New Covid variant XEC spreads across multiple countries

New Covid variant XEC spreads across multiple countries

People have started catching a new Covid variant that could soon take off and become the dominant type, according to scientists. Identified in Germany, in June, cases of the XEC variant which has some new mutations that might help it spread, have since emerged in the UK, US, Denmark and several other countries. Although typical […]

The UK warns as global sextortion scam rises

An unprecedented alert on sextortion scams targeting teenagers has been sent out to British teachers after the number of reported cases doubled in a year. Sextortion is blackmail where criminals threaten to release nude or semi-nude photos of someone, either real or fake, unless the victim pays them. Officials at the United Kingdom’s National Crime […]