All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate. The tighter border restrictions announced by Boris Johnson are aimed at protecting the progress made with the rollout of vaccines in the face of new coronavirus variants being found around the world. It had already been announced everyone
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NASA declared the Mars digger dead Thursday after failing to burrow deep into the red planet to take its temperature. Scientists in Germany spent two years trying to get their heat probe, dubbed the mole, to drill into the Martian crust. But the 16-inch-long (40-centimetre) device that is part of NASA’s InSight lander couldn’t gain
The reflection of bitcoins in a computer hard drive. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images LONDON — A British man who accidentally threw out a hard drive with a trove of bitcoin on it is once again urging local city officials to let him search for it in a landfill site. James Howells, a
A grime artist who was serving 24 years in jail for imprisoning and repeatedly raping four women has had his sentence increased by six years. Solo 45, whose real name is Andy Anokye, was found guilty of 21 rapes, five counts of false imprisonment, two counts of assault by penetration and two of actual bodily
CBS News on Friday unveiled a series of changes to its lineup of assignments for correspondents in Washington, D.C. Nancy Cordes, who has covered Capitol Hill for 12 years, moves to chief White House correspondent. Ed O’Keefe, political correspondent since 2018, will become senior White House and political correspondent. Weijia Jiang will be senior White
The morning after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti revealed that the County Board of Supervisors is considering new business closures in case of an increase in Covid-19 numbers, the board was reportedly doing just that behind closed doors on Friday. While there has been some disagreement about whether cases are dropping, have stabilized or begun
Philip J. Smith, who as the longtime chairman of Broadway’s Shubert Organization was one of the most influential and powerful forces in American theater, died today in New York City of complications of Covid-19. He was 89. Smith’s death was confirmed by daughters Linda Phillips and Jennifer Stein. Smith retired from his position as chairman
Dream pop/electronica band Sweet Trip have returned with a pair of new tracks. Listen to “Walkers Beware! We Drive Into the Sun” and “Stab-Slow” below. The former track will appear on Roberto Burgos and Valerie Cooper’s forthcoming album A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals, their first LP in 12 years. It’s set to
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On a Friday afternoon in the middle of January – when we should all be squirreling away for the end of the working week – there are roughly 580 tweets an hour about Bridgerton. After all, there is so much to say. From the costumes and the characters to the Duke with his… spoon… the
Check out the new The Terror Season 1 Episode 3 Clip starring Ciarán Hinds! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Learn more about this show on Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_terror/s01/e03?cmp=RTTV_YouTube_Desc US Air Date: April 1, 2018 Starring: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Ciarán Hinds Network: AMC Synopsis: With the “thing on the
ET’s Lauren Zima skyped with ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ alum Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert the morning after welcoming baby number two… in their closet! Exclusives from #ETonline : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv
Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany star as Wanda Maximoff and Vision in Marvel’s “WandaVision.” Disney “WandaVision,” Marvel’s first scripted series for Disney+, arrives on Friday, kicking off a stacked slate of interconnected superhero content. This new show centers around Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany), characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, who fell
The UK economy returned to a reverse gear in November as tightened coronavirus restrictions took their toll on the fightback from the steepest recession on record, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a 2.6% slump in output during the month – building on a loss of momentum that began late
Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned space company Blue Origin aims to carry the first passengers on its New Shepard space vehicle as early as April, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Blue Origin completed the fourteenth test flight of its New Shepard rocket booster and capsule on Thursday, marking one of the last
Surveillance cameras are mounted on a post at Tiananmen Square as snow falls in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — A new report reveals patent applications belonging to Huawei and a group of China-based artificial intelligence companies for systems that can detect people who
Director Sam Pollard grew up in a house with three pictures on the wall – Martin Luther King Jr, John F. Kennedy and Jesus. Two of those childhood role models made it into his latest documentary, MLK/FBI. Early influences aside, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker says what’s extraordinary about the film is that it’s centred on information,
The Biden/Harris Presidential Inaugural Committee announced additional programming in advance of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on January 20. The theme of the now five consecutive nights of events is “America United.” On Saturday, January 16 is America United: An Inauguration Welcome Event Celebrating America’s Changemakers. The event will
Netflix announced today on social media that two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson and Alisha Weir are joining the Working Title feature Matilda based on the popular musical stage play version of Roald Dahl’s classic story. Matilda follows a young bookworm prodigy who battles with her parents and nemesis headmistress Trunchbull. Thompson will play the role of
Rico Nasty brought “OHFR?” from her debut studio album Nightmare Vacation to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday night (January 14). Watch her performance below. Following her 2018 mixtape Nasty and a 2019 collaboration with producer Kenny Beats, the Maryland rapper released Nightmare Vacation at the beginning of December. Singles “Own It,” “iPhone,” “OHFR?,”