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Shutting Britain's borders at the start of the coronavirus crisis may have lessened  the country's catastrophic outbreak, another study has suggested.  Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine modelled the impact of international travel restrictions on the spread of Covid-19.  They looked at 162 countries and estimated the number of imported cases, which scientists will never know for certain due to a lack of testing early in the year.   They found travels bans are most effective in countries with low transmission, or that have strong travel links with countries recording high rates of infection — but that they had a 'limited impact' in other scenarios.  The UK Government blocked all travel to and from China in early February, a move which experts say undoubtedly prevented some cases of Covid being imported. But No 10 was criticised for not putting any travel restrictions on people coming from Italy or Spain, where infections were rocketing. 

Uber is selling off its self-driving car development arm to startup Aurora as the ride-hailing company attempts to show a profit during the coronavirus pandemic.   Aurora will acquire the employees and technology behind Uber's Advanced Technologies Group in an equity transaction, the companies said Monday. Uber will invest $400million into Aurora, and Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will join Aurora's board of directors, the companies said. Uber revealed it was selling its Advanced Technologies Group to startup Aurora in an equity transaction Monday. An Uber self-driving car with cameras and sensors is pictured in January Uber stock prices dropped in after hours trading following the sale announcement After the transaction, Aurora will be worth $10billion and Uber will hold 26 per cent stake in the company, said Chris Urmson, CEO of Aurora, in an interview. 'Our first product will be in trucking and freight, but we look forward to taking this great team that we have and ac

The Trump administration turned down Pfizer's offer for additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine - and now additional supplies to vaccinate Americans might not be available until June.  The New York Times first reported that Pfizer had made the offer, saying it came in late summer - and that the administration had declined.  On a call with reporters, a senior administration official said the Times' report was 'false.' But the official did not address what was 'false' and said: 'We feel absolutely confident we will get the vaccine doses for which we’ve contracted and will have sufficient number of doses to vaccinate all Americans who desire one before the end of second quarter 2021.'  It came on the heels of Fox News Channel reporting that President Donald Trump planned to sign an executive order that would 'ensure that United States government prioritizes getting the vaccine to American citizens before sending it to other nations.'   Under the cu

A flurry of legal challenges by President Trump, his lawyers, and third parties took on a more personal dimension Monday when Donald Trump's campaign sued President-elect Joe Biden directly over thousands of votes in Wisconsin.  A suit filed by Trump's campaign in Milwaukee County – a Democratic county that went heavily for Biden – is titled 'Donald J. Trump, Michael R. Pence, et al vs. Joseph R. Biden, Kamala D. Harris et al.' It seeks a judgement from from the county circuit court to 'set aside' the board of canvassers' 'legal determination that in-person absentee ballots in Milwaukee County should be counted.' It seeks to set aside the same board of canvassers determination in Wayne County, another county with a large proportion of Democrats and black voters that went heavily for Biden. A suit filed in Wisconsin is titled: 'Donald J. Trump, Michael R. Pence, et al vs. Joseph R. Biden, Kamala D. Harris et al' President Trump claims he '

A Brooklyn attorney whose license was suspended has defrauded eight separate homeowners by swindling them out of properties worth nearly $8million, prosecutors said. Sanford Solny, 63, on Monday was arraigned on a 63-indictment for allegedly scheming Brooklyn residents from May 2012 to November 2020. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office charged Solny with grand larceny, scheme to defraud and criminal possession of stolen property.  The DA's report, obtained by DailyMail.com, said Solny targeted victims whose properties were in foreclosure and plotted to obtain the deeds to gain capital. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said Sanford Solny has been charged and arraigned over eight years of alleged real estate fraud. Pictured: 161 East 29th Street in East Flatbush Prosecutors said Solny targeted homeowners whose properties faced foreclosure and convinced them to sign over the deeds. Pictured (left to right): 394 Monroe Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant and 2555 Bedford Av

Jack Mulligan , 25, was stabbed multiple times on September 28, 2019 and died later that night in hospital A Sydney murder victim's grieving mother has cried as her son's killer told her from across a courtroom: 'I know what the pain is like to lose a child ... I regret everything.' Jack Mulligan, 25, was stabbed multiple times in a communal area of a Camperdown unit complex in Sydney's inner west on September 28, 2019, dying that night in hospital. His killer, Sharee Lorraine Turnbull, told the NSW Supreme Court on Monday she had been using methamphetamine daily and couldn't remember the attack but felt 'guilt, a lot of shame pain' for what she'd done. The 31-year-old earlier told the court about her traumatic childhood and early adult life replete with domestic violence, drug abuse and poor role models. Turnbull also spoke of how losing her son moments after giving birth aged 18 had led to an escalation in her drug use. 'I know what the pain i

A 12-year-old boy took a joyride in his parent's Range Rover along with his seven-year-old female cousin some 124 miles from Queens, New York all the way to southern New Jersey and the state's border with Delaware. The youngsters were picked up by police at the New Jersey Turnpike's Clara Barton Service Plaza, near the Delaware state line after the boy tried to buy snacks with a stolen credit card he had with him. The pair had gone missing about 10:40am on Monday from their home in Southern Ozone Park.   The pair left the home in South Ozone Park Queens at around 10:30am on Monday and headed south using the main interstate The boy, 12, and seven-year-old female cousin rode 124 miles in a Range Rover from New York to the New Jersey/Delaware border New Jersey State Police spotted the white Range Rover on Monday afternoon after the cousins passed through Staten Island and into New Jersey.  The NYPD also sent out a citywide alert searching for the two, asking for the public'