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DANICA KIRKA
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December 30, 2020, 10:37 am
UK is 1st to approve use of AstraZeneca’s cheap, easily stored COVID-19 vaccine
Developed by British-Swedish drugmaker and University of Oxford, shots can be stored in a regular refrigerator making them an easy option for many countries
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DANICA KIRKA
December 8, 2020, 8:34 am
‘V-Day’: UK rolls out trailblazing coronavirus vaccine program as world looks on
Initial 800,000 doses slated to begin to be given to people over 80 who are hospitalized or already have appointments scheduled, in West’s first major inoculation campaign
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DANICA KIRKA
October 13, 2020, 12:58 pm
UK rabbi felled by COVID remembered for building bridges between people, faiths
Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, who died in Apil, contracted virus as he worked to warn community; was active in interfaith initiatives and acted to improve girls’ education
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DANICA KIRKA
July 31, 2020, 4:42 pm
UK puts lockdown-easing on hold as virus spread accelerates
Hours before planned rollback of restrictions set to take effect, Johnson says country needs to ‘squeeze [the] brake pedal’ as infections start to climb for first time since May
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DANICA KIRKA
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Jill Lawless
July 25, 2020, 8:26 pm
Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac’s pioneering, troubled, blues guitarist, dies at 73
Green, fourth child of an east London Jewish family, had ‘the sweetest tone I ever heard,’ said B.B. King; wrote ‘Black Magic Woman,’ ‘Oh Well,’ ‘Albatross’
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Robert Barr
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DANICA KIRKA
July 21, 2020, 2:30 pm
Long-awaited report says hard to prove Russian influence on UK Brexit referendum
But parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee says ‘serious questions needed to be asked’ about government’s slow recognition of threat of meddling
By
DANICA KIRKA
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SYLVIA HUI
July 17, 2020, 10:32 pm
UK’s Cpt. Tom a knight at 100, no kneeling required
Thomas Moore captivated British public by walking 100 laps around his garden and raising some 33 million pounds for the National Health Service
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DANICA KIRKA
June 22, 2020, 5:47 pm
English town Reading mourns victims of suspected terror attack
Students light candles, lay flowers for history teacher James Furlong; family of another victim, Joe Ritchie-Bennett from Philadelphia, stranded in US due to virus lockdown
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DANICA KIRKA
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Jill Lawless
June 20, 2020, 6:02 am
Bank of England apologizes for past links to slavery, as UK reckons with past
UK’s central bank disavows former governors who had ties to slave trade; global anti-racism movement forcing British institutions to grapple with uncomfortable histories
By
Jill Lawless
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DANICA KIRKA
June 18, 2020, 2:26 pm
World War II forces sweetheart singer Dame Vera Lynn dies at 103
Iconic artist, who said she was ‘an ordinary girl,’ became famous for entertaining British troops abroad with favorites such as ‘We’ll Meet Again’ and ‘The White Cliffs of Dover’
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DANICA KIRKA
June 14, 2020, 1:31 am
AstraZeneca agrees to make experimental COVID-19 vaccine for Europe
Drugmaker to supply EU states with up to 400 million doses of desperately needed vaccine, as it scales up production with human trials still under way
By
DANICA KIRKA
May 31, 2020, 8:52 pm
World horrified, but not surprised, as racism protests tear apart US
Thousands gather in London in solidarity with US demonstrators, while officials in China, Iran and Russia spotlight police violence to criticize Washington
By
DANICA KIRKA
May 31, 2020, 12:26 pm
Grieving London community unites around mural in honor of rabbi killed by virus
Rev. William Taylor started London community project with friend Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, and painted ‘We Grieve’ on wall after Pinter’s death. It’s now the site of a weekly ceremony
By
DANICA KIRKA
May 4, 2020, 5:37 am
As lockdowns ease, some countries report new infection peaks
India and Russia see jumps in virus cases and UK faces mounting pressure to ease restrictions, even though it’s still reporting hundreds of deaths daily
By
Frances D'Emilio
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Pablo Gorondi
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DANICA KIRKA
May 3, 2020, 4:42 pm
UK’s Johnson: At low point in virus bout, doctors prepared to announce my death
British PM reveals ‘indicators kept going the wrong way’ as he guzzled liters of oxygen in intensive care; names newborn son in honor of physicians who saved him
By
DANICA KIRKA
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