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South China Sea: Beijing builds underwater ‘surveillance network’ to keep tabs on rivals

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Beijing has built a system known as the “Blue Ocean Information Network”, according to research from the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. Express.co.uk understands the new system consists of platforms with sonar systems and […]

Face masks and regular hand washing must stay after lockdown, scientists warn

Face masks and washing hands are likely to still be needed after lockdown ends, experts have claimed. Scientists warned wearing masks in public, regular hand washing and one-way systems could still be required when restrictions ease to minimise Covid-19 cases. The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M), a SAGE subgroup, said "maintaining baseline measures" […]

Daimler resumes engine production at Mercedes in Germany

STUTTGART (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz is ramping up engine production at its plant in Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, this week after Germany eased lockdown measures in a sign Europe’s largest economy is getting back to work after the coronavirus brought the country to a standstill. Daimler <DAIGn.DE>, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is gradually opening its plants in […]