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Substitutes Cheikhou Kouyaté and Ismaïla Sarr made decisive contributions as Senegal beat Equatorial Guinea 3-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. Crystal Palace midfielder Kouyaté had only been on the pitch for two minutes when he capitalised on some woeful defending to restore Senegal’s lead after Jannick Buyla had cancelled out Famara Diedhiou’s opener. And Sarr then finished off a superb move 11 minutes from time as he made his first appearance for club or country since scoring in Watford’s 4-1 win over Manchester United on 20 November. Sadio Mané completed 90 minutes despite the worrying head…

LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Britain’s public spending chief on Monday urged fraudsters who swindled billions of dollars of COVID support money from the state to give the cash back. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke said the tax service, known in Britain as HM Revenue & Customs, would pursue anyone who had taken money fraudulently. “We will now pursue anybody who has taken this money fraudulently,” Clarke told LBC radio. “And I would urge anyone who’s taken that money and didn’t really need it to make contact with HMRC.” “Anyone who thinks that they can escape the long arm of…

THE EU could be on the verge of more haulage woes as Dutch lorry drivers appeared to join in their Canadian cousins in their “freedom convoy” protest against mandatory Covid vaccines. The European Union has been experiencing severe lorry delays over recent months as the continent continues to recover from coronavirus disruptions. The bloc’s haulage issue seems to be on track to be further exacerbated as the Dutch began showing their solidarity to Canadian truckers protesting Covid policies and vaccine mandates. Footage has now emerged on social media showing Dutch lorry drivers seemingly setting up their own “freedom convoy” to demonstrate against Amsterdam’s own…

Downing Street appears likely to drop its policy of dismissing frontline NHS and care staff in England who refuse Covid vaccinations, a minister has strongly indicated, after nursing and care organisations called for this to happen. A decision would be made “in the course of the next few days”, according to Simon Clarke, the chief secretary to the Treasury. He said the lower severity of the Omicron variant of Covid did “open a space” for the policy to be reversed. The apparent imminent U-turn came as the Royal College of Nursing argued that both the change in severity from Omicron and the number of…

OTTAWA—As masses of truck drivers and other protesters demonstrate in Canada’s capital this weekend, rally organizers say they will stay until their demands are met. “Now it’s a waiting game, and patience is a virtue,” said Freedom Convoy organizer Benjamin Dichter at a press conference in Ottawa on Jan. 30. “We’re in this for the long haul.” Dichter noted that trucks are designed to be on the road for long periods of time and are often equipped with fridges and other amenities and can serve as shelters for the drivers. He added that the GoFundMe campaign for the protest had collected over…

It ended, as it had for a long time seemed that it would, with penalties. And as has happened twice before at the Africa Cup of Nations in the past 24 years, Egypt beat Ivory Coast on penalties after a 0-0 draw. Eric Bailly, who had had an excellent game, saw his dinked effort pushed against the crossbar by Egypt’s substitute keeper Mohamed Abou Gabal. Combined with Mohamed Salah’s decisive spot-kick, it was enough for Carlos Queiroz’s Egypt to progress. Unbending, unyielding, Queiroz remains the same as he always been. His hair may slowly be retreating from his crown with each passing…

ASTRAZENECA, now referred to as Vaxzevria by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has been associated with cases of transverse myelitis – i.e. inflammation of the spinal cord. As of Wednesday, January 26, transverse myelitis has officially been added to the “warnings and precautions [of] neurological events” section given to healthcare professionals. The MHRA has assured that cases are “extremely rare” but the reaction can lead to: muscle weakness, localised or radiating back pain, and bladder issues. Furthermore, transverse myelitis can lead to bowel symptoms and changes in sensations. “A further dose of Vaxzevria should not be given to…

THE UK Home Office has lost the latest stage of a court battle about stripping people of British citizenship. A ruling at the Court of Appeal found that it was not lawful to remove people’s nationality without proper notice being given, following a challenge from a woman who allegedly joined Isis in Syria. The woman concerned can only be identified as D4 and is thought to be held in the same Syrian camp as Shamima Begum, who had her British citizenship stripped after she joined Isis when she was a teenager. D4 did not find out that her British citizenship…

A doctor who has been offering free telehealth services to COVID-19 patients during the pandemic says that early treatment for COVID-19 works, claiming that he has a 99.99 percent survival rate. “We have a team of volunteer free doctors that donate their time to help treat these patients that come to us,” Dr. Ben Marble, the founder of myfreedoctor.com, an online medical consultation service, said at a roundtable discussion hosted by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Jan. 24. He added, “We deliver the early treatment protocols to them as early as we can, and we have a 99.99 percent survival rate. So, I believe myfreedoctor.com, the free volunteered…

Fresh Cabinet tensions surfaced over the £12billion national insurance hike today as Liz Truss insisted it will go ahead – despite claims Kwasi Kwarteng wants it dropped. The Foreign Secretary said the ‘decision has been made’ on the increase – intended to fund the NHS and social care reforms – and ministers were ‘all behind that’. The comments came amid renewed pressure for the Chancellor to think again to ease the cost of living crisis as inflation and energy bills soar. Borrowing figures released yesterday showed Mr Sunak has some headroom, but he cautioned that interest payments on the government’s £2trillion debt mountain had hit a…