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Earthquake measuring 3.9 on Richter scale hits southern England with residents in Home Counties with residents reporting ‘houses shaking and windows rattling’ Tremors reported in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire One local said they ‘felt their whole house shake’ when earthquake struck Some 610,000 people live in the affected area and it originated north of London … Read more
Burned-out stores, a torched parking lot and National Guardsmen walking the streets – these are the scenes of Kenosha that Donald Trump will use as the backdrop for a campaign event as he visits Wisconsin today. The president is expected to hammer home his ‘law and order’ campaign message when he arrives around 1pm EST, … Read more
An eye-opener into your health: This smart body fat scale has over 41,000 reviews on Amazon and is currently reduced to less than £30 By Emily Scrivener For Mailonline Published: 11:48 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 11:48 BST, 21 August 2020 Smart Bluetooth scales have changed the way we weigh ourselves. While traditional bathroom … Read more
These astonishing images show the scale of the destruction in Beirut after an explosion tore through the port killing more than 100 people and leaving thousands injured in its wake. Rescuers worked throughout the night and into Wednesday morning scouring ground zero for survivors after the cataclysmic blast that has wrecked entire neighbourhoods in the … Read more
Hong Kong’s hospitals could face collapse as the city grapples with a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus cases, leader Carrie Lam has warned. Lam said the city was ‘on the verge of a large-scale community outbreak’ as she urged residents to stay in doors and follow new regulations, in force as of today, which … Read more
A leading Chinese disease-control expert has confirmed that Wuhan’s officials did cover up the scale of the initial outbreak. Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, who visited the former coronavirus epicentre in January to help diagnose cases, told BBC that local authorities destroyed physical evidence and provided ‘slow’ response to clinical findings. ‘I do suspect that they have … Read more
A leading Chinese disease-control expert has confirmed that Wuhan’s officials did cover up the scale of the initial outbreak. Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, who visited the former coronavirus epicentre in January to help diagnose cases, told BBC that local authorities destroyed physical evidence and provided ‘slow’ response to clinical findings. ‘I do suspect that they have … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Europe’s feeble bail-out will not be enough to head off large scale unemployment By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:42 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 23:14 BST, 21 July 2020 The longest summit in the European Union’s history finally has delivered a result. The £680billion Covid-19 rescue package breaks new ground. … Read more
Forecasting is difficult enough in normal times. Britain faces three great uncertainties in the shape of Covid-19, Brexit and relations with China. The decision to ditch Huawei means that ‘Global Britain’ optimism about deeper trading relations with China potentially is in jeopardy. As the People’s Republic accounts for 19 per cent of global GDP, and … Read more
A British-American explorer has become the first woman to scale Earth’s highest and lowest points, as she reaches the bottom of the Mariana Trench after climbing Mount Everest. Vanessa O’Brien travelled via a submersible to the Earth’s lowest point, the bottom of Challenger Deep, on June 12 for a surveillance mission. The 55-year-old dived 10,925metres below … Read more