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New daily cases averaged about 39,700 over a week as of Thursday — and that average has risen the past five days, data from Johns Hopkins University show. This comes … Read More

Stocks are drifting in mixed trading on Wall Street Friday, as another zig-zag week for markets closes out following their abrupt loss of momentum this month By STAN CHOE AP … Read More

The numbers behind new lockdowns: England’s Covid outbreak DOUBLES in a week to 6,000 cases a day as SAGE fears R rate is now 1.4, health chiefs announce 18 deaths … Read More

Stocks are drifting in mixed trading on Wall Street Friday, as another zig-zag week for markets closes out following their abrupt loss of momentum this month By STAN CHOE AP … Read More

Another JK Rowling row: Now author is accused of Islamophobia over passage in 2014 book describing murder suspect ‘dressed in a burqa carrying halal takeaway’  JK Rowling has been accused … Read More

Knife made of frozen poo and an alligator that breathes in helium are among the winners of the spoof ‘Ig Nobel’ awards Harvard University’s annual spoof on Nobel Prizes held … Read More

Phones 4u billionaire John Caudwell is blasted for saying government ‘should have let public build up herd immunity’ to Covid (while he resides in £250m ‘Bond villain’ mansion) Tory party … Read More

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The U_S_ will ban the use of WeChat Sunday to “safeguard the national security of the United States.” By MATT OTT AP Business Writer September 18, 2020, 1:29 PM • … Read More

England’s Covid outbreak DOUBLES in a week to 6,000 cases a day as SAGE fears R rate is now 1.4, health chiefs announce 18 deaths in early toll and Matt … Read More