[ad_1] Sign up for The Guardian’s First Thing newsletter Donald Trump repeated his baseless claims of voter fraud on Friday, as it seemed increasingly likely that the president would refuse to accept the election results and admit defeat. With Joe Biden leading the vote in Georgia and Pennsylvania, two states …
Read More »Bulgarian authorities test people in the vicinity of mink farms for COVID – EURACTIV.com
[ad_1] Bulgarian health authorities said on Friday (November 6) that they have ordered massive PCR tests for COVID-19 on people in the vicinity of the two mink farms in the country, following the recent mink-related health scare in Denmark. The Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev announced the news exclusively …
Read More »Denmark vows to kill millions of minks even after WHO minimizes risk of Covid mutation
[ad_1] Denmark on Friday defended its decision to kill millions of minks even after the World Health Organization downplayed fears of a mutated coronavirus strain, the discovery of which precipitated the move. “All the remaining mink will now be euthanized, including the uninfected and otherwise healthy mink,” Danish Foreign Minister …
Read More »Amphibian trapped in amber is the first known ‘tongue thrower’
[ad_1] New research looking at some ancient fossils uncovers a new species of amphibians. The animal belonged to the albanerpetontid family and provides the oldest known evidence of a slingshot-style tongue. The skull encased in amber. Image credits Florida Museum / Edward Stanley. The fossils had previously been analyzed and …
Read More »Astronomers uncover clues that reveal the mystery of fast radio bursts
[ad_1] Fast Radio Bursts, or FRBs, powerful millisecond-long radio waves coming from deep space outside the Milky Way, are among the most mysterious astronomical phenomena ever observed. Since FRBs were first discovered in 2007, astronomers around the world have used radio telescopes to track the bursts and look for clues …
Read More »Living with a Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 +
[ad_1] High-end Android tablets are a bit rare on the market. Apple has had success with its iPad Pro, firmly targeting the creative community, while most Android tablets are a bit more pedestrian and offer relatively basic functionality at a good price. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 + is therefore …
Read More »EY faces £ 1bn lawsuit for audit work for NMC Health
[ad_1] NMC Health administrators are preparing to sue EY for over £ 1 billion over claims that the Big Four auditing firm was negligent when it signed the group’s accounts during a multi-million dollar “long-term” fraud. NMC Health, the former healthcare group FTSE 100, collapsed this year after discovering that …
Read More »Controller for PS5 and Xbox series delayed to 2021
[ad_1] The next-gen version of Control: Ultimate Edition for PS5 and Xbox Series was delayed until early 2021. Remedy Entertainment revealed the news in Twitter, issuing a short statement: “Control Ultimate Edition is coming to next-gen platforms in early 2021. We want the final quality of the game to be …
Read More »Apple ‘One More Thing’ Event Predictions: New Macs and More
[ad_1] Just weeks after the launches of the new Apple Watch and iPhone 12, Apple is back once again to celebrate its final event of 2020, aptly named One More Thing. The event is expected to be prerecorded and will be shown on Apple’s website and YouTube channels starting at …
Read More »WHO regrets erosion of progress made by COVID-19 in Africa’s war on polio
[ad_1] VCG Image The COVID-19 pandemic is eroding the progress made in Africa’s fight against polio, leaving many children at risk, according to the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom. Tedros noted that the world has shifted focus to address the spread of COVID-19 at the …
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