Some say the greenback’s dominance of cross-border payments will be erodedThis week marks the 50th anniversary of “the weekend that changed the world”, when the US president Richard Nixon suspended the dollar’s convertibility into gold at a fixed price…
Canada: pressure on Catholic church to compensate victims of residential schools abuses
Scale of church’s assets revealed in string of investigationsDiscovery of unmarked graves prompts fresh reparations callsThe Catholic church in Canada has come under growing pressure to compensate victims of the country’s residential school system afte…
The Covid vaccines mean we can start living again – in Britain, at least | Devi Sridhar
We made sacrifices to buy time for a scientific solution that has now arrived. Yet where jabs aren’t available, the crisis still ragesWe have all made sacrifices over the past 18 months. People have stayed home to protect others. Businesses have shutte…
Why salmonella is a food poisoning killer that won’t go away in the US
About 1.35m Americans a year fall ill from the bacteria. Why are there still so many infections?In my kitchen, I treat raw chicken as if it’s crawling with bacteria that could make me and my family sick. I use separate cutting boards for meats and prod…
Coronavirus live news: China reports highest cases since January; India reports lowest infections since March
UK reports 146 daily deaths, highest figure since 12 March; more than three-quarters of adults in UK now fully vaccinatedGermany to abolish free Covid testing in bid to boost vaccinationsLondon civil servants could see pay cut if they resist office re…
Beasts Clawing at Straws review – jet-black comedy in arch Korean thriller
A long-suffering sauna worker finds a bag stuffed full of cash in a crime caper with perfectly pitched performancesWhen Korean director Bong Joon-ho won the best picture Oscar in 2020 for his near-universally acclaimed Parasite, he suggested that maybe…
Jamaica calls for deportation flight from UK to be halted over Covid fears
High commissioner urges Home Office to stop flight after outbreak among those due to be onboardCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Jamaican government has called on the Home Office to halt a controversial deportation flight …
Remember Obama’s drill, baby, drill, days? Democrats aren’t innocent on climate
Obama campaigned in climate poetry and then governed in fossil fuel prose. Joe Biden may well follow in his footstepsIf after Monday’s news you didn’t feel a pang of doom, you’re either a zen master, a recluse living in a news vacuum, or a nihilist. Th…
China recalls Lithuania ambassador in Taiwan diplomatic office row
Plan for representative offices draws angry response from Beijing amid heightened tensions with TaipeiBeijing has recalled its ambassador from Lithuania and asked Vilnius to do the same, over plans by the European country and Taiwan to establish recipr…
Andrew Cuomo: how would an impeachment process work?
The governor is facing calls for dismissal after a report found he sexually harassed 11 women. But how does impeachment work?New York governor Andrew Cuomo is on the brink of being impeached by the state legislature and, if he doesn’t resign first, he …