Evergrande shares suspended in Hong Kong amid takeover rumours October 4, 2021 Turmoil in Hong Kong this morning, as trading in shares from property giant Evergrande Group and its real estate management unit Evergrande Property Services have been suspended. The companies’ filings did not specify why the shares were stopped from trading. Cailian, a Chinese online news service affiliated with the state-run newspaper Securities Times, said another [...]
Your third Covid shot is coming: All you need to know about booster vaccines October 3, 2021 It seems inevitable: a third Covid shot is coming your way this Autumn. Two jabs may not give us sufficient protection, or at least not in the long term. Booster jabs are being offered as part of a ramped-up vaccine campaign in England. Some 1.5 million people will be contacted and encouraged to use the [...]
City corruption: Company of Tory donor Ayman Asfari paid tens of millions in bribes across Middle East October 3, 2021 A company whose biggest shareholder is a major Tory donor did not stop its employees from paying out more than £32m in bribes in order to secure a range of contracts across the Middle East. Petrofac, one of the world’s largest service providers to oil and gas producers, won business worth £2.7bn in Iraq, Saudi [...]
London, Paris and New York: The cities that migrate faster to flexible working October 3, 2021 New York, Paris, London, Berlin and Frankfurt are primed for a faster transition to hybrid working, given the comparatively high office costs, already flexible working practices and extended lockdowns earlier this year and in 2020. On the other hand, less flexible working cultures in Mumbai, Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City mean that any transition [...]
New Covid-19 pill in Germany exceeds all expectations as it reduces Coronavirus deaths by half October 3, 2021 A new experimental Covid-19 pill reduced stays in hospital and deaths by half, according to German multinational science and technology company Merck. In fact, an independent group of medical experts that monitored the trial recommended stopping it early because the interim results were so strong, beating all expectations. The company said today it would soon [...]
Fat but fit: Exercise and fitness more important than diets and shedding pounds October 3, 2021 People should concentrate on exercise rather than dieting for a longer life as they can be ‘fat but fit’, according to new research. Two researchers, In a new review that brings together numerous studies, claim that when it comes to getting healthy and cutting the risk of dying early, doing more exercise and improving fitness [...]
Government writes to thousands of Germans in the UK: ‘Please drive a lorry’ October 2, 2021 The government has sent out thousands of letters to German nationals based in the UK, urging them to consider a career as a lorry driver, even if they have never driven one before. The letters, signed by transport minister Baroness Vere, encourages people to “consider returning” to the HGV driving sector. It is understood Germans [...]
Watch as Russia hosts its first royal wedding in more than a century October 2, 2021 Russia’s former Imperial capital hosted the wedding of a descendant of the Russian royal family in the first such event in more than a century. Watch the full report.
Pfizer and Moderna down: Merck’s stock skyrockets after its new Covid antiviral pill smashes all expectations October 1, 2021 Shares in US science giant Merck are up by more than 10 per cent this afternoon after the company revealed a newly developed Covid-19 pill smashes all expectations. As a result, vaccine giants across the board are down, Pfizer by nearly 2 per cent, Moderna 4.7 per cent and Novavax dropped by 7.5%. The companies [...]
Man who attacked 5G mast from BT has ‘severe mental health problems’ October 1, 2021 A judge said this afternoon that a man who set fire to a 5G mast – causing £100,000 of damage – was suffering from “severe mental health problems.” David Patterson, 41, was given a suspended prison sentence at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday after Judge Sarah Mallett heard how he was now responding well to [...]
