Moscow rolls out digital tracking to enforce lockdown. Critics dub it a ‘cyber Gulag’
Moscow has introduced a digital tracking system to enforce a coronavirus lockdown — but critics say the technology represents an unprecedented threat to privacy.
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Doctors, nurses applaud Argentinian woman discharged from ICU after 3 weeks
With doctors and nurses applauding her, a COVID-19 patient,a 63-year-old woman from Argentina was discharged from the ICU of the Herakleio hospital after she was treated there for three weeks. “The chances were overwhelming against her,” wrote Director of ICU Anestis Kioulpalis on his Facebook account. “Emotions run high. Our …
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Analysis: Boris Johnson is getting better, but the nation he leads is not
When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released from hospital on Sunday, the country breathed a collective sigh of relief. And with good reason — despite officials’ daily insistence that Johnson was in “good spirits,” Johnson himself has since admitted that his life was in the balance.
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Several European countries have been badly hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic, but Greece took action early on and it seems to be working. CNN’s Lynda Kinkade reports.
Read More »Coronavirus: Scientists to review impact of lockdown measures
The group’s evaluations will be passed to ministers – but restrictions are not expected to be lifted.
Read More »Deadly disease killing olive trees across the Mediterranean could cost the industry £17.5BILLION
Xylella fastidiosa is the most deadly pathogen in the world for all plants and there is no cure. It is currently infecting trees in Italy and is threatening Spain and Greece.
Read More »MPs summon China-owned firm execs over security concerns
MPs to summon British based, Chinese-owned firm executives over plans to transfer sensitive technology.
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