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UK at ‘tipping point:’ England braces for more restrictions

Northern England mayors slam UK government’s support package

10:15 pm October 10, 2020

London: Mayors representing big cities in northern England have slammed the British government’s latest wage support package for employees in businesses that may be ordered to close as part of efforts to suppress local coronavirus outbreaks. In a virtual press briefing Saturday, the opposition Labour leaders of the metropolitan areas around Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield sounded […]

Cary Joji Fukunga to direct ‘Masters of the Air’ for Apple

6:54 pm October 9, 2020

Los Angeles: Filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga has set Apple series “Masters of the Air” as his follow-up project to upcoming James Bond movie “No Time To Die” . The project hails from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg who will be producing it through their banners Amblin TV and Playtone, respectively. The miniseries, based on author Donald L Miller’s book “Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air […]

Nobel Literature prize to be awarded after years of tumult

12:38 pm October 8, 2020

Stockholm: The Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded Thursday after several years of controversy and scandal for the world’s pre-eminent literary accolade. In 2018 the award was postponed after sex abuse allegations rocked the Swedish Academy, the secretive body that chooses the winners, and sparked a mass exodus of members. After the academy revamped […]

Current job hard enough: Rishi Sunak dismisses UK PM role speculation

10:31 pm October 5, 2020

London: UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Monday dismissed speculation around him taking over as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister, as he stressed that his job as the finance minister of the country was hard enough. With his handling of a Covid-hit economy scoring high, there has been growing media speculation in recent weeks around Sunak, dubbed “Dishy […]

3 win Nobel medicine prize for discovering hepatitis C virus

8:03 pm October 5, 2020

Washington: Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease that affects millions worldwide. Announcing the prize in Stockholm, the Nobel Committee noted that the trio’s work identified a […]