A man blamed for spreading coronavirus through the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel by using a nebuliser is pushing for an independent inquiry into his case as scientists debate whether the device really was the cause of the outbreak.

The original judge discharged several jurors because they knew the man and could not be impartial.

Arne Sorenson was the first Marriott CEO whose name was not Marriott, and only the third chief executive in the company’s 93-year history.

With no heat and no working stove, the couple and their 11-year-old daughter hunkered down in a makeshift bedroom fort made from nearly a dozen blankets.

The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower as Wall Street had a mixed start to its week after resuming trade following the Presidents Day holiday.