Hundreds of hot air balloons are launched over Albuquerque as part of annual nine-day festivalHundreds of hot air balloons launched into the skies over Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the US on Saturday for the first time in two years, as the city’s balloo…
Mass protests in Brazil call for Jair Bolsonaro’s impeachment
Crowds parade through cities as polling shows president’s ratings sinking to new depths Tens of thousands of protesters have returned to the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities to demand Jair Bolsonaro’s impeachment, as a poll showed the Brazilian presi…
Robots: stealing our jobs or solving labour shortages?
From fast food to farming, Covid-19 has accelerated the rise of the worker robots. This in turn will put more jobs at risk and makes the need to reframe society ever more urgentAs the coronavirus pandemic enveloped the world last year, businesses incre…
Universal credit cut will cost carers for disabled £1,000 a year
More than 300,000 people will be hit by the end of the £20 temporary increase in the benefit, government figures showMore than 300,000 unpaid carers of disabled people face a £1,000 annual benefit cut from next month due to the withdrawal of the univer…
‘Missing workforce’ could ease Britain’s labour market crisis
Vacancies are at record levels, so why are millions of people looking for jobs and what can be done to help them?When Caroline Cousin was made redundant from her job as a legal secretary in Greater Manchester during the first lockdown, she was warned s…
Doctors, receptionists and practice teams quit after wave of hostility over GP appointments
Fears of mass exodus as abuse by patients skyrockets over blood tests, jabs and face-to-face consultationsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSenior doctors have warned that practice staff and GPs are quitting after an unprecede…
Fear on the ward: UK mothers threatened with social services for refusing maternity care
Women who turn down advice from health service staff say they are being coerced with threats of referrals to agencies and policePregnant women and new mothers are being referred to social services by midwives for refusing to follow their advice, patien…
Twenty photographs of the week
Haitian migrants attempt to reach the US, the Taliban in Kabul, wildfires in California and fuel shortages in England – the most striking images from around the world this week Continue reading…
‘Clearly not working’: How New Zealand’s consensus on striving for Covid zero is finally cracking
As Auckland grapples with Delta outbreak, opposition leaders dare to break with Jacinda Ardern on pandemic plan“Things have changed,” Judith Collins declares, sitting in her Beehive government office. New Zealand’s National party leader is fresh off la…
Coronavirus treatments: the potential ‘game-changers’ in development
After positive clinical trials for antiviral drug Molnupiravir, it joins other medicines that have shown promiseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first clinical trial results showing a positive effect for a pill that can b…