Benedict Cumberbatch plays coy about widespread speculation Doctor Strange would be on WandaVision

Benedict Cumberbatch played coy when asked Tuesday about the widespread speculation that Doctor Strange would appear in the finale of WandaVision. The 44-year-old English actor during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon fielded a spoiler-free question from the 46-year-old host about the WandaVision finale that aired March 5 on the Disney+ streaming … Read more

Italy braces for widespread closures of schools, restaurants and shops

Italy is expected to announce today that schools, restaurants and shops will close across much of the country as a third wave of Covid infections takes hold.  Prime Minister Mario Draghi is due to hold a cabinet meeting this morning to decide on the exact measures, before an announcement in the afternoon.  It comes almost … Read more

Four former Biden coronavirus advisers call on administration to recommend widespread use of N95s

Health and safety experts are calling on President Joe Biden‘s administration to recommend the widespread use of N95 masks The memo, obtained by CNN, has about a dozen signatories, including four members of Biden’s former coronavirus board that advised his transition team.  The signatories, most of whom are doctors, say they want the Centers for … Read more

Coronavirus China: WHO says virus was ‘widespread’ by December 2019

The scientist who led the WHO’s Covid fact-finding mission to Wuhan has revealed the first evidence that the virus was circulating widely in China before Beijing alerted the world to its existence. Peter Embarek said his team have discovered there were at least 13 Covid variants in Wuhan in December last year, suggesting the virus … Read more

Coronavirus China: WHO scientist says virus was ‘widespread’ in December

A scientist who led the WHO’s Covid fact-finding mission to Wuhan has revealed the first evidence that the virus was circulating widely in China before Beijing alerted the world. Peter Embarek said his team have discovered there were at least 13 Covid variants in Wuhan in December last year, suggesting the virus had been in … Read more

Storm Christoph collides with UK: ‘Major incident’ is declared amid widespread flooding fears

A major incident has been declared in South Yorkshire as Storm Christoph is set to bring widespread flooding, gales and snow to parts of the UK. Britons are being urged to prepare as an amber weather rain warning was issued by the Met Office for Tuesday to Thursday for central northern England, affecting an area … Read more

Warning of widespread FLOODING after Christmas

A warning of widespread flooding after Christmas has been issued by experts as people in high-risk areas are urged to protect precious keepsakes from downpours.  Environment Agency executive director of operations John Curtin explained how teams around the country are prepared to deal with flooding in a Covid-safe way.      Groundwater levels are slightly above normal and … Read more

Widespread Amazon cloud service outage disables Roombas, Ring doorbells, even Christmas lights

A large-scale outage on Amazon’s cloud service this week wreaked widespread havoc on websites and software services. In addition to disabling Flickr, Adobe and the Washington Post’s website, the outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Wednesday caused Roombas, Rokus, Ring doorbells and other smart household appliances to stop functioning. The issue, which impacted the … Read more

Winter is coming! Britain braces for a chilly weekend with widespread frost and freezing fog

Britain faces a blast of cold weather this weekend as the country settles into winter with sub-zero temperatures.   The mercury is tonight forecast to dip between -3C and -5C in rural spots across Britain, Met Office meteorologist Bonnie Diamond told MailOnline. Though it will not be as cold over the weekend, with temperatures for most staying … Read more

COVID-19 US: Red wave map shows how widespread infection is

An alarming new red wave map shows just how widespread COVID-19 has become across the United States as cases and hospitalizations surge to record highs and the daily death toll increases to levels not seen since May.   The number of new cases surged to a record high of 187,833 yesterday and more than 80,600 patients are … Read more