Billions of locusts have laid waste to 500,000 acres of Ethiopian cropland and unleashed a food crisis. A United Nations report found that the devastation caused by the swarms have left millions of citizens in need of emergency food aid. The findings from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which recently concluded a joint assessment … Read more
NATURE GREENERY: JOURNEYS IN SPRINGTIME by Tim Dee (Jonathan Cape £18.99, 355pp) One of the most joyous sights of spring is the return of the swallows, swooping and diving in the air, their forked tails slicing through the sky. Few of us give much thought to the journey that brings them back to Britain each year. … Read more
Redhead By The Side Of The Road Anne Tyler Chatto & Windus £14.99 Rating: On one level, the novels of Anne Tyler are as straightforward and unobtrusive as her name. Her prose style is clear and unshowy. Her sentences have no flourishes. You could almost say that their only identifying feature is their lack of … Read more
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Major US drug company unwittingly became a ‘super spreader’ after executives attending the annual leadership meeting took coronavirus home to SIX states and infected 99 people Executives at Biogen attended an annual leadership meeting in Massachusetts Employees unwittingly took coronavirus to six states and infected 99 people First case of COVID-19 in Tennessee and the first two … Read more
The stick-on ‘stained glass window’ that can transform an aircraft cabin into a dazzling place of prayer The windows are made from a flexible plastic film that fits on an aircraft window They can be used time after time and cleaned with soapy water or disinfectant Films are available to fit 5 types of window … Read more
Apple Maps users will soon be able to use the app to locate the nearest official COVID-19 testing center Apple Maps will soon help users located the nearest COVID-19 testing center Maps will describe the testing center and whether one needs a referral A portal has been set up for hospitals and healthcare providers to … Read more
‘OMG! Anna Wintour in sweatpants… The world is going MAD!’: Vogue icon causes a frenzy among her fans when she poses in joggers amid pandemic after saying she’d NEVER wear them By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 17:00 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 17:03 BST, 13 April 2020 She was once famously asked if … Read more
US regulators have given emergency use permission for a device to filter coronavirus patients’ blood in an effort to combat the devastating effects of severe inflammation. Doctors believe that many of those who die of coronavirus die as a result of the so-called ‘cytokine storm’ – a deluge of inflammation meant to help fight the … Read more
A sailor who tested positive for coronavirus on board USS Theodore Roosevelt has died. The unidentified sailor had tested positive for the virus on March 30 and was taken off the ship and moved into isolation accommodation with four others. On Thursday he was found unresponsive during a medical check and sailors who found him attempted … Read more