Dr Angelique Coetzee is a GP in the South African capital Pretoria, where she has run a family clinic for the past 33 years. But she has never known anything like COVID-19. She said: “If you have never been in such a situation, you can’t imagine what it is like. We’ve been dealing with 30
Two weeks after the largest anti-government demonstrations in decades in Cuba, activist groups say more than 500 protestors are still missing. Thousands of people across the island marched through the streets in several towns and cities on 11 July, calling for democracy and sweeping economic reform in the country amid major food and medicine shortages.
News Liz Phair Cancels Tour Dates with Alanis Morissette and Garbage Cat Power will step in for Phair, who cited “unforseen circumstances” for the departure By Allison Hussey July 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter Liz Phair, May 2019 (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Liz Phair has canceled her appearance on an upcoming summer tour
The Dutch teenager who became the world’s youngest space traveller this week surprised billionaire Jeff Bezos on the flight by telling him he’d never ordered anything on Amazon.com. Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old physics student, accompanied Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos and 82-year-old female aviator Wally Funk – the oldest person to go to space –
The films from The Conjuring universe have become some of the most popular horror movies of the last decade due to their truly terrifying natures, and the fact that they are each loosely based on real stories and legends. Ed and Lorraine Warren were real paranormal investigators who were massively involved in cases such as
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have now officially shared PDA on Instagram. For Lopez’s 52nd birthday, she posted a carousel of photos of her celebrating on a yacht in St. Tropez. “5 2 … what it do …,” she captioned the series of photos. The very last photo in the carousel might be of interest
In this article 6694.T-JP Zoom founder Eric Yuan poses in front of the Nasdaq building as the screen shows the logo of the video-conferencing software company Zoom after the opening bell ceremony on April 18, 2019 in New York City. The video-conferencing software company announced it’s IPO priced at $36 per share, at an estimated
Sajid Javid has been criticised for saying people should no longer “cower from” coronavirus. The health secretary made the comment on Saturday while tweeting that he had made a “full recovery” a week after testing positive for the virus on 17 July. Mr Javid has had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine and praised the
Taxpayers will spend decades exposed to financial risks from the government’s coronavirus spending, according to a committee of MPs. Parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC) has produced two reports related to the crisis, the first of which warns that Britain will be exposed to “significant financial risks for decades to come”. The cost of government measures
Slava Kemlil is waiting for us on the dock in the Arctic town of Chersky. He’s been there applying for government grants but it is not where he feels at home. Home is in the tundra with his reindeer. “You can relax there,” he says. “You can breathe the fresh air. In the settlement
Simone Biles has a ritual when she competes in gymnastics that she won’t be able to do at Tokyo 2020. The world’s greatest gymnast is just 4ft 8in tall, but she is undoubtedly one of the biggest stars at this summer’s Olympics. Biles has won a remarkable 30 Olympic and world championship medals and she
FRIDAY AM Update: Refresh for updates Universal’s Old grossed $1.5M on Thursday night from 2,750 theaters that began showtimes at 7PM. This topped the Thursday night results for Paramount’s Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins which did $1.4M, also starting at 7PM at 2,662 theaters. Both titles are respecting a theatrical window. As far as who wins at the
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is all set to make its tenth flight on Mars and officials said that it could happen on July 24. Ingenuity, which arrived on the Red Planet aboard the Mars Perseverance rover on February 18, is the first to have flown on a terrestrial planet other than Earth. The space agency said
If Midnight in the Switchgrass is, in fact, the “trash” movie that Machine Gun Kelly is referring to, he can at least take heart in knowing he’s not the only person with that opinion. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the crime thriller isn’t exactly a hit with critics, either — it currently has a less than
In this article AMZN AAPL FB GOOGL San Francisco Compassandcamera | Getty Images Many lawmakers are eager to rein in the power of the largest tech companies: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. But some of their proposals could actually hurt the smaller companies they’re meant to protect, venture capitalists warned CNBC. VCs are particularly concerned