How much coronavirus transmission comes from people with no symptoms is still a \\\\\"big unknown\\\\\", a World Health Organization scientist has clarified. Dr Maria Van Kerkhove said on Monday it was \\\\\"very rare\\\\\" for asymptomatic ...
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UK airlines say they have been told the government will bring in a 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the UK from any country apart from the Republic of Ireland in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The new restriction is expected t...
As China reopens restaurants and cafes, more plant-based "fake" meat products are popping up on menus. On Wednesday, Beyond Meat started selling its plant-based food in China through thousands of Starbucks cafes. Fast-food chain K...
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Companies big and small around the world have begun rolling out mandatory remote working schemes to promote social distancing to stop the Covid-19 spread (Credit: Getty Images) A cyclist in Italy trains at home on a stationa...
North Korea has quarantined 380 foreigners in a bid to stop the coronavirus from breaking out. The foreigners are mostly diplomats stationed in the capital Pyongyang, said news agency Yonhap, quoting the Korean Central Broadcasting Station. ...
Beijing has ordered everyone returning to the city to go into quarantine for 14 days or risk punishment in the latest attempt to contain the deadly new coronavirus, state media report. Residents were told to "self-quarantine or go to de...
Iran has carried out a ballistic missile attack on air bases housing US forces in Iraq, in retaliation for the US killing of General Qasem Soleimani. More than a dozen missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil and Al Asad, we...
A robot cat designed to ferry plates of food to restaurant customers has been unveiled at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas. BellaBot, built by the Chinese firm PuduTech, is one of a number of wacky robotic inventions being shown off at the eve...
Iran has declared that it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal. In a statement, it said it would no longer observe limitations on its capacity for enrichment, the level of enrichment, the stock of ...
Leader of Iran's elite Quds Force killed in airstrike near Baghdad airport...
General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force, has been killed by US forces in Iraq. The Pentagon confirmed he was killed "at the direction of the president". Gen Soleimani was being drive...
Justin Bieber has given fans an early Christmas present - confirmation he is to make a 2020 comeback. The Canadian pop star chose 24 December to announce he will release a new single, called Yummy, on 3 January - the debut track from an upco...
Dora Maar lived to be almost 90 yet, despite being a gifted artist in her own right, her reputation has rested mainly on her romantic relationship with Pablo Picasso. Now a new exhibition is aiming to bring Maar out of Picasso's shadow. &nbs...
DeepMind says it has created the first artificial intelligence to reach the top league of one of the most popular esport video games. It says Starcraft 2 had posed a tougher AI challenge than chess and other board games, in part because...