40×40 project encourages people to donate 40 minutes of their time to help women return to workplaceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Duchess of Sussex has used her 40th birthday to launch an initiative to help women back …
Nicaragua: Ortega opponent becomes eighth election candidate to be arrested
Crackdown continues as vice-presidential hopeful Berenice Quezada accused of ‘terrorism’ for criticising lack of freedomNicaraguan authorities have detained a candidate in the November presidential elections, her party has said, as the government of Pr…
UK media unite to urge visas for Afghan reporters at risk from Taliban
Newspapers and broadcasters send open letter to Boris Johnson raising safety fears about locals who did vital work for the westOpen letter warns of brutal Taliban reprisals against Afghan reportersA coalition of British newspapers and broadcasters has …
Lightning strike kills at least 16 from wedding party in Bangladesh
Group killed as they disembarked from boat to take refuge from thunderstormA lightning strike has killed at least 16 people who were travelling to a wedding and injured several others in Bangladesh, according to local officials.The bride was not with t…
Andrew Cuomo tries to battle on as demands pour in for him to quit
New York governor found to have sexually harassed 11 womenSupport crumbles as state impeachment cogs begin to turnAndrew Cuomo, the governor of New York who was found by the state’s top prosecutor to have violated the law by sexually harassing 11 women…
With Delta variant spreading is China ‘zero tolerance’ approach over?
Now it’s clear the virus is not going away debate about what approach the country should adopt next is emergingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs the highly transmissible Delta variant continues to spread across at least 17 …
Mel Brooks announces his first memoir at the age of 95
All About Me!, to be published on 30 November, will cover everything from the film director’s military service to his long comedic partnership with Carl ReinerAt the age of 95, the comedian and film-maker Mel Brooks has written his first memoir. All Ab…
Unjabbed Germans face restrictions to avert new Covid wave
Health minister wants restaurants, hairdressers, stadiums and hotels to be off limits to the unvaccinatedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGermany’s health minister is planning to introduce sweeping measures next month that co…
Church bells in Catalan town chime again after residents’ pot-banging protests
The bells on the Santa Maria dels Turers church in Banyoles stopped ringing at night after complaints from touristsAfter a series of raucous protests involving pots and pans, residents in a small Catalan town near Barcelona have won a victory in their …
Andrew Cuomo teeters on the edge of a spectacular fall from grace
Months ago Cuomo was depicted by the media as ‘America’s governor’ – now another side to him that was an open secret in Albany has been officially recognizedIn 2018, as Andrew Cuomo was in the thick of a re-election battle against the Sex and the City …