North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has placed one city in lockdown over fears the country has its first coronavirus case. He believed “the vicious virus” may have entered the country after a resident in Kaesong, on the border with South Korea, displayed suspected COVID-19 symptoms, North Korea’s Central News Agency reported. The lockdown was
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10:26 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Maximum Security won the $150,000 San Diego Handicap in a photo finish at Del Mar on Saturday, his first start in five months for new trainer Bob Baffert. Under new rider Abel Cedillo, Maximum Security caught pacesetter Midcourt at the top of the stretch and outlasted
Poland is to withdraw from a European treaty aimed at preventing violence against women. The country’s justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro said the treaty “contains elements of an ideological nature, which we consider harmful”. Mr Ziobro said on Saturday that his ministry would ask the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy to begin the withdrawal
Kanye West has apologised to his wife Kim Kardashian West for discussing their personal problems in public. Hours after being visited at his ranch by fellow musician Justin Bieber, the rapper used a public forum, Twitter, to tell her he was sorry for “going public with something that was a private matter”. Acknowledging he had
Tui has cancelled all holidays to mainland Spain for two weeks after Britain imposed a quarantine on those returning from the country. “TUI UK have taken the decision to cancel all holidays to mainland Spain up to and including Sunday 9 August 2020,” the UK’s biggest tour operator said in a statement. “We know how
The UK’s biggest tour operator, Tui, has suspended all flights from Spain and the Canary Islands scheduled to leave today. Andrew Flintham, managing director of Tui UK and Ireland, made the announcement on Saturday evening hours before new rules came into force for UK travellers. It comes after the government added Spain and the islands
Tony Blair has told Sky News the UK is going to be living with COVID-19, not eliminating it, for the foreseeable future. He has urged Boris Johnson to put measures in place to contain and control the virus to prevent a new surge of cases in the autumn. The former prime minister has also accused
Peter Green, a co-founder of rock band Fleetwood Mac, has died aged 73, his family has said. Swan Turton, solicitors acting on behalf of his family, said in a statement: “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep. “A further statement will be
Robotic-Assisted Surgery (RAS) is a surgical procedure that involves robotic instruments to treat patients with diseases such as colorectal cancer. As opposed to the traditional surgical methods, robotic surgeries are deemed less “painful” with “fewer complications” according to Intuitive India, one of the companies that has been working in this space since 1995. This surgical method
Britain’s biggest steel producer is encouraging the government to take a big stake in the company as part of a plan to preserve the long-term future of the vast Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales. Sky News has learnt that Tata Steel has presented proposals to Whitehall in recent weeks aimed at securing a state
Tens of thousands of people in the far eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk have taken part in a protest march over the arrest of a popular regional governor on murder charges. Following his detention earlier in July, Sergei Furgal was flown 3,800 miles to Moscow where he has been in jail for two months. His
A TV news reporter in the US has revealed how she found out she had cancer after a viewer sent her an email raising concern about a lump on her neck. Victoria Price, a correspondent with NBC affiliate WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida, said she was alerted last month by a sharp-eyed member of the public,
Grime artist Wiley’s management company says it has dropped him over antisemitism accusations – and Twitter has banned him for seven days. The firm, A-List Management, has “cut all ties” with the British musician, 41, following a series of social media posts made on accounts belonging to him, his manager John Woolf said. Wiley, known
A devastating surge of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles is hitting one small community hardest of all, it has been revealed. People with heritage in the Pacific Islands have been found to have the highest infection rate of any racial or ethnic group in LA County. Image: The Ali family has been labelled ‘the COVID
It’s no exaggeration to say the next month is critical in the UK’s fight against coronavirus. Tomorrow is our final Sophy Ridge on Sunday before we break for the summer and MPs return to their constituencies for the summer recess. With infection rates relatively low, August provides a breathing space to get organised. Image: Boris
US officials and scientists have begun laying the groundwork for a more secure “virtually unhackable” internet based on quantum computing technology. At a presentation Thursday, Department of Energy (DOE) officials issued a report that lays out a blueprint strategy for the development of a national quantum Internet, using laws of quantum mechanics to transmit information