He said at a briefing that a further $35 billion to $45 billion will be needed next year to ensure that most adults around the world are immunized. The WTO chief urged G7 nations to fund the global coronavirus recovery, saying the crisis cannot be resolved worldwide if they do …
Read More »‘I don’t know how to tackle’: Pogba produces yet another penalty calamity as Manchester United hand out thrashing in Europa League
Having been part of a slick opening goal for United with less than ten minutes gone in the Europa League semi-final second leg, Pogba unwittingly handed the Serie A side the chance to equalize little more than five minutes later, slipping on the wet Old Trafford turf before a cross hit his …
Read More »UK will face ‘another Covid-19 wave this year,’ PM Johnson warns, says country will have to ‘learn to live with virus’
“The majority of scientific opinion in this country is still firmly of the view that there will be another wave of Covid at some stage this year and so we must as far as possible learn to live with this disease,” he told a news briefing on Tuesday. The PM …
Read More »NASA celebrates first ever powered flight on another planet, as Ingenuity helicopter rises above Mars
Footage beamed back to the agency from a satellite orbiting the Red Planet showed the helicopter briefly rising above the surface of Mars at around an altitude of three meters, before landing safely near the Perseverance Mars Rover. The historic moment was met with cheers and applause from the agency’s …
Read More »Armed carjacking suspect shot dead in Minnesota, almost triggering another BLM march for ‘victim of police brutality’
Footage hit social media on Sunday of an officer-involved shooting in Burnsville, Minnesota. The tapes showed the before and after of a chase with police, where a suspect jumps from a moving vehicle, runs into traffic, and attempts to take another while waving what appears to be a firearm. The …
Read More »Portland rioters torch Apple store as another police killing sparks wave of destruction (VIDEOS)
Another night, another riot. Protesters assembled on Friday afternoon in Lents Park, where police had shot a man dead hours earlier. The man, who local media identified as “white” to ward off any potential “social unrest,” was carrying a replica firearm when he was killed. “Social unrest” soon broke out …
Read More »‘It’s lockdown what done it’: Is Boris lauding lockdowns because he’s planning another for October? It certainly looks that way
The Man in Black wanted us to be in no doubt during his interview this week with Sky News: it was the lockdown whatdunit. “It is very, very important for everybody to understand,” Johnson said, “that the reduction in these numbers, in hospitalisations, in deaths, in infections, has not been …
Read More »The protests following yet another police shooting are a symptom of an American illness for which it seems there is no cure
The proceeding unrest quickly escalated to looting and destruction, with authorities responding through tear gas, riot gear, the deployment of the National Guard and a curfew. Observers have been quick to point out the scene of the incident was a mere 10 miles away from where George Floyd was killed, for …
Read More »‘Another big loss’: Manchester United pile the pressure on Spurs as boss Jose Mourinho is outwitted by old club in Premier League
Tottenham’s hopes of securing Champions League qualification for next season appear to be dead in the water after a dismal capitulation to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s in-form side at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – but what might have been? After Edinson Cavani had a first-half strike bizarrely ruled out after a VAR …
Read More »Another SpaceX Starship prototype explodes during high-altitude flight test (VIDEO)
Starship prototype Serial Number 11 (or SN11) took off from a launch pad at SpaceX’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas on Tuesday despite thick fog in the area. Raptor engines lifted the rocket to an altitude of 10 kilometers. SN11 then killed two of its engines one after another in …
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