TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday that Group of Seven leaders had agreed to support a “complete” Olympics, but dodged questions about whether any of the leaders had brought up the possibility of postponement. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks with other G7 leaders during […]
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Image copyright Reuters Amazon has said it will hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the US to deal with a surge in sales during the coronavirus pandemic. The online retail giant also said it would increase pay for its staff in the UK, US and Europe. The company’s delivery […]
Negative headlines about organic farming’s carbon footprint are missing the bigger picture about its environmental benefits, say Christel Cederberg and Hayo van der Werf Environment | Comment 16 March 2020 By Christel Cederberg and Hayo van der Werf Organic farming is less efficient, but is is worse for the environment? […]
FILE PHOTO: An empty International Terminal of San Francisco International Airport is pictured after the U.S. air travel ban, in San Francisco, California, U.S. March 13, 2020.REUTERS/Kate Munsch (Reuters) – Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties on Monday ordered residents to stay at home for all but the […]
In Los Angeles, the highly anticipated murder trial of real estate heir Robert Durst has been delayed — along with all other criminal and civil trials. In Cleveland, judges are holding mass bail and plea hearings to reduce the number of people at risk of falling ill while behind bars. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Racing to stall an expected surge of coronavirus cases, the White House released a series of sweeping guidelines that for the next 15 days will temporarily rewrite the norms of American society. President Donald Trump, employing a newly somber tone about the crisis enveloping the globe, urged […]
You may have heard about the 13‑year‑old schoolboy from Leeds called Oliver Cooper who, it has been reported, was sent home after selling precious squirts of hand sanitiser for 50p each. Cooper’s scheme was rumbled when he recklessly tried to sell a squirt to one of his teachers, although not […]
As a wise Kris Jenner once said, “this is a case for the FBI.” On Monday afternoon, Kim Kardashian took to Twitter to share some bizarre news. “Just confused how a lobster is walking on my street in Calabasas! What is happening?!?!?!,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star tweeted, […]