International

Previously downgraded to a storm, Isaias was upgraded to a hurricane hours before making landfall.

This comes weeks after the former monarch was linked to an investigation into alleged corruption.

They were looked upon as examples of how to deal with the coronavirus, hailed for their no-nonsense approach, their clear messaging, their slick test-and-trace regimes, and the resulting low infection and death rates.

The outbreak on the MS Roald Amundsen comes just weeks after the cruise industry began to reopen.

Northern Irish Nobel Laureate John Hume, one of the driving forces behind the Good Friday Agreement which brought decades of deadly sectarian violence across Ireland to an end, died Sunday at the age of 83.

The UK’s troubled response to the coronavirus pandemic became even more confused on Monday, as government guidance seemingly at odds with itself rolled out across England, pushing the four nations of the UK further apart.

South Africa’s supermarket retailer, ShopRite, has announced plans to exit Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria, 15 years after it opened in the West African country.

Amitabh Bachchan, one of India’s most famous film stars, says he has tested negative for Covid-19 and been discharged from hospital.