Coronavirus: Unvaccinated snow leopard at San Diego Zoo tests positive

krmg Sunday, July 25, 2021 2:49:00 AM CEST | info [other]

The snow leopard is being monitored closely and does not appear to have any major signs of illness other than the aforementioned symptoms. The origin of the possible exposure is still being investigated as we continue our contact tracing efforts. pic.twitter....

Scaled-down Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony draws lowest U.S. viewership in 33 years Subscriber content

theglobeandmail Sunday, July 25, 2021 3:50:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Sign up for The Globe’s Olympic newsletter and follow all of the news, features and opinion in the lead-up to the Summer Games in Tokyo. NBC’s broadcast of the Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony drew 16.7 million viewers, the smallest U.S. television audience for the event in the past 33 years,.......

'Dating Game Killer' Rodney Alcala dies at 77

newsbreak-USA Sunday, July 25, 2021 3:48:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala, known as the 'Dating Game Killer' because of his appearance on the TV show as a bachelor contestant in 1978, has died of natural causes, California prison officials said Saturday. Alcala, 77, was condemned to death row for murdering five people, including 12-year-old Robin Samsoe....

Sajid Javid’s advice to not ‘cower’ from Covid provokes backlash | Sajid Javid

dailymaverick Sunday, July 25, 2021 3:34:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Sajid Javid has provoked a wave of anger from families of the victims of Covid after he said people must no longer “cower” from the virus. The health secretary announced on Saturday that he had made a “full recovery” from Covid-19 after falling ill eight days ago, and said: “Please, if you haven’t.......

Boris Johnson Focuses on “Defeating Crime” in Pandemic Recovery Plan

londonnewstime Sunday, July 25, 2021 3:13:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Boris Johnson seeks to shift his focus to criminal efforts when he reappears from isolation to counter criticisms of the “riot” against Home Secretary Priti Patel and police anger. The prime minister will announce his new “beating crime plan” on Tuesday after leaving the quarantine for the withdrawal of Checkers over contact with the coronavirus....

Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has died - Livescience.com

google-top-stories-innovatie Sunday, July 25, 2021 3:43:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Steven Weinberg, a Nobel-prize winning physicist whose work helped link two of the four fundamental forces , has died at the age of 88, the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) announced Saturday (July 24). HIs work was foundational to the Standard Model, the overarching physics theory that describes how subatomic particles behave....

Large events such as Premier League matches could be open only to the fully-vaccinated

skynews Sunday, July 25, 2021 2:07:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Large events, such as Premier League games, could be open only to fully-vaccinated people from October under government plans. Talks are under way with the Premier League to discuss whether supporters who have not received both jabs could be barred from entry, according to the PA news agency....

Six million could have summer holidays ruined by Spain and Greece rule change

independent-UK Sunday, July 25, 2021 12:56:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Fully vaccinated holidaymakers visiting counties on the amber list are generally exempt from quarantining on return to the UK, but ministers removed the exemption for Britain’s cross-channel neighbour earlier this month – effectively creating a so-called amber plus tier....

Britain faces ‘decades of financial risk’ as £370bn pandemic bill mounts | Coronavirus

dailymaverick Sunday, July 25, 2021 3:34:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Taxpayers will be left facing “significant financial risk for decades to come” because of the levels of emergency government spending on the pandemic, totalling more than £370bn, a powerful committee of MPs says today. In two separate reports, the all-party public accounts committee (PAC) paints a.......