"Killing Eve" star Jodie Comer says she has an unhealthy habit of Googling herself, something which she has pledged to stop doing this year.
The 27-year-old actor plays psychopath assassin Villanelle to Sandra Oh's British intelligence investigator Eve on the BBC America thriller drama.
Comer admitted that she used to regularly type her name into the internet search engine to find out what people were saying about her.
Asked if she ever searches for her name online, she told OK! magazine, "Of course I have. That's like when someone says, 'Oh, that person over there is talking about you.' When that happens, I want to know what they're saying."
"It became one of my New Year's resolutions to stop Googling myself because it's not healthy at all," the Emmy-winning actor added.
The third season of "Killing Eve" is set to drop on April 12.
The upcoming chapter also features Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia, Harriet Walter, Danny Sapani, Gemma Whelan, Camille Cottin, Steve Pemberton, Raj Bajaj, ...

Jodie Comer has to stop herself from Googling her name

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Mexico's main football league will launch an eSports tournament on Friday with professional players as the global pandemic sees stadiums shut and physical play suspended.
The competition will be a "replica" of 2020's closing tournament, organized over 17 days with nine maches daily and culminating in a finale, the Liga MX said Tuesday.
"There will be general rankings with, in the end, eight teams qualified for the play-offs," said the Liga MX, who were forced to halt the season on the pitch at the end of the competition's 10th day to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Each of the 18 clubs will choose three players from their professional teams to participate in the virtual tournament, with each meeting seeing a one-on-one match.
The games will be played in two periods of six minutes, with a half-time of less than three minutes, and will be broadcast across the main Mexican TV channels.
Two championship days are scheduled for the week.
In the eventuality that physical play is able to ...

With no physical matches, Mexican footballers play online

The Saudi king suspended final rulings and judicial orders on visitation rights of children of separated parents in the latest effort to try and curb the spread of the novel coronavirus among households, according to state media reports Wednesday.
The state-run Saudi Press Agency said parents were notified of the changes by text message, the latest measure by the kingdom to stem the rising number of new infections as a nearly nation-wide 24-hour curfew takes place.
Saudi Arabia has 2,750 confirmed cases of the virus, including 41 deaths. This week, the kingdom began imposing a 24-hour curfew in the capital, Riyadh, and several other cities, including Jiddah and Mecca.
It has already barred travel to and from Riyadh, Mecca and Medina, suspended prayers at mosques and closed Islam's holiest sites to pilgrims to limit infections.
King Salman on Tuesday also ordered the temporary release from prison of people serving sentences related to unpaid private debts, and ordered the suspension of 

Saudi Arabia halts parental visitation rulings to curb virus

Singer Dua Lipa says she would one day love to feature in the acclaimed series "American Horror Story".
The London-born singer said she has always been an ardent fan of the FX anthology horror show.
"I'd really like to be on 'American Horror Story' because I've always loved the characters and that series and how they get to play so many different roles with every season," Dua said during IHeartRadio's 'Ask Anything Chat'.
"I just love the story behind it and I've always been a fan," she added.
Dua recently released her new album, 'Future Nostalgia'.
"I'm learning new ways to connect with my fans and listeners. We're all in this together, so I'm sending lots of love and good health to everyone," she said about releasing the LP amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier, the pop sensation revealed she will soon be announcing the new dates of her world tour which got cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Dua Lipa wants to star in 'American Horror Story'

The Australian government on Wednesday said it is in talks with national carriers Qantas and Virgin Australia to bring back its citizens stranded overseas, including from India.
A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) spokesperson said it is exploring ways to allow Australians in India to return home including on commercial charter flights, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The department is also advising a group wanting to organise a private charter out of India, the report said.
Recently, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the government had worked with two major airlines, Qantas and Virgin Australia, to establish the network of flights to bring Australians home from other parts of the world by establishing four key international hubs -- London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Auckland.
Payne said Australians overseas should not hesitate if they have an opportunity to take commercial flights home.
Many Australians will be able to get to one of these four destinations. They can 

Australia in talks with national carriers to bring back citizens stranded overseas

The Czech Republic is past the worst of the coronavirus and has managed to stop an uncontrolled spread of the COVID-19 disease, the health minister said on Wednesday.
"We can get ready for a gradual controlled return to normal life," Minister Adam Vojtech told reporters.
"We are certainly past the worst. At the same time, we have succeeded in protecting hospitals and intensive care units which still have reserves."
Czech officials reported 195 new cases on Tuesday, down from a peak of 375 on March 27.
At the same time, Tuesday saw a record-high 7,434 tests compared with just over 5,000 tests on March 27.
"Recent data show a break in the trend," said Ladislav Dusek, head of the Czech Institute of Health Information and Statistics.
"This is a clear signal that... the uncontrolled spread of the disease has stopped."
Dusek told reporters that on Tuesday the total number of confirmed cases made up 5.1 percent of total tests carried out, following a steady decline from 6.7 percent in late ..

Virus under control in Czech Republic, says minister

Italy's former European indoor champion Donato Sabia has died from coronavirus aged 56, days after the pandemic claimed the life of his father, the Italian athletics federation (Fidal) announced on Wednesday.
Sabia won 800m gold at the 1984 championships in Gothenburg, and finished fifth and seventh at the distance at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Seoul Olympics respectively.
He had been hospitalised in intensive care for some days in his native Potenza, in the southern Basilicata region.
"A tragedy within a tragedy, Donato was a person you couldn't help but love," said Fidal president Alfio Giomi confirming Sabia's death days after that of his father from Covid-19.
Sabia was president of Fidal's regional committee in Basilicata.
Over 17,000 people have died in Italy as a result of the virus, but Sabia's death was only the 15th recorded in Basilicata.

Italy's 1984 indoor European champion Sabia dies aged 56

Despite "positive signs" from some countries, it is too early to scale back measures aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization's European office said Wednesday.
"Now is not the time to relax measures," WHO regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, told a news conference.
"It is the time to once again double and triple our collective efforts to drive towards suppression with the whole support of society." Kluge called on "all countries" to strengthen their efforts in three main areas.
Firstly, protecting health service workers, including training and making sure they have the necessary support structures.
Second, authorities needed to focus on stopping and slowing the spread of COVID-19 by using public health measures aimed at separating "healthy people from suspected and probable cases".
Third, governments and authorities had to continuously communicate with communities to make people conform to "current and possible future measures".
Several ...

'Now is not the time to relax measures': WHO Europe

Pope Francis is denouncing the mafia and all those who are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to make money.
Francis opened his morning Mass on Wednesday by praying that all those who profit off the needs of others, and sell them experience spiritual conversion.
Francis' homily was dedicated to the biblical story of Judas betraying Jesus  a narrative Christians commemorate this week in the run-up to liturgical services marking Christ's Last Supper, crucifixion and resurrection on Easter.
In his remarks, Francis said everyone has a little Judas inside of us who makes a choice between loyalty to others or self-interest.
He said: Each one of us has the capacity to betray, to sell others, to choose our own interests.
Speaking of mobsters and money lenders, he said: May the Lord touch their hearts and convert them.
Italian officials have warned that organized crime groups are maneuvering to profit off the social and economic disruptions caused by Italy's virus-induced nationwide .

Pope Francis denounces pandemic profiteers

Sevilla said Wednesday they planned to join Barcelona and other top Spanish clubs in slashing players' wages by up to 70% in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
With Spain's La Liga suspended indefinitely and club income sharply reduced, Sevilla said their decision would affect first team players as well as other playing staff and back room staff.
That means "a reduction of 70per cent of working hours for staff and men's and women's first team players and the reserves," the club said, adding that players had agreed to the terms.
Sevilla join Barcelona, Espanyol and other top clubs in taking advantage of a government scheme known by its initials ERTE that authorises salary cuts by up to 70 per cent in extreme circumstances.
La Liga, which estimates that clubs stand to lose around one billion euros if the season is not resumed, backs the move by clubs hoping to minimise the economic consequences of the virus.
Javier Tebas, La Liga president, said Tuesday he expected most Spanish clubs 

Sevilla join top La Liga clubs in slashing wage bill

Scientists have discovered which cells of the lungs and bronchi are targets for novel coronavirus infection, findings that may aid in the development of novel drug candidates to treat COVID-19.
The study, published in The EMBO Journal, revealed that the receptor for the virus is abundantly expressed in the progenitor cells of the respiratory tract which have hair-like projections to sweep mucus and bacteria out of the lungs.
Researchers, including those from the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) in Germany, analysed samples of twelve lung cancer patients obtained from the Heidelberg Lung Biobank in Germany.
They also studied cells from the airways of healthy patients, which had been collected in a minimally invasive manner during a bronchoscopy examination performed to rule out lung cancer.
"I was convinced that the data we gathered from these non-coronavirus infected patients would provide important information for understanding the viral infection," said study co-author Roland Eils ..

'Which lung cells are susceptible to coronavirus infection decoded'

A three-man space crew finished preparations on Wednesday for a mission to the International Space Station, which is going ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Russia's Roscosmos space agency and NASA's Chris Cassidy will blast off from  Kazakhstan for a six-month mission at 08:05 GMT Thursday.
But with journalists and relatives unable to travel to Baikonur due to restrictions related to COVID-19, the traditional farewell press conference broadcast by Roscosmos had a more distant and sombre feel.
"Instead of talking only to some cameras we would be talking to some people right now," said Cassidy, who is readying for his third stint in space.
Cassidy, 50, admitted that the crew was "affected" by their families not being able to be in Baikonur for their blastoff to the ISS.
"But we understand that the whole world is also impacted by the same crisis." Quarantine and isolation from the rest of the world are not new habits for astronauts.
The glass ..

No press, no family: Space crew set for launch during pandemic

German ministers approved Wednesday a draft law to tighten controls on foreign takeovers of domestic companies, in a long-planned reform lent fresh urgency by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Though already in progress before the COVID-19 crisis, the change -- which must still be voted on by MPs -- comes amid concerns over a shortfall in critical supplies, and just weeks after an alleged US bid for a German biotech firm's cutting-edge vaccine research.
"The current situation shows that we in Germany and Europe need certain capabilities and technologies... to better protect our security interests", said Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on Wednesday.
He added that the new law would serve "essential German security interests, including the provision of vital goods such as vaccines".
Last month, German biotech firm CureVac was forced to deny newspaper reports that the US had offered to pay "a billion dollars" for exclusive rights to its research into a coronavirus vaccine.
The ...

Germany sharpens curbs on foreign takeovers after vaccine spat

Swashbuckling England all-rounder, Ben Stokes has ended India skipper Virat Kohli's three-year run as Wisden's leading cricketer of the year after being named for the honour on the back of his stellar show in 2019.
The 2020 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack also coronated Ellyse Perry as leading women's cricketer of the year as the Australian reclaimed the title from India's Smriti Mandhana.
Stokes is the first Englishman to receive the honour since former captain Andrew Flintoff in 2005.
Stokes propelled England to their maiden World title last year with a man-of-the-match performance in the final against New Zealand at Lord's.
He then followed it up with a remarkable match-winning unbeaten innings of 135 in the third Ashes Test against Australia.
The 28-year-old, who succeeds Kohli, amassed 821 Test runs and scored 719 in ODI's in 2019.
"Ben Stokes pulled off the performance of a lifetime - twice in the space of a few weeks," said Wisden's editor, Lawrence Booth was quoted as saying by ...

Ben Stokes named leading cricketer of the year by Wisden

A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday issued a death warrant against a former military captain for his involvement in the 1975 coup in which the country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated.
Abdul Majed, who was arrested in Dhaka on Tuesday after hiding in India for nearly two-and-a-half decades, was brought before the court from the jail in heavy security.
Dhaka's District and Sessions Judge Helaluddin Choudhury issued the death warrant with Supreme Court's special permission during the ongoing COVID-19 holiday, public prosecutor Abdulah Abu told reporters.
"The judge read out the charges and original judgment issued in 1998 in line with the legal procedures ahead of issuing the death warrant, meaning clearance for jail authorities to hang him," he said.
The court officials and police said Majed was immediately brought back to the Kashimpur Central Jail on the outskirts of Dhaka where he would await the hangman's noose, exhausting subsequent legal procedures under .

Death warrant issued against ex-Bangla military captain for assassinating Bangabandhu

Doctors, researchers, even an army officer: the coronavirus pandemic has brought a diverse cast of experts into the media spotlight to guide the public through the crisis.
Many were unknown before the crisis, now they are familiar faces in living rooms across the world, from New York to Madrid to Beijing.
Fernando Simon, the epidemiologist who presents the health ministry's daily televised briefings on the grim progress of the coronavirus in Spain has himself caught the virus.
Despite falling ill at the end of March, he continues to summarise the day's findings, in his hoarse, thin voice, from his room self-isolation.
Simon's relaxed, informal presentation style is clear and instructive.
But as director of the ministry's Health Alert and Emergency Coordination Centre, his initially cautious approach to the approaching crisis earned him criticism from some colleagues.
They also argue he was too slow to recognise the need for the radical lockdown now in place.
Analysis of his ...

The experts guiding the world through the coronavirus pandemic

Miss England 2019 Bhasha Mukherjee has returned to the UK to resume her medical practise in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mukherjee, a doctor by profession who spent her childhood in Kolkata, was crowned Miss England in August 2019 and since then she has been travelling for humanitarian work.
In December, she represented England at the Miss World 2019 pageant.
But she has now decided to temporarily step back from humanitarian activities as she returned to the UK to continue her work as a doctor.
"It wasn't a tough decision. I've been to Africa, Turkey, and India was the first of the Asian countries I was going to travel to.
"After India, I had several other countries that had to be cut short because of obviously the coronavirus. I knew the best place for me would be back at the hospital," Mukherjee told Fox News.
UK is one of the countries that have been worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, which originated in China and has claimed the lives of over 80,000 people ...

COVID-19: Miss England Bhasha Mukherjee returns to work as doctor in UK

Germany will take in up to 500 unaccompanied minors from Greek migrant camps over the coming weeks, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Wednesday, and urged other EU countries to follow suit.
"We said (to the Greek authorities and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees) that we want to take in between 350 and 500 children in the next few weeks," Maas said in an interview with the RTL/ntv broadcaster.
The minister said he hoped other countries would follow suit. "We want to set an example here." Germany announced on Tuesday that it would take in 50 children from migrant camps on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios.
The transfers could begin next week, the interior ministry said in a statement.
The children and adolescents, who arrived at the camps without their parents, "will at first be placed in quarantine for two weeks," before being housed in various regions, the ministry said.
Tens of thousands of asylum-seekers live in dire circumstances in Greek camps, and conditions have worsened 

Germany to take up to 500 children from Greek camps

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "stable" and "in good spirits" after spending his second night in intensive care at a London hospital where he is receiving treatment for coronavirus, Downing Street said on Wednesday.
Johnson, 55, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the St Thomas' Hospital here on Sunday "for close monitoring" after his condition worsened.
Downing Street said he remains in "good spirits" at the hospital, a specialist National Health Service (NHS) infectious diseases facility across Westminster Bridge from 10 Downing Street in central London.
"The Prime Minister's condition is stable and he remains in intensive care for close monitoring. He is in good spirits," a Downing Street spokesperson said.
"He comfortable, he's stable, he's in good spirits," added UK health minister Edward Argar on Wednesday morning.
A further update on Johnson's health is expected later on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab, who is deputising for the UK Prime 

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson's condition 'stable'; spends second night in intensive care

Living in areas with higher levels of air pollution is associated with an increased risk of death from COVID-19, claims a study conducted in the US.
The research is the first to look at the link between long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) -- generated largely from fuel combustion from cars, refineries, and power plants -- and the risk of death from COVID-19 in the US, said the researchers from Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health.
The yet-to-be-published study looked at more than 3,000 counties across the US, comparing levels of fine particulate air pollution with novel coronavirus death counts for each area.
The researchers adjusted for population size, hospital beds, number of people tested for COVID-19, weather, and socioeconomic and behavioural variables such as obesity and smoking.
They found that a small increase in long-term exposure to PM2.5 leads to a significant increase in the COVID-19 death rate.
The study found, for example, that someone who ..

Air pollution linked to higher COVID-19 death rates: US study

New Zealand pace spearhead Tim Southee on Wednesday claimed the top honours in the annual Players' Association awards for his "compelling" performance in the home series against India, while Sophie Devine bagged the women's top award here.
"Tim Southee headed off several players in a very close voting result before ultimately securing his second The Players' Cap with a compelling series against India at home," the New Zealand Players' Association said in a statement.
Southee, who was player of Test series with 14 wickets in the two-match rubber earlier this year, joins Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor as multiple winners of the award.
Daniel Vettori presented the cap to Southee and said that "Tim has had a remarkable year and is a truly deserving recipient of this award".
The awards were presented online as all events have been cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Devine's award is her third consecutive.
NZCPA Board member former White Fern Rebecca Rolls announced the ..

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