Is this really the beginning of the end of the economic misery that’s been heaped upon the country for the past 13 months? That’s the question that thousands of business owners and their staff across the country are asking themselves, following the latest reopening plan announcement.

For pubs that haven’t served a pint in 15 months, retailers who still had Christmas decorations up the last time a customer set foot in their shops and hairdressers who have had to look on with frustration and horror as the nation’s locks became increasingly unkempt, there’s now light at the end of the tunnel.

The vaccine bonus has finally arrived, or at least is now on its way, and the engine of the spluttering and stuttering economy is preparing to roar back

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Police: Man in critical condition after shooting in West Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - A man is in critical condition after a shooting in West Philadelphia.The shooting happened at approximately 1 a.m.

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Ukraine's president asks for evidence on new Russia invasion warnings

possible Russian invasion within days, saying he had yet to see convincing evidence, even as the U.S. warned Sunday of more Russian troops pressing closer to Ukraine's borders and some airlines canceled or diverted flights there.The White House said President Joe Biden would talk later in the day with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The Ukrainian leader's repeated statements urging calm among his people — while Russian forces surround Ukraine on three sides in what Russia insists are military exercises — grew this weekend to Zelenskyy questioning strident warnings from U.S.

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Liam Payne Admires 4-Year-Old Son’s ‘Childish Deviousness’ After Lying About Having COVID To Skip School

Liam Payne is sharing an anecdote indicating his 4-year-old son Bear has a bit of a mischievous streak.

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Trucker protests: Police arrest protesters blocking US-Canada bridge

Police clear a roadway at the Ambassador Bridge US-Canada border crossing blocked by truckers as they protest anti-vaccine mandates in Windsor, Ontario. (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images) Police moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters near the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing on Sunday, trying to end a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions that has hurt the economy of both nations even as they held back from a crackdown on a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa.Local and national police formed a joint command center in Ottawa, where protests have paralyzed downtown, infuriated residents who are fed up with police inaction and turned up pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.The protests have reverberated across the country and beyond, with similar convoys in France, New Zealand and the Netherlands.

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French anti-vaccine pass convoy heads toward Brussels

Around 300 vehicles taking part in a Canada-style protest convoy against Covid regulations have arrived in Lille, northern France.

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Covid deaths in UK drop by 30 percent week-on-week

The UK has recorded another 41,270 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours - down from 46,025 on Saturday.

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2 men shot and killed in Kingsessing, police say

PHILADELPHIA - Two people are dead after a late night shooting in the Kingsessing section of the city.The shooting happened shortly after midnight on the 5700 block of Belmar Street. When police arrived on the scene, they found two men shot and killed.

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Flights to Ukraine halted, redirected amid concerns of Russia invasion

Travelers wait at the check-in counter ahead of their Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight to Kyiv at Israel's Ben Gurion airport in Lod near Tel Aviv on February 13, 2022. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) Some airlines have canceled or diverted flights to Ukraine amid warnings from the West that an invasion by Russia is imminent despite intensive weekend talks between Moscow and Washington.In an hourlong call Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Joe Biden said an invasion of Ukraine would cause "widespread human suffering" and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis but "equally prepared for other scenarios," the White House said.

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Police: Man extremely critical after shooting in West Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - A man is fighting for his life after he was shot in the back in the head in West Philadelphia. The shooting happened just after 1 a.m. Sunday on the 200 block of North Wanamaker Street. Police say they found the 40-year-old man suffering from the gunshot wound to the head and he was rushed to a local hospital.

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Ukraine Olympic team calls for peace amid Russia tension, IOC wants no protests

Vladyslav Heraskevych of Team Ukraine looks on after sliding during the Men's Skeleton Heat 4 at the Winter Olympic Games. (Adam Pretty/Getty Images) The Ukrainian Olympic team has followed the lead of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych in calling for peace.Heraskevych held up a sign with a Ukrainian flag and the message "No War in Ukraine" after completing a run in the skeleton competition on Friday at the Beijing Games.

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Winter Olympics: Erin Jackson becomes 1st Black woman to win gold medal in speedskating

Gold medallist Erin Jackson of Team United States poses with a Bing Dwen Dwen mascot and the winning time during the Women's 500m at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. (Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics.And a gold one, at that.Jackson won the 500 meters Sunday with a time of 37.04 seconds, giving the American speedskating program its first speedskating medal of the Beijing Games and first individual medal since 2010.But this one meant much more than national pride.The 29-year-old Jackson, a former inline skater who switched to the ice shortly before the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, joined fellow American Shani Davis as the only Black athletes to win speedskating medals at the Olympics.The silver went to Miho Takagi of Japan, while Angelina Golikova of the Russian team took the bronze.Jackson's gold came after the native of balmy Ocala, Florida, slipped at the U.S.

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Dr. Dre’s Health: Everything To Know About His 2021 Brain Aneurysm Recovery

Dr. Dre will be front and center on one of the world’s biggest stages when he performs at the 2022 Super Bowl on Feb. 13. The rapper will be joined by some of his closest friends in the industry — Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar — for a Halftime Show performance that is sure to be remembered. It’s almost impossible to believe that just 13 months ago, Dre suffered an apparent brain aneurysm that left him hospitalized for nearly two weeks. Luckily, Dre was able to recover from the terrifying medical scare. Learn more about it below:

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78-year-old distance runner begins cross-country run from LA to Washington DC

LOS ANGELES - Veteran distance runner Stan Cottrell is celebrating his 78th birthday by embarking from Los Angeles' Pan Pacific Park for 100 days of back-to-back marathons to raise funds for charity before arriving in Washington, D.C.Cottrell entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1980 by completing a cross-country run from New York to San Francisco in 48 days. He ran across Europe in 80 days, and ran 2,152 miles in 53 days across China.

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Surging COVID cases in India could threaten strong economic recovery: S&P Global Ratings

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DeSantis signs GOP-drafted voting bill, legal fight begins

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping elections bill into law Thursday that he and other Republicans said would place guardrails against fraud, even as they acknowledged there were no serious signs of voting irregularities last November. Democrats and voter rights advocates said the partisan move will make it harder for some voters to cast ballots.

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Peel Region to allow all those 18+ to book COVID-19 vaccine appointment beginning Thursday

COVID-19 vaccine appointment beginning Thursday at 8 a.m.The move comes just days after Ontario expanded eligibility in the provincial booking system to 18 years and older for residents living in designated hot spots.Crombie said the expansion in eligibility applies to all residents, regardless of whether or not they live in a designated hot spot. 65% of those 18+ in Ontario expected to have 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose by end of May: officials Peel Region has 25 of the province’s total 114 designated hot spots — second to Toronto’s 53.Peel Region, specifically the cities of Brampton and Mississauga have been hit hard by COVID-19 with high case numbers and outbreaks.

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National Nurses Day is Thursday, beginning a weeklong celebration of the profession

Medical workers stand outside NYU Langone Health hospital as people applaud to show their gratitude to medical staff and essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic on May 19, 2020. in New York City.

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Services gains point to global economic pickup despite Covid-19 flare-ups

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Second wave of pandemic has impacted India’s nascent economic recovery: Sitharaman

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Ontario reports 2,791 new COVID-19 cases, lowest increase since beginning of April

COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. The provincial total now stands at 476,692.Tuesday’s case count is the lowest increase in daily cases since April 1 when 2,557 new cases were recorded.According to Tuesday’s report, 931 cases were recorded in Toronto, 653 in Peel Region, 275 in York Region, 147 in Durham Region, and 128 in Hamilton.All other local public health units reported fewer than 125 new cases in the provincial report.The death toll in the province has risen to 8,143 as 25 more deaths were recorded.

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Some immigrants, hard hit by economic fallout, lose homes

NEW YORK – Sotero Cirilo sleeps in a small blue tent under a train track bridge in Elmhurst, Queens.

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Sneak peek: Universal begins previews of epic new attraction, Velocicoaster

ORLANDO, Fla. – A select number of Universal Orlando annual passholders are getting the chance to ride the anticipated new attraction, the Jurassic World: Velocicoaster.

EMA begins assessing Pfizer-BioNTech jab for 12-15 year olds

The European Medicines Agency has said it has begun evaluating the use of Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for those aged 12 to 15, after a similar request in the United States.

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US begins reuniting families at Mexican border in ‘beginning’ of broader effort

WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced that four families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration will be reunited this week in the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called the reunions "just the beginning" of a broader effort.Two of the four families include mothers who were separated from their children in late 2017, one Honduran and another Mexican, Mayorkas said, according to the Associated Press.

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Delhi: Covid vaccination begins for people above 18; all slots booked for next 2 days

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US begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border

SAN DIEGO – The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump's presidency will be reunited in the United States this week in what Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls “just the beginning” of a broader effort.

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Covid-19 vaccination for people above 18 begins in Delhi

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Ontario begins expanded COVID-19 vaccine rollout this week

COVID-19 vaccine rollout this week as a boost in supply is expected to arrive from Pfizer-BioNTech.The province says those 18 years of age and older living in one of 114 hot spot communities will be able to book their vaccine appointment through the province’s online portal beginning Monday at 8 a.m.As of Thursday, those turning 50 and over this year in the rest of the province will be able to book a slot through the Ontario booking system or directly through their public health units.

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COVID-19: Vaccination drive for 18-44 age group begins at 200 centres in Haryana

Chandigarh: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Sunday said the anti-coronavirus vaccination drive for the 18-44 age group began at about 200 centres in the state on Sunday.He said vaccination is free at all government hospitals in the state."The vaccination has been started at about 200 centres across the state," Vij said in an official statement.The health minister said about 1.1 crore people of the state fall between the age group of 18 to 44 years.Registration for the phase 3 vaccination drive had started from April 28.Earlier, Additional Chief Secretary Health Rajeev Arora said the state had sought 66 lakh vaccine doses, which would be allotted in a phased manner. Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Election results 2021: Counting begins in Bengal, TN, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry amid pandemic - 10 updates

Election Results 2021 LIVE Updates.Here is your 10-point cheat-sheet to this story:1) The exit polls have forecast a tight race in the crucial West Bengal assembly polls between the incumbent Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the BJP.2) West Bengal has the highest 294 seats and witnessed a fierce contest between the ruling TMC and the BJP across eight phases. The Samyukta Morcha comprising the Congress, Left parties and ISF has also tried to put up a strong fight.

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Thousands party at Liverpool rave as U.K. trial reopening from COVID-19 lockdown begins

Liverpool on Friday, part of a government-backed trial to restart mass audience events as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes further in England.Around 3,000 revellers aged 18 to 20 danced to pounding music in a warehouse on the docks, in close contact with each other and without wearing masks, according to a Reuters witness.Attendees at the evening event had to test negative for COVID-19 within 24 hours of the event. Live performance venues could soon reopen across Quebec, but COVID -19 curfew concerns remain “We’re excited.

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The Latest: Kentucky Derby Day begins with sunny sky, fans

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Latest on the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby (all times local):

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COVID-19 vaccination for 18+ begins at some select private hospitals

₹1,250, which will include the cost of vaccine and administration charges, at its "centres across north India from Saturday".Max Healthcare had said all the hospitals in the network would be used to vaccinate the citizens as supplies of vaccine doses smoothen up."Presently, vaccines will be available at Max Healthcare facilities at Panchsheel Park, Patparganj, Shalimar Bagh, Rajinder Place (BLK-Max Hospital), Noida and Vaishali in the NCR," its statement read.Three big private hospital chains -- Apollo, Fortis and Max -- on Friday had announced the launch of COVID-19 immunisation drive for the 18-44 age group at limited centres in the country from May 1, while the Delhi government said it will start the vaccination exercise once it receives

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‘It’s like buying candy’: Expert says it’s easy for Canadians to get vaccinated in U.S. Here’s how

COVID-19 vaccines to Canadians who are desperately trying to get a shot amid a surging third wave.And it’s not just border towns that are giving away leftover vaccines. Other U.S.

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Pfizer begins to export US-made Covid-19 vaccines, first doses sent to Mexico

Pfizer Inc's shipment of Covid-19 vaccine to Mexico this week includes doses made in its US plant, the first of what are expected to be ongoing exports of its shots from the United States, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.The vaccine shipment, produced at Pfizer's Kalamazoo, Michigan plant, marks the first time the drugmaker has delivered abroad from US facilities after a Trump-era restriction on dose exports expired at the end of March, the source said.The US government has been under mounting pressure in recent weeks to provide surplus vaccines to other nations desperately in need as it makes swift progress vaccinating its own residents.

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Winn-Dixie lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine, begins accepting walk-ups

ORLANDO, Fla. – Winn-Dixie is now administering all three COVID-19 vaccines after lifting the temporary pause placed on the Johnson & Johnson shot while federal health officials investigated its link to blood clots.

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FDA revives effort to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it will once again try to ban menthol cigarettes, as well as all flavored cigars — adding that it aims to introduce the regulations in the coming year.The FDA has attempted several times to get rid of menthol but faced pushback from the tobacco industry, members of Congress and competing political interests in both the Obama and Trump administrations.

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FDA revives federal effort to ban menthol cigarettes

WASHINGTON – U.S. health regulators are going to try again to ban menthol cigarettes, this time under pressure from African American groups to remove the mint flavor popular among Black smokers.

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Brazil begins to make own Covid-19 vaccine

Brazil's Sao Paulo-based Butantan Institute, a state-run medical research facility, on Wednesday began to manufacture ButanVac, the first Brazilian vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19), state governor Joao Doria announced."It will be the first vaccine manufactured entirely in Brazil, without the need to import raw materials," Doria said during a press conference at the institute, which is funded by the state government.Production began on the first of an expected 18 million doses by mid-July, though Brazil's Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) is yet to authorise the vaccine.The institute also makes and packages the CoronaVac vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Life Sciences.

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‘This is a new beginning:’ New Seminole schools superintendent talks district’s future

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County schools’ new superintendent is preparing to start her new role, but she is no stranger to the district.

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Visa 2Q profits fall 2%, as economic slowdown hits payments

NEW YORK – Visa Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profits fell 2% from a year earlier, as the company dealt with a slowdown across its payment network due to the global pandemic.

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Restaurants can tap $29 billion covid-19 aid program beginning May 3

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German government raises 2021 economic growth forecast

BERLIN – Germany is raising its economic growth forecast for the year on the expectation of the gradual lifting of coronavirus restrictions and an anticipated rise in domestic spending, the economy minister said Tuesday.

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Philadelphia begins work on bike lane improvements days after cyclist killed

PHILADELPHIA - The City of Philadelphia on Monday began work on new bike lane improvements across the city, just days after a woman was fatally struck while riding her bike near the Art Museum.The Philadelphia Streets Department is starting work this week on improving six bike lanes in hopes of improving bike safety on the city's streets.Kay Fakuda was cycling her way to a late morning meeting on Monday, navigating her way through the always-tricky bike lanes in the Art Museum areas."I'm very careful, and I try to run my errands at a time when it's not so busy here," Fakuda explained to FOX 29's Dave Schratweiser.Fakuda was traveling almost the exact same route as the 74-year-old woman that was struck and killed on her bike Saturday morning

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Corruption trial of young ex-Massachusetts mayor begins

BOSTON – Adult entertainment. A personal trainer. A helicopter tour of historic mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. Those were some of the things a former young Massachusetts mayor bought with money from investors who believed they were supporting the creation of a smartphone app, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday.

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