Coronavirus rages on: Worst day yet for new cases as WHO records 106,000 people newly infected around the world It comes amid increased testing as the virus sweeps across tracts of the globe WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference on Wednesday: ‘We still have a long way to go in this pandemic’ … Read more
Sweden records one of its strongest ever earthquakes as 4.1-magnitude tremors strike the world’s biggest underground iron ore mine The quake was just short of Sweden’s record 4.3-magnitude quake in 2008 Thirteen people were in the Kiruna mine at the time, but none were injured Experts say Monday’s earthquake was linked to the iron ore … Read more
France has recorded 104 new coronavirus deaths on Friday – three times fewer than the day before, which saw 351 fatalities – as Slovenia becomes the first European country to declare an end to the epidemic and bars reopen in Berlin. It brings the country’s total to 27,529, still the fourth-highest in the world, after … Read more
London is recording fewer than 24 new Covid-19 cases a day and could see the virus eradicated within weeks, according to new data. Analysis by Public Health England and Cambridge University calculated that the ‘R’ reproduction rate has fallen to 0.4 in the capital, with the number of new cases halving every 3.5 days. The … Read more
More than 73 million user records have been stolen from a number of online services and are being sold on the dark web for a total of $18,000. The hacker group, named ‘ShinyHunters’, scraped data from at least 10 companies including Zoosk, Chatbooks and the StarTribune. The online dating app, Zoosk, had the largest breach, … Read more
Singer Millie Small, who recorded the hit single My Boy Lollipop, passed away in England this week aged 73 after suffering a stroke, confirmed her friend. Chris Blackwell, who co-produced the song, paid tribute to the singer, describing her as ‘really special’. He told the Jamaica Observer: ‘I would say she’s the person who took … Read more
Fears over pension tax timebomb: HMRC not keeping records of how much lifetime allowance savers use By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 10 December 2019 | Updated: 09:31 BST, 11 December 2019 More than one million retirees could be oblivious to a looming tax bill because the Government is not keeping … Read more
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lauded New Zealanders for their commitment to lockdown after a second-straight day without a new case of COVID-19. The number of ‘confirmed and probable’ infections remained at 1,487 after one suspected case ‘already known to us’ tested positive on Monday, the health ministry said. The death toll was also … Read more
Germany has recorded its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since March 11 after only 679 people were added to the tally today. The increase from 162,496 to 163,175 confirmed cases is a rise of just 0.4 per cent, possibly influenced by a long May Day weekend. The daily death toll was only 43, the … Read more
New Zealand today reported no new cases of coronavirus for the first time since mid-March. The number of ‘confirmed and probable’ infections remained at 1,487 after one suspected case ‘already known to us’ tested positive, the health ministry said. The death toll was also unchanged at 20, while only four people are currently in … Read more