TERTER, Azerbaijan — For years, the leaders of Armenia had spoken carefully and ambiguously about the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, to avoid inflaming passions in Azerbaijan. But that changed suddenly this spring, when the populist prime minister declared the area indisputably Armenian. To Azerbaijanis, who lost a bitter, unresolved war with Armenia over the region […]

A 94-year-old woman in a retirement housing complex was given a “fun” COVID-19 puzzle, asking her to find words including “fear”, “hospital”, “acute care”, “ventilator”, “pains”, and “pneumonia”. Accent Housing sent the word search to more than 50 residents at its Vyner House warden-controlled flats in York, as well as two other unidentified locations. The […]

The number of people getting seriously ill with coronavirus who go on to die has fallen compared to the start of the pandemic, according to new research. It is thought the drop in mortality could be down to clinicians having a better understanding of the virus and more effective treatments. Live coronavirus updates from the […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams argued the Queen has no intentions of stepping down as monarch and passing it on to her son Prince Charles. During an interview with Express.co.uk, Mr Fitzwilliams said […]

Talking about her job as a frontline child protection social worker, Jennifer speaks cautiously. ‘Social workers are often portrayed as the bad guys,’ she explains. ‘People think our one intention is to take children away, or that we miss stuff and fail to remove children when it’s right. ‘They don’t realise the work that goes […]

Tens of thousands of Poles have defied Covid-19 restrictions to protest against a new high court ruling that imposes a near-total ban on abortion, blocking major roads and bridges and chanting anti-government slogans. The demonstrators, some dressed as characters from “The Handmaid’s Tale,” have even disrupted masses and vandalized churches — a rare case of […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The Queen had reportedly told Ms Fitzalan Howard she “adored” Hugh Fitzroy, then the Earl of Euston, whom she had met while he served in the Grenadier Guards in the 1930s. According […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The SNP offered its economic projections in 2013, based on Scottish Government models, which suggested oil prices would be broadly stable for at least two years. However, the price of crude oil […]

The number of coronavirus-related deaths has risen to its highest level since June. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 670 people died with the virus in the week ending October 16 – an increase of 232 compared to the week before. It is the highest number recorded in 17 weeks and the sixth week […]

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The Duchess of Sussex appeared alongside Harry for a recording of the podcast Teenage Therapy. The Californian-born former actress donned a T-shirt and facemask inscribed with symbols bound to ruffle a few […]