For years, guessing how rich the Queen is has been a popular – if exasperating – parlour game. On the one hand, she is famously frugal, keeping warm with a £30 electric heater and sticking to for decades the same brand of £7.99 nail varnish. On the other, fabulously wealthy, with a portfolio that spans works … Read more
NASA’s Hubble spacecraft discovers evidence of a WEATHER system on nearby ‘Hot Jupiter’ exoplanet – despite blistering surface temperatures of 2,192°F Researchers examined images of WASP-31b taken by the Hubble telescope WASP-31b is an extremely hot ‘puffy planet’ 1,305 light years away from Earth It is tidally locked, with one side facing the star and the … Read more
Russian police are searching the properties of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny today for evidence he breached coronavirus rules by calling for nationwide protests demanding his freedom. Navalny, 44, was arrested on return to Russia following months of treatment for novichok poisoning in Berlin, which he maintains was an assassination attempt ordered by President Vladimir … Read more
Russian police are searching the properties of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny today for evidence he breached coronavirus rules by calling for nationwide protests demanding his freedom. Navalny, 44, was arrested on return to Russia following months of treatment for novichok poisoning in Berlin, which he maintains was ordered by President Vladimir Putin. After his … Read more
CDC researchers find ‘little evidence’ of schools contributing to spread of COVID – indicating in-person classes will be safe if precautions are taken Studies in the US found little evidence schools were spreading COVID-19 This shows a ‘path forward’ to in-person classes, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday … Read more
Alex Salmond Inquiry orders key evidence including WhatsApp messages from SNP officials are released in unprecedented move Linda Fabiani wrote to former first minister after he refused to come to Holyrood He was needed to speak on February 2 but citing health concerns over Covid-19 It comes as MSPs issued notice to Crown Office calling … Read more
Wednesday’s House vote to impeach President Trump has teed up a Senate trial where President Donald Trump will once again decide on a team to represent him – this time on a charge of ‘incitement of insurrection.’ Sources have already said Trump may turn to lawyer Rudy Giuliani as he battles impeachment a second time, … Read more
Secrets, lies and thuggery are the hallmark of the Chinese Communist regime. And in the mystery of the devastating Wuhan virus, all three are combined. The strongest evidence of a crime is a cover-up. And the Chinese authorities have provided that. They have fought ferociously to prevent an international inquiry into the pandemic’s origins. Their … Read more
Democratic congressman Sen. Mark Warner is asking Facebook and other Big Tech social media and telecom companies to save digital evidence from Wednesday’s deadly Capitol riot. On Saturday, Warner, the incoming Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, tweeted out a letter he’d sent Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. ‘After Wednesday’s insurrectionist attack on our nation’s Capitol, … Read more
No firm evidence that closing schools reduces the spread of coronavirus, say leading British scientists Prime Minister made a U-turn just 24 hours after he insisted schools were safe Government is set to review the closures in mid-February, ahead of the half-term The review of studies was carried out by respected doctors and academics By … Read more