More than half of pregnant women worldwide say they WOULD get a COVID vaccine

More people in the U.S. – and around the world – are becoming comfortable with the idea of getting a coronavirus vaccine, two new reports find. One study of researchers found that than over half of pregnant women globally say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine and vaccinate their children. Meanwhile, a new survey found … Read more

Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge is appointed worldwide champion of Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge is appointed worldwide champion of Edinburgh Fringe Festival as she becomes first ever honorary president By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 13:27 GMT, 19 February 2021 | Updated: 13:27 GMT, 19 February 2021 She launched her Fleabag character in a one-woman show at the festival back in 2013.  And now, Phoebe Waller-Bridge has … Read more

Heineken plans to slash up to 100 UK jobs as it cuts 8,000 staff worldwide

Heineken plans to slash up to 100 UK jobs as it cuts 8,000 staff worldwide after losing £178million due to the coronavirus pandemic The beer giant has announced plans to cut 10 per cent of its workforce globally  It comes after sales plunged due to the closure of pubs and bars in the pandemic World’s … Read more

Elon Musk’s SpaceX reveals Starlink satellite internet network has ‘over 10,000 users’ worldwide

SpaceX began its public beta program for its Starlink satellite internet last October and according to a public filing, the service now has ‘over 10,000 users in the US and abroad.’ ‘Starlink’s performance is not theoretical or experiment… [and] is rapidly accelerating in real time as part of its public beta program,’ SpaceX wrote in … Read more

Two thirds of people worldwide regard climate change as a ‘global emergency’

The majority of British people think climate change is a ‘global emergency’ and want to see urgent action taken to combat the threat, according to a global survey. UN Development Programme (UNDP) and University of Oxford researchers questioned 1.2 million people worldwide as part of the ‘people’s climate vote’. More than 30 million people were … Read more

More than 100 MILLION people worldwide have had COVID-19

More than 100 MILLION people worldwide have had COVID-19 and over 2.1 million have died since the first case was reported 391 days ago The global coronavirus case count surpassed 100 million on Tuesday afternoon More than 2.1 million people have died of COVID-19 across the globe  The first reported case was just over a … Read more

One in four wild bee species worldwide ‘haven’t been seen since the 1990s’

A quarter of known bee species in the wild haven’t appeared in public records since the 1990s, a shocking new study reveals.  Argentinian researchers used a publicly available database on specimen collections and observations, complemented by citizen-science efforts.  Despite a large increase in the number of records available, 25 per cent fewer species were reported between … Read more

Davos organiser ridiculed over claims it predicted worldwide pandemic

Davos organiser ridiculed over claims it had warned about the dangers of a worldwide pandemic for over a decade By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:55 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 22:55 GMT, 19 January 2021 The organiser of the annual Davos summit faced ridicule after claiming it has spent more than … Read more

Instagram experiences a worldwide outage that left thousands unable to access the desktop site

Instagram experiences a worldwide outage that left thousands unable to access the desktop site or smartphone app with some believing the ‘hate speech haven’ was taken down Instagram outage started around 5pm ET and lasted to roughly 7pm ET Issues were plaguing users across the world – mainly the app and desktop site  The desktop … Read more

Instagram is DOWN: Worldwide outage leaves thousands unable to access the desktop site or app 

Instagram is DOWN: Worldwide outage leaves thousands unable to access the desktop site or smartphone app Instagram is experiencing an outage that started around 5pm ET Issues are plaguing users across the world – mainly the app and desktop site  The desktop site is showing an ‘error’ message and the app will not refresh  By Stacy … Read more