Brigitte Macron, 67, will self-isolate after the French First Lady came into contact with a person who has Covid-19 Brigitte Macron, 67, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, 42, is isolating Statement said she had contact with a person who had tested covid-19 positive Mrs Macron currently has no symptoms of covid and is isolating … Read more
Kim Kardashian would not reveal who she will be voting for in the 2020 US presidential election while talking politics on during her appearance on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman. Letterman pressed the aspiring lawyer over her candidate of choice while touching on her decision to work with President Trump during several of her … Read more
Twitter removes ‘misleading’ tweet from top Trump Covid adviser Dr Scott Atlas that said masks don’t work The tweet in question was shared by Dr Scott Atlas and reads: ‘Masks work? No’ Atlas also shared places where he says ‘cases exploded even with mandates’ Twitter subsequently removed the tweet, saying it violated the platform’s Covid-19 … Read more
Millions of people across France‘s largest cities are enjoying their last night of freedom ahead of the strict 9pm curfew which came into force on Friday night. France is fighting against a resurgent epidemic that has now filled a third of the country’s intensive care units with COVID-19 patients and is again putting Europe to … Read more
No one can fault his timing. Bill Bryson, the much-loved and arguably the most successful travel writer there’s ever been, is hanging up his pen just as it’s become impossible to travel anywhere. At least, almost impossible. I’m not sure Bryson would go a bundle on swabs being shoved up his nose 72 hours before … Read more
Sweden hasn’t suffered a ‘second wave’ of Covid-19 because it has some immunity and kept its messaging clear and consistent – unlike the bungling UK government, top experts say. The Scandinavian country has become a talking point during the pandemic for its resistance to impose a national lockdown like its European neighbours. Anders Wallensten, deputy … Read more
Germany reports a record 6,638 new cases of coronavirus, its highest total of the pandemic but still far lower than its European neighbours Germany reported 6,638 new cases of coronavirus Thursday and 33 deaths Cases increased sharply this week, and are 60 per cent higher than last week Total is also the highest for Germany … Read more
French museum accuses China of trying to rewrite history after Beijing demands Genghis Khan exhibition not use the words ‘Genghis Khan’, Mongol or Empire Exhibition at the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne in Nantes suspended for 3 years Historians at the Inner Mongolia Muesum in Hohhot, China, had been assisting But when officials in Beijing caught … Read more
Amazon will NOT be impacted by £500m digital services tax – but smaller retailers will be, HMRC admits Two per cent on tax on internet giants will not impact Amazon, HMRC admits Treasury said Digital Services Tax would make companies pay ‘fair contribution’ Business leaders say the tax is penalising smaller companies who use Amazon … Read more
Irish court REJECTS attempt by France to extradite British man convicted in his absence of murdering movie producer’s wife outside her holiday home in Cork Ian Bailey, 63, wanted in France over 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier British journalist was convicted of her killing in absentia in France last year Ireland’s High Court … Read more