Just imagine going to war against an enemy of unknown scale — and not knowing the number of armed forces personnel at your disposal. It would make it almost impossible to determine a battle plan. But that is the situation we now find ourselves in as we try to contend with coronavirus. We have no … Read more
Just imagine going to war against an enemy of unknown scale — and not knowing the number of armed forces personnel at your disposal. It would make it almost impossible to determine a battle plan. But that is the situation we now find ourselves in as we try to contend with coronavirus. We have no … Read more
Donald Trump congratulates Vladimir Putin and Mohammad Bin Salman for reaching a deal to stop oil war, claiming the move will save ‘hundreds of thousands of energy jobs in U.S.’ President Trump thanked Russian President Putin and Saudi Arabian King Salman for reaching a deal to cut the production of oil The two leaders made … Read more
Author Maggie Brookes knew her father had been taken prisoner in the Second World War. But it wasn’t until after his death and the discovery of a gut-wrenchingly detailed diary that she understood the extent of the cruelties he endured at the hands of the Nazis Maggie with her father As a child growing up … Read more
With UK car production grinding to a halt due to factory closures as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, don’t think that manufacturers are simply sitting on their hands waiting for the pandemic to blow over. Auto operations have shifted from assembling hundreds of motors each day to developing and manufacturing technology … Read more
Coronavirus dead across New York could be temporarily buried on the city’s famous Hart Island, where unclaimed and unidentified bodies are buried by prison inmates in mass graves, as morgues across the city continue to overflow and the death toll ticks up. Hart Island is ordinarily used to bury unidentified or unclaimed bodies. It was … Read more
First-time camera access to an NHS intensive care unit has laid bare the mounting pressure being loaded upon medics treating coronavirus patients. A glimpse inside Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) showcases health workers’ daily grind on the front line, which they described as emotionally draining and ‘scary’. Tonight’s report from the so-called ‘red zone’ included dire … Read more
Cold War atomic bomb testing from more than 50 years ago has helped scientists correctly determine the age of whale sharks for the first time. An international team of scientists measured levels of a carbon isotope in shark bone that permeated the oceans during atomic bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s. The presence of the … Read more
Two of the most senior Ministers leading the Government response to the coronavirus crisis are locked in battle over when to lift the economically devastating lockdown. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made ‘robust’ representations to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, arguing that unless a path is mapped now for a swift return to normal economic activity it … Read more
Two of the most senior Ministers leading the Government response to the coronavirus crisis are locked in battle over when to lift the economically devastating lockdown. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made ‘robust’ representations to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, arguing that unless a path is mapped now for a swift return to normal economic activity it … Read more