Moscow: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike while behind bars, will be admitted to a hospital in another prison, the Russian state penitentiary service said, after the politician’s doctor said he could be near death. The prison service, FSIN, also said that Navalny had agreed to take vitamin therapy, but an […]

Eric Ripert’s new collection of vegetable recipes is maybe one of the least seemingly chef-driven cookbooks. And it holds true to its title, “Vegetable Simple.” What a delightful approach, especially with summer on the horizon. Some recipes require as few as two ingredients (tomatoes or cucumbers with salt), and most have a short list, with almost none demanding secondary preparations […]

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NASA is tracking a huge asteroid estimated to be almost as big as the mighty Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner. Asteroid 2016 QE45 is expected to zip past Earth on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at 01:48am EST (Eastern Standard Time), the equivalent to 5.48am GMT. The rock is expected to fly by at a whopping 13.25 kilometres per second, which […]

LONDON — The 12 European clubs planning to start a breakaway Super League have told the leaders of FIFA and UEFA that they have begun legal action aimed at fending off threats to block the competition. The letter was sent by the group of English, Spanish and Italian clubs to FIFA President Gianni Infantino and UEFA counterpart Aleksander Ceferin saying […]

Race back to retail parks! Out-of-town shopping areas see footfall at near EQUAL level to 2019 on first weekend of shops reopening – but High Streets are still 35% from two years ago High streets saw a 93.2% increase in footfall, while shopping centres performed even better with 126.6% gain  Retail parks busy throughout lockdown due to a concentration of […]

NASA's groundbreaking Mars helicopter is attempting an ambitious takeoff – potentially marking the first controlled flight on another planet. The space agency has spent six years developing Ingenuity, which was carried to the red planet last month on its rover Perseverance. It has already been taken to its test-flight zone and unloaded by remote control. The takeoff was scheduled for […]

Police chiefs say they are struggling to enforce Covid rules outside pubs and bars as hospitality bosses call for ban on indoor drinking to be scrapped Pictures showed crowds of revellers hit streets on first weekend pubs reopened There appeared to be little social distancing being followed in outdoor seat areas Police bosses said enforcing social distancing is ‘extremely difficult’ […]