Camilla 'honoured' in first comments since Queen Consort announcement and Charles' Covid

COVID disaster relief on a rare Pokémon card.Vinath Oudomsine allegedly lied to a US government loan program set up to provide funds to businesses affected by COVID-19. He claimed he ran an entertainment services business with ten employees and a turnover of $235,000 (£179,200).

Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its third week, Russian forces appeared to expand the offensive by striking new areas in the west and President Vladimir Putin approved the recruitment of "volunteer" fighters from Syria and elsewhere.The war has forced more than 2.3 million people to flee Ukraine as others try to seek refuge in basements, subway stations and underground shelters.Ukraine's president said 100,000 people were evacuated over the past two days in the north and center of the country. Humanitarian corridors to facilitate the exodus were agreed to by Russia and Ukraine during ceasefires in those areas.More evacuations are expected Friday, though repeated attempts to reach the besieged city of Mariupol in the south have failed under continued Russian shelling.On Friday, Russia appeared to be pushing its offensive westward with authorities in Ukraine saying airstrikes hit two cities that had been far from Russia’s main targets elsewhere.Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Belarus counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 11, 2022.

"Deltacron" has been officially identified as a coronavirus variant.

Residents queue to undergo tests for the Covid-19 in a residential area in Changchun in China's northeastern Jilin province on March 11, 2022. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) BEIJING - China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly contagious omicron variant.Residents are required to remain home, with one family member permitted to venture out to buy food and other necessities every two days.

LOS ANGELES - Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher said their campaign has raised more than $20 million in less than a week for Kunis’ native country of Ukraine in response to the Russian invasion. "But we’re not done," Kutcher said in an update posted Thursday to Instagram. "Our goal is $30 [million] and we’re gonna get there."The couple and "That '70s Show" stars announced their intent last week to raise donations via GoFundMe and vowed to match another $3 million.

Kerala Health department on Friday reported that the state had logged 1,175 new Covid-19 cases. The state had also seen 2 Covid- related deaths in the past twenty four hours. 

Russian troops appear to be deliberately targeting civilians, shelling apartment buildings and even hospitals, as they slowly advance through Ukraine. Aaron McArthur reports.

PHILADELPHIA - The search for a new School District of Philadelphia superintendent is now down to three finalists, according to district officials.The school boards says those three candidates will come to Philadelphia individually next week to meet with students, parents, and teachers.The district will hold three roundtable discussions for each candidate and those will be livestreamed on the district’s social media pages. There will also be a public town hall. Last fall, Superintendent Dr.

Omicron variant of Covid-19 is currently haunting many regions of China that pushed the country to shut schools on Shanghai streets and also directed to build hospitals to tackle the outbreak. China's zero-tolerance approach to the virus is challenged like never before as it takes up a host of new restrictions and mitigation measures.

Here are the key highlights of lockdown in Changchun city of China:

Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris has confirmed that he has tested positive for Covid-19.

Covid-19 a global pandemic. These two years saw three waves of the deadly novel coronavirus. Many lives lost , especially during the second wave fueled by the Delta variant of the virus. 

Nicola Sturgeon has urged Scots to continue with “sensible precautions” against Covid-19, with the number of hospital patients infected with coronavirus at a 13-month high.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Police officers have made an arrest in the brutal murders of a Daytona Beach couple."I’m pleased to announce that we have arrested the man responsible for the murders of Brenda Aultman and Terry Aultman," said Daytona Beach Chief Jakari Young in a tweet late Thursday afternoon, accompanied by a picture of the person taken into custody.Chief Young went on to thank the U.S.

A northeastern Chinese city of nine million people was ordered to lock down, as authorities scramble to halt a fresh Covid-19 outbreak that has pushed nationwide case counts to their highest in two years.

Peter Andre got emotional live on Good Morning Britain today as he was finally reunited with his family in Australia.

One Victoria charity is putting its experience to work with a giant ‘care package’ for refugees along the Ukraine-Poland border.Sharron Bates reports.

IQ of more than half the United States population has been negatively affected by the presence of lead in gasoline, a new study estimates.The peer-reviewed study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal discovered childhood exposure to leaded gasoline cost the U.S. a deficit of at least 824 million IQ points, or approximately 2.6 points per American.Researchers at Florida State University and Duke University focused on U.S.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Medicines Price Control Committee had granted approval to increase the prices of medicines.State Minister Professor Channa Jayasumana told News 1st that the prices of medicines will be increased by 29%.

Today marks two years to the day since the World Health Organization first described Covid-19 as a pandemic.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The price of multiple goods in Sri Lanka were increased with effect on Friday (10), after the government allowed the currency to float.Here’s a list of what was increased on #PriceHikeFriday:1. Fuel Prices:Lanka IOC raised petrol and diesel prices by Rs. 50/- and Rs.

KYIV, Ukraine - Footage shared by Ukraine’s defense agency appeared to show Ukrainian forces taking out a Russian military tank regiment on the outskirts of Kyiv and forcing their retreat — one of many examples of the country’s rising will to fight since being invaded. The video, shared early Thursday by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, showed a large convoy of tanks in the Brovary area, just outside of Kyiv, before several explosions are seen. The defense agency said its attack on Russia’s military caused "significant losses in personnel and equipment," according to a statement translated to English. It also claimed to have taken out its commander, Col.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The All Ceylon Restaurant Owners’ Association has said that the prices of rice packets, Kottu, and Short Eats will be increased from Friday (10)The Price of a rice packet will go up by Rs. 20/-, Kottu up by Rs.

Russia has reoccupied abandoned Cold War bases in its Far North.Speaking at a defence conference in Ottawa, Gen. Wayne Eyre said defending NATO’s northern flank “is a key area of concern” for the Canadian military.Eyre said the threat of a Russian incursion into Canada’s Arctic from the North is very low at the moment.

coronavirus that appears to be a hybrid of the Omicron and Delta variants.The worrying discovery comes after multiple false alarms over the last few months, with many preempting fears that the two hugely disruptive strains would combine to create the dreaded 'Deltacron'.Virologists from L’Institut Pasteur in Paris announced their findings after sequencing genomes in positive Covid samples taken from several regions across France.They now believe that the variant could have been circulating since early January. Commenting on the findings, Aris Katzourakis, a professor of evolution and genomics at the University of Oxford said: "This one is legit."“[It is] one to keep an eye on.”Other similar clusters are also said to have been found in Denmark and the Netherlands, but have not been confirmed yet.Dr Stephen Griffin, a virologist at the University of Leeds, said that while the new variant "doesn’t seem to have taken off as a dominant strain yet", this may only be because of a "very slow start" based on the number of initial cases.But he added that "fact it persists in the fact of Omicron" could suggest that its ability to transmit "can’t be too shoddy".No conclusive data has yet shown whether Deltacron can be considered to be more infectious or deadly than its 'root' variants, Delta and Omicron.Covid technical lead Maria van Kerkhove from the World Health Organisation revaled on Thursday that her team had been “tracking and discussing” the new variant.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Prima Ceylon (Private) Limited has decided to increase the prices of wheat flour.PRIMA said that One kilogram of Wheat Flour was increased by a price between Rs. 35/- to Rs.45/-.

COLOMBO (News 1st): Lanka IOC, the Indian Oil Corporation in Sri Lanka increased petrol and diesel prices by Rs. 50/- and Rs. 75/- from Thursday (10) .Lanka IOC Statement:CBSL has announced flexibility in foreign exchange rate and the Sri Lankan Rupee has depreciated twice in last 7 days against the dollar, initially to Rs 230 per USD and then again to an exorbitant level of Rs.

New satellite images show the massive Russian military convoy that has been stalled outside Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for over a week has now redeployed, with artillery — including probable rocket launchers — moving into firing positions.

Government House leader Mark Holland has asked House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to approve Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking to Canada’s Parliament next week.

A funeral was held in Lviv, Ukraine for a Ukrainian solider killed in the war with Russia. According to a local priest, this is happening more and more often as the conflict rages on, and many men are dying too young.

“Black Panther” and “Creed” director Ryan Coogler was briefly detained by police in Atlanta in January after he was mistaken for a bank robber, video footage released by Atlanta police on Wednesday shows. Coogler, 35, was detained by police before being released on Jan.

Ukraine and Russia’s first face-to-face peace talks during this war have gone nowhere.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia is nearing 100 homicides so far this year following a historically bloody 2021 that saw more than 560 deadly crimes. According to the latest data provided by the Philadelphia Police Department, homicides are up 8% from this point last year. In the pandemic-plagued 2020, there were 68 homicides after the first week of March and in 2019 there were 59. "It’s a public health crisis—period," Director of the Philly Truce app Mazzie Casher said.

PHILADELPHIA - The United States Labor Department on Thursday reported its highest consumer inflation jump in nearly four decades propelled by surging costs for gas, food and housing. A gallon of regular gas in Pennsylvania will cost motorists $4.43 on average, according to AAA. And neighboring New Jersey and Delaware will only save drivers pennies.

PHILADELPHIA - The husband of a Ukrainian woman shared the story of his wife's harrowing escape from her war-torn homeland as Vladimir Putin's Russian army commenced a full-fledged invasion two weeks ago.Sean Moir and Valentyna Levytsky traveled to Ukraine in January, 6 months after the couple was married at a summer ceremony in Kyiv. Valentyna stayed behind to take care of her mother, Nadia, who was ill with late-stage Parkinson's disease. Nadia's condition got progressively worse just as Russia started its long-threatened invasion of Ukraine, Moir explained.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has tested positive for COVID-19. On Monday, Clarence House released an official statement sharing the royal’s diagnosis. “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating.

Camilla, the wife of British heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, has tested positive for coronavirus.“Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating,” Clarence House said in a statement. “We continue to follow government guidelines.” Ivan Reitman, producer, ‘Ghostbusters’ director, dies at age 75 The 73-year-old Charles tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time last week.

Camilla has tested positive for coronavirus, a spokesperson for Clarence House has confirmed. A spokesperson said today: “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating.

Queen Elizabeth II met with Prince Charles before he tested positive for COVID-19 and is now being closely monitored, a royal source tells ET. On Thursday, Clarence House announced that Charles — who is vaccinated and boosted — tested positive for COVID-19 that morning and is now self-isolating. Our source tells ET that 95-year-old Elizabeth and 73-year-old Charles met on Tuesday after she returned from Sandringham.

The Queen's health is reportedly being "monitored" after she met with her eldest son Prince Charles recently, as he has been confirmed to test positive with COVID-19 on Thursday, February 10. While the 95 year old monarch has seen the first in line to the throne recently, Buckingham Palace have reportedly refused to confirm or deny whether she is currently testing positive for the virus.The palace source did confirm that the Queen is yet to display any symptoms, however.

Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID-19. Clarence House announced Thursday that the 73-year-old royal, who is next in line to the British throne, is self-isolating. «HRH is deeply disappointed not to be able to attend today's events in Winchester and will look to reschedule his visit as soon as possible,» read the statement. This morning The Prince of Wales has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating.

Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales delivers a speech on stage during a reception to celebrate the British Asian Trust at The British Museum on Feb. 9, 2022, in London.

For the latest breaking news from the Royal Family and stories from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.Charles and Camilla confirmed that have both received their booster jabs In December as they urged Brit's who are unvaccinated to get their injections as soon as possible.The news comes as Prince William is currently on a royal visit to the United Arab Emirates.The Duke of Cambridge was seen planting mangrove saplings with a group of children at a nature reserve in Abu Dhabi and told them “you are the future” in the fight to save the planet.He later travelled to Dubai for the Expo 2020 to promote his Earthshot environmental award.

Prince Charles is self-isolating after contracting Covid for a second time. In a statement, a Clarence House spokesperson said: "This morning The Prince of Wales has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating.