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London Mayoral hopeful Laurence Fox today vowed to ban Covid passports in the capital and promised a no “mask mandate” as he launched his manifesto ahead of next month’s election. The outspoken actor said he wanted to “stop the child abuse” and remove compulsory face coverings for pupils in schools, despite the Mayor not having the power to overturn national Covid laws. The candidate has also this week promised six months of free rides on buses and tubes in a bid to boost the capital’s economy after more than a year in lockdown. The plans would cost Transport for London...

White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci says the Moderna vaccine is likely to provide immunity against COVID-19 for at least six months. Fauci told a news conference on Wednesday that there is a considerable amount of information about the duration of immunity. Referring to a study of people who received two doses of the Moderna vaccine, Fauci said antibody activity remained high in all age groups for at least six months. He also said that vaccines developed by other companies are expected to produce similar results. He went on to say that further research is needed to determine the...

“Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it” (Proverbs 8:10-11).

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration started tracking COVID-19 related nursing home resident deaths as early as last April, but the complete data was left out of a health department report three months later, it was revealed Wednesday. The state Health Department sent a memo to nursing homes and adult care facilities on April 18, 2020, directing them to report the number of residents who died from COVID-19 whether they died in the facility or not, the New York Post reports. But 11 weeks later, the Health Department released a report on July 6 that excluded residents who did not...

The United States is considering lifting some sanctions on Iran, after two days of talks in Vienna - the first time that Iranian diplomats were in the same meeting hall as their counterparts from the Biden administration. The move is aimed at restoring the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - the nuclear deal signed under President Obama in 2015 but ripped up by his successor Donald Trump. Sanctions which were 'inconsistent' with the nuclear deal could now be lifted, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Wednesday.

Senior high school students are taking a class in a school in Shanghai, China. Reuters China is considering following Western countries in banning teachers from dating young students, according to a circular released to solicit public opinions. The draft of School Protection Order for Juveniles was issued by the Ministry of Education on Tuesday (April 6) and, if passed into law, requires primary and middle schools to prohibit teachers from dating students or having sex with them. The current age of consent in China is 14 years of age. Other predatory behaviours that “hurt students’ physical and mental health” listed...

The Washington D.C. Medical Examiner’s office has ruled Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt’s death as a homicide, American Greatness learned on Wednesday. Babbitt, an Air Force veteran and small business owner, was shot dead inside the U.S. Capitol by a law enforcement officer on January 6. In a press release to American Greatness, D.C. Chief Medical Examiner Francisco J. Diaz, M.D., revealed the cause and manner of death of four individuals who died during or after the Capitol riot. Diaz determined that Babbitt, 35, died as a result of a gunshot wound to her left anterior shoulder, and called the manner...

Hunter Biden has reignited a feud with the Trump children, calling them out for getting rich on Trump's dime. In his memoir, Biden says the Trump kids could never get a job outside Trump's business. Don Jr. and Biden previously tangled over who benefited more from their fathers' public service.

Arizona has signed a new law that would prohibit federal gun laws that would violate the Second Amendment. The HB2111 legislation was signed into law Tuesday by Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, ensuring rights of gun owners are protected from potential overreaching gun laws sought by President Joe Biden's administration. The law seeks to prohibit police and sheriffs from enforcing new federal gun laws, which critics say will undermine the rule of law and discourage law enforcement officers from enforcing federal gun laws to protect the public. Critics also say it is an unconstitutional measure that will cost taxpayers to...

Tim Keller has long been heralded as one of the most profound thought leaders in Reformed Christianity. An author of several books and a popular speaker in the Evangelical speaking circuit, Keller has been silently creeping his way in under a facade of a defender of the Christian faith all the while attempting to destroy it from within. Tim Keller is a prime example of trading historical Christian thought and represents a wave of postmodern thinking that has so infected the Church... Keller, who ironically believes we have an objective moral duty to advocate for such things as racial justice,...

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police raiding the Grace Life Church just outside Edmonton Alberta today and installing fencing around it. In fact two layers of fencing with tarp covering it around the church and additional fencing in the parking lot and the driveway. Private security guards placed on 24-hour duty at the church. The actions under a health order from the Alberta Health Service. The move against a church whose pastor was jailed for continuing to hold services in spite of coronavirus restrictions. The church has continued to hold services in spite of the coronavirus lockdown. Authorities now occupying the...

When we asked our trusty Pop Culture Happy Hour listeners to vote for the Best Muppet, we knew they'd come through. Over 18,000 votes were cast; over 150 different Muppets received votes.Yes. Some brave, beautiful, misguided soul voted for H. Ross Parrot. As Best Muppet. That is a thing that happened.Someone else — you can always count on PCHH listeners to bring the deep, deep cuts — cast a single vote for Delbert the La Choy Dragon.But naturally enough, votes accreted around the Muppets with greater notoriety. (Sorry, Ma Otter, it's not your time.) On Friday's episode of Pop Culture...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday walked back his call for corporate America to “stay out of politics” after several big businesses publicly voiced opposition to Georgia’s voter integrity law. “I didn’t say that very artfully yesterday,” McConnell replied when asked about his comments. “They’re certainly entitled to be involved in politics. They are.

Ivermectin may now be used in South Africa for the treatment of Covid-19. That is the upshot of a settlement agreement, made an order of court, in four applications against the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra). In terms of the agreement, the anti-parasitic drug can now be “compounded” and prescribed legally for the treatment of specific patients. Doctors no longer have to use the “compassionate use” programme, initiated by Sahpra earlier this year, in which doctors had to apply through the authority’s Section 2 “compassionate use” programme (for unregistered medicines) for permission to use the drug to prevent and...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott alleges migrant children are being starved and sexually abused at overcrowded border facilities blaming Biden for the crisis as pressure mounts on Kamala to visit Reports have surfaced of child sex abuse and neglect at Freeman Expo Center, which is housing 1,370 underage migrants Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says President Biden bears blame for the disturbing allegations In recent months, Biden has dismantled harsh Trump immigration policies, prompting a surge of migrants crossing the southern border His administration has been criticized for failing to implement the resources and infrastructure needed to cope with the surge; many...

North Korea has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus but we know from foreign diplomats that all is not well in the Hermit Kingdom.When the pandemic began, North Korea locked down its borders with China and appeared to be successfully battling the disease. But that has changed. While the North Korean government claimed they had battled to virus successfully because of their superior health care system, the truth is that there is very little that passes for modern medical facilities outside of Pyongyang. North Korea is now under the most severe lockdown in the world and their economy — already...

The woman inside the truck of a fleeing murder suspect shared new details on an hours-long pursuit through four counties that began in Murrieta and came to a crashing end in Pomona. POMONA, Calif. (KABC) -- The woman inside the truck of a fleeing murder suspect shared new details on an hours-long pursuit through four counties that began in Murrieta and came to a crashing end in Pomona. Several law enforcement vehicles were at the scene the moment the murder suspect crashed a pickup truck and surrendered near the intersection of Holt and San Antonio avenues in Pomona around 7...

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President Joe Biden said he’ll make an announcement on his upcoming gun control plan on Friday, coming after reports that suggested he would sign an executive order on guns in the near future. When asked about reports saying he would take executive action soon, Biden responded in saying he would talk about his plan for gun control “the day after tomorrow.” It’s not clear if he will sign an executive order.