The UK's Deputy Chief Medical Officer has urged his own mother to take the Covid-19 vaccine when it's released. Facundo Arrizabalaga One of the many lessons of the pandemic concerns the importance of communication: how the authorities frame a message can be as influential as the content of the messageContinue Reading
If crises bring with them new opportunities to think afresh, then the combined impact of Brexit and COVID has been to focus attention on the capacity and structure of the British state. This rethinking is increasingly framed in terms of “smart government”. Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s now departing chiefContinue Reading
The signing of a deal to halt the violence in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus may have brought a six-week breathing space to the troubled region. But there is already evidence that the ceasefire, while warmly greeted by Azerbaijanis, has been roundly rejected in Armenia, whichContinue Reading
IPL 2020: CSK walk to the pavilion during Match 41 in UAE© BCCI/IPL As the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) concluded, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) hailed the efforts of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for conducting the tournament against “all odds” amid theContinue Reading
Younis Khan played in 118 Tests and 265 ODIs for Pakistan.© AFP Former captain Younis Khan will continue as the men’s batting coach of Pakistan until the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2022, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday. The Twenty20 World Cup 2022 is scheduled to beContinue Reading
West Indies coach Phil Simmons had earlier apologised for his players breaching biosecurity protocols.© Twitter All members of the West Indies contingent have tested negative from the third and final coronavirus test, the New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said on Thursday. The players, management, and support staff will leave the managed isolation onContinue Reading
MadariaPix/Shutterstock The news of a potentially viable vaccine for COVID-19 is exciting, but even once we start administering an effective jab it will take a long time to halt the spread of the virus. Many countries are still trying to contain dangerous epidemics, and several have had to implement furtherContinue Reading
As soon as the major American broadcast networks announced Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as winners of the US election on November 7, congratulations poured in from around the world. In the ensuing days, the new president-elect began speaking on the phone with leaders of some of America’s most traditionalContinue Reading
creativemarc/Shutterstock Following the news that Pfizer’s vaccine for COVID-19 is showing signs of 90% efficacy, there’s been a lot of excitement about the end of the pandemic being in sight. Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, has even suggested that life could return toContinue Reading
Glenn Maxwell scored 108 runs from 13 matches at 15.42 in IPL 2020.© BCCI/IPL Virender Sehwag called Kings XI Punjab’s Glenn Maxwell a “10 crore cheerleader” in a snide remark on Maxwell’s indifferent form this Indian Premier League season. Sehwag posted a video on his Facebook page where he pickedContinue Reading
