China has shut down a popular social media account with millions of followers for spreading fake news and conspiracy theories. One of the outlet’s most-read article accused the US of turning deceased COVID-19 patients’ bodies into hamburger patties. The online outlet, Zhi Dao Xue Gong, translated as ‘Scholar Palace for Ultimate Truth’, amassed nearly two … Read more
Statistician turned Youtube star Chloe Ting has gained more than three million subscribers in the past 30 days while the world has been living in isolation – as they follow her free ‘flat tummy’ and ‘hourglass’ workout videos from home. The 34-year-old from Melbourne is currently locked down in Los Angeles due to the coronavirus, … Read more
Major UK motor bodies have today called on the Government to axe the six-month MOT exemption for vehicles put in place due to Covid-19 over fears of a rapid rise in the number of dangerous cars on the road now that the lockdown has been eased. New measures announced by the Prime Minister this week … Read more
Grieving relatives of coronavirus victims who die at home face delays of days or weeks for bodies to be released for funerals Relatives face of COVID-19 victims face long delays for bodies to be returned It took three weeks for the body of NHS nurse Donald Suelto to be released Ex-chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal’s brother … Read more
Police discovered 100 bodies stacked in unrefrigerated trucks outside a funeral home in Brooklyn Wednesday after police responded to 911 complaints from neighbors who had been complaining for weeks about the smell. Authorities found two unrefrigerated U-Haul box trucks being used to store the bodies outside of Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home in Flatlands. There … Read more
They’ve been struggling to cope with the pressures of homeschooling their children amid the COVID-19 pandemic. So it’s no wonder Chris Hemsworth, 36, and Elsa Pataky, 43, were pleased to take a break from the curriculum for a family trip to the beach earlier this month. Joined by their daughter India Rose, seven, and twin … Read more
The mayor of Brazil‘s worst-hit city has described the hundreds of coronavirus deaths in Manaus as ‘a scene out of a horror movie’ as bodies are piled up in refrigerated trucks and bulldozers dig mass graves at cemeteries. Mayor Virgilio Neto said his city was ‘no longer in a state of emergency but rather of … Read more
The news industry has joined forces with advertisers and tech companies in calls to stop the ‘overzealous use of keyword blocking’ and allow adverts to appear next to coronavirus articles. Industry bodies have come together to support the message by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) by urging firms to end ‘ad-blocking’ on online … Read more