saving vaccines. COVID-19's deaths and cases have grown exponentially. Last Easter there were 122,600 fatalities and 1,969,718 infections in tracking by Worldometers.info. So far Sunday, the totals are 2,863,566 deaths and 131,817,713 cases. Meanwhile, nearly 653 million doses have been administered with most types requiring two shots among a population of 7.9 billion. Advertisement About 20% of the deaths have occurred in the United States for a total of 554,985, according to Johns Hopkins tracking. And cases are 30,702,245. Though the pandemic is somewhat stabilizing in the Unit...

Mar252021 by adminNo Comments

Banks stocks rise after hours as Fed sets date to lift buyback, dividend restrictions

Finance

In this articleJPMCWFCKBEGSFederal Reserve Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on "The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2020.Susan Walsh | ReutersBank stocks rose in extended trading on Thursday after the Federal Reserve announced its plan for lifting restrictions on dividends and buybacks from financial companies.Shares of JPMorgan Chase rose 1%, while those for Citigroup and Wells Fargo each added 0.7%. Goldman Sachs climbed 0.5%.The Fed said it would keep its pandemic-era restrictions on banks in place until June 30. The Fed had previously said that banks could restart their buybacks and dividend hikes in the first quarter, so Thursday's announcement is a delay but does provide more clarity for investo...

Mar202021 by adminNo Comments

COVID-19: Thousands protest restrictions in Germany amid surge

World

March 20 (UPI) -- Thousands protested COVID-19 restrictions across Germany on Saturday despite surge in cases. Police estimated 10,000 demonstrators engaged in protests in the central city of Kassel after the court overturned the city's demonstration ban amid the third wave of the pandemic across Europe and rallies in various other cities, Deutsche Welle reported. Advertisement Several protesters, most of whom weren't wearing masks, according to DW, chanted the "Wir sind das Volk ("We are the people") slogan of the peaceful protests that triggered the end of communist East Germany in 1989. Police in Hessen, Germany, tweeted that they used water cannons at the intersection of of Altmarkt to disperse protesters after demonstrators attempted to break police barriers and threw bottles at them...

Feb92021 by adminNo Comments

Aviation sector demands urgent help as COVID restrictions tightened

Business

Britain's beleaguered aviation industry has issued a fresh plea for state help as the government set out plans to quarantine travellers from 33 countries in hotels and tightened COVID testing rules for all arrivals.Travel shares fell after the announcement from Health Secretary Matt Hancock dampened hopes for a return to normality in time for the summer holiday season. The airline Jet2 said it was extending the suspension of its flights, caused by coronavirus restrictions, to 14 April. Image: Revenues in the sector have been almost wiped out Hours earlier, holiday giant TUI said it had taken more than 2.8 million bookings for this year's summer period, despite official advice that it was too soon to plan getaways over the summer.Detai...

Jan272021 by adminNo Comments

Britain’s Got Talent could be scrapped for 2021 due to COVID restrictions

Entertainment

Britain's Got Talent could be scrapped in 2021 due to the coronavirus crisis, Sky News understands.Production on the ITV show was postponed earlier in January, with COVID-19 lockdown restrictions making the popular live auditions an impossibility. Now, producers are in talks about whether the show - hosted by Ant and Dec with judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and David Walliams - can go ahead at all this year. Image: Ashley Banjo of dance troupe Diversity was a temporary judge last year, replacing Simon Cowell. Pic: Syco/ Thames/ ITV It is understood no decision has yet been made and conversations are still ongoing, but the large scale of the talent competition, in which hundreds of people from all over the world try ou...