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A travelling salesman in China has been linked to 102 COVID-19 infections after giving public lectures while carrying the virus without showing symptoms. The man, who has been dubbed a ‘super-spreader’, had held the talks at health salons popular with elderly citizens before the cluster infections erupted in the north-eastern province of Jilin, state media … Read more
Dominic Raab blasts ‘harrowing’ human rights abuse by China against Uighur minority as he warns UK firms they face fines if they are linked to sickening forced labour Firms will have to prove their supply chains are free from forced labour in China The Beijing government has been accused of widespread abuse in Xinjiang Members … Read more
Extremist cleric linked to the deadly Bali bombings is freed from prison sparking fresh outrage from survivors and loved ones Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir accused of being behind Bali terrorist attack 2002 nightclub bombings killed more than 200 people, including 88 Australians The now 82-year-old was released from prison on Friday causing grief to … Read more
One in every four deaths in England and Wales was linked to coronavirus in the week leading up to Christmas, official figures show. Office for National Statistics numbers showed 25 per cent of all deaths in that week – 2,912 out of 11,520 – were linked to Covid-19. It is the highest proportion of weekly … Read more
Government propaganda unit is given secret mission to infiltrate neo-Nazis linked to murders and terror plots around the world Intelligence chiefs are concerned about the threat from far-Right terrorism Undercover agents were ordered to infiltrate Order of Nine Angles movement The British neo-Nazi network has been linked to murders and extremist plots By Jake Ryan … Read more
Just 4% of crimes linked to e-scooters results a charge, figures show, despite vehicles being linked to hundreds of shoplifting and drugs offences One in 25 e-scooter offences results in a criminal charge, new figures show The electric scooters are popular among drug dealers and muggers in the UK Figures show that 52 people have … Read more
Devastating dolphin disease that covers up to 70 per cent of their skin in lesions is caused by decreased water salinity linked to climate change ‘Freshwater skin disease’ was first spotted in dolphins living in Louisiana in 2007 The conditions causes patchy and raised lesions that appear across the body US and Australian researchers have … Read more
Smartphone users who spend a lot of time gaming or browsing social media apps have less self-control and are more impulsive, study finds Experts prevent evidence that smartphone use is associated with impulsiveness In trials people with high phone use were more likely to opt for an instant reward This may be a sign of being … Read more
Oven manufacturer Beko failed to tell trading standards about multiple deaths linked to its cookers, an inquest into five five carbon-monoxide fatalities has heard. Friends Richard Smith, 30, and Kevin Branton, 34, died in Saltash in November 2010, before husband and wife John, 90, and Audrey Cook, 86, died with their 47-year-old daughter Maureen in … Read more
The German crime family linked to last year’s spectacular art heist in Dresden is one of Berlin’s most notorious clans with a long record of gang violence and infamous crimes to its name. The Remmo family, regarded as one of the most dangerous players in the so-called ‘Arab mafia’ in Berlin, is in the spotlight … Read more