Amazon suspends all shipments except medical supplies and high-demand’ products

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UK cell networks: EE, O2, Vodafone and Tesco mobile down

All major UK networks suffer issues | Continue reading


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Coronavirus: France imposes 15-day lockdown

'Never before in history has France had to take such exceptional measures in a time of peace,' French president says | Continue reading


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In photos: A global exploration of nature-based technology

In an era of high-tech and climate extremes, this book examines the design movement building on indigenous philosophy | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Austria bans all gatherings of more than five people

People allowed out of homes only for work, food shopping and helping others | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

The closure of last temporary hospital after dramatic fall in cases in China

Health chiefs say only 11 new cases recorded on one day as tally falls | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

60% of UK population need to become infected so country can build herd immunity

'The most likely place you are going to get an infection from is a family member, a friend, someone very close in a small space, not in the big space' | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Coronavirus: France to close all schools and universities, Macron says

French president addresses country in televised announcement | Continue reading


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British boy gets sent home from school for selling hand sanitizer shots

He spent earnings on Doritos, mother claims | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Vans releases sensory-inclusive shoes designed for people with autism

Sneakers include sensory-inclusive elements such as 'a calming colour palette and design features that focus on the senses of touch, sign and sound' | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Italy suspends mortgage payments amid corona lockdown

Entire country is in state of quarantine over virus | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

White House officials ‘discussing national state of emergency’ over Coronavirus

Preliminary talks come amid criticism of Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

London Based Surgeon Performs about 200 Enlargement Operations per Year

This surgeon has performed 200 penis enlargement operations in the last year alone. But are men getting what they pay for? Simon Usborne investigates | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

The bridge to Northern Ireland is now a tunnel. No matter – it won’t be built

We can call it a bridge, we can call it a tunnel, we can call it a strawberry blancmange and it remains the same. It will never convey people from one side of it to the other | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Apple, Samsung, Sony among 83 global brands using Uighur Muslim 'forced labour'

At least 80,000 Uighurs working across 27 Chinese factories that supply some of biggest brand names in the world | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Apple, Samsung and Sony among 83 global brands using Uighur Muslim forced labour

At least 80,000 Uighurs working across 27 Chinese factories that supply some of biggest brand names in the world | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Musician uses algorithm to generate every possible melody to avoid DMCA lawsuits

Catalogue of 68 billion tunes contains 'every melody that's ever existed and ever can exist' | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Space images reveal drastic fall in pollution over China as factories closed

‘This is the first time I have seen such a dramatic drop-off over such a wide area for a specific event,’ says Nasa scientist | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Killer whale from Iceland sets record with 5k-mile journey to Beirut

Whale named Riptide in poor health, say concerned conservationists | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

WhatsApp group chats can be found on Google

Users are warned to be aware of what is happening in their groups | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Living Longer, According to a Harvard Genetics Expert

Only 20 per cent of our health in old age is genetic | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Coronavirus cuts China’s greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter

Experts say the drop not permanent but outbreak highlights how ‘vulnerable’ society is | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Julian Assange 'could die in prison without urgent medical care', doctors warn

WikiLeaks founder's health in 'rapid decline', raising concerns about fitness to stand trial | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Man who misses Ceefax spends years creating his own version

Peter Kwan developed ‘Teefax’ after original teletext service was shut down in 2012 | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Plan to dam entire North Sea could protect millions from rising oceans

Global failure to tackle emissions may mean ‘extreme’ infrastructure project is needed to save cities from submersion, scientists warn | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Cables 1k times faster than current Internet wires

'This is exciting research' | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

New AI called ‘Dark Emulator’ could tell us the structure of the universe

New technology could allow us to 'work our way towards uncovering the greatest mystery of modern physics', says scientist | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Rare European cave salamander stayed in the same spot for seven years

Hold still. This creature was recorded going 2,569 days without moving | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Amazon rolls out new delivery robot called Scout

An Amazon employee will accomany the autonomous machines at first to ensure they can safely navigate around pedestrians and pets | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Kobe Bryant dead: NBA star tragically dies in California helicopter crash at 41

It is reported five people died in the tragic incident in Calabasas | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Scientists find mysterious origin of brightest explosion ever seen in universe

Discovery 'turns upside down what most researchers have believed,' says one of researchers | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Nuclear waste recycled into diamond batteries with 'near-infinite power'

Thousands of tonnes of radioactive materials could be used to power everything from pacemakers to spacecraft | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Trump administration threatens tariffs if UK imposes taxes on tech giants

Digital services levy due to be imposed on web-based firms like Facebook and Amazon from April | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Priceless 15th century artwork restored with ‘humanoid sheep face’

Ghent Altarpiece by Jan and Hubert Van Eyck sees major transformation | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

19,000 young British girls were raped last year by grooming gangs

Many groomed children do not realised they are being abused, warns charity | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Breakthrough discovery could lead to ‘one-size-fits-all’ cancer treatment

New type of T-Cells can recognise and kill most types of cancer | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Humans body temperatures are mysteriously getting colder, study finds

Bodies now typically cooler than textbook 37C first established 150 years ago, experts say | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Google grew out of a garage into a trillion-dollar empire

'They’ve bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field against everyone else,' argued Elizabeth Warren | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Scientists Create “Living Robots”

'They're neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal,' says creator. 'It's a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism' | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Teenager discovers new planet on third day of NASA internship

Distant body is nearly seven times larger than Earth and orbits two suns | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

There will be a new brightest star in the sky by end of this century, scientists

Faint star will fall into a 'death spiral' that will cause a glow visible from Earth | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

UK is nearly ready to launch force to hit hostile countries with cyberattacks

The specialist unit will be dedicated solely to offensive action to combat security threats, extremism, hackers, disinformation and election interference | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

After two decades of trying, the director and former Monty Python member has finally managed to make ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’. But he’d rather talk to Alexandra Pollard about #MeToo, the trials of being a white man, and why he’s decided to become a ‘black lesbian in trans … | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Thousands of drones fills sky in China to create running man

High-tech demonstration part of growing trend to find alternatives to fireworks | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Australia wildfires: 500M animals and plants killed as glaciers turn black

‘There is such a big area now that is still on fire and still burning that we will probably never find the [animals’] bodies,’ says ecologist | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Hagoromo Chalk: Why the Demise of a Japanese Company Is a Blow to Mathematics

The Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk was known as the 'Rolls Royce' of chalk | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

China’s Baidu dethrones Google to take AI language crown

Artificial intelligence competition previously dominated by US tech giants | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Psilocybin found safe for consumption in largest ever controlled study

‘Clinically reassuring’ results boost development of psychoactive ingredient as depression treatment, researcher says | Continue reading


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