Coronavirus: South Korea confirms huge rise in cases
Seoul says the 229 new cases raise the total number of confirmed infections to 433.
Read More »L’Arche founder Jean Vanier sexually abused women – internal report
A report by L’Arche finds that Jean Vanier, who died last year, abused women for decades.
Read More »US election 2020: Sanders ‘told of Russian effort to aid his campaign’
The Democratic senator denounces reported efforts by Russia to assist his presidential campaign.
Read More »Coronavirus: Evacuation flight for Britons on Diamond Princess takes off
UK nationals who have been quarantined on the liner for 16 days are being flown out of Japan.
Read More »London Central Mosque stabbing: Man charged
Daniel Horton, 29, is accused of attacking a worshipper in his 70s during afternoon prayers.
Read More »Harry and Meghan to end use of ‘SussexRoyal’ brand
Plans to secure a trademark have also been abandoned, a spokesperson for the duke and duchess says.
Read More »New blue British passport rollout to begin in March
They will begin to replace the current burgundy passports, following the UK’s departure from the EU.
Read More »Rhodes: “I’m donkey, I park where I want!” Campaign against illegal parking
Motorists on the island of Rhodes found not so polite stickers on their cars that they parked illegally. “I’m a donkey and I park where I want,” the stickers read, reminding them that donkeys may b gentle and patient animals but in Greece we also use the word for rude …
Read More »Germany’s far right shows its true strength: feeding political chaos
It only took one vote in one state parliament for Germany’s populist far right to break a decades-long political taboo, topple Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chosen successor and trigger a political crisis whose implications reach even beyond the country’s borders.
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