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A strain of the swine flu virus has become prevalent in pigs in China and has the potential to spread to humans and become another pandemic, researchers claim. Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences say pigs are a ‘key intermediate host’ or ‘mixing vessel’ for viruses spreading from wild animals into humans. The Chinese … Read more
Stella McCartney advertises for 30 new staff after using Government bailout scheme to furlough hundreds of staff Stella McCartney furloughed up to half her 1,400 staff across 51 stores in April The designer is advertising roles ranging from administration to knitwear design Six of the new jobs are in China and Japan, 22 are in the … Read more
Ministers face Huawei defeat in House of Lords: Peers plot to scupper 5G deal over China’s links to human rights abuses Boris Johnson is under pressure over deal for Huawei to build 35% of 5G network A group of peers want to amend law to block the deal on human rights grounds Government has launched … Read more
Ministers face Huawei defeat in House of Lords: Peers plot to scupper 5G deal over China’s links to human rights abuses Boris Johnson is under pressure over deal for Huawei to build 35% of 5G network A group of peers want to amend law to block the deal on human rights grounds Government has launched … Read more
EU risks angering Donald Trump with plan to BAN American travellers when it reopens on July 1 but welcome those from countries with lower infections rates – including China The United States, Russia, and several other countries are considered too risky The list of safe countries was put together by senior diplomats in Brussels The … Read more
EU risks angering Donald Trump with plan to BAN American travellers when it reopens on July 1 but welcome those from countries with lower infections rates – including China The United States, Russia, and several other countries are considered too risky The list of safe countries was put together by senior diplomats in Brussels The … Read more
Devoted daughter has taken care of her ‘vegetative state’ father for 15 years and says looking after him is her pleasure Li Qin in China quit her job to care for her paralysed father after her mother died She wipes his body, feeds him, cleans his waste and gives him massages daily Ms Li says she … Read more
Chinese researchers develop new construction material that can be made from lunar dust which is 22 TIMES stronger than concrete – and could be used to build a moon base without having to transport materials from Earth Researchers in China developed a durable new construction material from dust They used samples from an active volcano … Read more
Chinese researchers develop new construction material that can be made from lunar dust which is 22 TIMES stronger than concrete – and could be used to build a moon base without having to transport materials from Earth Researchers in China developed a durable new construction material from dust They used samples from an active volcano … Read more
A mother’s obesity may raise liver cancer risks for generations to come, mouse study suggests Researchers fed mice a high-fat diet so they would become obese and then exposed them to a liver carcinogen The diet led to an over-expression of a gene that is abnormally expressed in various types of cancer This increased odds of the … Read more