As India’s coronavirus pandemic burns out of control, the country’s government is cracking down — on social media. On Thursday, India’s government ordered Twitter to block more than 50 tweets that criticized how it has handled the pandemic. Twitter complied, preventing people in the country from viewing the posts from people who include a state
Month: April 2021
Boris Johnson is being urged to explain how the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat was paid for, following allegations from his ex-chief advisor. Dominic Cummings claimed the PM had once had “possibly illegal” plans to get Tory donors to fund the work. The government said “costs of wider refurbishment in this year have been
About 1 in every 3 cases of COVID-19 recorded each day in the world is now in India, where the rate of new infections is growing faster than in any other nation. Posted on April 23, 2021, at 6:27 p.m. ET Rajanish Kakade / AP Healthcare workers carry a patient after a fire in the
Getty Images Dominic Cummings has launched a blistering attack on his old boss Boris Johnson, questioning his “competence and integrity”. The former top adviser denied leaking text messages sent between Mr Johnson and businessman Sir James Dyson. And he claimed Mr Johnson once had a “possibly illegal” plan for donors to pay for renovations of
Judges have quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the UK’s most widespread miscarriage of justice. They were convicted of stealing money, with some imprisoned, after the Post Office installed the Horizon computer system in branches. The system was flawed. Some of those whose lives were ruined now want those responsible to be “punished”.
PA Media British and Irish nationals arriving in the UK from India must quarantine in a government-approved hotel, as new Covid travel curbs come into force. India joined the UK’s “red list” on Friday, effectively banning travel. The country has seen soaring infection rates, a rapidly rising death toll and the discovery of a new
Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR Norberto Hernandez and his wife, Olga, have been exiled to the island of Sucunguadup, which they heightened themselves using coral. Panama’s Kuna Yala (San Blas) consists of a long, narrow strip of land and an archipelago of 365 islands, of which 36 are inhabited. Due to the rising sea level,
Robert Alexander The US will attempt to re-assert its global leadership on climate change as President Joe Biden hosts 40 leaders at a virtual summit in the White House. It’s expected that the US will unveil an updated carbon pledge that will see their emissions nearly halved by 2030. Ahead of the meeting, officials urged
Getty Images Tens of thousands of predominantly black and Asian service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire were not properly commemorated due to “pervasive racism”, a report has said. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission apologised after it found individuals were not formally remembered in the same way as white troops. “The events of
Boris Johnson said he makes “no apology for moving heaven and earth” to get ventilators during the pandemic, amid a row over lobbying by Sir James Dyson. In text messages seen by the BBC, the prime minister promised to “fix” tax changes Sir James wanted. Mr Johnson said any PM would have done the same
Reuters A jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year. Derek Chauvin, 45, was filmed kneeling on Mr Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes during his arrest last May. The widely watched footage sparked worldwide protests against racism and
Getty Images Plans for a European Super League offend “the basic principles of competition”, Boris Johnson has said. Describing the proposal as a “cartel”, the prime minister said he would use legislation to block it if needed. The 12 founding members of the league faced a fierce backlash after unveiling proposals for a breakaway tournament,
PA Media The prime minister will chair a meeting of senior football officials and fans’ representatives later to discuss what should happen to the clubs planning on joining the European Super League. Boris Johnson described the new league, which includes six leading English clubs, as “ludicrous”. The 12 founding members of the league face a
With an Amazon logo behind him and luminaries from Shanghai’s booming venture capital scene in front of him, the executive onstage delivered his pitch. His company, Renwei Electronics, helps authorities in China track prisoners and detainees — alerting guards to their movements and even fitting them with heart rate monitors. Renwei deploys its “smart prison”
India has been added to a “red list” of countries from which most travel to the UK is banned, over fears of a new Covid variant, the health secretary has said. From 04:00 BST on Friday 23 April, most people who have travelled from India in the last 10 days will be refused entry. British
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham are among 12 clubs who have agreed to join a new European Super League (ESL). In a seismic move for European football, the Premier League clubs will join AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid. The ESL said the founding clubs had
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