[ad_1] Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who made the South Korean company a global name, has passed away at the age of 78. Under Lee’s leadership, Samsung became the world’s largest producer of smartphones and memory chips, with a total turnover equivalent to one-fifth of South Korea’s GDP. Known for …
Read More »Until the last moment: Hindley and Geoghegan Hart face off to decide the Giro d’Italia
[ad_1] Jai Hindley (Team Sunweb) or Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) will win the 2020 Giro d’Italia and the result will be decided by a 15.7km time trial in Milan on Sunday afternoon. Beyond that, nobody knows. After 3,345.2 kilometers of running from Palermo to the Alps, through sun, wind, …
Read More »Johnson Will Wait for US Election Result Before No Deal Brexit Decision | Brexit
[ad_1] Senior figures in European governments believe Boris Johnson is waiting for the outcome of the US presidential election before finally deciding whether to risk plunging the UK into a no-deal Brexit, according to a former British ambassador to the EU. Ivan Rogers, who was the UK’s permanent representative in …
Read More »Amy Coney Barrett Faces Disqualification Questions Over Shell Links | US News
[ad_1] Amy Coney Barrett is poised to issue critical rulings on whether oil and gas companies will be held liable for the effects of the climate crisis once it is confirmed before the Supreme Court, even though she has acknowledged in the past that she has a conflict of interests. …
Read More »Coronavirus: Falling Rates in University Areas Could Be Hiding a Wider Outbreak in Cities Science and Technology News
[ad_1] Falling rates of COVID-19 among students could be masking an underlying epidemic, Sky News investigation revealed. the Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said this week that Level 3 restrictions they were unnecessary because cases in the city were falling. Our analysis suggests that this is true when looking at …
Read More »Friday Report: Silenced Trump Fails to Hit the Final Debate | World News
[ad_1] Main story: ‘One of the most racist presidents in history’ Good morning to all. I am Martin Farrer and this is the main news this morning. Joe Biden and Donald Trump last met before the November 3 U.S. election in the final televised debate in which they offered contrasting …
Read More »Brexit UK Makes History With Staggering £ 15 Billion Trade Deal With Japan | Politics | News
[ad_1] The excellent union with the third largest economy in the world is the first since the UK left the European Union in January. The Secretary of International Trade, Liz Truss, will sign the agreement in Tokyo with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Motegi Toshimitsu. Other deals with …
Read More »10 Key Announcements From Boris Johnson’s Coronavirus Press Conference
[ad_1] The Prime Minister appeared today at the lectern in Downing Street, giving a press conference to the nation in a televised address at around 4pm. Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave a live coronavirus update from 10 Downing St. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled his latest support package …
Read More »Coronavirus: Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine ‘Behaves As Desired’, Analysis Finds | UK News
[ad_1] The COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca has been shown to work as planned by new analysis. A team from the University of Bristol developed a method to check that the inoculation contains all the correct parts, providing further evidence that the vaccine works. …
Read More »Coronavirus: Test and Trace Reaches Lowest Weekly Number With Less Than 60% Contacts Reached, Latest Report Shows | UK News
[ad_1] The NHS Test and Trace system has had its lowest weekly figure since the scheme began, with fewer than 60% close contacts of people testing positive for coronavirus. Only 59.6% of people in England were reached through the system in the week ending October 14, according to the latest …
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