Spain records highest daily death toll; China closes borders; British prime minister Boris Johnson tests positive Coronavirus latest: at a glance Italy records 969 coronavirus deaths dashing hopes of turnaround… Read more »
China closes borders; UK records biggest daily rise in deaths; South Africa enters military-patrolled lockdown. Follow the latest updates. Coronavirus latest – at a glance US now has more cases… Read more »
Rocket Lab is the latest new space company to feel the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic: The small satellite launcher announced on Tuesday that it would be suspending its… Read more »
Britons told to stay at home while Trump goes against tide, saying economy will reopen in weeks, not months Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Around one… Read more »
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European treatment trial launched; first confirmed case in Syria; Olympic committee considers ‘scaled-down’ Tokyo 2020. Follow the latest news UK could face Italy-style lockdown, warns Boris Johnson Coronavirus: at a… Read more »
Late Friday night, Disney said that it would be making Frozen 2 available this Sunday, March 15. The accelerated release date, a full three months ahead of its planned date,… Read more »
Data management company Datastax, one of the largest contributors to the Apache Cassandra project, today announced that it has acquired The Last Pickle (and no, I don’t know what’s up… Read more »
Suspected fraudsters lure investors with fake ads featuring celebrities such as Gordon Ramsay An army of more more than 200 fake “traders” based in Ukraine have been persuading victims all… Read more »
Man, who has name suppression, to spend at least 17 years in prison after murder of British backpacker that shocked New Zealand The New Zealand man found guilty of murdering… Read more »
The 32-year-old had been missing for a week after she went walking in Mount Aspiring national park The body of the missing British hiker Stephanie Simpson has been found more… Read more »
Air mobility company Wisk has singed an agreement with the New Zealand government to set up and run an air taxi trial in the region of Canterbury, with the goal… Read more »
Rocket Lab’s merch store has pretty much what you’d expect from a space-themed gift shop – baby onesies, t-shirts, caps and mission patches. But the commercial rocket launch company just… Read more »
Max Q is a new weekly newsletter all about space from TechCrunch. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. This is it – the very… Read more »
Recovery teams are still unable to approach White Island to bring back the bodies of eight people missing following the disaster 1.12am GMT Paul Quinn, chairman of White Island Tours,… Read more »
Questions over why tourists were on White Island after experts noted volcanic activity Five people have died and eight are still missing after an eruption on a volcanic island in… Read more »
The benefits of machine translation are easy to see and experience for ourselves, but those practical applications are only one part of what makes the technology valuable. Microsoft and the… Read more »
A jury in Auckland has decided a 27-year-old, whose name has been suppressed, knowingly killed the British tourist A 27-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of Grace… Read more »
On Friday 20 September, millions of people led by Greta Thunberg and students from Sydney to Delhi, Melbourne to London and New York, will march for urgent action on climate… Read more »
For nearly fifteen years LanzaTech has been developing a carbon capture technology that can turn waste streams into ethanol that can be used for chemicals and fuel. Now, with $72… Read more »
Private rocket launch startup and SpaceX competitor Rocket Lab made a big announcement today: It’ll be looking to re-use the first stage of its Electron rockets, returning them to Earth… Read more »
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communications British, American and other intelligence agencies from English-speaking countries have concluded a two-day meeting in London amid calls for spies and police… Read more »
Trial to be held in May 2020 for Australian man who faces 51 murder charges, 40 of attempted murder and one terrorism charge Australian Brenton Tarrant has pleaded not guilty… Read more »
On Thursday, Australia lawmakers ushered through what is perhaps the toughest legal measures to hold social media companies accountable for the content they share. Only a few weeks after the… Read more »
New Zealand prime minister returns to city where 50 were killed as foreign minister heads to Turkey Burials for the 50 people killed the New Zealand terrorist attack have begun… Read more »
New Zealand leader calls on public to speak names of mosque attack victims instead Jacinda Ardern has said she will render the person accused over the Christchurch terrorist attack “nameless”… Read more »
Officials in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria examine Brenton Tarrant’s travels before attack Authorities in Europe are working to establish whether the man suspected of carrying out the most deadly terrorist… Read more »
Prime minister says government ‘completely unified’ but delays announcement of ban on semi-automatics Jacinda Ardern has said her cabinet is “completely unified” in reforming gun legislation in the wake of… Read more »
Facebook said it removed 1.5 million videos from its site within the first 24 hours after a shooter livestreamed his attack on two New Zealand mosques, killing 50 people. In… Read more »
Site says it will remove any clip featuring gunman’s footage even if that would not normally break its rules Facebook removed 1.5m copies of the video of the New Zealand… Read more »
All the day’s latest developments in the UK response to the Covid-19 pandemic Latest developments at a glance Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage 12.23pm BST… Read more »
German politician adds to chorus of complaints about American tactics to source protective gear Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The US has been accused of “modern… Read more »
