The British-born actress wore eye-catching Gucci gold and diamond jewellery on the red carpet premiere of her latest film After Yang on Thursday. Agencies | , Cannes PUBLISHED ON JUL 13, 2021 12:40 AM IST Hollywood star Jodie Turner-Smith has fallen victim to the curse of the Cannes – the jewellery thieves who regularly haunt the world’s biggest film festival.The British-born actress wore eye-catching Gucci gold and diamond jewellery on the red carpet premiere of her latest film After Yang on Thursday.The next morning, her suite at Marriott hotel in the French Riviera resort was broken into while she was…
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Covid-19 infections in New York City are climbing for the first time in months as the delta variant gains traction and vaccination rates in some boroughs remain stubbornly low.The city’s seven-day average rate of positive tests has risen slowly throughout July, and had roughly doubled in two weeks to 1.27% as of Saturday. On average, there were 328 new confirmed and probable cases daily over the past week, up from 208 as of June 28.That’s a far cry from spikes this year when city officials reported thousands of cases per day, and the positivity rate is below the national level…
The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Monday warned against mixing and matching of Covid-19 vaccines by different manufacturers for the first and second doses, calling it a “dangerous trend” and saying that there was a lack of data about the impact of the process. “There are people who are thinking about mixing and matching. We receive a lot of queries from people who say they have taken one [dose] and are planning to take another one (doses). It’s a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far…
US President Joe Biden said on Monday his country stands with Cubans a day after thousands protested on the streets on Sunday in the biggest anti-government demonstrations in three decades. “We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba’s authoritarian regime,” Biden said in a statement.The unprecedented anti-government protests erupted amid Cuba’s worst economic crisis since the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union and the recent record surge in Covid-19 cases,…
The top commander of US troops in Afghanistan, General Austin Scott Miller, on Monday, relinquished his position during a ceremony in the country’s capital city of Kabul as the US’ two-decade-long war in Afghanistan is nearing its end and the Taliban forces continue to gain more territory. Miller has been the top commander in Afghanistan since his appointment to the role in 2018.Marine Gen Frank McKenzie, another four-star general, took over from Miller and would operate from the central command headquarters in Tampa, Florida. He will assume command and continue the airstrikes in defence of the Afghan forces at least…
Three meetings to be held in the Central Asian states of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan this week will allow external affairs minister S Jaishankar to compare notes on the rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan with interlocutors from several key countries. Jaishankar will visit the Central Asian states against the backdrop of growing concern in the region over the Taliban’s violent campaign aimed at capturing territory while stalling on peace talks aimed at finding a political settlement. He will visit Tajikistan during July 13-14 at the invitation of foreign minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin to participate in a meeting of foreign ministers of the…
The World Health Organization issued new recommendations Monday on human genome editing, calling for a global registry to track “any form of genetic manipulation” and proposing a whistle-blowing mechanism to raise concerns about unethical or unsafe research.The UN health agency commissioned an expert group in late 2018 following a dramatic announcement from Chinese scientist He Jiankui that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies.In two reports Monday, WHO’s expert group said all studies involving human genome editing should be made public, although the committee noted that wouldn’t necessarily stop unprincipled scientists.“In the field of stem cell research, unscrupulous entrepreneurs…
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) on Monday lodged a complaint against Facebook-owned WhatsApp messenger over the company’s latest privacy policy updates. In January WhatsApp introduced a new privacy policy, according to which, some data of the users could be shared with its parent company Facebook Inc and other firms owned by the group. However, WhatsApp also said that the changes would not affect private conversations of the users.Many users globally criticised the new policies of the company and rival messaging applications such as Telegram and Signal messenger also saw their user base expanding due to many switching from WhatsApp.Criticising this…
Having a secure password manager in your browser helps you to log in fast when opening an account. While many built-in tools are readily accessible, they will first ask you if you want to store your information such as email address and password. This idea will instantly land you on a site in a few seconds, however, your sensitive details are at risk of being exposed. (Photo : Leon Neal/Getty Images)LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 09: In this photo illustration, the logo for online password manager service “LastPass” is reflected on the internal discs of a hard drive on August 09,…
Samsung Galaxy S21 “Fan Edition” could face an imminent delay in launch following its availability that could only be open to two major markets in the world. Fans have been waiting for the opportunity to get this flagship phone after a series of rumors that appeared about its specs and features. The interesting smartphone might not be the same anymore after the global chip shortage hits the processor manufacturers. The continuous impact of the chip supplies became one of the problems why it faced delays amid its impending release. Samsung Galaxy S21 FE May Not Succeed This Year (Photo :…