The racism hurts and it must STOP: Arsenal winger Willian demands authorities do more to tackle online abuse of footballers and calls on social media companies to identify culprits By Adrian Kajumba For The Daily Mail Published: 22:31 BST, 7 April 2021 | Updated: 23:17 BST, 7 April 2021 Willian wants racist trolls to be made … Read more
Fears are growing that the pilots and crew onboard the massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal could face arrest and be ‘made scapegoats’ for the incident as investigators continue to search for the cause of the grounding that strangled global trade. Union officials fear the 25-man Indian crew onboard the 220,000-ton Ever Given, which … Read more
Heartwarming moment a two-month-old puma is bottle-fed as Colombia veterinarians nurse the sick former house pet to health Video shared on Twitter by the Valle de Aburrá Metropolitan Office in Medellín, Colombia, captured the recovery process of a two-month-old puma The animal was turned over to wildlife authorities this week by a family that had been … Read more
At least two people have been shot dead during protests in Myanmar’s largest city, as security forces continue with their violent crackdown against demonstrations. One of the victims was shot in the head, while the other was shot in the abdomen, according to local media covering the protests in Hlaing Thar Yar Township in Yangon. … Read more
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE BRAZIL VARIANT? Name: B.1.1.248 or P.1 Date: Discovered in Tokyo, Japan, in four travellers arriving from Manaus, Brazil, on January 2. Why should we care? The variant has the same spike protein mutation as the highly transmissible versions found in Kent and South Africa – named N501Y – which makes the … Read more
All but three local authorities in England saw Covid infections fall last week and cases in care homes dropped by a third, official figures showed today. All key metrics now indicate the darkest days of the winter crisis are behind us, with the number of Covid hospital patients in general beds dropping to its lowest level … Read more
Infection rates increased in only four English local authorities last week as lockdown restrictions continued to slow coronavirus transmission. It means just 1 per cent of the country recorded a week-on-week increase of cases in the seven days to January 28, according to Public Health England figures. The areas were Melton in Suffolk, East Lindsey in Lincolnshire, … Read more
All but five local authorities in England saw coronavirus infections fall last week, official data shows in the clearest sign yet that cases are trending downwards across the country during lockdown. Public Health England figures published today reveal 144 out of 149 areas (97 per cent) recorded a drop in weekly positive tests in the … Read more
Say cheese! Cuban authorities arrest factory workers for stealing almost 3,000 pounds of cheese, most of which was sold on the black market Authorities in Holguín, Cuba, apprehended four factory workers who allegedly stole 2,945 pounds of cheese The suspects were arrested transporting 1,485 pounds of cheese in a vehicle Cuban officials say the stolen … Read more
Peruvian authorities uncover 590-foot-long tunnel ‘financed by El Chapo’s old cartel’ that was built in foiled attempt to spring drug traffickers from prison Peruvian jail officials discovered an underground tunnel that was partly built to free a group of drug traffickers from a prison in Lima The National Police of Peru said the tunnel’s construction … Read more