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A National Guard serviceman was given a COVID-19 jab instead of a flu shot while in the process of applying for a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In November 2021, Matthew Bouchard, a specialist in Maine’s National Guard, who was planning to leave the military a few months later, asked his chain of command whether he would be required to take a yearly influenza shot. He was told that he had to take a flu shot and at the same time he could fill out a COVID-19 vaccine refusal form since he was seeking a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, Bouchard said in…

Train services around Britain will be severely disrupted once more as national strikes resume on Friday, despite another union accepting Network Rail’s pay deal. Passengers have been advised to only attempt to travel by train if necessary as this week’s second 48-hour strike by members of the RMT union begins, with three more weeks of disruption to follow. Train operators said passengers should plan ahead and check with operators for the latest information, with about 20% of normal services running between 7.30am and 6.30pm on both Friday and Saturday. Motorists in parts of England could also potentially face worsened disruption, with the…

Chelsea are poised to sign the striker David Datro Fofana from Molde in January for more than €10m (£8.7m). The Ivory Coast international, who will be 20 next week, has been with the Norwegian club since last year. An agreement is in place for the transfer and it is due to be sealed once personal terms have been settled with Fofana, who has scored 17 goals and provided six assists in 29 matches for Molde this season. Fofana was a target for several clubs, prompting Chelsea to move swiftly. It continues their policy of signing young talent, as seen with summer moves for Carney Chukwuemeka,…

New documents reveal how the United States government used a secret Twitter portal to censor COVID-19 content that contradicted the government’s narrative. In its ongoing probe into Twitter’s censorship practices, America First Legal has obtained a fourth set of documents (pdf) exposing a secret Twitter portal, which U.S. government officials used to censor dissenting COVID-19 views in violation of the First Amendment. It’s a revelation Elon Musk described as “extremely concerning.” The documents reveal that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was collaborating with UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and Mafindo to mitigate “disinformation.” Mafindo is a Facebook third-party fact-checking partner based in Indonesia that is funded…

Elon Musk’s Twitter suspended the accounts of multiple journalists, including from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN, on Thursday after they allegedly violated the platform’s terms of service. The accounts that were suspended belonged to CNN’s politics and tech correspondent Donie O’Sullivan, The New York Times’ technology reporter Ryan Mac, The Washington Post’s technology reporter Drew Harwell, Mashable’s tech reporter Matt Binder, The Intercept tech reporter Micah Lee, Voice of America’s chief national correspondent Steve Herman, journalist Aaron Rupar, and sports and political commentator Keith Olbermann. The suspended accounts now read: “Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules.” All the journalists have extensively covered Musk, who wrote on Twitter that…

The Bank of England has raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage points to 3.5% in an effort to combat double-digit inflation that has caused a widespread cost of living crisis. Members of the central bank’s monetary policy committee voted to increase the cost of borrowing after the consumer prices index (CPI) in November showed annual inflation of 10.7%. The move takes UK rates to the highest level since October 2008, and comes despite expectations that the UK is falling into a long recession. However, it marked a slowdown in the pace of rate rises, after the MPC increased borrowing costs…

The head of the Royal College of Nursing has accused the health secretary of turning his back on nursing. Pat Cullen told reporters that she believes the public backs the strikes, saying, “The public absolutely understands why nurses are doing this today.  “Standing out in the cold this morning – put out in the cold by this government, with the door shut on them.  “This is a tragic day for nursing, it’s a tragic day for the NHS.” Regarding Health Secretary Steve Barclay, Ms Cullen said: “I went down last week full of hope to Steve Barclay’s office after he…

France set up a heavyweight World Cup final against Argentina after an early goal by Theo Hernandez and a late one from Randal Kolo Muani ended battling Morocco’s dream run via an action-packed 2-0 semi-final victory. Theo Hernandez stretched high after five minutes to hook in the first goal Morocco have conceded to an opposition player in the tournament. Morocco, disrupted by early injuries to two key defenders, recovered to cause no end of problems, with Hugo Lloris brilliantly saving Jawad El Yamiq’s overhead kick at the end of the first half and the outsiders pouring forward for much of…

Seven of the world’s largest Big Tech firms have been told to do better in tackling online child sexual exploitation by the Australian government after a report undertaken by the eSafety Commissioner found their response inadequate. Apple, Meta (Facebook and Instagram), Snap, Microsoft, WhatsApp, Skype, and Omegle were reprimanded by eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, who said in a media release on Dec. 15 that the report’s findings were “very disturbing” and firms needed to do more to address the “scourge of online child sexual exploitation.” “We’re talking about illegal content that depicts the sexual abuse of children—and it is unacceptable that tech…

U.S. President Joe Biden hosted a White House dinner for visiting heads of state from the African Union and their spouses. During the dinner, Biden addressed what he called America’s “original sin” – the enslavement of millions of people – and honoured their descendants and the broader African diaspora community in the United States. “Our people lie at the heart of the deep and profound connection that forever binds Africa and the United States together,” he said. “We remember the stolen men and women and children were brought to our shores in chains, subjected to unimaginable cruelty.” Before the dinner,…