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Austria has suspended vaccinations with a batch of AstraZeneca's coronavirus jabs as a precaution following the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots. A 49-year-old woman died as a result of severe coagulation disorders, while another 35-year-old woman developed a pulmonary embolism, an acute lung disease caused by a dislodged blood clot, and is recovering, the Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) said. The agency confirmed it had received two reports 'in a temporal connection' with a vaccine from the same batch in the district clinic of Zwettl, Lower Austria. A batch of AstraZeneca has been suspended after Austrian authorities were informed of the death of a 49-year-old woman as well as another woman who developed a pulmonary embolism. Picture: Stock 'Currently there is no evidence of a causal relationship with the vaccination,' BASG said. Swiss newspaper Niederoesterreichische Nachrichten as well as broadcaster ORF and the APA … [Read more...] about Austria SUSPENDS jabs with batch of Astra-Zeneca vaccine after one person died and another fell ill after taking the shots

She lights a candle on the second day of each month. Mirtes Renata de Souza, 34, is mourning her son Miguel. Eight months ago, on June 2, 2020, the 5-year-old fell to his death from the ninth floor of a high-rise in the city of Recife, Brazil. Mirtes Renata, a maid working for a wealthy family, took her son to work that day — she had no one to care for him because of a coronavirus infection. When she went out to walk the dog, she left the child alone with her employer. The owner didn't bother with the child. Nor did she retrieve him when he left the apartment and got in an elevator to go find his mother. The 5-year-old exited on the ninth floor and ended up in an unsecured part of the building, eventually falling to his death 20 meters (66 feet) below. The child's story shook Brazil, already reeling from the coronavirus. It also made his mother Mirtes Renata de Souza the face of Black Lives Matter (BLM) in Brazil. The Black Lives Matter movement that grew relentlessly around … [Read more...] about Black Lives Matter in Brazil: A mother fights for justice for her dead son

A devastated family watched their house go up in flames within a matter of minutes after narrowly escaping the blaze in their pyjamas. Christine Baarman, 38, and her two children Tyreece, 12, and Kacey, 19, lost all their belongings in the sudden inferno and have been left homeless. At 6.20am on Monday, neighbour Lesley Blair heard voices shouting: "Fire, fire" and looked out of the window to see plumes of smoke billowing from the family's roof. Within moments the whole house was alight and Leslie was unsure if her neighbours had made it out alive, she told EdinburghLive . The fire spread with such little warning that teenager Kacey didn't even have time to put shoes on before running outside. The family were left without a roof over their head for 10 hours and has since been moved into temporary accommodation more than 12 miles away from the remnants of their old home. Lesley, from the same area in West Lothian, Scotland, said: "It was 6:20am in the morning and I heard … [Read more...] about Devastated single mum left with nothing after family flee house fire in their pyjamas

Gogglebox stars the Siddiqui family tore into Prince Harry's appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden after he revealed the rather posh gift his grandmother the Queen got for his son. For one-year-old Archie, who Harry shares with Meghan Markle , Queen Elizabeth bought a waffle maker, and the clip went viral. Watching the show, Umar joked: "So was this waffle maker an actual person? 'I am here just to make your waffles'," as his family erupted into hysterics. One viewer giggled: "Can always rely on the Siddiqui’s for a hilarious one liner!" "Most astute family on the show," remarked another. A third added: "Thank god for gogglebox. I came in from work in tears and now I'm laughing again, thank you". Speaking about the Queen's gift, Harry said: "My grandmother asked us what Archie wanted for Christmas, and Meg said a waffle maker. "So she sent us a waffle maker for Archie, so breakfast now Meg makes up a beautiful organic mix, in the waffle maker, flip it, … [Read more...] about Gogglebox stars the Siddiquis mock Prince Harry’s waffle maker with savage quip

Google Images is the public face of everything: When you want to see what something looks like, you will probably just Google it. A data-driven investigation by DW that analysed over 20,000 images and websites reveals an inherent bias in the search giant's algorithms . Image searches for the expressions "Brazilian women," "Thai women"or "Ukrainian women," for instance, show results that are more likely to be "racy” than the results that show up when searching for "American women," according to Google's own image analysis software. Similarly, after a search for "German women," you are likely to see more pictures of politicians and athletes. A search for Dominican or Brazilian women, on the other hand, will be met with rows and rows of young ladies wearing swimsuits and in sexy poses. Screenshots of Google image search results for "German women" (left) vs "Brazilian women" (right) This pattern is already visible to the naked eye and can be attested with a simple search … [Read more...] about Google image search cements national stereotypes of ‘racy’ women