A nurse working on the 'frontline' trying to save patients from the deadly coronavirus has broken down in tears after realising she will have to spend Chinese New Year in hospital. Footage taken inside what appears to be a communal rest room captures a hopeless nurse crying loudly as she yells: "I can't take this […]

However, he has also stressed the importance to the Falklands’ economy of the UK and the EU striking a trade deal by the end of the year in order to preserve their market access to the continent. Mr Hyslop, who took over from after the retirement of predecessor Sukey Cameron last year after 36 years […]

YANGON (Reuters) – Two women, one pregnant, were killed and seven other people injured after Myanmar troops shelled a Rohingya village on Saturday, according to a lawmaker and a villager, two days after the U.N.’s highest court ordered the country to protect the minority. Maung Kyaw Zan, a national member of parliament for Buthidaung township […]

MORE than 200 private patients of an orthopaedic surgeon have been recalled over concerns about operations he performed.Habib Rahman is alleged to have performed unnecessary or inappropriate shoulder surgeries at Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull, West Midlands, lawyers said. Some 217 private patients have been asked to have a follow-up with an independent surgeon "to […]

Brazil’s government has charged Glenn Greenwald, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and US citizen, with cybercrimes in a blatant effort to crush his independent reporting on corruption. He deserves Washington’s full support. Greenwald is most (in)famous for helping Edward Snowden leak massive amounts of US government secrets. But that has nothing to do with his work […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – The main organization representing Brazil’s 300 indigenous tribes said on Friday it would sue far-right President Jair Bolsonaro for racism after he said indigenous people were “evolving” and becoming more human. “We need to put a stop to this perverse man,” Sonia Guajajara, leader of the Association of Indigenous Peoples (APIB), wrote […]

How fraudsters are operating ‘with impunity’ because police aren’t equipped to investigate them An increasing number of cases are being handed to ‘unskilled investigators’  Met commissioner Sir Mackey called for ‘radical change’ to police response Only one in 200 officers were found to be dedicated to fraud investigations  Fraudsters are operating ‘with impunity’ because police […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – A new coronavirus that has killed 26 people in China was confirmed in Europe for the first time on Friday as it spreads despite Chinese attempts to quarantine the city at the heart of the outbreak. China closed Shanghai Disneyland and part of the Great Wall and suspended public transportation in 10 […]

Three patients in New York state who are suspected of having the much-feared coronavirus are under observation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday. The state Health Department had as many as four cases under investigation, but one proved negative, Cuomo said in a statement. Citing confidentiality, officials declined to say where the three suspected cases were […]

Speaking to troops deployed as part of a recent US course of action, Marine General Frank McKenzie, the top US commander in the Middle East, said to troops he was “not sure how long you’re going to stay”. General McKenzie spoke to sailors and marines aboard the USS Bataan amphibious assault ship. He said: “I’m […]