Conspiracy

The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China said he was allowed back into his lab after he spent days locked outside, sitting in protest. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post on Wednesday, just past midnight, that the medical center that hosts his lab had “tentatively agreed” to allow…

The commissioner for older people is giving evidence on the second day of hearings in Northern Ireland. Read More

Inquiry hears NI chief medical officer Prof Sir Michael McBride criticised NI politicians on WhatsApp. Read More

The inquiry is sitting in Belfast for the next three weeks and will hear from politicians and health advisers. Read More

The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility — a sign of the Beijing’s continuing pressure on scientists conducting research on the coronavirus. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post Monday that he and his…

Two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged with participating in a conspiracy to sell Chinese-made drones and other military equipment in Libya, Canadian police said Tuesday. RCMP spokesman Sgt. Charles Poirier said the alleged offenses occurred between 2018 and 2021, when the two men were working at the International Civil Aviation Organization,…

The former president stared straight ahead as the prosecution outlined its case in the historic hush-money trial. Read More

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is targeting the new malaria vaccines as African countries start their rollout. Read More

Saleem Chaudhri used cheese to hide cocaine worth more than £17m in an industrial unit, police say. Read More

Lab tests show ageing adult nose cells contain 100 times more virus soon after an infection. Read More