People arriving in England from Denmark, Iceland, Curaçao and Slovakia will be expected to quarantine from Saturday after the quarter became the latest countries to removed from the quarantine safelist. They follow Slovenia and Guadeloupe, which were both struck from the list last week. Data from the Joint Biosecurity Centre and Public Health England has […]
Late US rapper Pop Smoke, who was shot and killed this year, has landed a posthumous UK number one album. He becomes the first solo artist to achieve the feat, with the only other act being Warrington band Viola Beach. The rapper, real name Bashar Barakah Jackson, was killed in a suspected robbery in February […]
Issued on: 26/09/2020 – 04:36 Advertising Read more Munich (Germany) (AFP) That evening on September 26, 1980, Robert Platzer, then 12, was having a great night out. He had been on fairground rides, eaten bags of sweets and even bought a helium balloon — all that a child dreams of at the Munich Oktoberfest. He […]
MINSK — A lawyer representing a top opposition activist in Belarus has been freed after a court imposed a fine against her on September 25, a day after she was detained by police. Meanwhile, three journalists who have covered weeks of mass protests against the country’s longtime authoritarian ruler have each been sentenced to about […]
Lionel Messi Lionel Messi will be back in a Barcelona shirt in La Liga, while Inter Milan begin their bid to end Juventus’ grip on the Serie A title and potential challengers face off in Germany and France. AFP Sport picks out some of the standout action in Europe this weekend: Eyes on Messi on […]
By Donna Lu Phytoplankton are microscopic algae that are the base of the marine food chainNOAA Marine phytoplankton can grow under thick sea ice in near darkness, converting what little light exists into energy, though it is still unclear how these microscopic algae have adapted to grow in these extreme conditions. It was previously thought […]
The EU has revealed its long-awaited pact on migration and asylum. Brought forward by a week, the timing seems an attempt to pacify the outrage over the devastating fire at the Greek refugee camp Moria that started on September 8. Images of the fires showed an unprecedented – but predictable – human catastrophe. Some 13,000 […]
Issued on: 26/09/2020 – 00:24 Advertising Read more Paris (AFP) One of the world’s ‘Big Four’ accounting firms released a report this week concluding that extreme, “business-as-usual” climate change will benefit a third of the world’s economies over the course of the 21st century. Published online in Czech, the analysis from Deloitte’s Prague office said […]
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan told the United Nations General Assembly on September 25 that India’s Hindu nationalist government is a state sponsor of hatred and prejudice against Muslims. Speaking in a pre-recorded speech to the UN gathering, which is being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, Khan told world leaders that Islamophobia rules […]
Colombia’s defense minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo defied all logic on Thursday, claiming he complied with a Supreme Court order to ask forgiveness for police brutality before it was issued. In one of his most absurd statements to date, Trujillo said that he complied with Tuesday’s court order on September 11 already. In compliance with the […]