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Mexico’s president is refusing to wear a face mask despite catching coronavirus and recovering, because he claims he was told he is ‘not contagious.’ Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the virus and refused to wear a mask, caught the virus last month. The 61-year-old has reportedly since recovered, and on … Read more
Coronavirus cases are continuing to decline drastically across the United States even as deaths hold steady near peak levels. On Thursday, a total of 152,478 new infections were reported, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, a dramatic drop from the 232,943 cases recorded just two weeks ago. What’s more, the seven-day rolling average of … Read more
Motivation to learn new things and engage with life declines with age due to falling activity in a brain circuit that weighs costs and benefits, a study on mice suggested. US experts have been studying ‘striosomes’ — clusters of cells in the basal ganglia, a brain area linked to habit formation, movement control, emotion and … Read more
Many governments around the world have introduced new digital surveillance and data collection tools to combat the coronavirus, but a new report says the technologies are an abuse of power. Freedom House, a human rights watchdog group, released an internet freedom report that shows a decline in free speech and privacy online across 80 countries … Read more
Kim Zolciak cried after learning of her estranged father’s battle with cancer, but declined to reach out to him on Tuesday’s episode of Don’t Be Tardy on Bravo. The 42-year-old reality star was shown during last week’s season eight premiere learning from her Aunt Laurie that her father Joe had cancer while she and her … Read more
Led Zeppelin wins copyright battle after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear case claiming Stairway To Heaven was similar to Spirit song Taurus By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 00:53 BST, 6 October 2020 | Updated: 00:53 BST, 6 October 2020 Six years of litigation over the authenticity of Led Zeppelin’s classic song Stairway To Heaven … Read more
Return of buyer demand props up house prices but expect financial hit from Covid to see property market decline by year-end, Zoopla says UK house prices expected to rise by 2% to 3% over the next quarter, Zoopla said But they will fall towards the end of 2020 and into early 2021 Sales agreed have … Read more
SAG Awards says a ‘larger conversation’ needs to take place in declining Asia Kate Dillon’s request to eliminate gender-specific categories amid evolving times Dillon, 35, is non-binary and uses the pronouns they and them Dillon plays non-binary character Taylor Mason on Showtime’s Billions SAG said a single category ‘raises significant concerns in terms of gender … Read more
‘I only kneel for God’: Georgia state trooper declines Black Lives Matter protesters’ demands that he take a knee O’Neal Saddler was filmed speaking with demonstrators at the rally in Hartwell He said he had cancelled weekend plans with his wife to help keep them safe Mr Saddler refused to get down on one knee … Read more
China reports another 48 imported cases of coronavirus, putting an end to four days of declines The 48 cases reported today follow a drop from 67 to 31 in the previous few days All the new cases were imported, with none in the original epicentre of Hubei City of Wuhan where the outbreak began has … Read more