WELLINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported several cases of frozen food packaging contaminated with the novel coronavirus this week, while New Zealand said it is investigating the possibility that its latest COVID-19 cases could be traced to imported freight. Here’s what has happened and what experts say about it: WHAT’S HAPPENED: -New Zealand reported its first […]

Around 50 to 60 million years ago, the largest snake that ever lived was as long as a brachiosaurus and twice as heavy as a cow. The extinct snake species called the Titanoboa – which rightly means the "Titanic Boa" – is the biggest snake ever discovered, and its size is the stuff of nightmares. […]

Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is a scorcher A wild wedding was forced to shut down when guests had to be kicked out because they "refused to follow coronavirus rules". Video of the lavish nuptials in Sydney, Australia, shows the bride and groom dancing with a large crowd of […]

Washington: Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's new book about US President Donald Trump will be released less than two months before election day, according to a listing on Amazon.com. Publisher Simon & Schuster says Rage will be released on September 15 and follows "Trump's moves as he faces a global pandemic, economic disaster and […]

China has stepped up measures to reduce food waste, after President Xi Jinping called the amount wasted “shocking and distressing”. The “Clean Plate Campaign” comes after Mr Xi highlighted that Covid-19 had “sounded the alarm” on food waste. He added that China had to “maintain a sense of crisis about food security”. It also comes […]

Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is a scorcher An 11-year-old girl has died after being hit by a car in a horror crash. Ruby Cropper was fatally injured when she was struck by the vehicle while crossing the road with a friend, close to her home in Bury, Greater […]

Democrats raked in $10.8 million in donations in the four hours after presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate, according to a report. ActBlue, Democrats’ major donation-processing platform, reported the record number of donations between 4pm-8pm Tuesday, just after Harris (D-Calif.) joined the ticket, according to the […]

Police officer says he was nearly killed when protesters swarmed his girlfriend’s home Wauwatosa, Wis. Police Officer Joseph Mensah, who is currently suspended amid review of the shooting death of a 17-year-old, tells his story on ‘Fox & Friends.’ A Black Wisconsin police officer said on Wednesday that he “100 percent” believes that he “was shot at” […]

Six former Environmental Protection Agency chiefs are calling for an agency reset after President Donald Trump’s regulation-chopping, industry-minded first term, backing a detailed plan by former EPA staffers that ranges from renouncing political influence in regulation to backing climate-friendly electric vehicles. Most living former EPA heads joined in Wednesday’s appeal, with Trump’s first EPA chief, […]

MOTZA, Israel (Reuters) – Art rather than ostentation is the rationale behind the world’s most expensive coronavirus mask, say the Israeli jewellers who are crafting the $1.5 million object for an unnamed U.S.-based client. Made out of 18 carat gold and studded with 3,600 black and white diamonds, the mask will be fitted with an […]