Scots picture Italy manager Roberto Mancini as BRAVEHEART
By Joe Davies For MailonlinePublished: 09:42 EDT, 10 July 2021 | Updated: 09:54 EDT, 10 July 2021Scotland football fans are preparing for battle tomorrow night when England take on Italy in the Euro 2020 final by picturing manager Roberto Mancini as William Wallace. The front page of the pro-Scottish independence newspaper The National featured Italian coach Mancini photoshopped as Wallace in the 1995 epic Braveheart. And Wales fans have joined in the fun, taking to social media to post pictures of the Italian flag with the Welsh dragon in its centre. And it drew mixed reaction on social media, with some taking offence to the joke and other seeing the funny side. Scottish football fans don't support England.
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July 10, 2021 14:03 UTC
Donald Trump's lawyers believed Rudy Giuliani was always DRUNK
Donald Trump's aides believed Rudy Giuliani was usually drunk and on the verge of senility, according to an explosive new book by Michael Wolff. Wolff wrote in Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump: 'Giuliani was, many around Trump believed, always buzzed if not, in the phrase Steve Bannon made famous in the Trump White House, hopelessly ''in the mumble tank''. Rudy Giuliani - pictured in Georgia in June 30 - seemed to always be drunk while serving in the Trump Administration, a bombshell new book has claimedGiuliani served as Trump's personal lawyer. Rudy Giuliani served as Trump's private attorneyTrump wasn't always happy with Giuliani, who was willing to go on television at any time to defend the president. After the election, Giuliani was 'eager for an administration post and assumed he would get one.
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July 10, 2021 13:52 UTC
Did you know: Google’s first billion-dollar acquisition was a steal
Video was about to be king on the web YouTube was launched in February 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. Google Videos was actually a thing, too, but not a real ongoing concern as far as video destinations on the web went at the time. In 2011, those numbers reached 48 hours of content being uploaded each minute and three billion views per day. Dolla dolla bills, y’all What we do know is that the Baby Shark Dance is the most viewed video on YouTube as of March 2021, with 8.5 billion views. Looking at it from that perspective, that original $1.65 billion acquisition cost was a steal.
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July 10, 2021 13:52 UTC
Sri Lanka confirms 919 new COVID cases
The Ministry of Health says 919 more persons were tested positive for the novel coronavirus today (July 10). This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country thus far 272,402. According to official data, 26,129 virus-infected people are currently being treated at designated hospitals and treatment centres across the island. The recoveries count climbed to 242,839 today with 1,804 more patients who were under medical care for novel coronavirus returning to health. Meanwhile, the death toll from the pandemic outbreak in Sri Lanka reached 3,467 as the Director-General of Health Services confirmed 33 new fatalities today.
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July 10, 2021 13:41 UTC
COVID death toll moves up with 33 new victims
July 10, 2021 06:26 pmSri Lanka has registered 33 more COVID-19 related fatalities confirmed by the Director General of Health Services on Friday (July 09). The new development has pushed the official death toll due to the virus in Sri Lanka to 3,467. According to the data released by the Department of Government Information, the latest victims confirmed today include 19 males and 14 females. Reportedly, one of the victims is a female aged below 30 years. Among the other victims are two males and three females aged between 30-59 years and 17 males and 10 females aged 60 and above.
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July 10, 2021 12:56 UTC
Two SriLankan flights to return tomorrow with 2 million Sinopharm vaccines
Two flights, chartered by SriLankan Airlines, have departed to China to bring 2 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, says State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Prof. Channa Jayasumana. This is reportedly the largest consignment of coronavirus vaccines Sri Lanka will be receiving on a single day. This enabled the extension of national inoculation drive to 12 more districts apart from Colombo, and the administration of Sinopharm vaccine’s second dose. Sri Lanka has received a total of 5.1 million Sinopharm vaccines so far since the arrival of the first batch of 600,000 doses in late March this year. Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine, also known as BBIBP-CorV, is produced by China National Biotec Group (CNBG) – a subsidiary of China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (SINOPHARM).
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July 10, 2021 11:03 UTC
Two million doses of Sinopharm expected tomorrow: Channa Jayasumana
July 10, 2021 by Aazam Ameen No CommentsTwo SriLankan Airlines flights have departed to China in order to facilitate the transport of 2 million doses of Sinopharm anti Covd-19 vaccines, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals Prof Channa Jayasumana said today (10). Accordingly, this is the largest single consignment of the same to Sri Lanka so far. The aircrafts carrying the doses are expected to return to the island tomorrow morning (11).
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July 10, 2021 10:52 UTC
Modern cars are too big for garages - but it saves drivers £160 a year
Steve Gooding, director at the motoring research group, said the increasing size of cars means most domestic garages are no longer fit for purpose, having found that the average garage door width is just 2.1m. However, it's not all bad new for motorists who can't fit their motors into their garages at home. Drivers parking a motor in a locked garage overnight on average pay £673.50 for annual cover. 'Among other things, drivers pranging their cars when parking in their own garages have put paid to that guaranteed discount.' The RAC Foundation's report comes just weeks after a poll of motorists found that fifty-three per cent with garages at their properties never park their cars in them.
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July 10, 2021 09:56 UTC
Sri Lanka to obtain USD 150 million ADB loan to boost COVID vaccine drive
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $150 million for Sri Lanka to purchase COVID-19 vaccines and to improve vaccination information, delivery, and monitoring systems. The project is part of ADB’s USD 9 billion Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) launched last December to offer rapid and equitable vaccine-related support to its developing member countries. The Philippines-based regional bank said the loan will help finance the purchase of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to immunize about 4 million Sri Lankans, contributing to the government’s target to reach 80% vaccine coverage by 2023. ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has tremendously affected Sri Lanka’s economy, which is highly dependent on the services sector and tourism. ADB’s support will help protect millions of Sri Lankans from COVID-19 and strengthen the government’s response and vaccination program.
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July 10, 2021 08:37 UTC
UK could stop using AstraZenca's jab within DAYS, analysis
In total, 24.6m people had received their first AstraZeneca vaccine by June 30, the latest week for which data is available, and 21.5m had been fully vaccinated. Officials are administering 800,000 second doses of the British vaccine each week, which could see the remaining AstraZeneca patients protected by the end of this month. It comes after the Department of Health said that another 96,000 first and 175,000 second doses were dished out on Thursday. Even after one dose, vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease was around 60 per cent and did not fall substantially with age. This rises from 4 per cent after a first dose, showing the importance of a second dose.
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July 10, 2021 08:26 UTC
Top 10 Ways Science Predicts the World Will End
The world is going to end. You can define the end of the world in a few different ways—the end of human civilization, the end of all life, or the destruction of the entire hunk of rock—but no matter how you slice it, it’s all coming undone eventually. But unlike those more apocryphal predictions, mainstream science is pretty certain of a few events that can—or will—cause the end of our world. Whether it’s microbes, machines, or missiles from space, here are ten ways scientists predict the world will end. Overall, the nearest and most likely end of the world is a slow, subtle, multi-pronged attack by… us.
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July 10, 2021 08:06 UTC
Top 10 Royals That Were Absolutely Crazy
Here are ten royals whose actions earned them a spot on the list of history’s craziest. 10 King George III of EnglandMad King of Britain: King George III 👑 Private Lives of Monarchs | Smithsonian ChannelGeorge III is remembered mostly for being the king who lost to America in their War of Independence. What details have survived, however, paint the young royal as wildly depraved. 4 Princess Alexandra of BavariaTop 10 Crazy / Insane Royal Family MemeberPrincess Alexandra of Bavaria was extremely intelligent. Caligula took Nero’s cruelty and cranked it to 11.
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July 10, 2021 08:03 UTC
UK exports to European Union bounce back following Brexit slump
By Hugo Duncan for the Daily MailPublished: 16:53 EDT, 9 July 2021 | Updated: 03:47 EDT, 10 July 2021Exports to the European Union have bounced back following a slump in trade after Brexit. In January, goods exports to the EU fell to £7.9billion. Exports of goods to the rest of the world were also up 5.5 per cent to £15.2billion, the highest level since January 2020. Other areas of the economy performed better in May, with the ‘accommodation and food services’ sector growing by 37.1 per cent following the reopening of pubs, restaurants and hotels. But overall, gross domestic product rose by just 0.8 per cent following a 2 per cent leap in April.
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July 10, 2021 07:52 UTC
Seven members of X-Press Pearl s local agency arrested
Seven members from the local shipping agency which represents the fire-wrecked cargo ship MV X-Press Pearl have been taken into custody. These suspects, arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), will be produced before the court later. In mid-June, Arjuna Hettiarachchi, the chairman of the said agency – Sea Consortium Lanka (Pvt) Ltd – was also placed under arrest. During the investigations, the CID had uncovered that the local agent had deleted several e-mails exchanged with the vessel’s captain that are vital to the investigations. Accordingly, it was determined that the local agency had acted with negligence with regard to the incident.
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July 10, 2021 06:56 UTC
Interprovincial travel restrictions further extended for 14 days
July 10, 2021 09:01 amExisting travel restrictions will be further relaxed from today (July 10, however, the interprovincial restrictions will be effective for another 14 days, says the Director-General of Health Services. Updated announcement on relaxation of travel restrictions and permitted public activities is produced below:
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July 10, 2021 03:22 UTC