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Streaming giant Netflix is reportedly planning to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for key cast and crew on productions. Other giant firms in the US, including Google, have taken a similar approach.
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has become the first major Hollywood studio to implement a blanket policy mandating vaccinations for the casts of all of their U.S. productions, as well as those who come into contact with them on sethttps://t.co/1I9pIf1gUJ
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) July 28, 2021
Popular children's TV show Arthur is coming to an end after 25 years. The PBS show – the longest-running animated kids' production in the US – will air its final episode next year.
'Arthur' Gets Canceled, PBS Ending Show After 25 Seasons https://t.co/2yzwnHovPT
— TMZ (@TMZ) July 29, 2021
The UN has created several new UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Among the new additions to the list are a slate landscape in Wales and porticoes in Italy.
🔴 BREAKING!
— UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳😷 (@UNESCO) July 28, 2021
New inscription on the #WorldHeritage List: The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales, #UK 🇬🇧. Congratulations!👏
ℹ️ https://t.co/X7SWIos7D9 #44WHC pic.twitter.com/y0f6culrEW
Some Kindle devices will soon be unable to connect to the internet, Amazon has said. The loss of connectivity applies to Kindles that did not come with the ability to connect to wi-fi.
Quite a lot of Amazon's e-readers will stop having cellular connectivity. https://t.co/uqmQGBvI3a
— FutureShift (@futureshift) July 29, 2021
"Vaccine tourists" are heading to the US to get their COVID-19 shots – despite the huge costs involved. The US has an abundant supply of certain COVID-19 vaccines, while some countries around the world remain desperate for doses.
The vaccine tourists heading to the US to get their jab https://t.co/i2lGMVItJL pic.twitter.com/pkMuu6j9rW
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 29, 2021