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
Thousands of Americans who hit the streets to protest the death of George Floyd may have come face-to-face with law enforcement who look more like the armed forces than local police. The scene is a result of the US Department of Defense’s 1033 program that provides officers with hand-me-down equipment from military groups – for … Read more
The future of shopping: Masked staff man the doors at Fortnum and Mason as world-famous department store reopens its food halls The company reopened its London headquarters’ ground floor on Thursday It opened from 11am to 7pm and in-store bars and restaurants were shut Fortnum plans to open the first floor on May 28 its … Read more
The future of shopping: Masked staff man the doors at Fortnum and Mason as world-famous department store reopens its food halls The company reopened its London headquarters’ ground floor on Thursday It opened from 11am to 7pm and in-store bars and restaurants were shut Fortnum plans to open the first floor on May 28 its … Read more
Beales faces collapse: 140-year-old Dorset-based department store business in race to save 22 stores and 1,000 jobs By A Daily Mail Reporter and Press Association Published: 23:00 BST, 12 January 2020 | Updated: 12:00 BST, 13 January 2020 Department store chain Beales is on the brink of collapse as yet another potential victim of the … Read more
China may have secretly set off low-level underground nuclear test explosions despite claiming to observe an international pact banning such blasts, the U.S. State Department said in a report on Wednesday that could further fray U.S.-Chinese relations. The finding may worsen ties already strained after President Donald Trump said the U.S. is investigating the possibility … Read more
The US State Department raised concerns over safety issues at the Wuhan research lab studying coronaviruses in animals like bats two years ago, new diplomatic cables reveal. In 2018 diplomats said there were issues at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, located near the seafood market Chinese authorities claim the virus emerged from, cables obtained by … Read more
Ellen DeGeneres recently sparked backlash for a joke she made about quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. But it appears the 32-time Emmy winner and wife Portia de Rossi are continuing to use their means to help fight the global crisis. She and de Rossi were spotted Saturday unloading boxes at a fire department in Santa … Read more
The New York City Department of Education is banning students and teachers from using Zoom, as the platform has been plagued by privacy and security issues. Schools are now advised to switch to Microsoft Teams ‘as soon as possible’ and teachers are currently training to use the new system. The move comes after internet trolls … Read more
Department of Health figures have revealed that the number of new people tested daily in the UK has slipped back below the target of 10,000, set by health secretary Matt Hancock on Thursday. A total of 9,406 new people were reported as being tested in the 24 hours to 9am April 4 – bringing the total … Read more