VIRUS ROW Coronavirus ‘did NOT come from animals in Wuhan market’ and was ‘taken in by someone already carrying the killer bug’ Dan Keane 1 CORONAVIRUS may not have come from a wild animal market in Wuhan, according to the results of a landmark scientific study.As the search for the origin of Covid-19 continues, biologists […]
Trump Administration Ousts Yet Another Inspector General New York Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel said that the State Department’s Steve Linick had just opened an investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. State Department Inspector General Steve Linick has been removed from his position, according to media reports. Linick, a Justice Department veteran appointed in 2013, is the […]
Coronavirus: What should the opposition do in a crisis? By Brian WheelerPolitical reporter Political conflict is hardwired into the British system of government, but what happens when there is a national emergency that needs a unified response? The gap between the front benches in the House of Commons is 3.96m – more than enough to […]
1,400 Emirati women apply to be the UAE’s next astronaut Sheikh Mohammed reveals statistics from second batch of applications Ashley Hammond, UAE Editor Emirati astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori.Image Credit: NASA ALSO IN THIS PACKAGE In pictures: Soyuz lands in Kazakhstan, Emirati astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori back on Earth from ISS Pictures: Hazzaa AlMansoori back on earth […]
No, you won’t get Dh4,000 for working between 1990 and 2020 in the UAE It’s a hoax, the UAE’s Ministry of Labour has made no such announcement Mazhar Farooqui, Features Editor – Special Reports The fake WhatsApp message directs people to a malicious linkImage Credit: Supplied Dubai: If you‘ve got a forwarded WhatsApp message which […]
India overtakes China in coronavirus infections: Live updates Modi due to decide whether to lift India’s lockdown as new figures show Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu worst hit by virus.
Macaque monkey trial offers hope BBC Copyright: BBC Elisa Granato was the first volunteer to be injected in a subsequent human trial Image caption A vaccine against coronavirus appears to have provided protection against the disease Covid-19 in six rhesus macaque monkeys. In a trial in the US, involving researchers from the US government’s National Institutes of […]
More on Germany’s quarantine easing Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Germany will start to open border crossings with Austria, France and Switzerland from Friday nightImage caption Here’s a bit more detail on that report that Germany is relaxing its quarantine rules for arrivals from the Schengen passport-free zone, the rest of the EU and the UK. […]
U.S. Retail Sales Plunged Record 16% In April Business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers. Josh Boak PAID FOR BY SC JOHNSON BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers away, threatened the viability of stores across the […]
NFL’s Deandre Baker and Quinton Dunbar charged with armed robbery Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionNew York Giants player Deandre Baker, left, and Quinton Dunbar, pictured playing for the Washington Redskins Florida police are searching for two NFL players after they allegedly robbed people at a house party. Deandre Baker of the New York Giants and Quinton […]
