Atlanta police attend a routine call at a fast-food restaurant where a man has fallen asleep in his car, blocking the drive-through lane. They establish that Rayshard Brooks has been drinking and handcuff him, but he struggles and breaks free, running away with one of their Taser electric stun guns and, reportedly, firing it at … Read more
China has put parts of Beijing back into lockdown and reimposed some travel restrictions in an attempt to contain a new coronavirus outbreak amid fears that a second wave is about to hit the country. Beijing’s coronavirus situation is ‘extremely severe’, a city official warned Tuesday, as 27 new infections were reported in the Chinese … Read more
Wearing face masks saved 66,000 people in New York City and 78,000 in Italy from catching coronavirus, study estimates Researchers looked at the implications of mask-wearing rules implemented on April 6 in northern Italy and April 17 in New York City The number of infections were reduced by more than 78,000 in Italy from April … Read more
The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution to replace the city’s police department with a community-led public safety system. The move comes days after a veto-proof majority of the council voted to disband the police department after the country erupted in protest over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died … Read more
Salisbury becomes the first ultra-fast broadband city in Britain with ‘Fibre-to-the-Premises’ technology available to 20,000 households By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 Salisbury today became the first city in the UK to have universal access to ultra-fast fibre broadband. Openreach, the … Read more
Tencent unveils plans for a high-tech 21-million-square-foot ‘City of the Future’ in Shenzhen planned to open in 2027 Chinese tech giant Tencent is planning to build its own city in Shenzhen Built on 320 acres on the Shenzhen Bay, the so-called ‘Net City’ will emphasize sustainable power sources and encourage walking and bicycling The construction … Read more
The buildings and layout of an entire Roman town has been revealed by scientists using ground-penetrating radar. Archaeologists have used advanced technology to map out the entire ancient city of Falerii Novi, located near Rome, buried deep underground without any digging. The team discovered a bath complex, a market, a temple and a public monument, … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Minneapolis City Council announces its intention to ‘dismantle’ the police department and switch to a community policing model in the wake of George Floyd’s death and subsequent protests By James Gordon For Dailymail.com and Associated Press Published: 00:07 BST, 8 June 2020 | Updated: 00:22 BST, 8 June 2020 Minneapolis City Council members … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Minneapolis City Council announces its intention to ‘dismantle’ the police department and switch to a community policing model in the wake of George Floyd’s death and subsequent protests By James Gordon For Dailymail.com and Associated Press Published: 00:07 BST, 8 June 2020 | Updated: 00:10 BST, 8 June 2020 Minneapolis City Council members … Read more
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. R.F. writes: Last July, a friend persuaded me to try online investing. I first looked at Bitcoin, but then … Read more