Covid UK Britain records another 12,027 cases plunging by 20% in a week and deaths fall by a third
Department of Health statistics confirmed the second wave has shrunk again. They also revealed a further 468,321 doses of the vaccine were dished out yesterday, taking the total to 6.8million. Read more...
California firms launch trials of COVID shot they hope will protect against South African variant
The firms' candidate, called hAd5 T-cell, targets two parts of the novel coronaviirus the spike protein, more prone to mutations and the nucleocapsid protein, which is less prone. Read more...
Russians Escape North Korea on a Hand-Pushed Railcar
Russia said some of its diplomats and their family members, including children, had used creative means to leave North Korea, which closed its borders over a year ago because of the pandemic. Read more...
China39;s Retirement Home Industry is Plagued by Ponzi Schemes
Rooms and beds for retirees are in short supply as the population ages, leaving many vulnerable to companies pitching risky investments. Read more...
Category Close-Up Citizenfour Leads the Race for Best Documentary
Why the film about Edward Snowden will probably win. Read more...
Before Watchdog Mission, a Trail of Videos Warned of Chlorine Gas Attacks in Syria
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said that it was sending a mission to Syria, where activists have been posting video showing civilians coughing and struggling to breathe after attacks. Read more...
From The Witches to The Mandalorian and His House The best on demand TV to watch this week
When Roald Dahl wrote his wonderfully scary children's novel about a coven of child-hating witches planning to turn all kids into mice, it was set mainly in England. Bournemouth, in fact. Read more...
Harry Styles's girlfriend Olivia Wilde forms a 'bubble' with her actor ex Jason Sudeikis
For Harry Styles's girlfriend Olivia Wilde and her actor ex Jason Sudeikis, this has become have temporarily moved in together so they could both spend time with their children. Read more...
Gary Barlow album review If you don't mind a few cliches, this is good fun
For a musician in a band, going solo is usually a chance to get away from the gang, to do something small and introspective. Read more...
Martin Satriano could be Uruguay's next star with the Inter wonderkid linked to Arsenal and Chelsea
He may have tough acts to follow in Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez but Inter Milan wonderkid Martin Satriano looks like the future of Uruguayan football after a positive start to life in Italian football. Read more...
A Critic of Technology Turns Her Gaze Inward
Sherry Turkle is best known for exploring the dysfunctional relationships between humans and their screens. She takes on a new focus herself in her memoir, The Empathy Diaries. Read more...
Copenhagen Exploring its Happiness Museum, Tivoli Gardens and beautiful townhouses and waterfront
Siobhan Grogan explored Copenhagen's fairy-lit Tivoli Gardens utopia and the Happiness Museum, which traces the history of happiness from Mona Lisa's smile to the McDonald's Happy Meal. Read more...
Tammy Hembrow locks lips with beau Matt Poole as he completes an Ironman challenge
The 26-year-old fitness model looked nothing short of sensational as she watched beau Matt Poole, 32, complete an Ironman series on Sunday. Read more...
Britain records just 8,489 Covid cases in lowest daily rise since October 2
Department of Health data shows infections have fallen by 20 per cent on last Tuesday, when 10,625 positive tests were recorded. Statistics also reveal deaths have fallen by 30 per cent. Read more...
The hot new thing in tech speaking into your phone
Before last year, 28-year-old Meredith Giuliani thought voice notes were "kind of weird," and she mostly stuck to texting. But after the pandemic hit, audio messages became a daily routine for her and many of her friends. Read more...
A Promised Land review Gorgeously written, humorous, compelling and a life-affirming memoir
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F.D.A. Expert Panel Endorses Johnson Johnsons Vaccine
With this last hurdle cleared, formal authorization of the one-dose vaccine is expected on Saturday and distribution within days. Read more...
With 39;The Father,39; Florian Zeller Pivots From Stage to Screen
Florian Zeller has found success in the theater and as a novelist. Now, his first movie as a director is nominated for four Golden Globe Awards. Read more...
Shopping for Carafes
Because even if youre just drinking tap water, its more fun when you pour it out of a carafe. Read more...
50 Years Later, Gamble and Huffs Philly Sound Stirs the Soul
The songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huffs Black-owned label Philadelphia International Records turned a citys aesthetic into a movement that reverberated around the world. Read more...