Author: LoveWorld UK

Almost four decades after their only appearance at a men’s World Cup, Canada are back, becoming the first North American nation to secure passage to Qatar 2022. In the most fitting style and circumstances John Herdman’s side, who have surprised first their own country and then Concacaf, qualified with an emphatic 4-0 win over Jamaica at a raucous BMO Field in Toronto. The team sent thousands in the stadium – and millions more across the country – into delight. The circumstances were fitting because the weather gods of the great white north scoffed at the idea of spring and sent freezing…

AS LONDON’s Mayor this week issued a ‘high pollution’ warning, many feel his aim is to rid the capital of all cars. Sadiq Khan took the step of announcing a ‘toxic air’ warning for the first time in two years last week and pleaded with millions in the city to avoid making ‘unnecessary car trips’. The announcement came just a few days after the mayor was accused by LBC radio’s Andrew Marr of “trying to drive car drivers out of London”. It’s also just a couple of weeks since Mr Khan announced plans to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone…

Heart abnormalities were detected in some adolescents months after COVID-19 vaccination, according to a study. Researchers at Seattle Children’s Hospital reviewed cases of patients younger than 18 who went to the hospital with chest pain and elevated serum troponin levels, two key markers of heart inflammation, within a week of getting a second dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. While 35 patients fit the criteria, 19 were excluded for various reasons, including receiving care in another state after the initial visit. Cardiac imaging of the remaining 16 patients, performed three to eight months after they were first examined, showed 11 had persistent late gadolinium…

The public government campaign to pressure Big Tech platforms such as Twitter to crack down on supposed misinformation violates the U.S. Constitution, according to a new lawsuit. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has repeatedly pressed Twitter and other platforms to suppress COVID-19 misinformation, while White House press secretary Jen Psaki has said President Joe Biden thinks it’s the responsibility of social media companies to “stop amplifying untrustworthy content, disinformation, and misinformation, especially related to COVID-19, vaccinations, and elections.” Those and similar statements made clear the government was demanding action and was contemplating penalties against platforms that did not ramp up censorship, the 65-page suit asserts. Murthy, the Department…

PPE the government bought for £122m from a company linked to the Tory peer Michelle Mone was purchased from the Chinese manufacturer for just £46m. The extraordinary profits apparently made by PPE Medpro and its partners in the supply chain are revealed in documents leaked to the Guardian, including contracts and an inspection report for sterile surgical gowns supplied by the firm. Despite being bought at the start of the pandemic and delivered in 2020, the 25m gowns were never used by the NHS after government officials rejected them following an inspection. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has for…

JUSTIN TRUDEAU has been mocked by a German MEP during the Canadian Prime Minister’s trip to Brussels yesterday. Justin Trudeau joined leaders from across the world, including Boris Johnson. Thursday was considered a busy day for the West with NATO, EU and G7 summits all held in the Belgian capital. However, the Canadian Prime Minister touched down in Europe for a two-day visit and was subject to a stinging attack during a visit to the European Parliament on Wednesday. Christine Anderson, a German MEP from the far-right AfD grouping, took the opportunity to challenge Mr Trudeau as he addressed parliamentarians…

The U.K. government has amended sanctions on Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and his Chelsea FC, allowing ticket sales for two important upcoming football matches. However, proceeds will go to event organizers, and not to the club. Chelsea is defending its EUFA (European) Champions League and world league crown in the quarterfinal versus Real Madrid beginning in April, and will now have spectators in the first leg, home match at Stamford Bridge. Also in April, Chelsea fans will be able to attend the FA Cup semifinal at Wembley Stadium against Crystal Palace, and this also applies for away matches in the English Premier…

Rishi Sunak has sought to defend his mini-budget against accusations he failed to shield Britain’s poorest families from the worst hit to living standards in six decades, as economists warned 1.3 million people will fall into absolute poverty next year. Amid heavy criticism of Wednesday’s spring statement from opposition leaders and his own back benches, experts from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and Resolution Foundation thinktanks said the chancellor could have done more to help those most at need. With those on the lowest incomes bearing the brunt of Britain’s cost of living crisis, the Resolution Foundation said absolute poverty was now on course to…

One by one, Wales’s supporters rippled up from their seats in anticipation of lift-off, a mini Mexican wave of sorts. Gareth Bale was unperturbed by the eerie sense of expectation and, after one final deep breath and four dainty, magical steps forward he proceeded to curl an immaculate left-footed strike into the top corner, via the underside of the crossbar. It was an otherworldly free-kick that helped put Wales one win from reaching a first World Cup since 1958 and the prospect of mixing it with Brazil and Argentina on the biggest stage. As Wales went on a victory lap at full…

Hours after the U.S. Senate voted to repeal the federal transportation mask mandate—which the White House quickly threatened to veto—a group of commercial pilots filed the first legal challenge by airline workers to overturn the requirement to wear masks on all public transport. On March 15, 10 commercial airline pilots from six states filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), asking the court to strike down the federal transportation mask mandate, arguing that…