Historian, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords, Professor Peter Hennessy’s Covid diary collecting his thoughts each day, started six days before the UK went into its first lockdown, vulnerable through illness, sits as a cross-bencher, has been told to shield at home from the virus. He discovered the links between the post-second world…
Health officials confirmed the first death from Lassa fever, an animal-borne, or zoonotic, acute viral illness in the UK, as three cases have been reported this week in the UK. Experts have said the Lassa virus is not transmitted via airborne infection but through contact with bodily fluids of an infected person. Lassa Haemorrhagic fever…
Four passengers including an infant survived a Eurocopter EC135 helicopter crash landing in a built-up area, avoiding overhead power cables and building before it hit the street and slid into bushes outside a Methodist Church in Philadelphia. “The helicopter taken off from outside Philadelphia is believed to have encountered mechanical problems during the flight” a…
Retail liquor and cannabis shops in Canada’s Quebec province will require shoppers to show proof of vaccination amid a rising surge of new Covid cases from 18th January. Proof of vaccine is also required in health facilities, theatres, bars and indoor sport and performance venues. Over 109, 000 cases of Covid were recorded in the…
This is where politics takes an upper hand in sports. The Serb, Novak Djokovic (34), a nine-time Australian Open Champion, and World number one Tennis player, after he landed at 23:30 on Wednesday local time at Melbourne, was taken to detention hotel in Melbourne awaiting deportation. Novak Djokovic sparked a furious reaction in Australia…
A new pan-EU ban on thousands of chemicals used in colouring inks could hurt tattoo industry. The restriction which came in force on Tuesday, apply to substances that may cause cancer or other health issues and mainly affect coloured ink. Th EU estimates that up to 12 per cent of Europeans have a tattoo, and…
Elizabeth Holmes has been convicted of defrauding investors after a month-long landmark trial in California. Prosecutors said Holmes knowingly lied about technology she said could detect diseases with a few drops of blood. Although the Theranos founder denied the charges which carry a maximum prison term of 20 years each, Jurors found Holmes guilty…
When a 10-year-old asked Alexa for a “challenge to do”, Alexa challenged her to touch a penny coin to the prongs of a half-inserted live plug. Amazon has since updated its Alexa voice assistant the error as soon as the company became aware of it. The girl’s mother, Kristin Livadhi, described the incident…
On Wednesday afternoon a fire started to rip through the 38-story building which houses offices and mall, including World Trade Centre, in the bustling commercial and shopping district of Causeway Bay, trapping 350 people waiting to be rescued. The blaze was upgraded to a level three incident on a scale of one to five. Seven…
Sixty people have been killed after a fuel tank exploded following an accident in the city of Cap-Haitien, in Northern Haiti. Some victims went on to gather leaking fuel when it ignited. Local hospitals have been overwhelmed by those injured in the blast, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said the entire Caribbean nation was grieving after…