Newly appointed health secretary Sajid Javid has said his immediate priority is ending the coronavirus pandemic, as it was warned he faces a “baptism of fire”. Paying tribute to his predecessor Matt Hancock, who was forced to quit after being caught breaking social-distancing rules by kissing an aide, the cabinet minister said he knew the
Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel are among the countries and territories people will be able to visit without quarantining on their return to the UK, the government has said. As England goes into the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown on 17 May, a traffic light system that categorises countries based on their COVID-19
A Qatari sprinter who won bronze at the 2017 World Championships in London has died at the age of 24, the country’s Olympic Committee has said. Abdalelah Haroun, a former world junior champion, is believed to have died in a car crash, according to World Athletics. Qatar Athletics Federation chairman Mohammed Issa al-Fadala said Haroun
Donald Trump reprised baseless election fraud claims and hinted at a run for office in 2024 in his first campaign-style rally since leaving the White House. The former president’s event at Ohio’s Lorain County Fairgrounds on Saturday night was held to support Max Miller, a former White House aide who is challenging Republican representative Anthony
Johnny Solinger, the longest tenured singer of Skid Row, died Saturday (June 26th) at the age of 55. The rock vocalist had announced that he was suffering from liver failure in May. A statement from Skid Row read, “We are saddened to hear the news of our brother Johnny Solinger. Our thoughts are with his
On April 6, NASA’s Perseverance rover took a historic selfie beside the Ingenuity copter on the Martian surface. It used a camera, called WATSON, at the end of its robotic arm to snap the shot. Surprisingly, when the final image was released by the US space agency, the robotic arm was not visible and it
In this article AAPL Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives for Apples “The Morning Show” global premiere at Lincoln Center- David Geffen Hall on October 28, 2019 in New York. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images The training wheels are about to come off for Apple TV+, the company’s streaming video service. Apple TV+ costs
Matt Hancock has resigned as health secretary after admitting breaking coronavirus rules, Downing Street says. It comes after leaked CCTV appeared to show him kissing an aide in his departmental office. The images, published by The Sun, show Mr Hancock in an embrace with former lobbyist Gina Coladangelo on 6 May – more than a
A portrait of Prince Philip will feature on a new special edition £5 coin to commemorate the royal’s life. The Duke of Edinburgh had approved the design before his death, the Treasury said, and the coin is now being launched to mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday. It bears the inscription: “HRH The Prince Philip,
Engineers warned about structural damage to a Miami apartment block three years before its collapse, it has emerged. The Champlain Towers South building in Surfside collapsed on Thursday, killing four people and prompting a search and rescue operation for the 159 people missing. And concern about building safety has prompted an audit, which will take
Five people have now been confirmed dead after one more body was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed apartment complex in Miami, Florida. Speaking at a news conference, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava also said search and rescue teams had discovered other human remains. She said the number of people unaccounted for has
One of the movies we’ve most been looking forward to watching when movie theaters reopen is a new adaptation of Dune, starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya. From director Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Sicario), the movie is based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. One of the best-selling sci-fi stories ever, the book
Red Rocks is testing out mixhalo, an immersive, in-ear audio experience, during live shows. The new system allows fans to hook up wired headphones and listen to live music performances through an app on their phone. Red Rocks recommends attendees in rows 40 and up try out the app for studio-quality audio straight from the soundboard.
Britney Spears conspiracy theorists are back at it — suggesting she didn’t write one of her recent, emotional IG posts … but we’ve learned she definitely did, and meant every word. Sources with direct knowledge tell us … Internet claims that Britney’s social media manager, Cassie Petrey, is the one who crafted her Thursday IG
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A highly awaited US intelligence report on dozens of mysterious unidentified flying object sightings said most could not be explained, but did not rule out that some could be alien spacecraft. The unclassified report said researchers could explain only one of 144 UFO sightings by US government personnel and sources between 2004 and 2021, sightings