Month: August 2022

The U.K. government’s environmental agency officially declared a drought on Friday in eight out of 14 areas across England. In practice, moving to drought status means that the Environment Agency and water companies will start implementing their pre-agreed drought plans, and face fewer barriers to ban people from using hosepipes and washing their car with […]

The U.K. has no plans to buy doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 antibody therapy Evusheld that is designed to protect vulnerable people, arguing that the data for the drug is insufficient. “Following a robust review of the available data, our clinical experts advise there is currently insufficient data on the duration of protection offered by Evusheld […]

The Russian central bank forecasted that the country’s economy will shrink by between 4 percent and 6 percent this year and by between 1 percent and 4 percent in 2023, before returning to positive growth in 2024. The Finance Ministry last month said the economy shrank by 4 percent in the second quarter, after growing […]