Michael Gove is visiting Israel to study a COVID “green pass” smartphone app that could soon be the model for vaccine passports in the UK. The Cabinet Office minister, in charge of a Whitehall study into how coronavirus certification might work in the UK, has been a big fan of the Israeli scheme for weeks.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he did not find out about the European Super League until its announcement – and stood by previous comments in opposition to the idea. Speaking on Monday Night Football on Sky Sports, Klopp was asked about comments in 2019 in which he said he hoped such a competition would
Lebanon’s Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (or Rai) greets supporters on February 27, 2021 at the Maronite Patriarchate in the mountain village of Bkerki, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon on February 27, 2021. Houssam Shbaro | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Lebanon’s most senior Christian cleric, Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, called for a meeting with Iranian-backed
The fate of Derek Chauvin is now in the hands of 12 jurors. Selected after an exhaustive process, a dozen Minnesotans – six white, six black or mixed-race, aged between their 20s and 60s – are now the focus of a nation’s expectations. Three weeks of testimony have been distilled into a few hours of
Travel from India to the UK is being banned for non-UK and Irish citizens from 4am on Friday after the country was added to the travel “red list”. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the “vital but difficult” decision was made due to a new COVID variant first identified in India, of which 103 cases have
NASA successfully flew the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars on Monday, according to data and images sent back to Earth. “Altimeter data confirms that Ingenuity has performed its first flight – the first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet,” announced an engineer in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the control room cheered. A short
Audi has just shown the future of their electric sedans with the A6 e-tron concept, which debuted at the Shanghai auto show today. The sedan is based on a new platform that Audi is calling “Premium Platform Electric” or “PPE” for short, developed in collaboration with Porsche. This platform will enable Audi to offer several
Godzilla Shark, a monster shark whose fossilised skeleton was discovered in New Mexico in 2013, has been named ‘Dracopristis Hoffmanorum’, or ‘Hoffman’s Dragon Shark’, by researchers. The fossils of the 6.7-foot-long shark that lived 300 million years ago were unearthed during a dig at the Manzano Mountains, about 50km from Albuquerque in New Mexico, by
Anne Boden, CEO of Starling Bank, speaking at Web Summit 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images LONDON — British digital bank Starling has raised £50 million ($69 million) in funding from Goldman Sachs. The fresh cash comes on top of a £272 million investment round Starling announced
It’s Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, and while pandemic restrictions have seen some celebs showing up on their laptops for other ceremonies in slightly more casual attire than they perhaps would in person (yes, we’re looking at you, Jason Sudeikis), rest assured the Oscars is pulling out all the stops to bring back a
The prime minister’s trip to India next week has been cancelled, Downing Street has confirmed. India is experiencing a surge in cases of COVID-19, while there are fears about the emergence of a new variant of the virus in the country. Announcing the decision, the British and Indian governments said in a joint statement: “In
Thousands of people are being evacuated from Table Mountain in Cape Town where winds are continuing to fan forest fires towards neighbourhoods. Around 250 firefighters are trying to control the blaze as thick smoke obscures visibility throughout the city centre. Reports said up to 50,000 people were being moved to safety as helicopters continued to
Vandals have targeted the former home of a witness who testified in Derek Chauvin’s defence in the trial of the killing of George Floyd. Police were called after a group of people dressed in black sprayed the property with blood and dumped a pig’s head on the porch at around 3am on Saturday. The house
Families and friends have been able to reunite after a long-anticipated travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand opened. The start of quarantine-free travel was a relief for families who have been separated by the coronavirus pandemic as well as struggling tourist operators. It marked the first, tentative steps towards what both countries hope will
Electricity pylons are seen in front of the cooling towers of the coal-fired power station of German energy giant RWE in Weisweiler, western Germany, on January 26, 2021. INA FASSBENDER | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The world’s dependency on fossil fuels is likely to get even worse in the coming decades, exacerbating the
What kind of job do you recommend to someone who wants to get rich? Probably lawyer, banker, investor, software engineer, journalist, or doctor, right? Wait, one of those doesn’t belong. Indeed — you don’t go into media to become a multimillionaire, or even a millionaire, or even a thousandaire. You go into media out of