US army in Syria tests rifle scope that will only fire on target

US army tests new electronic rifle scope in Syria for the first time, which won’t let soldiers fire until the system can guarantee the shot will hit its target US soldiers in Syria are testing an electric scope with a Linux targeting system They’ll first mark a target through the scope by pressing a button … Read more

John Cleese, 80, reveals he has had a cancerous tumour removed from his leg

John Cleese has revealed he had ‘a minor operation’ on Friday to remove a cancerous tumour from his leg.  Posting on Twitter on Monday evening, the Monty Python star, 80, made light of his health scare, insisting ‘at my age this sort of thing happens about once a week’ and making a classic Monty Python … Read more

Biden DENIES wanting to ‘defund the police’ as Trump tries it into election wedge issue

President Donald Trump vowed on Monday there will not be any defunding or dismantling of police as he met with law enforcement officials at the White House and tried to turn the protests that rose up in the wake of George Floyd’s death into an election year issue. His Democratic rival Joe Biden, meanwhile, traveled to … Read more

Coronavirus: Psychopathic traits influence outbreak spread

People with psychopathic personality traits ‘have a disproportionately large impact’ on the COVID-19 pandemic because they ‘fail to protect themselves and others’, study claims Study of looked at influence of personality on adherence to health guidelines  Quizzed more than 500 Americans on if they were sticking to social distancing  Found people with psychopathic personality traits are … Read more

Kris Jenner shares birthday message for Kanye West as he turns 43

Kim Kardashian paid tribute to husband of six years, Kanye West, on Monday.  To mark the rapper’s 43rd birthday, Kim, 39, shared some happy photos of the couple from 2015, a year after their wedding in Florence, Italy. ‘Happy Birthday to my King’ the E! reality star wrote in the caption of two photos showing … Read more

Footage of Ely police officer surfaces, telling a driver he pulled him over ‘because he was black’

Police in Cambridgeshire launch internal inquiry as five-year-old video of officer pulling over motorist ‘because he was black’ surfaces Officer in Ely, told driver he was pulled over ‘because you’re a black male’ The footage from July 2015 was shared last Friday amid Black Lives Matter rallies Driver said he didn’t report it at the … Read more

Apple patents ‘synthetic group selfie’ for socially-distant photos

Apple patents ‘synthetic group selfies’ tech that stitches together images taken remotely and could enable socially-distant photo shoots The tech would take a group’s selfies and combine them into one image The system could enable socially-distant group selfies  A patent suggests the technology could combine images automatically Images could also be arranged manually by a user  … Read more

Blood cancer drug helped severely ill COVID-19 patients come off supplemental oxygen and ventilator

A blood cancer drug may help improve the conditions of severely ill coronavirus patients, a new small study suggests.  Acalabrutinib, sold under the brandname Calquence by AstraZeneca, is a medication with anti-inflammatory properties that scientists believe can control the immune system’s overreaction to the virus. The majority of patients given the drugs came off supplemental … Read more

Oblivious Swiss tourist says he is ILL as he prepares to get on the busy Tube

An unwell passenger arriving at Heathrow Airport and needing to go to the hospital has admitted that he was unaware of the UK’s new 14-day quarantine regulations which came in force today and was about to board the London Underground.  The oblivious traveller, who had arrived at the international airport from Switzerland, explained that he … Read more