A new strain of COVID-19 was identified in the UK just before Christmas – the Kent variant – and since then others have been discovered. This week, Public Health England confirmed at least 38 cases of a new Covid strain that was first
Aldi will launch its first flat-bottomed Easter egg next month. Its bottom is square instead of round so that less plastic can be used in its packaging. The discount retailer’s non-round egg is called the Geometric Egg. Made of blonde chocolate, it has
Germany suffered its largest economic contraction since 2009 last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with gross domestic product shrinking by six percent. Industry leaders are now calling on Ms Merkel to publish a strategy allowing pandemic restrictions to lift to help
Barclays has paid its chief executive, Jes Staley, £4m and handed larger bonuses to its bankers despite a 30% drop in annual profits during the Covid crisis. Pre-tax profits fell to £3.1bn for 2020 from £4.4bn a year earlier, with earnings hit
It looks like we’re going to be wearing cloth face masks for a while, which is all the more reason to find one that you like. The CDC has been recommending that people wear masks when going out in public for weeks.
A few months ago, as Bobbi Brown beamed onto my Zoom screen from her home in Sag Harbor, New York, we exchanged pleasantries and marveled at the absurdity of the moment: To get the best lighting and camera angle for our call, we were
A strong 7.1-magnitude earthquake has taken place off the eastern coast of Japan, but no tsunami warning has been issued, Japanese authorities have said. The quake on Saturday produced powerful shaking along parts of Japan’s eastern coast, and was felt strongly in Tokyo,
Five Senate Republicans voted with the Democrats on Saturday, that the Senate should call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The surprise vote, which was likely to stall a trial which had been expected to end in acquittal on Saturday, came
Microsoft has issued an update alert to Windows 10 users, which will affect some PC fans running an older version of the OS. In just a few months time Windows 10 1909 will reach its end of support. Windows 10 1909 – which is
Another week, another awful moment for Alisson Becker, another defeat for Liverpool. A restorative clean sheet had beckoned, then a draw when he would have at least been blameless. But instead Ozan Kabak capped a sadly hapless Liverpool debut by trying to hook