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Two arrested after four killed in suspected Islamist attack in Vienna

VIENNA (REUTERS) – Two people were arrested near Vienna on Tuesday (Nov 3), according to the APA news agency, as police hunted accomplices of a gunman or gunmen who killed four people in what the government called an Islamist terrorist attack in the Austrian capital. In an early morning televised news conference, Interior Minister Karl […]

French church attacker tests positive for coronavirus

NICE, FRANCE (AFP) – The Tunisian assailant who killed three people at a church in France last week has tested positive for Covid-19, which could further delay his questioning, a source close to the inquiry said on Tuesday (Nov 3). Brahim Issaoui, 21, remains hospitalised after being shot several times by police following the knife […]

Women set for £100m in state pension scandal

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The sum would be met by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb analysed evidence from the department’s top civil servant. Peter Schofield, the DWP’s […]

Coronavirus Study in Germany Offers Hope for Concertgoers

LONDON — Researchers in Germany may have some good news for frustrated concertgoers across the world whose activities have been constrained by the spread of the coronavirus. Analysis of an indoor concert staged by scientists in August suggests that the impact of such events on the spread of the coronavirus is “low to very low” […]

UK spies help NHS fight Covid-19 pandemic-fuelled cyber crime attacks

LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – A state security agency has stepped in to help Britain’s National Health Service repel a surge in cyber crime linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Some 723 online incidents required the direct intervention of the National Cyber Security Centre in the 12 months to Aug 31, a 10 per cent increase from the […]

UK to pilot new Covid-19 mass testing approach in Liverpool

LONDON (REUTERS) – Britain will launch a Covid-19 mass testing pilot scheme in Liverpool this week, offering everyone in the city tests whether or not they have symptoms, in an attempt to find a better way to use testing to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson had promised a “world-beating” national […]

Vienna Shooting Turns City Center Into Scene of Chaos

Gunfire erupted in central Vienna on Mondaynight and the police said several people were wounded. It was not clear how many people had been hurt, or whether there were any fatalities. The shooting took place in the inner city of the Austrian capital, hours before the midnight start of a nationwide lockdown, one of several […]