DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates plans to test two million people, or about 20% of the population, for the novel coronavirus over the next two months after the infection rate climbed again following the lifting of restrictions, a government spokesperson said. The regional business and tourism hub on June 24 removed a nationwide […]

PANAMA CITY – US prosecutors have charged two sons of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli in connection with bribery and money laundering linked to Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, according to a federal complaint unsealed on Monday. Luis Enrique Martinelli, 38, and Ricardo Alberto Martinelli, 40, were arrested earlier in the day in Guatemala City as […]

Investigators found a body inside a home that earlier had caught fire and exploded in Fort Collins on Monday night. The incident is being investigated as a crime, police said. Officers, firefighters and the bomb squad unit responded to 2500 East Harmony Road and surrounding residences were evacuated as a safety precaution, according to police. […]

Routine face-to-face appointments with your GP may never return even after coronavirus, Royal College of General Practitioners says In-person GP appointments dropped from 70% to 23% within weeks of lockdown  This large shift has made a ‘compelling case’ to keep so-called ‘total triage This is when patients talk to a doctor online or over the […]

BRITISH gymnasts last night claimed they had been horrifically abused by coaches. Kids as young as eight have allegedly been ­forced to go on diets and take strong painkillers. Others are said to have been beaten with a stick, starved and dragged across the floor by their hair. Catherine Lyons, 19, a former artistic gymnast, […]

Disease detectives are trying desperately to beat the clock and find those who have been exposed to the virus. Can they move fast enough to stop the pandemic? As a public-health director in Savannah, Georgia, Cristina Pasa Gibson spent her time in an office filled with calorie counters and yoga mats and the scent of […]

World’s longest-surviving conjoined twins who worked in carnivals and circuses as a sideshow act from the age of three – and always insisted they ‘lived a good life’ – die at the age of 68 The world’s oldest set of conjoined twins, Ronnie and Donnie Gaylon have died at the age of 68 on July […]

JOE Biden tweeted Sunday night that if elected, his administration “won’t just rebuild this nation, we’ll transform it,” leaving speculation online as to what exactly the former vice president tweet meant. “We’re going to beat Donald Trump. And when we do, we won’t just rebuild this nation – we’ll transform it,” tweeted Biden, leaving many […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Professor Karol Sikora of the University of Buckingham claimed crucial economic countries would be in crisis if a coronavirus vaccine was not delivered soon. During an interview with Express.co.uk, Professor Sikora claimed […]

Mike Pompeo: U.S. might never return to WHO, bolder change may be needed The credibility of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its dealings with the Chinese government in the early days of the pandemic have once again come under scrutiny following revelations that the U.N.-backed global health body tacitly changed its coronavirus timeline to […]