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New figures show men give up bad book long before women put them down

Not a page turner…? Men will give up a bad book before page 50… while more patient women persevere to 100, new Amazon study shows The pioneering Amazon study unveiled a lot about ebook readers’ reading habits It showed only five per cent of ebooks are finished by over 75 per cent of readers  There […]

Donald Trump provides update on US Presidential Election amid coronavirus pandemic

Fears have arose amid the coronavirus pandemic that election may have to be postponed to a later date for public safety. Speaking at the White House daily oressbriefing on Monday, the US president confirmed that he is not considering changing the date. President Trump said: “I never even thought of changing the date of the election. […]

Pentagon releases videos showing UFOs in encounters with US Navy pilots: Report

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon on Monday (April 27) released footage depicting “unidentified aerial phenomena” that was taken by US Navy pilots during training flights in 2004 and 2015, media reports said. The three videos, that have circulated online for years and have now been declassified, show an oval object rapidly moving while being recorded by […]

Hong Kong civil servants to return to work as lockdown eases

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday most civil servants will gradually return to work from May 4, although the government had not yet decided whether to ease travel and social distancing restrictions that are due to expire next week. The global financial hub reported no new coronavirus infections for […]

Australia allows home visits, opens beaches as virus lockdown eases

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous state said on Tuesday it will relax some restrictions on movement as beaches reopened amid hopes a policy of widespread medical testing will help sustain a decline in new cases of the coronavirus. Bondi Beach and two neighbouring beaches in Sydney were reopened to local residents on Tuesday, reversing […]

French police officers involved in alleged racial slurs suspended

PARIS (Reuters) – Two police officers in France have been suspended after being heard racially insulting a man after arresting him in a deprived Paris suburb in a video that went viral on social media, the police commissioner said on Twitter Monday. “With the approval of the Interior minister, the chief of police Didier Lallemant […]