The Guardian - 4 years ago
The 'R' number of coronavirus is a figure that is being closely scrutinised as ministers decide when to end lockdown in the UK. Boris Johnson has said the& country must keep the R rate below one in order to avoid the disaster of a second peak. But wh...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
China, Denmark and Singapore expand testing; Spain to quarantine new arrivals; France bans drinking on SeineCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCountries are taking urgent steps to avoid a damaging second wave of Covid-19 infe...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
UN has asked the government to investigate latest allegations of abuse against migrants crossing on Balkan route from BosniaCroatian police are allegedly spray-painting the heads of asylum seekers with crosses when they attempt to cross the border fr...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Joint statement urges US to remain in Open Skies Treaty, designed to reduce risk of war breaking out through miscalculationA group of retired Nato generals and defence officials have urged the US to stay in a 1992 treaty with Russia on mutual reconna...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
The chancellor says the coronavirus job retention scheme will be extended for four months, until the end of October. There will be no changes until the end of July, he says,& and in August, September and October it will continue with more flexibilit...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Across Europe to the US, the foreign newspaper verdict is Britain has performed badlyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBritain’s reputation for its handling of the coronavirus epidemic has taken another global pasting after...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Trump accusations shed light on how he could use the Covid-19 pandemic to undermine the results of the November electionDonald Trump falsely accused Democrats of trying to “steal” Tuesday’s special election in California amid the Covid-19 pandemic by...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Lockdowns are starting to ease but travel and migration will be disrupted for longerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOur globalised world has been brought to a crashing halt by coronavirus.By April, over 90% of the world’s...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
In Mosul, sourcing essential medication can be an expensive struggle – but entrepreneur Ameen Hadeed may have found the solutionWhen Ameen Hadeed’s father had heart surgery in 2015, the tricky part was not the operation but finding the drugs to aid h...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
A rare glimpse into the lives of a young couple in lockdown in Iran.& Filmed over several weeks in quarantine, Sara and Mohammad Reza attempt to process the devastating loss of a family member to Covid-19. The news of coronavirus spreading in Tehran...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Canadian pop-rocker conflates various unproven theories about source of disease in expletive-filled rant on InstagramBryan Adams has made an expletive-filled attack on Chinese people over coronavirus, in the week he was due to start a concert residen...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
With violence against women endemic in the country, new initiatives are desperately needed but slow to arrive Lucas da Silva* sits in a cell while he waits to hear from the court what will happen to him.The 33-year-old is not in a prison, but at Casa...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Coronavirus highlights weakness of food and health systems, as Global Nutrition Report finds one in nine of world’s population is hungryAn overhaul of the world’s food and health systems is needed to tackle malnutrition, a “threat multiplier” that is...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
The announcement not to renew the goldmine lease is fraught but part of an attempt to ‘take back PNG’Late in April, in the middle of a global pandemic and slow-boiling domestic economic crisis, the government of Papua New Guinea made the surprising a...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Days after tweeting about 'Obamagate' and accusing his predecessor, Barack Obama, of committing crimes, US president Donald Trump was asked to specify what those exactly were. He replied: 'Obamagate, it's been going on for a long time, it's being goi...