The 20 major countries people struggle most to locate on a map, with over half unable to find Canada

Indonesia is the hardest major country to place on a map, according to a study. In a survey, participants from around the world were asked to pinpoint countries on an interactive map and a ranking of the top 20 countries people struggled to find was then drawn up. Indonesia came top of the ranking with … Read more

Russia’s Covid vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ 92% effective, major study finds

Russia’s controversial coronavirus vaccine is 92 per cent effective at blocking symptomatic illness, early trial results suggest Russia’s controversial coronavirus vaccine is 92 per cent effective at blocking symptomatic illness, trial results suggest. Just 16 out of 16,500 people given the two-dose jab – dubbed Sputnik V – developed symptoms, while no-one died from the disease … Read more

The 20 major countries people struggle most to locate on a map, with over half unable to find Canada

Indonesia is the hardest major country to place on a map, according to a study. In a survey, participants from around the world were asked to pinpoint countries on an interactive map and a ranking of the top 20 countries people struggled to find was then drawn up. Indonesia came top of the ranking with … Read more

Russia’s controversial Covid jab is 92% efffective, major study finds

Russia’s controversial coronavirus vaccine is 92 per cent effective at blocking symptomatic illness, early trial results suggest Russia’s controversial coronavirus vaccine is 92 per cent effective at blocking symptomatic illness, early trial results suggest. Just 16 out of 16,500 people given the two-dose jab – dubbed Sputnik V – developed symptoms, while no-one died from the … Read more

Countryside and oceans should be considered along with economic growth, major new report says 

Countryside and oceans should be considered along with economic growth in bid to protect nature, major new report says A 600-page review will be launched online  by Prince Charles and Sir David Author Professor Dasgupta argues that nature is a ‘blind spot’ in economics Review calls for humanity to change food production and consumption By … Read more

Scientists believe UK jabs WILL offer major protection against South African mutation of Covid-19 

By Eleanor Hayward Health Correspondent What is the South African variant? It was first found in Nelson Mandela Bay in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province in mid-October. Like the UK’s Kent variant, the mutant strain quickly became dominant and drove a ferocious second wave. There are two key mutations that give it an advantage – these are … Read more

Army major, 47, ‘defrauded MoD out of £40,000 to pay boarding school fees’, court martial hears

Army major, 47, ‘defrauded MoD out of £40,000 to pay boarding school fees for his two children by falsely claiming his estranged wife was living with him in Cyprus’, court martial hears Major Lloyd Hamilton allegedly misused taxpayers’ money to pay school fees  The Royal Engineer is accused of fraudulently defrauding military out of £38,892 The father-of-two, … Read more

Dancing On Ice thrown into CHAOS as three celebs drop out causing ‘major headaches’

Dancing On Ice has been thrown into CHAOS as three celebrities have dropped out, causing ‘major headaches.’ Rufus Hound, 41, Denise Van Outen, 46, Billie Faiers, 31, will all be absent during Sunday’s instalment, but producers have insisted that ‘another elimination WILL take place this weekend.  Although two of the three celebrities are likely to return after … Read more

A68a iceberg in Antarctica suffers another major split 

The ill-fated Atlantic iceberg A68 that broke off from Antarctica in 2017 has suffered another major spilt.  Between Tuesday and Thursday this week, a new smaller iceberg, called A68g, measuring 33 miles in length and 11.5 miles in width, calved from the largest remaining portion of the berg, A68a, in the South Atlantic Ocean.   The new split … Read more