The exams regulator for England has dramatically suspended its criteria for students hoping to challenge their A-level grades on the basis of their results in mock exams. In a brief statement, Ofqual said the policy was ‘being reviewed’ by its board and that further information would be released ‘in due course’. No reason for the … Read more
Dame Vivienne Westwood has suspended herself in a giant birdcage outside The Old Bailey to protest the extradition of Julian Assange to the US. Westwood, dressed in a yellow trouser suit, enacted the metaphor of ‘The Canary In Coal Mine’, which is meant to symbolise Assange being sacrificed for the ‘poison’ in the political system. … Read more
Brazil Central Bank suspends WhatsApp mobile payments for review less than two weeks after release Brazil has suspended WhatsApp’s mobile payment feature It will review if the feature meets the country’s regulatory standards The decision comes less than two weeks after the feature’s release WhatsApp has yet to expand mobile payments elsewhere By James Pero … Read more
North Korea has suspended its plans for more military action against the South, the country’s state media has said. The decision was taken at a meeting of the country’s Central Military Commission which was chaired by Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. It comes a week after his younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, threatened unspecified military action – shortly … Read more
Honda suspends production at factories around the world after discovering computer virus in company servers The Japanese automaker discovered a virus in servers in its Tokyo headquarters While investigating the issue, the company suspended global production The suspensions lasted a day, and most facilities have come back online again No sensitive data was breached and … Read more
TripAdvisor has suspended all reviews for Barnard Castle after its page was flooded with spoof recommendations mocking Dominic Cummings claim he drove to the town to test his eyesight. Boris Johnson’s chief adviser told journalists on Monday how he made a 60-mile round trip from his parents farm in Durham to the market town, to … Read more
A clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in coronavirus patients has been suspended amid safety concerns. Hydroxychloroquine has been touted by President Donald Trump and he even revealed he took the medication for two weeks as a prophylactic. But the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was concerned after a study from The Lancet published … Read more
Qantas suspends plans to launch 19-and-a-half-hour direct flights from London and New York to Sydney and shelves order for 12 Airbus A350s for the services CEO Alan Joyce said it was not the right time to pursue the order due to Covid-19 Last year, Qantas carried out test flights from New York and London to … Read more
The Utah Attorney General’s Office and multiple law enforcement agencies across the state have suspended their contracts with a surveillance company after reports that its founder had previously been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The company, Banjo.io, uses AI to analyze GPS data, images and video scrapped from social media posts, surveillance cameras, … Read more
The UAE which is home to the world’s busiest international airport has suspended all passenger and transit flights in the battle against coronavirus. Dubai’s airport is a vital hub connecting Western nations with Asian countries and Australia, and suspending transit flights there will impact travellers around the world. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, announced that an evening … Read more