The Guardian - 4 years ago
Why leaders who want to be seen as strongmen are afraid to take Covid-19 safety precautionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWith the news this week that Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, is in hospital with C...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Authorities have struggled to enforce social distancing at the trading centres. At one Lima market, 79% of vendors had coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFour out of five merchants at a major fruit market in Peru h...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Lockdowns around the world continue to loosen as China reports highest level of internal travel since FebruaryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s commercial hub of Shanghai announced the restart of classes for younger...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
The prime minister’s new policy left Scotland, Wales and England’s regions in a battle for money and control – and gave the Tory party a huge ideological challenge Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOnly a few weeks ago Boris...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Fire department says 230 firefighters responded to blazeAn explosion in downtown Los Angeles has injured 11 firefighters, with scores more sent to put out the blaze in what was described as a factory making cannabis oil.Captain Erik Scott of the Los...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Figures released on eve of International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia show 36% leap in offencesHomophobic attacks and insults in France rose by 36% last year, according to figures released by the interior ministry, prompting the g...
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Polish archbishop calls for Vatican to ‘launch proceedings’ after release of child abuse documentary Hide and SeekA Polish documentary on child abuse by Catholic clerics has put a damper on centenary celebrations of the late Pope John Paul II’s birth...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Russia records highest daily fatalities; German football gets back under way; French child dies of Kawasaki disease. Follow the latest updatesUS House narrowly approves $3 trillion Covid-19 response billTrump unveils ‘warp-speed’ effort to create vac...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
The brother of the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was one of several protesters arrested at an anti-lockdown demonstration in Hyde Park. Between 50 and 70 people defied social distancing guidelines to gather close together at Speakers’ CornerPier...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Unique 2,000-year-old discovery made by staff in lockdown at Northumberland’s Vindolanda MuseumThe Roman author Pliny the Younger advised “kissing the hairy muzzle of a mouse” as a cure for the common cold. His fellow countrymen linked mice to the go...
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Unveiling the flag for& his new& space& force, Donald Trump said the US was developing a 'super-duper missile' to outpace its military adversaries. 'We have no choice, we have to do it with the adversaries we have out there. We have, I call it the su...
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Villagers who have lost everything are sheltering in makeshift camps where food, bedding and water are in short supplyIt was about 1am last Thursday when Dorothy Masika was woken by the rumble of water and boulders as they crashed down Mount Rwenzori...
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During a press briefing, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked why& Donald Trump& accused& Barack Obama& of committing a crime this week and asked her to name the crime. After listing issues with people in office while Obama was pres...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Trucking industry protesters disrupted a press briefing in the White House rose garden on Friday by honking their horns. Donald Trump said the sound was truckers ‘showing support’, but the honking may have been a protest. Earlier this month, the Wash...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Spain hails large-scale antibody study; no Danish virus deaths for first time since March; China marks one month with no Covid-19 deathsEurope could face deadly second wave of winter infectionsBrazil loses second health minister in less than a monthU...