Section: The Week (The United Kingdom)
Coronavirus: richest countries ‘hoarding’ Covid vaccines from world’s poorest, watchdog says
Credits Hugh Hastings/Getty Images Alt Text A care home worker receives the Covid-19 vaccine at the Royal Cornwall Hospital 67 developing nations can hope to vaccinate ‘just one in ten people’ by the end of next year In Brief Joe Evans …read more Source:: The...
Is Russia set to snatch Belarus’s independence right under the EU’s nose?
Description Officials from Moscow descend on Minsk as President Alexander Lukashenko clings to power Credits Getty Images Alt Text Pro-democracy protestors demonstrate in Minsk, Belarus. Officials from Moscow descend on Minsk as President Alexander Lukashenko clings to power …read more Source:: The...
Hunter Biden profile: could Joe Biden’s ‘problem child’ scupper his election hopes?
Description Scandal and addiction have dogged the Democrat’s second son – as Donald Trump has pointed out Credits Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Alt Text Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Hunter Biden talk during a college basketball game in 2010. Scandal and addiction have dogged …read more Source:: The...
Laptop belonging to Joe Biden’s son linked to FBI money laundering probe
Description Hunter and Joe Biden Credits David McNew/Getty Images Alt Text Hunter Biden and Joe Biden walking together. Subpoena indicates that contents of Hunter Biden’s computer are being scrutinised in financial case One-Minute Read …read more Source:: The...
Laptop belonging to Joe Biden’s son linked to FBI money laundering probe
Subpoena indicates that contents of Hunter Biden’s computer are being scrutinised in financial case One-Minute Read Thursday, October 22, 2020 – 1:02pm An FBI subpoena seeking Hunter Biden’s laptop and hard drive has been linked to a money laundering investigation opened in late 2019. The computer triggered a major row last week...
US election: are social media giants ‘censoring’ stories about Joe Biden’s son and Ukraine?
Description Joe Biden at a town hall event in Philadelphia this week Credits Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Alt Text Democratic candidate Joe Biden wearing a face mask during a town hall event GOP senators are accusing Twitter and Facebook of ‘election day interference’ …read more Source:: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 26 Sep 2020
Met investigates background of police killing suspect The custody sergeant shot dead inside a police station yesterday was a former professional rugby player who was reaching retirement. Sergeant Matiu Ratana, 54, who was born in New Zealand, died in hospital after being shot as a handcuffed suspect was being checked in. The Metropolitan Police...
Man blows up his house trying to swat a fly
And other stories from the stranger side of life One-Minute Read Monday, September 7, 2020 – 6:36am A man in France got more than he bargained for when he tried to kill a fly. The octogenarian, who lived in the village of Parcoul-Chenaud, was about to eat dinner when he used an electric racket to swat the fly. …read more Source:: The...
Vladimir Putin prepares security force to put down Belarus election protests
Description Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin Credits Mikhail Metzel/AFP via Getty Images Alt Text Alexander Lukashenko welcomes Vladimir Putin prior to a Collective Security Treaty Organisation summit in 2017 Russian president confirms he is ready to send support to bolster Alexander Lukashenko’s rule …read more Source:: The...
Instant Opinion: the Trumps are ‘the Republicans’ second most dysfunctional family’
Description Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 25 August Credits Spencer Platt/Getty Images Alt Text Kellyanne Conway Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 25 August Reaction …read more Source:: The...
