A fresh effort is under way to refloat a giant container ship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal. Canal authorities say 14 tugboats are trying to take advantage of Saturday’s high tide…
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Myanmar: US ‘horrified’ by deadliest day since military takeover
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Washington is “horrified” by Saturday’s deaths in Myanmar. Dozens of people were killed by security forces during protests on the deadliest…
USA: Sharon Osbourne leaves US show ‘The Talk’ after racism row
TV personality Sharon Osbourne has left US chat show The Talk after a heated on-air debate about racism earlier this month. Osbourne defended broadcaster Piers Morgan over his criticism of…
UK: Boris Johnson urged to share vaccines with poorer nations
A group of charities is urging the prime minister to “swiftly clarify” how many Covid vaccine doses the UK is prepared to donate to poorer countries Save the Children and…
USA: Apophis asteroid will not hit Earth for 100 years, Nasa says
Earthlings can breathe a sigh of relief after US space agency Nasa confirmed the planet was “safe” from a once-feared asteroid for the next 100 years at least. Nasa had…
UK: Charity kept Meghan Markle donation secret until Oprah interview
A charity has said the Duchess of Sussex’s interview with Oprah Winfrey prompted it to speak out about a £10,000 donation she made. Meghan gifted the money to Himmah, which…
Skylab: The myth of the strike in space
It’s been almost half a century since the three astronauts on board the Skylab 4 space mission famously fell out with mission control. Soon afterwards, reports began to circulate that…
German: Covid Easter U-turn shakes Merkel’s cool, calm image
It’s not often a world leader insists so openly on taking the blame. In newsrooms across Europe journalists looked on baffled as Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that a strict Easter…
Germany: ‘Ice-cream toothache’: Cold food and drinks pain explained
Scientists believe they have worked out why biting down on ice or drinking something really cold causes excruciating pain for some people. They have located the cells and signals in…
USA: Georgia voting restriction law is ‘atrocity’ -Biden
US President Joe Biden has likened a new voting law in the state of Georgia to racist policies of the 20th Century American South, calling it an atrocity. The law…