Hugh Grant says the UK is ‘finished’ following last December's election result. The actor made the brief comment in an interview with his 'The Gentleman' co-star, Charlie Hunnam, for Associated Press in the US. Credit: Associated Press
Countries must cooperate more closely in fighting the challenges of the pandemic and climate change and in supporting a sustainable global economic recovery, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday in an address to the World Economic Forum. “Humanity has only Earth and one future,” Xi said in remarks from Beijing to a virtual gathering that is taking place in lieu of the annual in-person meetings in Davos, Switzerland, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “In particular, we should strengthen cooperation in vaccine research and development, production and distribution, so that vaccines can truly become a public good that are accessible and affordable to people in all countries," he said.
The health secretary will lead a Downing Street press conference on Monday evening, No 10 has said.
A third class action lawsuit has been filed in Europe against Apple seeking compensation -- for what Italy's Altroconsumo consumer protection agency dubs "planned obsolescence" of a number of iPhone 6 models. The action relates to performance throttling Apple applied several years ago to affected iPhones when the health of the device's battery had deteriorated -- doing so without clearly informing users. The class action suit in Italy is seeking €60M in compensation -- based on at least €60 in average compensation per iPhone owner.
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A red squirrel nibbling on a snack against a snowy backdrop made for a picturesque moment in the Scottish Highlands on January 21.This footage, by Lisa Wood, shows the animal – a protected species in the UK – amid the wintry weather in Nairn, a coastal town in the Scottish Highlands.Wood told Storyful she films squirrels in the area on a daily basis and sees “many different behaviors”.Sightings of the much-loved species are becoming increasingly common in the Highlands, a local tourist site says. Credit: Lisa Wood via Storyful
The UK has been replaced at the top of the list of countries with the worst COVID-19 death rates.
Thousands of tractors lined up on the outskirts of New Delhi on Monday, ready to swarm the Indian capital in a protest against new agriculture reform laws that have triggered a growing farmer rebellion that has rattled the government. Tens of thousands of farmers have been blocking key highways connecting New Delhi with the country’s north for almost two months demanding a complete withdrawal of the laws.
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned global leaders at an all-virtual Davos forum Monday against starting a "new Cold War", and urged global unity in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
The statue of a former Lord Mayor of London should not be taken down but rather kept in place to educate future generations about the evils of slavery, a campaign group said on Monday. City of London representatives agreed last week to remove a statue of William Beckford from its Guildhall home as part of a wider debate about how Britain remembers and represents history, following last year's Black Lives Matter protests. Beckford was twice Lord Mayor of London in the 18th century and had plantations in Jamaica with slaves.
Morocca's Youssef en-Nesyri and Egypt's Mohamed Salah experienced different emotions after their scoring feats at the weekend.
Barcelona said Luis Suarez had reached the end of his cycle when they let him join Atletico Madrid last summer, yet the Uruguayan continues to show he has plenty to offer while the Catalans' forwards, aside from Lionel Messi, struggle for goals. Suarez scored for the fifth time in five games to fire Atletico to a 3-1 win over Valencia on Sunday which put them seven points clear at the top of the standings and 10 points ahead of third-placed Barca with a game in hand. The Catalans, meanwhile, had to call upon the help of midfielders Frenkie de Jong and Riqui Puig to scrape past Elche 2-0 while Messi was suspended.
Police used batons and water cannon Monday to disperse hundreds of people protesting in Kathmandu against the dissolution of Nepal's parliament.
Yac, the Orlando, Fla.-based startup that's digitizing voice messages for remote offices, has raised $7.5 million in a new round of funding. The company's service has garnered enough attention to pick up a pretty sizable new round from investors led by GGV Capital and a return investment from the Slack Fund. “The future of meetings will be asynchronous, in your ears and hands free,” says Pat Matthews, the chief executive and founder of Active Capital, when the company announced its seed round nearly a year ago.
England's performances in sweeping the test series in Sri Lanka gives the team a major lift for their four test series in India, said victorious captain Joe Root after Monday’s second test win. England won by six wickets at the Galle International Stadium to add to last week’s seven wicket success over Sri Lanka but face a much more daunting task in India, where the first test in Chennai begins early next month.
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Speaking at a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum - a gathering usually held in a Swiss ski resort - Xi said the global economic outlook remained uncertain and public health emergencies "may very well recur" in future. The G20 - an international forum grouping 19 of the biggest developed and emerging economies, plus the European Union - should be strengthened as the "main forum for global economic governance" and the world should "engage in closer macro-economic policy coordination", Xi added.
THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has asked City Hall to move the start of curfew from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m.The existing executive order in Cebu City mandates a six-hour curfew, which starts at 11 p.m. until
