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A UK parliament committee has ruled that Boris Johnson deliberately misled MPs over Covid lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street when he was prime minister. The cross-party Privileges Committee said Johnson would have been suspended as an MP for 90 days for "repeated contempts (of parliament) and for seeking to undermine the parliamentary process", had he not already resigned after being shown a pre-publication version of the report. IMAGES of the report
Beijing/Shanghai, Aug 13 (EFE/EPA).- China insisted Friday on expanding the search for the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus to other countries, reiterating that the Wuhan lab-leak theory is extremely unlikely and rejected politicization of the investigation.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF BEIJING AND SHANGHAI AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
Wuhan, May 27 (EFE/EPA).- China on Thursday accused the United States of “political manipulation” over the origin tracing of Covid-19 after President Joe Biden announced that American agencies were looking into the possibility of lab leak in the Chinese city of Wuhan.“Since the outbreak of Covid-19 last year, some political forces have been fixated on political manipulation and blame game,” the Chinese embassy in Washington said in a statement on its website.The statement said while the pandemic was still causing “great damage” in the world and the international community was expecting greater coordination among countries, “some people are turning to their old playbook." (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF WUHAN, CHINA.
Bogota, Jan 19 (EFE) .- Colombia gets ready to receive the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the installation of six lab freezers to maintain the vaccines cool. Colombia has registered so far 49,004 deaths and 1,923,132 COVID-19 infections. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ)SHOT LIST: THE SIX LAB FREEZERS INSTALLED IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus plan on Thursday. It includes $1,400 checks, according to Business Insider. Biden had pledged $2,000 direct payments to Americans. The $1,400 checks would be in addition to the $600 direct payments provided most recently. This would be welcomed funds as more and more Americans face eviction and hunger. Most developed countries worldwide have been supporting their citizens with funds since last March.
Sen. Lindsey Graham is one of Pres. Donald Trump's biggest defenders. Trump spent part of his Christmas with Graham in Palm Beach, Florida. People are waiting to see if Trump sign the COVID-19 relief bill. Trump has previously expressed his support to provide Americans $2,000 in COVID relief funds, instead of the proposed $600 package. Graham tweeted his belief that Trump wants to sign a COVID package providing all Americans with $2,000 checks. "I am convinced he (Trump) is more determined than ever to increase stimulus payments to $2000 per person."