The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged unity, as the agency comes under continued fire from US President Donald Trump. Speaking on Wednesday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus defended the WHO’s work and called for an end to the politicisation of Covid-19. Mr Trump said he would consider […]
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Mobile giant Samsung is donating 2,000 smartphones to the NHS, for staff to use in Nightingale hospitals. It will provide Galaxy XCover 4s phones, which are designed to be more robust and can be used while wearing gloves. Samsung said NHS England had already ordered an extra 20,000 phones and […]
The economic fallout from the coronavirus could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion. This bleak warning comes from a United Nations (UN) study into the financial and human cost of the pandemic. It will be the first time that poverty has increased globally in 30 years, […]
Coronavirus has now infected more than one million people worldwide, but its impact extends far beyond just those who have had it. Even the frequency of use of the word “unprecedented” is unprecedented at the moment. According to Google Trends it’s been used three times more over the last two […]
Most New York cases came from Europe, study suggests A new study suggests that most of the Covid cases in New York – the worst hit state in the US – came from travellers in Europe, the New York Times reports. “The majority is clearly European,” Harm van Bakel of the […]
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic originated, is finally lifting its 11-week quarantine as infections and deaths have tailed off. As they emerge from their long lockdown, residents share the lessons they’ve learned from the outbreak, and offer encouraging words to the rest of the world. Video […]
College football bowl schedule for the 2017-18 season It’s time to start making plans for the college football postseason. And if you are watching on television, you’ll likely be tuning into one of the ESPN channels. The network announced Wednesday it will broadcast 35 of the 40 postseason games in […]
Shot taker: Ogunbowale set for Dancing With the Stars Hooping with Kobe and Ellen. Going from the big dance to a big dance competition. Making the cover of Sports Illustrated. Oh, and those two shots. “It’s definitely been a great few weeks,” Notre Dame guard Arike Ogunbowale said in a […]
Authorities used DNA, genealogy website, to track down ‘Golden State Killer’ suspect decades after crimes The “Golden State Killer” was meticulous at his crime scenes over the course of a decade and in several cities, leaving scant evidence for police. There were no fingerprints. Few saw his face. And what […]
Global banks fear China will limit JV control through new rule Western banks are seeking clarification from China’s securities watchdog on proposals to allow them to take over their onshore securities ventures, amid concerns about high asset value requirements and limits to ownership by non-financial investors. Giving foreign financial firms […]
