Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.
The European Union is looking into demands by Britain and some Northern Irish politicians for an extension of grace periods for goods checks, however, Ireland’s foreign minister said that post-Brexit trade arrangements for the province will not have much changes to it.
There are around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 around the world now so all vaccine manufacturers, which includes Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc are giving it their all to improve their vaccines, a British minister said.
The proportion of British workers working completely from home rose to 36% in the week to January 31, its highest since June when the country had its first coronavirus lockdown and up from 34% the week before, official figures showed.
US authorities returned dozens of Haitians to the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez from El Paso, Texas, a move that appeared to contradict a policy agreement in place with Mexico brokered under the previous US administration.
Russian law enforcement charged Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, for breaching COVID-19 restrictions by instigating people to join a nationwide protest last month, her lawyer said.
Activists in Indonesia were all praise for the government’s decision to ban public schools from making religious attire mandatory. This has become a reality after a national outcry over non-Muslim students being forced to wear a hijab.
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