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An air passenger was seen wearing a face mask over his eyes instead of his mouth during an internal U.S. flight on Friday. "This was a photo I took on my flight from Cleveland to Nashville on Allegiant Airlines on Friday," posted Twitter user Jessica Hazeltine, a Council Representative for the city of Medina, Ohio. "Yes, this man used a surgical mask to cover his eyes. Yes, he wore the mask like this from departure to arrival." According to Hazeltine, the crew on board did not ask the man, who was wearing a Make America Great Again hat, to correct his face mask. Newsweek has contacted the Allegiant Travel Company for further comment. Some airlines are choosing to refuse travel or ban customers who do not wear nose and mouth coverings while flying. Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a staff memo on Thursday morning that customers " risk losing their future flight privileges with Delta ." Bastian added, "We have already banned some passengers from future travel on Delta for …

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Pub and restaurant prices are facing "terrifying" price rises because of a chronic shortage of workers , industry leaders have warned. Ian Wright, the chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation, told MPs that inflation in the hospitality sector was running at up to 18 per cent as businesses faced soaring wage, energy and commodity costs. It came as haulage bosses said the national lorry driver shortage was "not visibly getting better" and could take around a year to recover. Mr Wright told the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee: "In hospitality, which is a precursor of retail, inflation is running between 14 per cent and 18 per cent. That is terrifying. "I remember inflation going to 27 per cent under the Callaghan government in 1977, and I remember a lady going around Sainsburys with stickers twice in the same hour to change the prices. We cannot go back to that." Rising prices would inevitably be passed on to consumers, Mr Wright said, adding: …

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An airline decided Tuesday to stop the use of face masks after passengers complained that they could not see crew members smiling. "Many Garuda customers have complained about the flight attendants wearing masks, as [the passengers] cannot see whether or not the [flight attendants] are smiling or frowning," Irfan Setiaputra, president director and chief executive officer at Garuda Indonesia, said in a virtual discussion on the decision to replace masks with face shields. "With this, human interaction on the plane can still occur, although minimized, and everyone can feel safe but also comfortable," Setiaputra said. Mitra Piranti, the airline's corporate secretary, told The Jakarta Post that a timeline for when the changes will be implemented has yet to be decided on. "We continually evaluate the appropriateness and safety of the protective equipment for our flight crews in terms of prevailing flight safety regulations, while also looking to provide an excellent service," …

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Kabul, Afghanistan — There are few greater agonies for a parent than a sick child. Six-month-old Sofia is suffering from severe anemia caused by acute malnutrition. Her mother Arezo told CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab that the family simply didn't have money to keep the tiny girl fed. As CBS News watched Sofia get treatment at the Indira Ghandi Children's Hospital in Kabul, her father told Tyab he was desperate. "I need food," he said, sobbing. "I have five kids — they are all so hungry." Hunger and poverty have stalked Afghanistan 's children for decades, but since the Taliban seized power two months ago, the nation has been spiralling into a deep humanitarian crisis . According to the United Nations, if humanitarian assistance doesn't come soon, more than a million children will die of malnutrition. Signs of desperation can already be seen in every corner of the country. CBS News visited a USAID-funded World Food Programme distribution center that was packed with people …

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June 03, 2021 - 16:15 BST The Queen was asked to choose a regnal name when she ascended the throne in 1952 The Queen will mark the 70th year of her reign in 2022 having ascended the throne at the age of 25 in 1952. But when the young Princess Elizabeth became monarch, she was asked by Martin Charteris, her private secretary at the time, what she wanted her regnal name to be – and her response was very matter-of-fact. The new Queen's response was: "My own of course." Since ancient times, some monarchs have chosen to use a different name from their original name when they accede to the monarchy. READ: The Queen will meet US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden - confirmed Loading the player... WATCH: Everything you need to know about the Queen's 1953 coronation Elizabeth's father was born Albert Frederick Arthur George, but when he became monarch in 1936, he chose the name King George VI in honour of his …

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Mask wearing, working from home and a ban on indoor gatherings must return, an NHS leader has warned. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, has warned ministers must immediately enforce "Plan B" coronavirus restrictions or "risk stumbling into a winter crisis". Amid rising Covid-19 cases, he has urged the Government to implement the back-up strategy which involves measures including bringing back mandatory face coverings in public places. Talking to the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme, Mr Taylor said action was needed, including: "Mask wearing in crowded places, I think avoiding unnecessary indoor gatherings, I think working from home if you can. "I say I don't underestimate that these are inconveniences, but we have to make a choice if we can see what is almost inevitable down the line." He called for ministers to come up with a "Plan C" of even tougher restrictions if those measures are insufficient to address pressure on the health service. The NHS …

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Adrian Hanrahan did not expect his thriving chemicals business would compete with a golf course, but Covid has provided endless surprises. The managing director of Robinson Brothers in West Bromwich has 22 vacancies in a workforce which at full strength should employ 260 people. “We’ve had a couple of people who were not due to retire for five or six years, and are saying, ‘you know what, I’ve got enough in my pension pot, Covid has made me re-think, I’d rather retire to do something I really want to do’,” says Hanrahan. “One is an avid golfer and wants to go and work on a golf course taking starters around - he is a highly qualified engineer.” There is plenty of work for them to do - demand for the chemicals, used in everything from rubber products to pharmaceuticals, is as high as ever - but staff have left , including to retirement or rival businesses. Even with pay rises on the table, they are hard to retain or replace, threatening Hanrahan’s ability to meet clients’ …

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Rocketing prices will deal a £1,000 blow to household finances next year as higher inflation also slashes an expected Budget windfall for the Chancellor. The surge in inflation will hit real incomes by 2pc by the end of 2022 compared to previous official forecasts, the Resolution Foundation revealed, as Rishi Sunak battles a cost of living crunch. The think tank said the £1,000 squeeze on households’ budgets, which are relative to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) March forecast, will add to “major headwinds to families’ spending power in the coming months”. The OBR will release its latest official economic and fiscal forecasts at the Budget next week. Households are already facing a hit from Boris Johnson’s national insurance raid to fund health and social care and a significant rise in energy costs following the spike in gas prices. Inflation is expected to rise above 4pc by the end of the year and remain high well into 2022. The Resolution …

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Who here was under the impression that Jacob Rees-Mogg, beloved Brexiteer backbencher who managed to inadvertently spark “Moggmentum” among starry-eyed Tory grassroots campaigners, was a champion for progressive values? Apparently a lot of people, if the uproar today following his appearance on Good Morning Britain is anything to go by. “I’m completely opposed to abortion,” he said – yes, even in cases of rape – and against same-sex marriage because he “support[s] the teaching of the Catholic church. The marriage issue is the important thing, this is not how people arrange their lives.” Social media went wild. “The ugly face of modern conservatism has been exposed,” said one angry tweeter, having apparently been under the previous impression that Rees-Mogg played a prominent role in LGBT rights demonstrations and held the position of honorary speaker at the anti-Trump Women’s March. But my God, we’ve all caught him with his pants down now – and airing the views he never …

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Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write – I agree with Pope Francis. During a flight on his trip back to Rome from Ireland, Francis was asked what he would say to parents whose children were gay. He allegedly told journalists that "a lot can be done through psychiatry", suggesting that gay kids should be packed off to a doctor to have their head examined. And he's inadvertently right. Most LGBT+ people would benefit from counselling or advice from a mental-health specialist – but it's nothing to do with their sexuality or their gender identity. It's because of people like Pope Francis continually regurgitating this toxic rhetoric that there's something wrong with us. I was born in 1987 – on the same day Pet Shop Boys' "It's a Sin" ominously went to number one, and just a few months before the introduction of Thatcher's homophobic Section 28 , which banned the "promotion of the acceptability of homosexuality" in schools. I've spent the past 31 years being told by …

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