Matthew McConaughey could be the latest Hollywood actor to consider throwing his hat into the political ring. The Wolf Of Wall Street star was discussing politics during a radio interview when he was asked if he would run for governor in his home state Texas, or another position. “I mean, that wouldn’t be up to
Month: November 2020
Bobby Brown Jr, the son of the singer Bobby Brown, has been found dead in Los Angeles, police have said. The 28-year-old was discovered at his home on Wednesday after officers were called to a “medical emergency”, the Los Angeles Police Department said. There is no suspicion of foul play in relation to his death.
ComparetheMarket has been fined £17.9m after the regulator found the company had breached competition law. The Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation concluded that the comparison website had imposed wide “most favoured nation” clauses on providers selling home insurance. These clauses stopped the home insurers from offering lower prices on other comparison websites and protected ComparetheMarket
More than 250,000 people have now died with coronavirus in the US, with the rate of new infections and hospitalisations on the rise. Latest figures from Johns Hopkins University, which has been tracking the pandemic, showed the number of people killed by the virus in the country is now 250,485. It comes as the pandemic
Australian special forces unlawfully killed 39 people in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016, a report has found. The revelation comes after a four year inquiry by the Australian Defence Force (ADF), which investigated 57 incidents, took testimony from hundreds of witnesses and reviewed more than 20,000 documents. Speaking in the Australian capital of Canberra, General
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University produces a strong immune response in older adults, data from early trials has shown. The phase one and phase two results suggest that one of the groups most at risk of death or serious illness from COVID-19 may be able to build immunity, according to data published in
Prince William has said he welcomes a new investigation into the BBC’s 1995 Panorama interview with his mother, Princess Diana. The independent inquiry, led by Lord Dyson, a former Master of the Rolls and head of civil justice, which will begin straight away, will seek to discover how the corporation and journalist Martin Bashir got
The UK has recorded another 529 coronavirus deaths and 19,609 more cases in the latest 24-hour period. Both figures are a slight dip compared to Tuesday – with the number of new reported fatalities down by 69 and infections by 442. But they bring the total number of deaths to 53,274 and cases to 1,430,341
The UK has not ordered Facebook to provide law enforcement agencies with a way to access end-to-end encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Sky News has learnt, despite a legal power which could allow it to do so in secret. However, the power may be used to prevent Facebook from applying the same encryption protocol to its
Singapore has become the latest country the UK has agreed a trade deal with ahead of the Brexit transition period ending. From 1 January 2021, EU trade agreements will no longer apply in the UK. The British government is still thrashing out a deal with the EU, but has warned if they cannot come to
Life-threatening neurological complications are increasingly being reported in COVID-19 patients with hypertension and diabetes, according to a new study. The impact of the coronavirus on the respiratory system has been closely studied, with lung inflammation putting some patients at risk of contracting pneumonia, but it can also affect other organs. According to Dr Colbey Freeman,
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will not have the party’s whip restored, his successor Sir Keir Starmer has announced. It means that Mr Corbyn will not officially be a Labour MP. In a statement on Wednesday, Sir Keir said: “I’m the leader of the Labour Party, but I’m also the leader of the Parliamentary Labour
Regulators have cleared Boeing’s 737 MAX to fly again, 20 months after the fleet was grounded globally following two fatal crashes. The decision was announced by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just months after a highly critical congressional report accused the watchdog itself of contributing to a “horrific culmination” of failures before the accidents.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has now proved 95% effective in preventing coronavirus and has met the safety criteria needed for emergency authorisation, the firms have said. Pfizer and BioNTech say they plan to submit the COVID-19 vaccine to the US regulator for emergency use approval “within days” after “no serious safety concerns” were reported. The UK
A missile fired from a US Navy warship in the Pacific Ocean successfully intercepted a test intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time, the US military has announced. It marks the first successful test of the US missile defence involving interceptors being launched at sea, though ground-based stations in Alaska and California have previously
The state of South Australia is beginning a six-day lockdown in response to a cluster of 22 coronavirus cases. Schools, universities, bars and cafes have been ordered to close since midnight local time on Wednesday (1pm Tuesday UK time). Only one person from each household is allowed to leave home each day and and only
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