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The UK’s longest-known coronavirus patient has died after choosing to withdraw from treatment, his wife has said. Jason Kelk, 49, had spent more than a year in intensive care at St James’ Hospital in Leeds after contracting coronavirus in March 2020. He was transferred to a hospice yesterday morning and died surrounded by his family. Kelk had been using a ventilator since April last year after contracting COVID-19. Pic: Sue Kelk. His wife Sue Kelk wrote on Facebook on Friday: “It is with a very heavy heart that I have to share the sad news that Jason passed away peacefully at St…

Two dozen GOP lawmakers have written a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to replace Vice President Kamala Harris in her role of leading attempts to control illegal immigration at the southern border. The letter states that the Republicans members of the House of Representatives have “serious concerns” about Harris’ appointment to resolve the situation, branded a border crisis by her political foes, amid record breaking numbers of encounters there. Harris was personally tasked by Biden to try and control the surge of migrants crossing the border. She has since been criticized by high profile GOP and right-leaning figures for not visiting the border since her appointment. The…

Iranians on Friday voted in a presidential election dominated by a hard-line judge, who is already sanctioned by the United States, after nearly all of his strongest challengers were disqualified. Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, a protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was poised to coast to victory amid opposition calls for a boycott and low turnout. Iranian opposition groups abroad and some dissidents at home had called for a boycott of the vote they see as an engineered victory for Raisi. However, the establishment’s religiously devout core supporters were expected to vote for Raisi. Turnout appeared far lower than in Iran’s last presidential election in…

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and liberation hero, has died at a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, where he was being treated for pneumonia. He was 97. Kaunda ruled Zambia from 1964, when the Southern African nation won its independence from Britain, until 1991, and afterwards became one of the most committed activists against HIV/AIDS in Africa. “I am sad to inform [members] we have lost Mzee [the old man]. Let’s pray for him,” Kaunda’s son Kambarage said on the late president’s Facebook page on Thursday. Authorities declared 21 days of mourning for the liberation hero. “On behalf of…

The U.S. attorney general on Wednesday rescinded a Trump-era decision that made it harder for victims of domestic violence and gang violence to win asylum, the latest move by U.S. President Joe Biden to create what he says is a more humane immigration system. Attorney General Merrick Garland, in a three-page legal opinion, wrote that the broad language in the decision put in place during the administration of former President Donald Trump “threatens to create confusion and discourage careful case-by-case adjudication of asylum claims.” Biden, a Democrat, has reversed many of his Republican predecessor’s restrictive immigration policies and pushed ahead…

U.S. Roman Catholic bishops are due this week to discuss whether politicians, including President Joe Biden, should receive Communion while supporting abortion and LGBTQ rights, a debate that has divided the clergy and laid bare internal cultural rifts. As the second Catholic to serve as U.S. president, Biden, a Democrat, has alarmed some church leaders by supporting same-sex marriage and abortion rights, views they say are antithetical to church teachings. At their virtual annual meeting from Wednesday to Friday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will decide whether to ask the Committee on Doctrine to draft a teaching document on…

Belgium national team boss has confirmed that his team will pay tribute to Christian Eriksen by kicking the ball out of play in the 10th minute of their Euro 2020 Group B encounter with Denmark on Thursday. The midfielder, who wears the number 10 shirt, had to be resuscitated on the pitch at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen after suffering a cardiac arrest in the first half of his side’s 1-0 defeat by Finland on Saturday evening. The Belgium boss Roberto Martinez said: “As you can imagine, the uncertainty that we had when the incident happened, that was a really…

Jeff Bezos can have anything. He could circle the globe in a private jet or sail it forever in a fleet of megayachts. He could afford to buy a the whole NFL; he could buy an archipelago for his family and friends; he could buy over 65,000 Bugatti Chirons (base price $2.9 million), even though only 500 are being built. As the world’s richest person, the possibilities are endless. But Bezos appears ready to risk it all for an 11-minute ride to space. Space travel is, historically, fraught with danger. Though the risks are not necessarily astronomical for Bezos’ jaunt…

New York’s Kevin Durant has always been one of the NBA’s most unstoppable scorers. The Brooklyn Nets needed much more than points Tuesday night, so Durant gave them one of the most spectacular performances in postseason history. Durant had 49 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists, sending the Nets back into the lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 114-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5. “I know the perception of me is that I can score the basketball well, but any team that I’ve played on, I’ve been asked to do pretty much everything from rebounding…

Donald Trump Jr., son of Republican former President Donald Trump, has called national infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci “incompetent” and “not a scientist.” Trump Jr. made his comments during an interview on the podcast The Truth with Lisa Boothe. “This guy’s not a scientist, he’s a bureaucrat in a lab coat—nothing more, nothing less,” Trump Jr. said. “He’s incompetent. He was in government because he probably couldn’t have made it in the private sector.” Fauci has an extensive research portfolio on infectious diseases. He has advised seven U.S. presidents and has worked on over 1,300 scientific publications, according to…