Anthony #Fauci, the #US government’s top infectious disease expert, said mid January “can be a really dark time for us” if gatherings over the forthcoming holiday season spur even greater spread of the...
California lockdown: Millions told to stay at home amid coronavirus surge
#California compelled much of the state to close shop and stay at home on Monday, when some of the harshest #coronavirus#restrictions in the United States came into effect one day after the state set a record with more...
Why bear attacks are on the rise in Japan
In #Japan, sightings of #wild #bears have soared to their highest level in five years, while many northern regions have reported the most in over a decade. This has led to a number of fatal attacks and scores of...
Chuck Yeager, first pilot to break sound barrier, dies aged 97
Chuck #Yeager, a World War II fighter ace who was the first human to travel faster than #sound and whose gutsy test #pilot exploits were immortalized in the bestselling book “The Right Stuff,” died Monday...
UK-EU talks near collapse ahead of Johnson trip to Brussels
#Britain and the European Union warned Tuesday that talks on a post-#Brexit free-trade deal are teetering on the brink of collapse, with just over three weeks until an economic rupture that will cause upheaval for...
NZ’s Ardern apologises for failings identified by inquiry into Christchurch massacre
#NewZealand security agencies were “almost exclusively” focused on the perceived threat of Islamist #terrorism before a white supremacist gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers in #Christchurch last...
France still far from goal of reducing number of Covid-19 cases to 5,000 per day
#France is still far from reducing the number of its new #Covid-19 cases per day to 5,000, and the risk of a strong rebound of the #pandemic remains high, the health ministry’s top official said on Monday.