Year: 2021

The Guardian says Liz Truss said she would speak to her EU counterpart on Tuesday amid renewed calls to rip up the controversial Northern Ireland protocol.

The Independent says All sporting events in Wales will be held behind closed doors from Boxing Day due to the surge in coronavirus cases.

The Metro says a Leicestershire primary school teacher has been fired after an ‘upsetting’ video of a woman punching and kicking a horse went viral.

The Metro says Moderna has announced that its booster shot provides high protection against the new and surging coronavirus Omicron variant.

Many of the papers focus on government discussions over whether to impose further Covid restrictions in response to the Omicron variant.

The Independent says London’s NYE celebration event in Trafalgar Square will not take place because of the surge in cases of Omicron.

The Guardian says Scientists have reacted with dismay to Boris Johnson’s decision not to impose fresh restrictions to curb the spread of Omicron.

Arab News says Iran’s top diplomat to Yemen died on Tuesday after reportedly contracting the coronavirus, the country’s state TV said.

Aljazeera says The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Haiti last week has risen to 90, the deputy mayor of Cap-Haitien said on Monday.

TRT World says Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the US, accounting for 73 percent of new infections last week.