Labra-doh! Embarrassing moment porky pooch gets trapped in a park bench and it takes dog walkers 10 minutes to pull him out Zhuang Zhuang the labrador got himself stuck in a bench while on a photoshoot The three-year-old used to serve in the police in the Changpin District of Beijing After leaving the police Zhuang … Read more
Tesla supplier develops battery that will last for 16 years and a MILLION miles in breakthrough that could transform electric vehicle market Tesla supplier said it has a rechargeable battery that could transform the market The battery will last 16 years or 1.24 million miles before needing to be replaced Tesla is set to release the … Read more
The EU on Tuesday formally accused China and Russia of mounting targeted coronavirus disinformation campaigns to undermine European democracy, in documents seen by AFP. In a paper on what it called the ‘flood’ of misleading and inaccurate information proliferating around the pandemic, Brussels says Beijing and Moscow had set out to polarise debate and burnish … Read more
Chinese pet owner straps a metal bowl to his dog’s head while carrying it on his scooter after officials required all riders to wear helmets Trending footage shows the pet sporting the unusual headgear in Hangzhou The owner gave the makeshift ‘helmet’ to his dog to meet the city’s traffic rule The video of the … Read more
Coronavirus was likely spreading in Scotland before the first case was confirmed at the start of March, the country’s chief medical officer has said. Dr Gregor Smith pointed to a new study that suggests transmission of the virus was occurring on the ground in February. The first case of Covid-19 wasn’t officially diagnosed until March … Read more
Foreign aid farce: We send more money to rich countries such as China and India than we hand out to the world’s poorest nations MPs have revealed how much of Britain’s foreign aid budget is being spent There are concerns it is going to China and India rather than poorer nations Proportion to ‘middle income’ … Read more
‘Genghis Khan’s Wall’ in Mongolia was built to control the movements of nomadic populations, contrary to common belief, a new study claims. Archaeologists have conducted the first systematic survey of ‘The Northern Line’ – part of The Great Wall that’s located outside China. It has long been believed that this particular section of the Great … Read more
Could a measles shot reduce deadly inflammation in coronavirus patients? Scientists are testing MMR vaccines to prevent sepsis that kills many COVID-19 sufferers MMR and tuberculosis vaccines generate anti-inflammatory immune responses COVID-19 patients immune systems often overreact to the virus that causes the disease, triggering out-of-control inflammation and sepsis Mice given sepsis and an MMR … Read more
Wuhan claims its ‘silent coronavirus carriers’ are ‘not contagious’ after scientists ‘analysed clinical samples from all of them’ Officials said hundreds of ‘silent carriers’ in Wuhan would not transmit the virus Scientists had failed to grow a live virus from their clinical samples, they added Experts previously believed asymptomatic carriers could still spread the disease Such … Read more
Beijing’s leading medical advisor has claimed that China‘s first COVID-19 vaccines could be ready to use as early as autumn. Dr Zhong Nanshan, who was appointed to lead the country’s fight against COVID-19, said on Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic should be tackled with mass vaccination, not herd immunity. The epidemiologist slammed the latter – a … Read more