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2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Fortnite is a game that originally launched as a disk back in July 2017 and was then turned into a free-to-download game by its developer, Epic Games, in September. There are three forms of the game: ‘Battle Royale’, ‘Save The World’ and ‘Playground’. Save the world is the original form of the game and is … Read more
Boosterism is back! The Prime Minister delivered his latest address to the nation on the coronavirus yesterday. His message was fizzy, frenetic, oozing optimism. We have seen a rather different Boris Johnson than we are used to this week. The gravity of this disease has required him to occupy a persona in which he had … Read more
Boris Johnson has been accused of ‘playing Russian Roulette’ with school children across the UK after he failed to close schools amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A petition launched by worried parents and teachers has reached nearly 640,000 signatures and many parents have warned they will pull their children out of the education system. Social … Read more
He was Hollywood’s most haunting screen presence, the first actor to play both Jesus and Satan on the big screen. The word ‘brooding’ could have been invented for Max von Sydow, who as the stern and gaunt, devil-battling priest in The Exorcist was arguably even more sinister than his demonic opponent spewing vomit from the … Read more
The intimate details of her life have been documented for more than a decade on Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Khloé Kardashian turned the tables and kept a camera trained on her daughter True Thompson on Friday as she played with her cousins North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm West. The 35-year-old reality star caught the … Read more
Light pollution caused by the bright beams from ships is playing havoc with Arctic marine animals by masking natural light from the moon, stars and aurora borealis. Studying the impact of light on marine life during the Arctic’s long polar night, experts found that ships can disturb marine life up to depths of 650 feet. … Read more
A very dirty doggy! Fluffy puppy is completely covered in mud after playing with pals – except for its perfectly clean face Lotta Alajoki, 25, and Miiro Lehto, 30, took their pet Samoyed for a cute doggy playdate with his sister Ada Onni enjoyed his day out so much that he decided to roll around … Read more
The Star Trek franchise returned to the small screen on CBS All Access in January when Patrick Stewart revived his role as Jean-Luc Picard. But when a fan asked William Shatner if he, too, might star once again as Captain James T. Kirk, the veteran star demurred. ‘No. I think Kirk’s story is pretty well … Read more