The surge in incidents came after violence erupted between Israel and Palestine in May 2021 The Community Security Trust’s (CST) Antisemitic Incidents Report for 2021 found that anti-Jewish hate crimes hit the highest annual total ever recorded, with a 34% spike in cases. On Thursday, the antisemitism monitoring group reported 2,255 incidents, marking the first […]
Etichetă: spike
Sexual offenses spike to record high in England & Wales
Newly-released Office for National Statistics data shows England and Wales reported nearly 171,000 sexual offenses in the past 12 months Police across England and Wales reported a record high number of rapes and sexual offenses in the year to September, according to official data released on Thursday. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) saw a […]
UK govt seeks to spike ‘highly sensitive’ BBC spy story – reports
The government is to argue for a injunction on the grounds it would compromise overseas intelligence activities The UK government is reportedly seeking a gagging order to prevent the BBC airing a news segment that apparently identifies a spy working overseas. A secret High Court hearing is expected to be convened next week to listen […]
Spike in proportion of UK babies in hospital with Omicron
Researchers urge calm despite noting the rise in infants infected with Covid’s most contagious variant Data published on Friday by the UK’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies has warned the percentage of children aged under one in hospital with Covid has risen from 30% to 42% following the outbreak of the Omicron strain. A study […]
South Korea’s Covid spike worst since start of pandemic
The South Korean government intends to adjust its ‘living with Covid’ plan by imposing tougher restrictions to curb disease, as the country recorded its highest increase in daily caseload since the pandemic began. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported a record of 7,850 new cases on Wednesday, nearly all of them locally […]
New Covid-19 strain found with altered spike protein – reports
A new Covid strain with unprecedented changes in its spike protein has reportedly been discovered in the northwestern French region of Brittany, according to local media. The new strain was reportedly detected in people who contracted the virus back in mid-October. It infected a total of 24 people in France, including 18 children attending the […]






