New COVID variant Eris spreading fast in UK: Report

A new COVID variant which has descended from the rapidly spreading Omicron and was first flagged in the UK last month is now said to be spreading quickly in the country, according to health......

UK to remove Chinese surveillance cameras from sensitive sites

The UK government has laid out plans to publish a timeline for the removal of Chinese surveillance equipment from sensitive sites as part of stepped-up national security measures, weeks after Prime......

US scientist who worked at Wuhan lab says Covid was manmade virus

In what appears to be an astonishing revelation, a US-based scientist who worked at a controversial research lab in China's Wuhan, has said that Covid-19 was a "man-made virus" that leaked from the......

Police raids home of Karachi suicide bomber's father

Pakistani security forces on Thursday raided the house of the father of the woman suicide bomber from Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) who blew herself up in Karachi University that killed three......

Banks, end KYC-account freeze nonsense

While law-abiding customers are harassed for KYC and have to comply with endless paperwork even to open and close accounts, DHFL could easily open nearly 260,000 fake home-loan accounts, reveals......

'Nirav Modi won't be back on the first flight to India'

Extradition of Mallya, Nirav figures in Modi-Boris talks 'It could take at least a couple of years for his case to go through the entire run of the British judiciary.' Illustration: Dominic......

Cyber agency asks FB users to change profile settings to 'private'

The country's cyber security agency CERT-In has advised Facebook users to strengthen their account privacy settings after a recent global 'data scraping' incident in the social media platform......

Nirav Modi in custody, next hearing via video on Jan 2

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, fighting extradition to India on charges over the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, was further remanded in custody......

Berrettini tests positive for COVID, out of Wimbledon

IMAGE: Matteo Berrettini, the 2021 Wimbledon runner-up, is out of this year’s tournament. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters Eighth seed Matteo Berrettini, runner-up at last year's......

Day 5: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Jacobellis earns first US gold and long-awaited redemption IMAGE: Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States in action. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters Lindsey Jacobellis claimed the first gold......

Guardiola urges players to get COVID-19 booster shots

'We speak with the players every day to say be careful. Stay healthy, wear masks, social distance.'   IMAGE: Pep Guardiola said Leeds, who are 12 points behind City in the English Premier......

China eyes excellence at Winter Olympics

China looks to Winter Olympics as chance for rare soft power win amid COVID, rights concerns IMAGE: Skater performance during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games Commemorative Coin Issuing......

How the world of sport reacted to Russian doping

An independent commission report, led by Canadian law professor and sports lawyer Richard McLaren, published on Monday revealed evidence of widespread state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes at......