Prince Charles lays wreath to mark 75th VE Day
Prince Charles lays wreath to honour of the 75th anniversary of VE Day. The prince was joined by his wife Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall in Balmoral, Scotland to mark the event. .
Prince Charles lays wreath to honour of the 75th anniversary of VE Day. The prince was joined by his wife Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall in Balmoral, Scotland to mark the event. .
Organisers of the Australian Open on Tuesday ruled out reducing the men's tournament at the Grand Slam to best-of-three sets due to players' inability to train at required level amid the strict COVID-19 quarantine rules. A total of 72 players are currently not allowed to leave their hotel rooms for 14 days after some passengers on three charter flights to Australia tested positive for COVID-19 infections. The rest of the players, who travelled by 14 other charter flights from across the world, are allowed five hours daily outside their hotel rooms to spend on preparing for the year's first tennis major from Feb. 8-21.
An MP is calling on fashion retailers such as Boohoo and Missguided to temporarily halt buy now pay later (BNPL) schemes amid concerns that young people are racking up debt. Labour’s Stella Creasy has urged ministers to regulate BNPL lenders such as Klarna and Clearpay, warning of a “financial scandal waiting to happen”. The Government last week voted down Ms Creasy’s cross-party amendment to the Financial Services Bill which would introduce regulations within months.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Malaysia recorded 3,631 Covid-19 cases today, despite several states nationwide being under a renewed movement control order dubbed MCO 2.0 for almost a week now. Health...
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Police in California helped a woman celebrate her 99th birthday with a heartfelt rendition of Happy Birthday, footage shared on January 18 shows.The video, posted by the San Diego Police Department, shows officers of the Southeastern Division singing along with members of the woman’s family.The birthday girl, referred to in the post as Nanay, excitedly takes in the celebrations as she stands behind a sign with her impressive age on it.“99 years old and still strong!! Nanay is full of strength, wisdom and love. Southeastern Division practiced their vocal skills and was honored to sing this beautiful lady a Happy Birthday,” the department wrote alongside the footage. Credit: San Diego Police Department via Storyful
A London judge should rule in favour of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, without the need for a trial in her privacy case against a tabloid newspaper because the publication has no prospect of winning, the British royal's lawyers said on Tuesday. Meghan, 39, the wife of Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince Harry, is suing Associated Newspapers after its Mail on Sunday printed extracts of a handwritten letter she sent to her estranged father Thomas Markle in August 2018. She says the publication of the letter was a misuse of private information and breached her copyright, and is seeking aggravated damages.
Taiwan called off its largest Lunar New Year lantern festival for the first time on Tuesday, as authorities rushed to stem a Covid-19 cluster in one of the few places to survive the pandemic largely unscathed.
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A Michigan nurse was asked to sing Amazing Grace to a group of fellow health care workers at a Livonia hospital at the morning shift change on March 29, serving as both a fitting day’s end and a hopeful new beginning for the nurses fighting COVID-19.This video shows Lori Marie Key leaning against a wall as she sings to her fellow nurses at St Mary Mercy Livonia Hospital during the staff’s morning meeting.“Stay home if you don’t need to leave the house,” Key said on Facebook when she shared the video. “Pray for the sick and health care workers at risk for this disease.”Key said she was asked to sing during the nurses’ morning huddle due to how “crazy” the work has been at the hospital.“Thank you, Lori, for your beautiful initiative to raise your fellow colleagues’ spirits as you fight tirelessly on the front lines of COVID-19,” St Mary Mercy Livonia said on Facebook. Credit: Saint Joseph Mercy Health System via Storyful
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A London judge should rule in favour of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, without the need for a trial in her privacy case against a tabloid newspaper because the publication has no prospect of winning, the British royal's lawyers said on Tuesday. Meghan, 39, the wife of Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince Harry, is suing Associated Newspapers after its Mail on Sunday printed extracts of a handwritten letter she sent to her estranged father Thomas Markle in August 2018. She says the publication of the letter was a misuse of private information and breached her copyright, and is seeking aggravated damages.
Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa, declared a state of emergency on Tuesday over the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country grapples with a surge in infections six months before it is set to host the Summer Olympics. Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki said emergency measures include asking restaurants and bars to close by 8 p.m. and residents to refrain from non-urgent outings after 8 p.m. The national government had already issued a state of emergency for Tokyo and other areas but the southern island, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military forces in Japan, went ahead and declared an emergency of its own after a spike in cases.
A Sydney scuba diver got up close and personal with a large school of hammerhead sharks during a dive to Fish Rock Cave, off the coast of South West Rocks, New South Wales, on January 14.Yuan Tu He captured footage of her experience, which she said shows about 200 hammerhead sharks swimming above her.“They just stopped on top of us, like hundreds of sharks above your head within 10 metres,” she told the ABC.“It was a very dramatic kind of experience because when they arrived all the fishes came in, the little ones, so many of them, everything is coming towards you.” Credit: Yuan Tu He via Storyful
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it would not take into account calls by some Western countries to impose additional sanctions on Russia over the detention of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, saying his case was purely a domestic matter. Navalny, who has urged Russians to take to the streets in protest, was detained on Sunday after he flew back to Russia for the first time since he was poisoned with a nerve agent last summer and taken into pre-trial detention for 30 days. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have said they want European Union foreign ministers to discuss sanctions against Russia over its handling of the case.
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Israeli driver Roy Nissany will have a day of pre-season testing and take part in three Friday practice sessions for Williams this season, the struggling Formula One team said on Tuesday. Nissany, 26, ended up 19th in Formula Two last year after finishing 22nd in 2019 but Williams, who changed ownership last August, said he would continue in the role of official test driver. "As a team, we were very happy with the contributions Roy made both through his work on-track and in the simulator at Grove, which all aided the lap time gains we were able to make with the FW43," team boss Simon Roberts said in a statement.
India's technology ministry has asked Facebook Inc-owned WhatsApp to withdraw the changes to its privacy policy announced by the messenger earlier this month, saying the new terms take away choice from Indian users. "The proposed changes raise grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens," said the tech ministry's email addressed to WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart dated Jan. 18, which was reviewed by Reuters. WhatsApp did not immediately respond to a request for comment but has previously said that its new privacy policy update does not affect the privacy of users' messages with friends, family and in groups.
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Indian boxing has been sensational in the last four years under the able leadership of president Ajay Singh. While boxers have been consistently producing medal-winning performances on the global stage, grassroots development also has received a new high with the key initiatives introduced by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).