Just hours after the UK approved Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine and announced immediate plans for vaccination, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a “large-scale vaccination” campaign using the Russian jab which was rushed out this summer. Russia’s Sputnik V in
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Pregnant women urged not to get Covid jab because ‘risks are still unknown’
Pregnant women will not be given the new coronavirus vaccine until after they have given birth, guidance as revealed. The news comes as the UK became the first country in the world to approve a vaccine for use today. But
Whitebark pine trees now threatened species due to climate change, beatles
BILLINGS, Mont. — Climate change, voracious beetles and disease are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that’s a key source of food for some grizzly bears and found across the West, U.S. officials said Tuesday. A Fish
Hong Kong protests: Prominent activist Joshua Wong jailed over pro-democracy rally
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been jailed for 13 and a half months over an unlawful anti-government rally in 2019. The 24-year-old’s sentencing on Wednesday is the toughest and most high-profile of an opposition figure this year. Mr
3 Brilliant Ways to Transform Leftover Stuffing
Every year, I look forward to Thanksgiving as an opportunity to eat bread by the spoonful. That’s all stuffing is: bread, which is already delicious, made more perfect by being ripped into bite-size bits, tossed with seasonings and mix-ins, and
Hate crime probe launched after men ‘told they can’t kiss in pub and to leave’
An investigation has been launched into an alleged hate crime after two men were told they cannot kiss in a pub, before being asked to leave. Ryan Sanderson, 23, claims he and his friend were approached by a member of
Brits braced for -7C temperatures and snow in 900 mile-wide icy blast
The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox Britain faces Snowmageddon as a week-long Icelandic shiver will send temperatures plummeting to below Norway's. Up to 4in of snow is expected
Married MEP flees drug-fuelled 20-person ‘gang bang’ through window after raid
A Hungarian MEP fled the scene of a drug-fuelled "orgy" attended by more than 20 people after police raided the scene in the Belgian capital of Brussels. József Szájer reportedly suffered a leg injury as he tried to make his
Further investigation into Colorado Catholic Church finds 9 more abusive priests, 46 more victims
For two years, Father James Moreno sexually assaulted a teenage boy dozens of times after they met at a Denver Catholic school — including in the rectory of the city’s most prominent church. Moreno assaulted the boy more than 60
Mystery over ‘penis-shaped’ landmark after it disappears from German mountain
It might be a hard nut to crack – but cops are probing the mystery vanishing of a phallic-shaped sculpture. The 6.5ft wooden statue was apparently chopped down over the weekend from its home on a Bavarian mountainside, the Allgaeuer