Australia first country to place mega order for Merck’s new Covid pill October 6, 2021 Australia will buy 300,000 courses of Merck & Co’s experimental antiviral pill, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said earlier today. The announcement comes as Victoria logged the highest number of daily COVID-19 infections of any state in the country since the pandemic began. The new experimental Covid-19 pill reduced stays in hospital and deaths by half, [...]
First Royal Mail drones take off for remote Orkney Islands to deliver letters and parcels October 6, 2021 Royal Mail has started a two-week trial of scheduled, autonomous flights between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands with Windracers to help better connect remote island communities. The mail giant is using drones to deliver the post. The mail is being carried by a large, twin-engine, UK-built unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) named Ultra [...]
Whistleblower Frances Haugen: Facebook extends users’ stay to drive advertising October 6, 2021 During a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing last night, in which U.S. lawmakers pounced on Facebook, whistleblower Frances Haugen called for transparency about how the social media giant entices users to extend their stay on the site, giving them ample opportunity to advertise to them. Watch the full report.
Biden administration reveals the US has 3,750 nuclear weapons October 6, 2021 The number of US nuclear weapons, including those in active status as well as those in long-term storage, stood at 3,750 as of September last year, the State Department has revealed. That is down from 3,805 a year earlier and 3,785 in 2018. The Biden administration decided to disclose the number of nuclear weapons in [...]
Britain’s could see its biggest ever lottery winner as EuroMillions jackpot swells to £172m October 6, 2021 One person could become Britain’s biggest ever National Lottery winner if a single ticketholder scoops the entire sum in Friday’s EuroMillions draw. The EuroMillions jackpot is an estimated £172m. On Tuesday, the winning main EuroMillions numbers were 11, 13, 14, 36, 45 and the winning lucky star numbers were 07, 09. No-one won the top [...]
96-year old Nazi concentration camp secretary released despite going on the run October 5, 2021 A woman who worked for years as the secretary of a concentration camp’s SS commander was released from detention today, only five days after the 96-year old was taken into custody for skipping the start of her trial in northern Germany. The German woman was picked up by police on Thursday, a few hours after [...]
Foreign office confirms UK officials are in Afghanistan for direct talks with Taliban October 5, 2021 Representatives from the UK Foreign Office have travelled to Afghanistan and held talks with the Taliban, the government confirmed this afternoon. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said Sir Simon Gass, the Prime Minister’s High Representative for Afghan Transition, and Charge d’Affaires of the UK Mission to Afghanistan in Doha Dr Martin Longden, had travelled [...]
Shortages: Boris Johnson denies crisis exists as he calls supply chain ‘fantastic’ October 5, 2021 The Prime Minister today he is “not worried” about the staffing shortages which have played a role in petrol pumps running dry and risk a mass pig cull and shortages this Christmas. Boris Johnson played down the prospect that rising inflation rates could cancel out wage growth as he pins his long-term hopes on transitioning [...]
Fuel crisis: Watch as British soldiers drive tanker trucks across southern England October 5, 2021 British military personnel were seen driving tanker trucks out of a depot in southern England on Tuesday, after the army was ordered to help tackle the gasoline shortages and chaotic panic buying that have gripped the country. Watch the full report.
Covid protection from Pfizer vaccine drops to 47 per cent six months after second dose October 5, 2021 The effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech SE vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47 per cent from 88 per cent six months after the second dose, according to data published that U.S. health agencies considered when deciding on the need for booster shots. Watch the full report.
