Fortnum and Mason reopens its Piccadilly department store’s food halls as staff wear face masks

The future of shopping: Masked staff man the doors at Fortnum and Mason as world-famous department store reopens its food halls The company reopened its London headquarters’ ground floor on Thursday  It opened from 11am to 7pm and in-store bars and restaurants were shut Fortnum plans to open the first floor on May 28 its … Read more

State Department warns that China may be conducting secret nuclear bomb tests

China may have secretly set off low-level underground nuclear test explosions despite claiming to observe an international pact banning such blasts, the U.S. State Department said in a report on Wednesday that could further fray U.S.-Chinese relations. The finding may worsen ties already strained after President Donald Trump said the U.S. is investigating the possibility … Read more

State Department warned in 2018 that Wuhan lab could cause ‘new SARS-like pandemic’

The US State Department raised concerns over safety issues at the Wuhan research lab studying coronaviruses in animals like bats two years ago, new diplomatic cables reveal. In 2018 diplomats said there were issues at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, located near the seafood market Chinese authorities claim the virus emerged from, cables obtained by … Read more