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 […]
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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. […]
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 […]
DONALD Trump's campaign is selling a puzzle with a major error – but only the detailed eye may be able to spot it. The limited-edition official puzzle released by his campaign was reportedly voted upon by his supporters, and is now being sold for $35 alongside other merchandise. President Trump stands in a suit and […]
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 […]
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has announced he plans to demand that China pay a "very substantial figure" as compensation for the coronavirus outbreak. The president also said that his administration are conducting "serious investigations" into the actions they can take against the country. During his press conference in the Rose Gardens at the White House on […]
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 […]
A US Army reservist fears for her safety after becoming the target of coronavirus conspiracy theorists. Maatje Benassi, a security officer at the US Army's Fort Belvoir in Virginia, told CNN she and her family have received death threats following claims she is patient zero. “It's like waking up from a bad dream going into […]
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 […]
The alleged photo appears to show despot Kim lying beneath a red blanket with his head on a ceremonial pillow. However, the picture appears to be a photoshopped photo taken at his father Kim Jong-il’s 2011 funeral. Speculation Kim was gravely ill or dead began after the leaders’ absence from a highly publicised celebration for […]