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EasyJet founder offers £5m reward as he seeks to derail Airbus order

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou seeks ‘whistleblower’ to help scupper airline’s £4.5bn, 107-plane dealEasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is offering £5m to any “whistleblower” providing him with information that scuppers the budget airline’s 107-plane...

Northern Ireland joins in rejection of Boris Johnson's 'stay alert' slogan

‘Four nations’ approach dealt further blow as Stormont announces its own, more cautious plan Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson’s “four nations” approach to tackling the coronavirus has been dealt a fresh blow a...

Microplastics discovered blowing ashore in sea breezes

Finding could help solve mystery of where plastic goes after it leaks into the sea Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of mismanaged waste could be blowing ashore on the ocean breeze every year, according to scientists who have discovered microplastics i...

Anthony Fauci: 'serious consequences' if US exits lockdown too early – video

Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has warned of serious consequences if US states reopen before building capacity to deal with new Covid-19 outbreaksCoronavirus US liveGlobal report: Anthony...

Newborns among 40 killed in attacks on hospital and funeral

Afghanistan resumes anti-Taliban offensive after attacks in Kabul and NangarharGunmen attacked a hospital that houses a maternity clinic in Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people including two newborn babies, and a suicide bomber killed at leas...

Babies among dozens dead in attacks on Afghan hospital and funeral

Ashraf Ghani orders resumption of anti-Taliban offensive after attacks in Kabul and NangarharGunmen attacked a hospital that houses a maternity clinic in Kabul, killing at least 16 people including two newborn babies, and a suicide bomber killed at l...

'Give me gains or give me death': Florida gym-goers protest lockdown with push-ups

Demonstrators rallied outside a courthouse as some pointed out if push-ups can be done outdoors, they can be done anywhereCoronavirus – live US updatesLive global updates We all know about the right to bear arms, the right to free speech … but what a...

US message to Britain in bilateral trade talks: it's us – or China

Proposed clause viewed by diplomats as lever to deter closer UK relations with BeijingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US government has been privately pressing the UK in bilateral trade talks to make a choice between t...

'The genie is out of the bottle': telehealth points way for Australia post pandemic

From virtual hospitals to FaceTimed GP visits, innovations that have sprung up in response to coronavirus could transform a sector notoriously resistant to reformThis is the fifth in our series on Life after lockdown, which looks at how the Covid-19...

'It’s time to embrace the history of the country': first harvest of dancing grass in 200 years

Bruce Pascoe’s farm in east Gippsland, in Victoria, is producing native grains for flour and bread using traditional Aboriginal techniquesFull Story: How Bruce Pascoe rebounded from a summer of traumaOn the hill above Bruce Pascoe’s farm near Mallaco...

Will coronavirus lead to fairer societies? Thomas Piketty explores the prospect

Economist discusses the effects of pandemic on economies, societies and globalisationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe French economist Thomas Piketty is the bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (201...

Supreme court grills Trump lawyers over president's unreleased tax returns

Trump has refused to release documents but Sonia Sotomayor says there is a tradition of Congress ‘seeking records and getting them’As the supreme court heard arguments concerning Donald Trump’s tax returns on Tuesday, justice Sonia Sotomayor told a l...

Fauci says US reopening could trigger outbreak 'you might not be able to control'

‘The consequences could be really serious’ if safeguards relaxed Infectious disease expert testifies remotely before Senate panelCoronavirus – latest US updatesCoronavirus – latest global updatesDr Anthony Fauci, the government’s top public health ex...

Stay alert or stay home? How Covid-19 lockdown rules differ across UK

What you are allowed to do now depends on what part of the union you live inThe UK’s approach to Covid-19 now very much depends on what part of the union you live in after Downing Street’s decision to drop the “stay at home” slogan in favour of “stay...

Too black, too queer, too holy: why Little Richard never truly got his dues

How did a turbaned drag queen from the sexual underground of America’s deep south ignite rock’n’roll? We unravel the mystery behind Little Richard’s subversive genius As the world marks and mourns the passing of Little Richard, many have been asking:...