The owner of two hospitals in Bangladesh that issued thousands of fake coronavirus test results has been arrested as he attempted to flee the country, officials have said. Mohammed Shahed, a member of the country’s governing party who regularly appeared on TV talk shows, was wearing a burka when he was arrested on Wednesday by
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Dr Anthony Fauci is the talk of the town in Washington DC – there’s almost a folk-like nostalgia that surrounds him. I was in the park the other day when a couple introduced their dog to me and my son. “What’s his name?” I asked. Image: Dr Fauci says tension with the president is stressful
6:29 PM ET Real Madrid celebrate their La Liga title on Thursday. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his side’s La Liga title win on Thursday tastes sweeter than any of the three Champions League crowns he has led them to. Real clinched their 34th league title with a 2-1 victory
There are two hacking operations associated with Russian intelligence. They go by a variety of names but let’s go with the terminology the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is using. APT28 – where APT stands for Advanced Persistent Threat – is believed to be the hacking arm of the GRU or Russian military
The government has told care homes and the public to immediately stop using coronavirus testing kits produced by a healthcare firm after safety problems were discovered. The government said all labs must pause the use of COVID-19 test kits produced by Randox laboratories “with immediate effect until further notice”. It said the tests, which were
Netflix has warned that its lockdown-driven surge in subscribers is starting to peter out – even as it reported another quarter of bumper growth. The streaming service added 10.1 million customers in the second quarter – beating expectations and meaning it has added 26 million so far this year, compared with 28 million for the
The White House press secretary has revived Donald Trump’s calls for schools to reopen, saying “the science should not stand in the way of this”. Echoing the president’s push for pupils to return to classrooms, Kayleigh McEnany said “we don’t think children should be locked up at home, with devastating consequences”. “You know, the president
Boris Johnson will pledge another £3bn for the NHS as he lays out the next stage of the coronavirus recovery roadmap, amid reports he wants staff to return to work. The prime minister will make the funding pledge to prepare the health service for a second wave of COVID-19 infections as the country heads towards
More than 4,000 people were discharged from hospital into care homes without being tested for COVID-19 around the peak of the pandemic, figures obtained by Sky News reveal. The data from NHS Trusts shows two thirds of elderly patients discharged hadn’t had a coronavirus test. A total of 6,435 elderly patients were discharged between 19
Scientists planning to build one of the world’s largest telescopes on a Hawaii mountain said Wednesday construction won’t begin until at least next year. TMT International Observatory Vice President Gordon Squires told Hawaii News Now that the coronavirus pandemic presents a complicated and unsafe situation for moving ahead. “With the pandemic and other factors that
9:30 AM BST England captain Owen Farrell has signed a new deal with reigning Gallagher Premiership champions Saracens, the club announced on Thursday. Farrell is the latest player to commit his long-term future to the club despite the fact Saracens were relegated to the second tier for salary cap breaches. England internationals Jamie George, Mako
Amber Heard punched Johnny Depp in the face during an argument after her 30th birthday party, the High Court has heard. Depp’s head of security, Sean Bett, who was giving evidence at the actor’s libel action trial against The Sun and its publishers on Thursday morning, said he documented his boss’s bruised face by taking a
The closest images ever taken of the sun have been revealed, showing mini solar flares dotted across its surface. The Solar Orbiter, a European Space Agency satellite designed and built in the UK, took the pictures when it came within 47 million miles of the sun’s surface in mid-June. Known as a perihelion, the close
Russian groups sought to interfere in last year’s general election through the promotion of leaked documents on a potential US-UK trade deal, the government has found. In a written statement to parliament, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab revealed there is an ongoing criminal investigation into the issue. He vowed the UK would “continue to call out
Cryptocurrency scams are a common menace on Twitter. So, unfortunately, are incidents where individual accounts get hacked. Last year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was briefly taken over by a hacker who posted a series of racist and abusive messages. The reason the latest hack is so significant is because it penetrated deep into Twitter’s
A long-awaited report into alleged Russian interference in UK politics will be released within the next week. The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) unanimously agreed on Thursday morning to publish the report before parliament’s summer recess begins next Wednesday. Critics have previously accused the government of sitting on the Russia report for nine months. Image: