Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, who captained Argentina during their 1986 World Cup win, producing a series of sublime individual performances has died aged 60. In 1986 Maradona won the World Cup 1986 with Argentina, having knocked England out of the tournament in a match which saw him score the…
Snapchat has launched its vertically scrollable video section “Spotlight” in 11 nations where users are able to view videos posted by other uses. The spotlight will have its own dedicated tab in the app and will feature videos, with background music, up to 60 seconds. Snaps from private accounts will be featured in an unattributed…
Seven people have died in Russia’s Yakutia and two remain in a severe coma after they consumed hand sanitiser when they ran out of alcohol at a party. Russian investigators said they discovered an unlabelled five-litre canister with its contents of 69 per cent methanol at the scene. Yakutia banned the sale of methanol-based hand…
A former competition lawyer telling us after the collapse of the Rana Plaza clothing factory in Bangladesh in 2013 after driven by competition to cut costs and maximise profits quite literally may kill us. The rising levels of power are concentrated in the hands of a few yet no government or organisation has the…
David Dinkins, the first and only black Mayor of New York City has died of natural causes aged 93. Born in New Jersey in 1927, David Dinkins who studied at Howard University and Brooklyn Law School is the son of a barber. He later went on to serve as the city’s mayor from 1990 to…
The construction giant Carillion, an outsourcer of huge Government building contracts, leading to one of the greatest financial scandals of modern times following their collapse in January 2018. When it folded it had only £29 million in the bank and debts and other liabilities adding up to a staggering £7 billion, amounting the final…
A highly provocative book by an Indian academic who is the Associate Professor of Modern South Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen, revealing how India is being repackaged into a national brand to be sold to foreign investors, part of ongoing historical shift. “The capitalist transformation of India wherein the logic of capital is…
International Men’s Day, an annual event celebrated on the 19th of November, in 44 countries including Antigua, Australia, Barbados, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Jamaica, Singapore, China, United States, UK, Romania, and Malta. Inaugurated in 1992 on 7 February by Thomas Oaster was re-initialized in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago. The longest-running celebration of International Men’s…
Andrew Pollard, Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity and study lead from the University of Oxford, said he was “absolutely delighted with the results” showing a strong immune response “even in those over 70 years of age” as older adults may have weaker immune systems. The Oxford Coronavirus vaccine reveals a strong immune response in…
The National Audit Office, the Public spending watchdog has criticised the government for failures in the award of more than £17bn of contracts to private companies to tackle the coronavirus crisis, for errors and potential conflict of interest including lack of transparency. They said the Cabinet Office and the Department of Health and Social Care…