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UK GDP growth slows to six-month low as Covid-19 hit hospitality

Britain has Europe’s highest death toll from Covid-19, with more than 62,000 fatalities, and also suffered the biggest economic hit of any major economy after GDP shrank by an unprecedented 19.8% in the second quarter.

Updated on Dec 10, 2020, 1:59 PM IST

Emissions hit new record, world on track for 3C warming, says UN

Emissions have, however, grown by an average 1.4 percent per year since 2010, with a steeper increase of 2.6 percent last year due, partly due to a large increase in forest fires.

Published on Dec 9, 2020, 3:53 PM IST

Study sheds light on why some people may become seriously ill from meningococcal bacteria

The researchers have also designed and validated a PCR test that can detect these mutations. (Representational Image)

Updated on Dec 8, 2020, 10:27 PM IST

Young Egyptian man farms scorpions and snakes for venom, builds export firm

Mohamed Hamdy Boshta, 25-year-old, stores venom of scorpions that he hunted from Egyptian deserts and shores to extract their prized venom for medicinal use, at his company Cairo Venom Company, a project housing thousands scorpions in various farms across the country, in Cairo, Egypt.

Published on Dec 8, 2020, 5:13 PM IST

Olympics-Breaking’s breakthrough brings electric ‘folk art’ to Paris Games

A 2019 Olympic Programme Commission Report estimated there were roughly a million participants in breaking worldwide and the 2019 Red Bull BC One World Final in Mumbai racked up more than 50 million views.

Updated on Dec 8, 2020, 12:53 PM IST

Tech startups raise record $41 billion in Europe this year

European tech companies defied the pandemic this year to draw record levels of investment overall, though early-stage founders still struggled to clinch funding.Europe’s tech sector is on track for about $41 billion in venture capital investment this year.

Published on Dec 8, 2020, 12:09 PM IST

Saif Ali Khan joins Kareena Kapoor Khan-Taimur on a village walk in Palampur, here are its 5 tourist attractions

5 tourist attractions of Palampur, the Himachal town that Saif-Kareena-Taimur visited

Updated on Dec 7, 2020, 5:09 PM IST

Zalando’s co-CEO to step down next year in May

Zalando’s co-CEO to step down next year in May

Updated on Dec 7, 2020, 3:23 PM IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

With India escaping the post-Diwali surge, if its current Covid disease trajectory stays in the plateau in which it finds itself till the end of the month, it is likely (a low but significant probability) that the second wave in India will be less intense.

Updated on Dec 7, 2020, 5:04 AM IST

Avocado consumption hits record highs as people want to eat healthy amid Covid-19 pandemic

Avocados are the ‘pandemic-proof’ crop in lockdown health craze

Updated on Dec 5, 2020, 2:23 PM IST

Madrid suspends all Christmas and New Year celebrations in public squares or streets to avoid a hike in coronavirus infections

Madrid suspends New Year’s Eve events in city centre

Updated on Dec 5, 2020, 11:24 AM IST

Meet the world’s best universities and business schools, from your living room

Meet the world’s best universities and business schools, from your living room

Updated on Dec 4, 2020, 5:37 PM IST

Boeing’s breakthrough max deal signals hope for travel rebound

“Travel is going to snap back very strongly,” O’Leary said Thursday in a joint interview with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun on Bloomberg TV.

Updated on Dec 4, 2020, 10:54 AM IST

Poland should act to stop LGBTI intolerance, says Council of Europe

Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party made battling what it calls “LGBT ideology” a key plank of election campaigns in 2019 and 2020 in a bid to rally core religious conservative voters.

Updated on Dec 4, 2020, 10:19 AM IST

Rage and hope fuel women’s revolt over abortion in Poland

The upheaval began when Poland’s constitutional court, packed with loyalists of the conservative ruling party, ruled October 22 to ban abortions in cases of congenital fetal defects, even if the fetus has no chance of survival.

Updated on Dec 2, 2020, 7:36 PM IST

Nasa grows radishes in space under microgravity

With plans to visit the Moon and Mars, future astronauts will need a regular, fresh source of food as they take on these missions farther away from home.

Updated on Dec 1, 2020, 7:02 PM IST

‘Need to know origin of novel coronavirus, let’s not politicize probe’: WHO chief Tedros

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) attends a session on the coronavirus disease outbreak response of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva.

Updated on Nov 30, 2020, 11:52 PM IST

Christmas, coronavirus and fear of no-deal Brexit push Europe’s warehouses to the limit

General view of Europa Worldwide Group's warehouse in Corby, Britain.

Published on Nov 30, 2020, 1:13 PM IST

Global shares rest after ‘awesome’ month; dollar declines

World shares rested after a record-busting month.

Published on Nov 30, 2020, 11:56 AM IST

Pandemic calls off Christmas markets in Europe

November saw many European countries impose partial or tougher lockdowns as new virus cases soared.

Published on Nov 29, 2020, 5:18 PM IST

Turkey’s new virus figures confirm experts’ worst fears

Commuters wearing masks to help protect against the spread of coronavirus, travel in a bus in Ankara, Turkey.

Updated on Nov 29, 2020, 2:17 PM IST

These states can see the last lunar eclipse of the year

This year, there have been four lunar eclipses and the last three took place on January 10, June 5 and July 4 respectively.

Updated on Nov 30, 2020, 4:25 PM IST

Europe’s ski resorts have mountain to climb to save season amid pandemic

During the first wave of infections last season, some ski centres became breeding grounds for the coronavirus, accelerating its spread across Europe.

Updated on Nov 28, 2020, 4:22 PM IST

Ireland to lift Covid-19 curbs ahead of many European countries

Ireland became one of first European countries to reimpose tough Covid-19 constraints six weeks ago.

Updated on Nov 28, 2020, 8:37 AM IST

Germany plans nearly 180 billion euros in new debt for 2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Updated on Nov 27, 2020, 10:50 AM IST

Europe signs $102 million deal to bring space trash home

Experts have long warned that hundreds of thousands of pieces of space debris circling the planet — including an astronaut’s lost mirror — pose a threat to functioning satellites and even the International Space Station.

Updated on Nov 26, 2020, 9:51 PM IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

A woman wearing a protective mask, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks past Christmas decorations at a restaurant district in Tokyo, Japan.

Updated on Nov 26, 2020, 1:18 AM IST

La Scala subs closed gala concert for traditional opener

FILE PHOTO: A visitor wearing a face mask looks on as Italy's La Scala opera house reopens to the public for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, with new social distancing and hygiene rules, in Milan, Italy, June 21, 2020.

Updated on Nov 25, 2020, 10:41 PM IST

A migrant’s odyssey from boat to Covid nursing job in Spain

Mbaye Babacar Diouf, right, walks by a special coronavirus checkpoint, at Basurto hospital, in Bilbao, northern Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Mbaye Babacar Diouf's life as a migrant in Europe took a turn for the better when he was adopted in Spain at the age of 28. That enabled him to pay his debts to human traffickers, study nursing and find a job at a Spanish hospital. Now he's giving back to the community. In a Bilbao hospital he cares for COVID-19 patients.

Updated on Nov 25, 2020, 10:14 PM IST

Hormone found to switch off hunger could help tackle obesity

The study was published in the journal eLife.

Updated on Nov 25, 2020, 6:22 PM IST

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