England will enter a stricter three-tiered system of coronavirus restrictions when the national lockdown ends on 2 December, Downing Street has confirmed. Boris Johnson is expected to reveal his plan for winter – including how families can mix with different households at Christmas
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman urged world leaders to unite to support the global economy as he opened the G20 summit on Saturday under the shadow of the pandemic and growing criticism about the Kingdom’s rights record. The two-day meeting of the world’s wealthiest nations is usually an opportunity for leaders to meet face-to-face
Outside one of Bangkok’s busy shopping arcades, crowds of young protesters bounce balloons – coloured grey with patches of molten orange – above their heads. “We will act as a meteorite and hit the outdated ways of the older generations in this
Shocking pictures show flames shooting out of windows after the building was stormed by the mob furious at President Alejandro Giammattei. The central American country has been devastated by coronavirus and back-to-back hurricanes and the president’s health and education cuts enraged the public.
Barack and Michelle Obama will produce a comedy sketch series based on a book that described the chaos of the transition between the former president’s administration and the incoming Trump presidency. Through their multimillion-dollar deal with Netflix and their company High Ground Productions, the Obamas will
Donald Trump appears to have admitted that coronavirus is “running wild” across the US, in contrast with his statements throughout the election campaign that the country was “rounding the turn” on the pandemic. As new Covid infections in the US approached 200,000 a
WhatsApp is hard at work making its hugely-popular app even better. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen the launch of disappearing messages which, as the name suggests, makes text messages self-destruct after a week, coupled with the introduction of a new storage setting designed to allow
A day, quite simply, when a much shrewder Jose Mourinho did a number on Pep Guardiola. If this match was supposed to be a final test of Tottenham Hotspur’s title credentials, it confirmed so much more than that. Their eventual 2-0 win
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, who have forged their greatness together over nearly two decades, bowed to youth on the southern bank of the Thames. Despite Andy Murray’s pre-match predictions, Daniil Medvedev and Dominic Thiem, candidates for acclaim among the elite in years
Israel says its military struck Hamas targets in Gaza in response to a rocket attack launched from the Palestinian enclave. The Israeli air force struck two rocket ammunition manufacturing sites, a military compound and “underground infrastructures”, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday.
