France steps up travel controls as virus cases soar
France is cracking down on travel with checks at train stations, airports and motorway tolls increasing to combat a third wave of soaring coronavirus infections
France is cracking down on travel with checks at train stations, airports and motorway tolls increasing to combat a third wave of soaring coronavirus infections
Cybersecurity firm Avast said it had made a good start to the year, with organic revenue rising 10.4% in the first quarter, and forecast revenue growth at the top end of its 6-8% range, sending its shares to the top of the FTSE on Tuesday. Chief Executive Ondrej Vlcek said there was continued demand for the London-listed company's security, privacy and performance products, and he looked forward to the rest of the year with confidence.
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The economic effects of the measures taken by governments to restrict the pandemic were evident in the financial results, the company said.
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Germany on Tuesday urged Britain to adhere to the entire Brexit divorce agreement after the European Union started legal action over London's unilateral actions in Northern Ireland. "It remains crucial that all parts of the withdrawal agreement are fully implemented, including the protocol on Northern Ireland," German Europe Minister Michael Roth said ahead of a meeting with his EU counterparts. The rules agreed in the protocol are key to preserving the achievements of the peace process in Northern Ireland, he told reporters.
Helicopters continued to drop water on the fire burning in Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park on April 20.Local media reported that South African National Defence Force helicopters were deployed to hoist water on Tuesday morning as strong winds died down.The fire started on Sunday, April 18, and reached the University of Cape Town, where students were evacuated and a library building was destroyed.Video shared on Twitter by @nomvul_khuzwayo shows a helicopter with a water hoist passing overhead. In a comment accompanying the video, the source said she “woke up to chaos” and that there was “smoke everywhere.” Credit: @nomvul_khuzwayo via Storyful
The 'Peaky Blinders' cast and crew will keep an image of the late Helen McCrory on-set with them as they film the sixth season without her.
James Murdoch, former CEO of 21st Century Fox, and founder and CEO of Lupa Systems, is heralding a future that spotlights creator-led franchises. Delivering the opening keynote speech at the annual APOS conference, Murdoch said that the emergence of massive conglomerates meant that “there is less room for truly original work (and) lots more derivative […]
The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 14 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore on Tuesday (20 April) including one new case of locally transmitted infection, taking the country's total case count to 60,865.
Along with Fijian Drua, Moana Pasifika has been granted a conditional license to join a planned Super Rugby competition with New Zealand and Australian teams in 2022. While Fijian Drua will be based in Fiji, Moana Pasifika will be mainly based in New Zealand due to cost concerns, although comprised mainly of Tongan and Samoan players.
A couple has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering their five-year-old daughter three years ago in one of Hong Kong’s most horrifying cases of child abuse. They were also on Tuesday given concurrent jail terms on two counts of child cruelty, which they admitted, for the ill-treatment and neglect of the girl and her then eight-year-old brother, who were both found with some 130 injuries, after she died of septicaemia on January 6, 2018. The 29-year-old father, a transport worker, and the 30-year-old stepmother, a housewife, each received 9½ years for child cruelty. The maximum term for that offence is capped at 10 years.Do you have questions about the biggest topics and trends from around the world? Get the answers with SCMP Knowledge, our new platform of curated content with explainers, FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. The woman’s 56-year-old mother, an accounting clerk, was jailed for five years on two counts of the same cruelty charge, for neglecting the children when the five-month-long abuse was happening in her flat. Child abuse in Hong Kong escalating because of pandemic: expert The trio were convicted by a High Court jury last week following a month-long trial filled with heartbreaking testimonies revealing how the siblings were punished, assaulted and deprived of basic life necessities such as food and access to professional medical treatment, even as their wounds festered and affected daily functions such as sitting and walking. Derek Lai Kim-wah, senior assistant director of public prosecutions, said the chronic abuse was a significant cause of the girl’s death because it weakened her immune system’s ability to fight the salmonella infection that eventually killed her. That was reflected by the experts’ finding of the change in the girl’s thymus – a vital organ responsible for the production of white blood cells that fight salmonella – which had been reduced to its smallest size, despite it generally being at its largest in children her age, in response to toxic stress. The court also heard how their schools had noticed some of the signs of abuse. Their handling of the case has renewed debates on how children can be better protected and prompted the government to revise measures and guidelines, as well as to provide more social workers for schools. The ‘bizarre murder’ of a schoolgirl whose body was stuffed in a box Mr Justice Albert Wong Sung-hau has issued a gag order barring the identification of the family members and schools involved, to protect the siblings and their then seven-year-old stepsister, who was not abused. In mitigation, lawyers for the couple argued the abuse was “not the worst of its kind” given that it had happened in the course of disciplining the children. They said the parents did not know how to seek outside support, while noting that there had also been “moments of joy” in the family. The stepmother also acknowledged that she should bear “the most responsibility” for the girl’s death, when she was the primary carer. Both parents had offered to plead guilty to manslaughter, a lesser offence that is also punishable by life in prison, but that was rejected by the prosecution.More from South China Morning Post:Did Hong Kong’s schools and system fail girl, 5, murdered by parents in horrific child abuse case?Girl’s murder exposes the failings of system in Hong KongFive months of ‘hell’: Hong Kong child murder case began with a romance, ended in a nightmareThis article Hong Kong couple sentenced to life in prison for murdering daughter, 5, in horrific child abuse case first appeared on South China Morning PostFor the latest news from the South China Morning Post download our mobile app. Copyright 2021.
Traders had a muted reaction to news in the UK that unemployment had unexpectedly fallen to 4.9%.
It’s been a long time between test wins for Sri Lanka, a record coach Mickey Arthur has ensured the players are acutely aware of. Sri Lanka will start a two-match series against Bangladesh on Wednesday, aiming for its first test win since January 2020. The run since then has included two losses in South Africa, two losses at home to England and two draws in the Caribbean against the West Indies.
Tel Aviv-based Cinephil, the sales agent for the Oscar nominated “Collective” and “The Act of Killing” among others, has clinched world rights to “Songs of Earth” from seasoned Norwegian helmer and producer Margreth Olin of Speranza Film. The documentary project marks the third collaboration between Cinephil’s managing director Philippa Kowarsky and Olin after the DOC […]
KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — The Health Ministry has today reported 2,341 new Covid-19 infections, with the majority of cases detected in Sarawak. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham...
A freelance tuition teacher, 43-year-old Chock Soon Heng, who sought out teenage boys online for sexual activities was given eight years of corrective training and six strokes of the cane on Tuesday (20 April).
PETALING JAYA, April 20 — A Singaporean police duo is getting praise online for rescuing a monitor lizard from becoming potential roadkill on a busy highway. A group from the educational Facebook...
A man who passed himself off as a social escort agent to have sex with potential sugar babies and shoot nude photos of them was jailed three-and-a-half years on Tuesday (20 April).
KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has branded the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration a dictatorship that is ruled by decree, adding on to past criticism against its decision to...