Joe Biden to say Americans can celebrate July 4 in ‘small groups’

President Joe Biden will announce in his prime time address Thursday night that all adults will be eligible to get the COVID vaccine as of May 1 and that should lead to Americans being able to celebrate Independence Day together in ‘small groups.’ ‘He will direct all states and territories to make all adult Americans eligible … Read more

Teenagers ‘being recruited to terror groups in worrying numbers during lockdown’

Teenagers are being recruited to Islamist terror groups in ‘worrying’ numbers during lockdown, warns Dominic Raab Dominic Raab has updated the House of Commons on the threat posed by Daesh Foreign Secretary warned of number of teenagers recruited during lockdown Said the terror group’s brand had been ‘weakened’ but still remained potent  By James Tapsfield … Read more

Teenagers ‘being recruited to terror groups in worrying numbers during lockdown’

Teenagers are being recruited to Islamist terror groups in ‘worrying’ numbers during lockdown, warns Dominic Raab Dominic Raab has updated the House of Commons on the threat posed by Daesh Foreign Secretary warned of number of teenagers recruited during lockdown Said the terror group’s brand had been ‘weakened’ but still remained potent  By James Tapsfield … Read more

Twitter brings Super Follows for paid subscribers, interest groups to build communities

Twitter has announced two new major new features to expect from the social media platform soon. The first one is called Super Follows and allows content creators to get people to subscribe and pay for additional content from them, sort of like Patreon but on Twitter. The second major feature to expect is the ability … Read more

Is the emergence of ‘pump and dump’ groups evidence the US stock market is topping out?

Are we on the verge of a ‘Taper Tantrum’? asks ALEX SEBASTIAN: It is inflation rather than the GameStop saga that will determine how long the US stock market’s gains can keep coming By Alex Sebastian for This is Money Published: 10:37 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 10:40 GMT, 18 February 2021 The recent … Read more

Covid UK: Social bubbles behind border bedlam as Heathrow staff work in ‘groups of FOUR’

Chaos at the border is partly being caused by Covid rules, with Border Force officers working in groups of four scattered across Heathrow Airport to reduce the risk of spreading variants of the virus as passengers race against the clock to enter Britain before the tough hotel quarantine regime begins. Video filmed by an impatient … Read more

Covid UK: Social bubbles behind border bedlam as Heathrow staff work in ‘groups of FOUR’

Chaos at the border is partly being caused by Covid rules, with Border Force officers working in groups of four scattered across Heathrow Airport to reduce the risk of spreading variants of the virus as passengers race against the clock to enter Britain before the tough hotel quarantine regime begins. Video filmed by an impatient … Read more

Doctors refuse to work across Myanmar in protest over military coup as activist groups grow online

Doctors in Myanmar are refusing to work on non-emergency patients in protest against the military coup after soldiers detained Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids on Monday.  Soldiers and tanks are patrolling major cities but the military takeover, which has ended the country’s brief experiment with democracy, has … Read more

Cambridge trial allowing electric cars to use a bus lane criticised by campaign groups

The trial launched on 14 December 2020 and could run for 18 months while Cambridgeshire Country Council reviews whether to extend the scheme Cambridge has become one of the first UK locations to allow electric vehicles to use bus and cycle lanes in a trial that – if deemed successful – may be extended across … Read more

Electric eels seen hunting in GROUPS in Amazon river basin

With the ability to deliver deadly zaps of up to 600 volts, electric eels are without a doubt some of the most fearsome creatures on the planet.  Now, the terrifying fish have been spotted hunting in groups for the first time, delivering a deadly combined zap of up to 8,600 volts to unsuspecting prey.  The ‘extraordinary’ … Read more