Famed since Roman times, the Spanish city’s artisans are all but extinct. But a reprieve is at hand from the TV and film industryIts sturdy presence has threaded through more than 2,000 years of history, fuelled by fans that were said to have ranged fr…
Coronavirus live news: Taiwan rolls out domestic vaccine; China reports zero new cases for first time since July
Tsai Ing-wen receives first dose of domestically developed vaccine; Chinese health authorities report zero locally transmitted symptomatic cases; booster shot significantly lowers infection risk – Israeli studyUK scientists look at reducing boosters to…
Ian Botham appointed UK trade ambassador to Australia
Former England cricketer and crossbench peer will ‘bat for business down under’, says Liz TrussIan Botham, the former England cricketer and crossbench peer, has been appointed a UK trade ambassador to Australia, the government has announced.He is one o…
Afghan guard killed in Kabul airport gun battle
One dead in firefight between unidentified gunmen and US, German and Afghan guardsA firefight between unidentified gunmen and US, German and Afghan guards at Kabul airport has left one Afghan guard dead and three wounded, underscoring the fragile secur…
Hundreds clash in Portland as Proud Boys rally descends into violence
Running street battle ends in gunfight after ‘Summer of love’ protest in a parking lot of a former Kmart store A rightwing protest in Portland on Sunday has culminated in a gunfight, when antifascist demonstrators returned fire at a man who shot at the…
Decision to euthanise 154 cats found in smuggling operation sparks outrage in pet-loving Taiwan
The pet-mad population reacted with fury after the animals were put down due to biosecurity concernsA decision by Taiwan authorities to euthanise 154 cats found in an attempted smuggling operation has sparked outcry and calls to change laws and increas…
‘Nothing to eat’: Somalia hit by triple threat of climate crisis, Covid and conflict
Overlapping crises have pushed the fragile east African country to the ‘cusp of humanitarian catastrophe’, with one in four facing food insecuritySuch was the horror that erupted in her village earlier this year that Fadumo Ali Mohamed decided she had …
Why the west will learn no lessons from the fall of Kabul | Nesrine Malik
From Sudan to Iraq to Afghanistan, self-righteous US and UK policies have more to do with power than peopleIn August 1998, two weeks after a little-known terror outfit called al-Qaida announced itself to the world with bomb attacks on the American emba…
‘We love everybody’: the French drag couple making non-traditional wedding dresses
James and ViviAnn Du Fermoir-de-Monsac want to create an atmosphere where those who don’t fit the vision of an ideal bride feel comfortableOn the third floor of a typical Alsatian building in Strasbourg, a door opens on to a bright atelier, dotted with…
Tennessee floods death toll rises to 22 as Biden offers help
Record rainfall fueled flash floods in rural town of WaverlyGovernor surveys devastation as families seek missingAt least 22 people were confirmed dead on Sunday as rescue crews searched desperately amid shattered homes for dozens still missing after r…