Rupert Young, the twin brother of UK singer and Pop Idol winner Will, has died at the age of 41. A spokesperson for the singer confirmed the death and requested privacy for the star and his family “during this very difficult and sad time”. The singer had spoken in the […]
Month: August 2020
JAKARTA: Indonesia recorded 1,922 new coronavirus infections today, bringing the total number of cases in the Southeast Asian country to 115,056, official data by the country’s Covid-19 task force showed. The data also showed there were 86 additional deaths, taking the overall number of fatalities to 5,388.
The firm which bought Thomas Cook shops has said up to 878 employees out of 4,500 may lose their jobs because of new coronavirus travel restrictions. Hays Travel took on more than 2,000 former Thomas Cook employees when it went bust in October last year. Owners John and Irene Hays […]
The children sang rhymes and answered questions, with some of them speaking of the loudspeaker as ‘Speaker Brother’ or ‘Speaker Sister’. One overcast morning in a farming village in hilly western India, a group of schoolchildren sat on the mud floor of a wooden shed for their first class in […]
The White House said in a statement the order will “create a policy where Federal agencies will focus on United States labor in lucrative Federal contracts” as it will be :unfair” for federal government agencies to “ replace perfectly qualified Americans with workers from other countries”. President Donald Trump signed […]
President Moon Jae-in was set to hold an emergency meeting today, after he had urged national and regional authorities to ‘make all-out efforts to prevent further loss of life’ the previous day. SEOUL: Days of heavy rain caused floods in South Korea that have forced more than 1,000 people […]
The post further details how the caretakers are able to determine the flirty nature of the African grey parrot named Larry. “How can you tell when an African grey parrot is being flirty?” this is how a Facebook post by Zoo Atlanta begins and as you read the post, or […]
Donald Trump has said the US should get a cut from the sale of TikTok’s US unit if it is bought by an American firm. The US president said he made a demand for a “substantial portion” of the purchase price in a phone call at the weekend with Microsoft’s […]
Hurricane Isaias has blasted in to North Carolina, crossing the coast 40 miles (65km) south-west of Wilmington. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) posted a statement on social media saying that Isaias made landfall at 23:10 EDT (03:10 GMT Tuesday). It added that the hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 85mph […]
The affordable alternative to the Pixel 4 is available for pre-orders starting Aug 4. And guess what, the fingerprint sensor’s back. If you were tasked to create an affordably delicious ice cream sundae but only given a three ingredient limit, what would you load it with? It’s not as odd […]