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The tracing of contacts of people who receive a positive coronavirus test result in Wales will begin in phases from 1 June, the Welsh Government has announced.Ministers want to restart contact tracing as a way to help ease the country out of lockdown.People who have been in close contact with those who have tested positive…
ShutterstockDisney theme parks in Japan are due to open to visitors after closing due to the coronavirus outbreak. Disneyland, in Tokyo, and Universal Studios, in Osaka, are set to open their doors following Dthe recent reopening of Disneyland in Shanghai, China recent reopening..But along with longstanding rules like no queue-jumping, there could be some new…
The EU will need to “evolve its position to reach an agreement” with the UK in trade talks, the UK’s chief negotiator has said.David Frost told the Brexit committee the current EU mandate was not likely to produce an agreement “that can be agreed with us”.He told committee chairman Hilary Benn: “It’s their call”.
On May 27, WarnerMedia enters the streaming wars with HBO Max. The streaming platform boasts 10,000 hours of content, including a slate of original programming and a back catalog of HBO originals, franchise films, TV shows and more. HBO Max, which costs $14.99 per month, arrives about half a year after the wildly successful Disney+…
When HBO Max launches on May 27, those who rush to subscribe will likely do so for access to WarnerMedia’s enormous catalog. The service will include beloved TV shows (Friends, The West Wing, Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown), classic (Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, When Harry Met Sally) and contemporary movies (the Lord of the…
(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Marco Rubio, the new Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is warning that foreign actors will seek to amplify conspiracy theories about the coronavirus and find new ways to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. The Florida Republican said in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday that one possibility…
(TOKYO) — Japanese police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he recovered enough from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation. Kyoto police said they arrested Shinji Aoba, 42, on murder and arson allegations, 10 months after obtaining the warrant because…
It’s been nearly three years since the fall of Harvey Weinstein forced the gates of the #MeToo movement wide open, instilling courage in untold numbers of women to tell their own stories about inappropriate or illegal behavior in the workplace. Now it may be time to focus a little more on what we lose, as…
The U.S. is considering a range of sanctions to punish China for its crackdown on Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter said, as the Trump administration weighs whether to declare the former colony has lost its autonomy from Beijing. The Treasury Department could impose controls on transactions and freeze assets of Chinese officials and…
(WASHINGTON) — Joe Biden said Tuesday that wearing a mask in public to combat the spread of the coronavirus is a sign of leadership and called President Donald Trump a “fool” who was “stoking deaths” for suggesting otherwise. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came a day after he wore a black face mask while…