Internet outages have hit record highs during the coronavirus lockdown, as network operators make changes to meet the demand of more people now working at home. According to US network intelligence firm ThousandEyes, network outages across the globe were seen to rise across March, reaching previously unseen levels. While internet infrastructure in both the UK … Read more
The United States coronavirus death toll climbed by 1,629 in 24 hours to reach 41,186 on Sunday evening, latest statistics show. Confirmed cases of the highly infectious illness also soared to a total of 771,980, an increase of 25,596 from the day before. The ominous milestone came as Harvard researchers warned that if the country hopes … Read more
As media nerve centres go, it is a far cry from the usual glass-and-chrome Soho office, stuffed with plush designer furniture and high-tech gadgetry. But despite operating from nothing more glamorous than a modest shed in a Home Counties village, Talking Pictures TV has become one of the most unlikely success stories in broadcasting, counting … Read more
Pointer: New tax year started on April 6 Thanks to the upheaval in our lives over the past few weeks, the start of a new tax year on April 6 will have passed many of us by. But it heralds a raft of key changes – some of which could have a positive effect on … Read more
The coronavirus outbreak has thrown at least 22 million Americans out of work in four weeks as tough measures to control the coronavirus outbreak decimates 13.5 percent of the US workforce and 10 years of job growth. There were 5.2 million new claims for unemployment benefits filed last week, according to the latest Labor Department figures released on Thursday. … Read more
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and parliament speaker Benny Gantz missed a deadline to form a unity government on Thursday, prolonging the country’s unprecedented political crisis. The right-wing premier Netanyahu and centrist Gantz, Israel’s former army chief, have gone head-to-head in three elections over the past year, resulting in a stalemate. A Netanyahu-Gantz deal would have given … Read more
Ambulances in London took more than an hour to reach heart attack, stroke and sepsis patients in March, on average, amid the capital’s coronavirus crisis. The Category 2 patients, who are life-threateningly ill and lower priority only than someone whose heart or breathing has stopped, waited an average of one hour, one minute and 22 … Read more
Coronavirus leaves at least 10% of the American workforce unemployed in three weeks: 6.6 million file new claims in a week bringing the total out of work to 16 million By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com Published: 13:40 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 13:57 BST, 9 April 2020 At least 10 percent of American workers … Read more
New laboratory is opened up at Cambridge University to help Government reach its 100,000-a-day coronavirus testing target Laboratory is ‘joint collaboration’ with giants AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline The Government has promised to hit 100,000 tests a day by the end of April The tests had formed part of Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s ‘five pillar’ plan By … Read more
Carbon dioxide levels are on track to reach the same catastrophic level as 200 million years ago when volcanic eruptions drove HALF of all life on Earth to extinction, study finds Amount of CO2 during End-Triassic Event similar to projected 21st century level This event 200 million years ago was caused by huge volcanic activity Led to eventual … Read more