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Nov122020 by adminNo Comments

Survey: 40% in U.S. planning large gatherings for holidays despite COVID-19 warnings

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Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Nearly 40% of U.S. residents plan to participate in gatherings of 10 or more people this holiday season despite concerns over the spread of COVID-19, according to the findings of a survey released Thursday by Ohio State University. In addition, one-third of respondents said they wouldn't ask attendees at holiday parties with family or friends to wear masks, and just over 25% indicated that they wouldn't practice social distancing, the data showed. Advertisement "We're going to look back at what happened during this holiday season and ask ourselves, 'Were we part of the solution or were we part of the problem?'" Dr. Iahn Gonsenhauser, part of the team that conducted the survey, said in a statement. "When you're gathered together around the table, engaged in conversation, s...

Jan272020 by adminNo Comments

Auschwitz 75 years on: Holocaust Day prompts new anti-Semitism warnings

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Holocaust survivors and international leaders are honouring victims of the Nazis at the former Auschwitz death camp, amid calls to fight resurgent anti-Semitism.The presidents of Israel and Poland - Reuven Rivlin and Andrzej Duda - laid wreaths together, 75 years after Soviet troops liberated the camp.About 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau.Mr Rivlin warned of "voices which spread hate" and threaten democracy."Our duty is to fight anti-Semitism, racism and fascist nostalgia - those sick evils," he said.He and President Duda laid wreaths at the Death Wall, where the Nazis shot thousands of prisoners. The vast Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex, in Nazi-occupied southern Poland, was...

Jan122020 by adminNo Comments

MI5 chief shrugs off US warnings about Huawei

Business

The head of MI5 has said he does not expect the UK's relationship with America to suffer if Britain decides to include the Chinese company's equipment in its 5G infrastructure.In an interview with the Financial Times, Sir Andrew Parker said he had "no reason to think" that the UK would lose out on intelligence relationships as a result of the decision. His statement seems to fly in the face of senior officials in Washington who repeatedly stated the US would reassess intelligence sharing with the UK if Huawei was allowed any role in Britain's 5G infrastructure. Image: Sir Andrew Parker has shrugged off concerns about the Huawei decision impact Speaking at a NATO summit in December, Boris Johnson acknowledged that the "key criterion" r...

Nov302019 by adminNo Comments

Science warnings, US retreat add urgency to UN climate talks

Technology

Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned drama to this year’s international talks on tackling global warming. Delegates from almost 200 countries had hoped to put the finishing touches to the rules governing the 2015 Paris accord, ironing out a few wrinkles left over from last year’s conference in Katowice, Poland, and setting the scene for a major review of their efforts in 2020. But then Brazil pulled its offer of hosting the talks and stand-in Chile, rattled by anti-government protests, canceled five weeks before the meeting. Next, President Donald Trump served formal notice that the United States was quitting the Paris accord, delivering a symbolic blow to one of his predecessor’s signature achievements. And scienti...

Apr242019 by adminNo Comments

Huawei gets role in UK 5G network despite security warnings

Technology

Theresa May has approved Huawei's bid to help build Britain's 5G network, despite warnings about the risk posed to national security.The Chinese telecoms giant has been granted restricted access to build "non-core" infrastructure such as antennas, Whitehall sources have confirmed. However, it will be blocked from involvement in the most sensitive areas of the network.This permission came from the National Security Council, which is chaired by the prime minister, on Tuesday.The move comes just days after Huawei was accused by US intelligence of being funded by Chinese state security and almost a month after Britain's National Cyber Security Centre said the company posed a threat to national security. Advertisement ...