COVID restrictions could make a comeback in just three weeks if hospital cases rocket, experts have warned. Sage scientists think the country might see a U-turn in the relaxations, as they urge ministers to take action. The advisers have said Boris Johnson needs to be ready to stop the NHS being overwhelmed by the end of July, reports the i. […]
Read moreThree decades after leaving Bougainville as the island descended into civil war, the mining giant will assess impact of its former mine Last modified on Tue 20 Jul 2021 23.50 EDT Thirty-two years since it fled Bougainville island, Rio Tinto has promised to fund an independent assessment of the ongoing environmental damage caused by its Panguna mine, a move landowners […]
Read moreTOKYO — Japan’s exports in June jumped 48.6% from the year before, marking the fourth straight month of growth, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. Imports for the month grew 32.7%, totaling 6.83 trillion yen ($62 billion). Exports for the month totaled 7.2 trillion yen ($66 billion), according to government data. The increases were exaggerated by a plunge in trade last […]
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Snakes are turning into "monsters" as a fatal skin disease leaves them with horrific facial deformities in the US. Experts say rates of snake fungal disease (SFD) have been soaring in the eastern half of the country. “Signs of SFD include crusted or ulcerated scales, nodules… under the skin, abnormal molting, white opaque cloudiness of the eyes… and facial disfiguration […]
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NEW YORK — The chair of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he conspired to influence Trump’s foreign policy positions to benefit the United Arab Emirates and commit crimes striking “at the very heart of our democracy.” Tom Barrack, 74, of Santa Monica, Calif., was among three men charged in federal court in […]
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More On: tuberculosis Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseases South Africa’s history of TB, HIV prepares country for coronavirus testing Tuberculosis vaccine eyed in fight against coronavirus Vaccine shows promise for preventing active TB disease A roaming Manhattan Supreme Court worker has become sick with rare tuberculosis — prompting officials to warn judges, clerks and other colleagues in […]
Read moreWASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, angrily confronted Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday in testimony on Capitol Hill, rejecting Paul's insinuation that the U.S. helped fund research at a Chinese lab that could have sparked the COVID-19 outbreak. Paul suggested that Fauci had lied before Congress when in May he denied that […]
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A mother of a convicted murderer on trial for discarding possible evidence against her son allegedly admitted to two witnesses she had “got rid of some stuff”. An ex-colleague and friend of her daughter, Jemma Colvin, gave evidence yesterday on the second day of Patricia Elizabeth Samson’s trial at the High Court in Invercargill, where she denies a charge of […]
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