The Guardian - 4 years ago
The Canadian province passed a law less than a year affecting religious minorities’ face coverings – now the pandemic may prompt a rethinkCoronavirus – latest global updatesLess than a year after passing a secularism law forcing certain members of re...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Social media is awash with quotes, poets read verses over the phone and households make banners of their favourite linesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 1,000 people have died and the long lockdown, which begins t...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
The former US president attacked the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual commencement ceremony for historically black colleges and universities on Saturday. Barack Obama told graduates: ‘More than anything, this...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Thomas Hegghammer delivers a meticulously researched account of a charismatic IslamistAbdallah Azzam is not exactly a household name – at least when compared with the far more notorious Osama bin Laden. But the militant Palestinian cleric who inspire...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
The world’s strongmen may well end up paying a political price for their cynicism and incompetenceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIf Boris Johnson is mishandling the pandemic, he is not alone. Falsely claiming everything i...
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
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
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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Pandemic adds to jihadi and climate change threats to present ‘immense challenge’ for regionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 43 million people in west Africa are likely to be in urgent need of food assistance in t...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
As herds are devastated and crops destroyed across east Africa, there are fears of violence as competition for grazing increasesTiampati Leletit had heard tales of massive desert locust swarms darkening Kenya’s horizon. But when they hit his farm the...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
But continent will have fewer deaths than Europe and US because of its younger population and other lifestyle factorsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNearly a quarter of a billion people across 47 African countries will cat...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Peace process between the government and Taliban was crumbling before talks beganIn the wake of a devastating attack in Kabul on Tuesday on a maternity unit that saw gunmen shoot women in labour, new mothers and their newborn babies, hopes of a peace...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
The Senakw development aims to ease the city’s chronic housing crisis – and to challenge the mindset that indigeneity and urbanity are incompatibleThe scrubby, vacant patch beneath the Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver looks at first glance like a t...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Amazon have arrived in force in rapidly expanding Hyderabad, with designs on the currently almost non-existent Indian e-commence marketThe futuristic lobby of the new Amazon building in Hyderabad feels as though it should have a permanent orchestra b...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Minibuses that run on Friday evenings and Saturdays buck state’s religious restrictions Tel Aviv is one of Israel’s most dynamic cities, but the latest local craze could appear fairly humdrum to outsiders – a bus service that runs at weekends.Packed...