Cultish photo-sharing app fuelled jealousy, bullying

In 2010, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders who wanted to cultivate a community of photographers and artisans  released a photo-sharing app called Instagram, with one simple irresistible feature. It would make anything you captured through your phone look more beautiful. In less than two years it went mainstream and caught Facebook’s attention as…

War on killer germs

  A pandemic on the scale of the 1918 flu that killed over a hundred million people would be deadlier today, despite a century of medical advances, as every new development from exploding human and animal populations to trade and travel intensifies our susceptibility to a devastating epidemic. Leading epidemiologist and professor at the University…

Coronavirus: 100, 260 dead, 1.65m infected worldwide

Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Tot Cases/ Deaths/ Total Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical 1M pop 1M pop Tests World 1,647,635 43,983 100,260 4,568 369,116 1,178,259 49,723 211 12.9   USA 478,109 9,543 17,919 1,228 26,106 434,084 10,571 1,444 54 2,443,574 Spain 157,053 3,831 15,970 523 55,668 85,415 7,371 3,359…

Boris Johnson moved out of intensive care Unit

Boris Johnson has been moved from intensive care back to the ward at St Thomas Hospital, Downing Street has said. Mr> Johnson has spent three nights in a high dependency unit at St Thomas’ Hospital in London this week having being admitted from late Sunday due to contracting coronavirus. As soon as he was given…

Coronavirus: 1.5m infected, 88, 500 dead worldwide

Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Tot Cases/ Deaths/ Total Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical 1M pop 1M pop Tests World 1,519,571 1,611 88,550 95 331,014 1,100,007 48,165 195 11.4   USA 435,160 233 14,797 9 22,891 397,472 9,279 1,315 45 2,226,116 Spain 148,220 14,792 48,021 85,407 7,069 3,170 316 355,000…

“Me Too Brigade”

“Me Too Brigade” get surprised by Artemis Shaw’s “Real Talk” short film. Handsome American Music Producer with a fan club, Ben Tito is accused live on television by upcoming singer-songwriter Natalie Ballina of a sex crime against her during a recording session.  There is more than one twist as Natalie boldly states that during recording,…

Coronavirus: 1.434m infected , 82, 149 dead worldwide

Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Tot Cases/ Deaths/ Total Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical 1M pop 1M pop Tests World 1,434,235 3,316 82,143 109 302,453 1,049,639 47,931 184 10.5   USA 400,546 211 12,857 16 21,711 365,978 9,169 1,210 39 2,082,431 Spain 141,942 14,045 43,208 84,689 7,069 3,036 300 355,000…

Coronavirus: 1.35m infected, 75,897 dead worldwide

Country, Total New Total New Total Active Serious, Tot Cases/ Deaths/ Total Other Cases Cases Deaths Deaths Recovered Cases Critical 1M pop 1M pop Tests World 1,358,946 12,942 75,897 1,243 293,452 989,597 47,539 174 9.7   USA 367,650 646 10,943 72 19,810 336,897 8,983 1,111 33 1,933,423 Spain 140,510 3,835 13,798 457 43,208 83,504 7,069 3,005…

Boris Johnson moved to intensive care

“Prime Minister Boris Johnson(55)  has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened”, Downing Street has said. Mr. Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise “ where necessary” the spokesman added. A No 10 statement read: “ The prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St…

The portrayal of love and loss

O’Farrell’s novel begins in 1598, with Hamnet discovering his twin sister Judith has taken sick and searching for someone to help her, not realising his own illness was beyond cure, An emotionally devastating account of bard’s only son. Hamnet is inspired by the son of famous playwright and the story of the bond between the…