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...The quality of democracy enjoyed by an average global citizen in 2022 is back to the levels of 1986, according to the V-Dem Institute, which assesses democracies’ health on five principles: electoral, liberal...
...Herein lay one of the conflicts of late-Victorian Britain’s view of itself, which not even the fruity depths of the Christmas pudding could fudge forever....
...According to V-Dem, a Swedish research institute, almost three quarters of the world’s population now live in autocracies against less than half a decade ago....
...In contrast, George V and George VI died in winter: some of the 305,000 who saw the latter lying in state had to put up with light snow....
...But Japan, the EU, South Korea, Brazil, Chile, India, the Asean countries, even Mexico under the populist Andrés Manuel López Obrador — none has shifted towards protectionism like the US....
...Giovanni Vespucci’s “World Map”, the master nautical chart from 1526 given to all Spanish navigators, with details of ships, conquests and resources, is displayed in Charles V’s ornamental version....
...In an attempt to win over William, Harry turned to Google, calling up images of their bearded ancestors Edward VII and George V in uniform. Why do beards get some people so hot under the collar?...
...Health officials say they have only reported 11,812 adverse reactions from the BioNTech/Pfizer, AstraZeneca, SinoVac and Sputnik V jabs....
...receive 24m doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine....
...He said he would still hold a scheduled call with Vladimir Putin on Monday morning to discuss procuring Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and bilateral ties....
...So far, 16.7m vaccine doses have been administered with 10.7m people having received their full course of treatment, said Hugo López-Gatell, health undersecretary....
...Slovakia’s drug regulator claimed a batch of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine was unlike those reviewed by western medical experts....
...Mexico is waiving an upcoming shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from India, which is in the throes of a brutal coronavirus second wave, as “a way of expressing our solidarity”, President Andrés Manuel López...
...Dramatic images showed the train suspended at a 45-degree angle, snapped into a V-shape, and suspended above a mountain of rubble on the road....
...The Israeli findings should not “negate” other studies that showed higher vaccine efficacy, she said, as the small size of the epidemic in Israel was one of several “fudge factors” that could impact results...
...Of those received, 5.7m were the BioNTech/Pfizer jab; 3.6m were AstraZeneca; 4m were Sinovac of China and 900,000 were Russia’s Sputnik V, coronavirus tsar Hugo López-Gatell told the news conference....
...Marcia Fudge is widely credited for revitalising Warrensville Heights, Ohio during her eight years as mayor....
...Vladimir Putin said he would be vaccinated with the Sputnik V jab on Tuesday....
...Feeding the frenzy is the A-list assemblage of Wall Street veterans Michael Klein, Bill Ackman and Betsy Cohen on one side, and celebrities like Shaquille O’Neal, Jennifer Lopez and Jay-Z diving headfirst...
...It is the fifth quarterly contraction in a row, dampening hopes of a speedy, V-shaped recovery....
...“I am optimistic,” he told his daily news conference, saying a rollout of $1,000 government loans to help microbusinesses would ensure a “V-shaped effect [recovery]”, with only “a short economic fall and...
...Ju Wenjun, who had fallen for the trap in this week’s puzzle the previous round, was caught at the start with a prepared line against her Ruy Lopez....
...(FT) Economists are still too upbeat Economists initially, and over-optimistically, embraced a relatively quick V-shaped recovery....
...Mr Trumka said on Thursday that he “wants to get to yes” on the Nafta successor, but planned to head to Mexico next week to meet President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to discuss his concerns that Mexico...
...Virgin Louis V on my back, baby. Living fast, dying slow, that's the catch, baby. Suicide doors, [MUTED] around and crash, baby. I do the dash, baby....
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