BEIJING — Both mainland China and Hong Kong reported fewer new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday as strict measures to contain new infections appear to be taking effect. Mainland China announced 36 new cases across the country, down from 43 the previous day. Of those, 28 were in the northwestern […]
Daily Archives: August 3, 2020
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Save me Critterpedia! Australian Reptile Park video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET As a spider and snake noob who moved from the UK to Australia back in 2005. Maybe a dozen times since I arrived I’ve uploaded a picture of a gnarly looking spider to the internet, and fearfully asked, “will […]
UPDATE: Blizzard has confirmed that the Overwatch Summer Games 2020 release date has indeed been set for August 4, 2020, across PS4, Xbox One and PC. The announcement came with a first look at some of the new skins, although most will remain a secret until the event kicks off […]
August 4 will see Sony announce its plans for PS Now for the coming weeks, including what new PS4 games are being added to the service. This news will be revealed alongside the launch of this month’s last remaining PS Plus free game, which includes Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. Call […]
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended the wedding two years ago today. Charlie van Straubenzee was marrying his partner Daisy Jenks, where Harry served as best man. Harry and Charlie have been friends since they attended Ludgrove School together. They go back along way and are still close, it is […]
In 1969, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man to step out on to the moon’s surface in the groundbreaking Apollo 11 mission. Mr Armstrong was joined 22 minutes later by Buzz Aldrin by giving his infamous ‘one small step for man’ speech. But some conspiracy theorists believe the […]
Multiple people were injured when three hot air balloons crashed in Wyoming on Monday morning, authorities said. The crash occurred south of Teton Village, the Teton County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings. The extent […]
Hundreds of nuclear weapons have been tested by the U.S. since WWII, but newer science has replaced the need for live detonations. Galerie Bilderwelt / Hulton Archive via Getty Images Seventy five years ago, on August 6, 1945, a U.S. plane dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This happened […]