Chernobyl reported captured as Russians capture Antonov international airport on outskirts of Kyiv
Russians troops are reported to have seize the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Russian troops have captured Antonov international airport on outskirts of Kyiv this...
At least 174 dead after riot at Indonesian soccer match
At least 174 people died overnight after police fired tear gas at an Indonesian soccer match to drive away rampaging fans
Violence broke out after the...
Threat of Covid-19 to global poor
Nearly half a billion of the world’s poorest people, who live with three such deprivations, are at ‘high risk’, according to a Briefing from the Oxford...
YouTube videos promoting Covid-19 conspiracy theories taken down after Press Gazette investigation
YouTube is broadcasting Covid-19 conspiracy theory videos to millions of people, and in some cases running adverts alongside them, a Press Gazette investigation has...
Levelling up? Boosting civic pride is more important than hanging baskets on high streets...
A new report out this weeks is warning that a narrow focus on cosmetic, short-term measures – such as ‘hanging baskets’ on the high...
Get COVID-19 vaccinations for ‘high-risk’ populations underway within 100 days worldwide, Tedros urges
There needs to be a “collective commitment” to get vaccinations underway worldwide for health workers and others who are at high risk of catching...
Violence against elderly has risen during COVID, UN expert warns
With “entrenched ageist attitudes” already undermining the autonomy of elder persons in making their own choices and decisions, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into...
Manchester Charity Launches Emergency Response for Palestine
The violent scenes at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem have escalated into yet another deadly conflict which has seen 35 Palestinians tragically lose their lives,...
CO2 emissions are on the rise again says scientists
Global carbon emissions are on the rise again in 2017 after three years of little-to-no growth, according to researchers at the University of East...
More than 80 per cent of new global wealth goes to top 1 per...
Eighty-two percent of wealth generated last year across the world went to the richest one percent of the global population, while the 3.7 billion...