When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Spaniards were ordered to stay home for more than three months. For weeks, they were not allowed outside even
Until the last, news had been positive and it was hoped Mr Orwell was improving. On Friday morning he had a long talk with a friend about
For the first half of one of his rare news conferences as president, Joe Biden stuck to an organized plan, calling on reporters from a
A Pakistani court sentenced a Muslim woman to death after finding her guilty of blasphemy for insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad in text messages she sent to a friend,
Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed yesterday to cancel or change flights heading into the U.S. over an ongoing dispute about the
The Democrat John F Kennedy has been sworn in as the youngest ever elected president of the United States. The 43-year-old Roman Catholic was inaugurated as the 35th president
Albert Bourla, chairman and chief executive of global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc., was awarded yesterday the prestigious Genesis Prize for his efforts in leading the development
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a grilling from opponents in Parliament today — and a more worrying threat from his own party’s restive lawmakers, dozens of
Face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and schools in England and COVID-19 passports will be dropped for large events as infections level off in large parts
Satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press yesterday appear to show the aftermath of a fatal attack on an oil facility in the capital of the
She was chosen at the end of a bitter leadership battle with former finance minister Morarji Desai. Following her win, Mrs Gandhi pledged herself to serve the Congress Party
Auction house Sotheby’s Dubai has unveiled a diamond that’s literally from out of this world. Sotheby’s calls the 555.55-carat black diamond — believed to have come from
From the inaugural platform, President Joe Biden saw American sickness on two fronts — a disease of the national spirit and the one from the rampaging coronavirus
Six major environmental organisations today added their support to the growing anti-bypass campaign in Newbury, Berkshire. Friends of the Earth, the Council for British Archaeology, Greenpeace UK,
Anti-poverty organization Oxfam called yesterday for governments to impose a one-time 99% tax on the world’s billionaires and use the money to fund expanded production of
Microsoft said late Saturday that dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies have been infected with destructive malware disguised as
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is negotiating a plea deal in his corruption case, a person involved in the talks said Sunday. The deal,
The BBC’s new Breakfast Time programme went on air at 0630 GMT, presented by Nationwide’s Frank Bough and former ITN news reader Selina Scott. Nick Ross,
Russia yesterday sharply raised the stakes in a showdown with the West over Ukraine, with a top diplomat saying he wouldn’t exclude a Russian military deployment to
The Duchess of Kent has become the first member of the Royal Family to convert to Catholicism for more than 300 years. The duchess was received into the Catholic
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