Lady Gaga offers $500,000 reward for two stolen dogs
Pop superstar Lady Gaga is offering a $500,000 reward for the return of her French bulldogs Koji and Gustav that were stolen in Hollywood, a source familiar with the matter said ...
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Shift to sun, ski and suburbs gives Airbnb advantage over hotels
Airbnb’s quarterly results are likely to show the pandemic may have helped the home rental company lure leisure travelers away from big hotels during the global travel collapse of 2020.
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EU leaders seek ways to speed up vaccine rollout in race against variants
European Union leaders met on Thursday to find ways to speed up the production and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in a race against the emergence of new variants that some ...
US report on Khashoggi death expected to single out Saudi crown prince
A declassified version of a U.S. intelligence report expected to be released on Thursday finds that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, ...
France v Scotland postponed after new Covid case
France’s Six Nations game against Scotland was postponed after another player tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number infected to 11, organisers said on Thursday.
“The Six Nations Testing ...
WHO: Debilitating ‘long-Covid’ may have severe impacts
Thousands of COVID-19 patients continue to suffer serious, debilitating and lingering symptoms many months after their initial bout of infection, with major social, health and economic consequences, European health experts ...
China denies requiring US diplomats to take anal Covid tests
China’s foreign ministry denied on Thursday that U.S. diplomats in the country had been required to take anal swab tests for COVID-19, following media reports that some had ...
Vaccines ‘encouraged’ but not compulsory for athletes at Olympics
Athletes are being encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the Tokyo Olympics but it will not be compulsory, IOC Vice President John Coates said on Thursday.
“Not compulsory, ...
Armenian PM warns of coup attempt after military demanded his resignation
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warned of an attempted military coup against him on Thursday after the army demanded he and his government resign in a statement.
Pashinyan has faced ...
Suspected bombmakers accused of complicity in Malta journalist’s murder
Two men suspected of supplying the bomb that killed Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia faced formal charges in a late-night court appearance under heavy security by armed police.
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Robots at reception: South African hotel turns to machines to beat pandemic
By Kirthana Pillay
Staff at Hotel Sky in Johannesburg’s wealthy Sandton district adhere to strict COVID-19 protocols, wearing masks and physically distancing from guests as much as possible; all, ...
Coronavirus: Efforts to find treatments, vaccines for Covid-19
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.
Some common-cold antibodies might help ...
UK needs £100bn more in support for business — think tank
British finance minister Rishi Sunak should follow the lead of the United States by announcing a £100 billion stimulus push in next week’s budget to fuel an economic recovery from ...
Green vaccination pass required at Israeli concert
It was an event that could set a precedent in a world longing for a return to normal – a music concert attended by scores of Israelis vaccinated against Covid-19.
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Father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson drowns in Brazil
The father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker drowned in a lake near his holiday home in southern Brazil on Wednesday, local police said.
Jose Becker, 57, had been swimming at a ...
Australia passes new media law, Facebook and Google to pay for news
The Australian parliament on Thursday passed a new law designed to force Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc to pay media companies for content used on their platforms in ...
Man City stretch winning run with 2-0 victory over Gladbach
Bernardo Silva scored once and set up another as Manchester City eased to a 2-0 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach in their Champions League last 16 first leg on Wednesday.
City, who ...
Mendy fires late winner as Real struggle to beat 10-man Atalanta
Ferland Mendy popped up with a late winner to earn lacklustre Real Madrid a 1-0 win over 10-man Atalanta in Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 first leg.
Real’s task ...
Biden CIA nominee Burns calls China an ‘authoritarian adversary’
US President Joe Biden’s nominee to be director of the CIA, William Burns, told a Senate committee on Wednesday that he saw competition with China – and countering its “adversarial, ...
Apple supplier Foxconn teams up with Fisker to make electric vehicles
Electric-car maker Fisker Inc said it will work with Apple Inc supplier Foxconn to produce more than 250,000 vehicles a year beginning in late 2023, sending its shares up 18 per cent.
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Alli and Bale impress in Spurs rout of Wolfsberg
Dele Alli and Gareth Bale staked their claims for places in Tottenham Hotspur’s first team with superbly-taken goals in a 4-0 victory over Austrian club Wolfsberg in the Europa ...
Milan prosecutors order food delivery groups to hire riders, pay €733mn in fines
Milan prosecutors said on Wednesday they had ordered four major food delivery companies to officially hire more than 60,000 workers and pay a total of 733 million euros ($889 million) in fines after ...
Trump may soon have to answer rape allegations under oath
During a December visit to New York City, writer E. Jean Carroll says she went shopping with a fashion consultant to find the “best outfit” for one of the most ...
Dutch report record catch of more than 23 tonnes of cocaine
Customs authorities in Hamburg and Antwerp have seized a record haul of more than 23 tonnes of cocaine destined for the Netherlands in two raids this month, Dutch prosecutors said on ...