Astronauts on historic mission as Dragon capsule enter space station: SpaceX NASA Mission US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have docked with and entered the International Space Station (ISS). Their Dragon capsule supplied and operated by the private SpaceX company attended to the bow section of the orbiting lab 422km above China. The pair…
Actor Michael Angelis narrator of Thomas The Tank Engine for 3 series after taking over from Beatle star Ringo Starr in 1991, and known for his TV dramas role such as Boys from the Blackstuff, has died suddenly at his home, aged 76. The Liverpool born actor also appeared in Minder, the Liver Birds, Z…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak says employers must start sharing the cost of the Furlough Scheme from August 2020 and will finish at the end of October 2020. From August, employers must pay National Insurance and pension contributions then 10 per cent of pay from September, rising to 20 per cent in October. Workers will be allowed…
Clothing brand Levi’s has launched its limited-edition Super Mario collaboration in India. The collection belongs to Mario and his gang from the popular franchise in streetwear styles made for Super Mario fans. Levi’s denim jackets, hoodies, and tee shirts now feature characters, colours, items, and catchphrases from the game. The collection is sold online and…
US President Donald Trump has said that the US is terminating its relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO). He added that the US will redirect funds from WHO to other organisations. “China has total control over WHO despite only paying $40m a year compared to what US has been paying which is approximately 4450m…
The monkey runs away with COVID-19 blood samples for suspected coronavirus patients in Meerut. The video that went viral on social media showed the monkey thief in a tree. A monkey attacked a lab technician on the campus of a medical school in India and ran away with blood samples from three patients infected withCovid-19.…
Juan Pablo Villalobos, a Mexican comic novelist who writes about Mexican violence and impunity, blending satire with flights of imagination. The fourth novel of Juan Pablo Villalobos, I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me, is chaotic but intense narrative. The story is about a Mexican student who becomes embroiled in a gangsters’ turf…
One of Pew’s character remarked “ everything is just so strange lately” as Catherine Lacey has been spending the night in churches in the small towns of American south. Vagabond sex and washing in a petrol station the narrator notes “where my legs met, there was something I knew to protect, though I could not…
Ed West’s Small Men On the Wrong Side of History gives an insight into why conservatives have lost almost every political argument since 1945. He propagates woke progressivism taking over the West, parasitising the minds of younger generations saying cultural conservatism is dying. The western world has gone through a huge cultural shift, comparable to…
World’s largest all-electric aircraft successfully takes it first flight The world’s largest all-electric plane took its maiden voyage successfully, which lasted 30 minutes. The eCaravan aircraft is a Cessna208 Caravan plane which was fitted with a 750 horsepower electric motor made by US-based startup Magnix and modified by aerospace engineering firm AeroTEC. The aircraft which…