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Can animals catch Covid-19? The chance of your dog catching Covid-19 strain is very slim, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Professor James Wood, head of veterinary medicine at the University of Cambridge, said: ‘Despite millions of people having had Covid-19, the numbers of pets found to be ill or infected is still tiny. … Read more
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese government put on a united front as they categorically denied a report that the Tokyo Olympics is to be cancelled this summer. It was claimed on Thursday that senior cabinet members privately agreed the Games are doomed because of the coronavirus pandemic and are now looking to recoup … Read more
Nissan boss says Brexit trade deal has given them a ‘competitive advantage in UK and outside’ and announces firm will shift production of its electric car batteries from Japan to Sunderland Ashwani Gupta, chief operating officer, said deal would ‘redefine’ the industry Speaking from Japan, Mr Gupta said Nissan would continue investing in Britain He … Read more
Tokyo Olympics ‘are CANCELLED’: Japanese government ‘has privately concluded the Games cannot go ahead this summer’ after they were postponed from last year By Ross Ibbetson and Kishan Vaghela For Mailonline Published: 23:54 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 00:25 GMT, 22 January 2021 The Japanese government has decided the Tokyo Olympics cannot go ahead … Read more
Tokyo Olympics ‘are CANCELLED’: Japanese government ‘has privately concluded the Games cannot go ahead this summer’ after they were postponed from last year By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline Published: 23:54 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 23:59 GMT, 21 January 2021 Japan’s government has privately concluded the Tokyo Olympics will have to be cancelled because … Read more
Revealed: The 180ft-high $10m observation deck in the middle of a roller coaster that will offer amazing views of Mount Fuji (and visitors can zoom back down in a tube slide) The observation deck will open in the middle of the Fujiyama roller coaster in Fuji-Q Highland theme park The platform is being built to mark … Read more
The Tokyo Olympics could go ahead behind-closed-doors because spectators are NOT a ‘must-have’, says IOC chief… and it’s ‘2021 or nothing’ with no chance of another postponement because of coronavirus Tokyo Games organisers are considering making the Olympics a TV-only event IOC president Thomas Bach says organisers have to be flexible with their plans Cased … Read more
A reworked world map has revealed the most popular takeaway choices around the globe – and it’s pizza that’s the runaway winner. On the map – generated using Google search data – country names have been supplemented by their residents’ most-searched-for takeaway cuisine. Pizza is top in 44 countries, including India and Germany, while Chinese … Read more
Japanese man tries to knock snow off his roof with predictable hilarious results (but you won’t guess just how much snow his mini avalanche triggers!) This man in Akita, Japan, had learned shovelling snow off his roof the hard way Footage shows the worker trying to nudge a massive heap of snow off his roof … Read more
Two children in Japan ‘caught’ cancer from their mothers, in a rare medical phenomenon, new case reports. They likely inhaled cancer cells from their mothers, each of whom unwittingly had cervical cancer. The children each developed lung cancer years later. A baby has to pass through the mother’s cervix during childbirth and doctors think that … Read more