Donald Trump has suggested he may not sign the $892bn (£665bn) coronavirus relief package that was approved by Congress. The US president said in a video shared from his Twitter account that the bill was delivering too much money to foreign countries and not enough to US citizens. The bill allows for most Americans to
Month: December 2020
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has apologised after she was pictured breaching coronavirus rules by taking off her face mask at a funeral wake. A photograph, published by the Scottish Sun, shows Ms Sturgeon chatting to three women in a bar while standing at a distance but not wearing a mask. Face coverings for customers
For Michael Morrissey, a trip across the Irish Sea for the sad occasion of his sister’s funeral became even more difficult when his flight home was cancelled. On Sunday, the Irish government joined other EU nations in banning inward travel from Great Britain, amid widespread concern over the spread of the new coronavirus variant. It
The president-elect is known for favouring a tone of unity but in his pre-Christmas address he tore into Donald Trump for failing to prioritise America’s cyber security. One of the biggest cyber attacks in US history emerged last week. Hackers spent months exploring the systems of dozens of government agencies and corporations including the US
Students at the University of Exeter have developed an environmentally friendly technique that could help to rebuild coral reefs. The project, called CalcifEXE, uses genetically modified bacteria to make calcium carbonate, which can then be shaped into coral “backbones” using a 3D printer. The scientists hope they can then attach live coral to the backbones,
Cinemas have often been cast as one of the victims in the real-life economic apocalypse movie playing out as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With would-be movie-goers stuck at home and cinemas in darkness, the future of the big screen has looked increasingly uncertain in recent months. And the pandemic has also accelerated the
Caviar was the traditional delicacy of the Caspian Sea but these days production has a new headquarters: China. Qiandao (Thousand Island) lake lies 220 miles south of Shanghai. Fringed with mountains, it is a popular holiday spot for Chinese residents fleeing the summer heat of the city. But it is also home to Kaluga Queen,
The government has made ”good progress” in talks with France over reopening the country’s UK border, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. More than 2,800 lorries have been left trapped in Kent after France shut its border to UK travellers on Sunday night, following fears over the spread of a new coronavirus variant. France’s transport minister, Jean-Baptiste
TV and film production may have been halted by the coronavirus pandemic, but for many 2020 will be the year they consumed more shows and movies than ever before. Staying home meant turning to our screens – and we went from not quite believing our eyes while watching Tiger King at the start of the
A company claims it can decrypt messages sent using the Signal messenger app on Android phones, despite it being considered to be one of the most secure apps around that offers end-to-end encryption. Cellebrite, an Israel-based but Japanese-owned security company, has previously been reported to have helped the FBI access the iPhone of one of
A plane preparing for takeoff was halted in New York after a Florida couple with their pet dog fled via an emergency slide, authorities say. The incident took place on board an Atlanta-bound Delta flight as it was taxiing towards the runway at LaGuardia Airport on Monday. Witnesses reported seeing an agitated-looking male passenger force
Boris Johnson is facing calls to overhaul the way peerages are awarded, after he handed more out more places in the House of Lords and overrode the appointments watchdog. The prime minister nominated seven Conservative figures to get law-making privileges, including old party Treasurer and donor Peter Cruddas, ex-minister Richard Benyon, and former MEPs Daniel
Netflix’s big Christmas release has got nothing to do with tinsel, presents or Santa Claus, and everything to do with romance, scandal and matchmaking. Bridgerton is the first thing to come out of Shonda Rhimes’ whopping $100m (£74m) deal with the streaming service, and expectations for the eight-part period drama are accordingly high. Shonda Rhimes,
Director Sir Peter Jackson has released a five-minute sneak peak of his long-awaited documentary about The Beatles. The film won’t be open in UK cinemas until next summer, but Sir Peter said he wanted to share a montage in the meantime to cheer people up this Christmas. His selected clips show the Fab Four working
Some of the biggest technology companies in the world, including Google and Microsoft, have joined Facebook’s legal battle against the private spyware company NSO Group. It follows Facebook launching a legal challenge against the Israeli firm after confirming that an initially unnamed hacking group had developed a tool which could take control of victims’ phones
It’s 9pm, in a dark and drizzly Plymouth city centre as the soup van pulls into a dead-end road surrounded by tall office blocks. Twenty hungry people are already waiting in a queue. Volunteers tell me some of them will have walked a couple of miles to get there – and this will be the
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