Seats filled for first all-civilian spaceflight on March 31, 2021The last two seats for the first all-civilian spaceflight crew were filled after a college science professor and an aerospace data analyst were confirmed for the four-member crew for a SpaceX flight later this year. The two latest citizen astronauts were introduced at a news briefing livestreamed from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida by […]
Coronavirus likely transmitted to humans from bats through a “missing link” animal: WHO on March 29, 2021An international expert mission to Wuhan has concluded it was very likely that Covid-19 first passed to humans from a bat through an intermediary animal, while all but ruling out a laboratory leak. The intermediate host hypothesis was deemed “likely to very likely”, while the theory that the virus escaped from a lab was seen […]
Malala to collaborate with Apple to produce dramas and documentaries on March 9, 2021Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Prize Laureate, is set to partner with Apple Inc to produce dramas, children’s series, animation and documentaries that will air on the tech giant’s streaming service. Malala and her production company Extracurricular will join hands with Apply to expand their already existing partnership. Malala will join Apple TV+’s growing […]
Biden calls on states to prioritize vaccinations for teachers on March 3, 2021President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on U.S. states to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers to ensure children could return to school quickly and safely, and said every educator should receive at least one shot by the end of March. Biden also announced that Merck & Co Inc would help make rival Johnson & Johnson’s […]
Boris Johnson says UK hopeful to lift all COVID restrictions by June on February 24, 2021British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that he was very optimistic that all COVID-19 restrictions in England would end on June 21, and added that the government would hold a review into the use of vaccine certificates. Johnson unveiled a map out of lockdown for England on Monday that would keep some businesses […]
UK coronavirus variant likely detected in Hong Kong on December 23, 2020Hong Kong’s Department of Health shared on Wednesday that two suspected cases of the new mutant variant of covid-19 have been detected, as two students who returned to Hong Kong from the UK have tested positive for coronavirus. According to Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection, […]
Taiwan reports first COVID case; imposes new restrictions on December 23, 2020Taiwan announced to impose new COVID-19 restrictions after its 253-day streak of being safe from coronavirus ended on Tuesday, as the first locally transmitted case was reported. The country will roll back foreign flights and tighten quarantine requirements for crew members after a cargo pilot tested positive for coronavirus. The pilot, who flew routes abroad, […]
Catholic Church pays $7 million to victims of sexual abuse by priests on December 2, 2020The Roman Catholic Church has paid out $7.3 million to victims of child molestation by priests in Colorado. To settle years-old claims, the Church paid huge sums of money to more than 70 people who in their childhood, were sexually abused by by priests in Colorado parishes Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced the settlement, […]
Diplomats speculate U.N. Security Council will not take action on Fakhrizadeh killing on December 2, 2020Just hours after the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, Tehran demanded the United Nations Security Council condemn the killing and take action against those responsible, but diplomats say the call is likely to go unheeded. At a minimum, the 15-member body could discuss Friday’s killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh behind closed doors […]
Australia’s PM Morrison uses WeChat to send a message to Chinese diaspora on December 2, 2020Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used Chinese social media platform WeChat to criticise a “false image” of an Australian soldier posted on Twitter by the Chinese government. China has rebuffed Morrison’s calls for an apology after its foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted the digitally manipulated image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied […]