When a woman and six children were ritualistically killed in the indigenous community of Alto Terrón the official response was complicated by the absence of police and health servicesAt the Iglesia de Dios church deep in the rainforest of Panama’s Caribbean coast, a number of unsettling objects attest to the horrific events which took place here.A black and red accordion stands among the overturned pews, children’s belongings are strewn across the floor, and a Bible – open at the Book of Revelat...
Doctors and nurses photographed during a break or at the end of their shifts. Associated Press photographers fanned out on Friday to photograph them during rare breaks from hospital intensive care...
Man City are ready to enter the race for Inter Milan star Lautaro Martinez with Pep Guardiola reportedly seeing the striker as the perfect replacement for Sergio Aguero.
Officials are cautious but study shows lockdown in Chinese city has halted spread of virusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first official train to disembark passengers in Wuhan since it was put under lockdown arrived in the Chinese city on Saturday, as it began to reopen after more than two months of almost total isolation.The easing of the quarantine, allowing people to enter the city of 11 million and...
Barry John, a mixture of Machiavelli and Napoleon, bamboozled and outplayed one of the strongest clubs in Britain with his match-winning brillianceThere are many images of Barry John, but a personal favourite is of the outside-half sitting on the ball where the touchline met the 22 on the side of the main stand as Cardiff slid towards defeat against a club that was then one of the strongest in Britain. He wore the insouciance of someone watching his dog retrieve a stick as he waited for a Covent...
The Oppo Reno Ace 2 coming next month recently appeared on TENAA with its images, which revealed its design. Now, the listing has been populated with the full specs of the phone, leaving little to the imagination.
The Reno Ace 2 is powered by a 2.8GHz octa-core processor, which could be a part of the Snapdragon 865 SoC. It runs Android 10 and has two memory versions - 8GB/128GB and 12GB/256GB.
The Reno Ace 2 is built around a 6.5" FullHD+ AMOLED display, that has a fingerprint reader unde...
Shortages in funds, medicines and masks threaten charity work around the worldCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLast Thursday morning Louisa Baillie drove down the five-kilometre dirt track that connects her jungle home in the Amazon rainforest to the main road. At the junction, she parked, hiking the rest of the way into Mera, a town of about 8,000 people.After filling her backpack with fruit and vegetables from local sellers, she grabbed some leaves and set about pluc...
West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady has backtracked on her call for the Premier League season to be cancelled and says the final games should continue into July to ensure its completion.
Human trials will begin imminently – but even if they go well, there are many hurdles before global immunisation is feasibleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEven at their most effective – and draconian – containment strategies have only slowed the spread of the respiratory disease Covid-19. With the World Health Organization finally declaring a pandemic, all eyes have turned to the prospect of a vaccine, because only a vaccine can prevent people from getting sick.About...
What are the symptoms caused by the Covid-19 virus, how does it spread, and should you go to see a doctor?Find all our coronavirus coverage hereCoronavirus – latest updatesIt is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has transferred to humans from animals. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared it a pandemic. Continue reading...
The Democratic frontrunner faces an unprecedented political challenge as he seeks traction while working from homeCoronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageVideo conferences from a basement, glitchy internet and bouts of restlessness. Joe Biden, like the rest of America, is working from home.The former vice-president’s confinement began abruptly on 10 March, when he touched down in Cleveland for a primary-night campaign event only to learn that the state’s g...
A normally bustling city has been put on hold while the state grapples with the pandemic – and how to slow its spreadAcross Los Angeles, the air is fresh and unpolluted, the freeways are empty and there’s plenty of parking. The unprecedented shutdown of the entire region feels like Christmas Day on repeat, except instead of staying at home to celebrate, people are staying inside to remain alive.“It’s a ghost town,” said Gregory Johnson, 23, who was walking by the deserted Venice Beach boardwalk ...
During the Great Recession, Republicans favored a do-nothing policy. Now they are singing a different tuneIn recent days, we have witnessed an astonishing about-face by Republican politicians on policies that were anathema to them just a few short years or even weeks ago. Democrats must use the occasion to press home the fundamental wrongheadedness of the Republican worldview before they inevitably reverse course and pretend that nothing has changed.Let’s start with stimulus. I remember early 20...
Legal groups across the US are calling on federal and state governments to halt debt collection as it continues unabated Coronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageVeronica Cavalli was at home in New York City last week, laid off from her job amid the Covid-19 pandemic and, as instructed by New York’s governor, trying to minimize her contact with others to halt the spread of the virus.When supplies ran low she sent her teenage children to the grocery store on...
All the day’s developments in the UK Covid-19 crisisCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 9.56am GMT Following the news yesterday that the Prime Minister tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating and faces accusations of complacency in adhering to his advice on physical distancing, let us cast our minds back to Boris Johnson’s comments at a news briefing earlier this month.I was at a hospital the other night where, I think, there were actually a few coronav...
The reporter was a ‘ceasefire baby’ who grew up in Northern Ireland in the 90s. This is the essay she was working on at the time of her murder last yearThey call my generation the “Ceasefire babies”, though I’ve always hated that name. I hated the mocking tone in which it was usually said, as if growing up in the 90s in Belfast was a stroll. There were still soldiers on the street when I was a kid. I remember them – in uniforms and maroon berets, at checkpoints, on pavements, crouching down on o...
People across Europe are finding increasingly inventive ways to protect themselves against the psychological risks of isolationIn Italy they are singing and sharing recipes. In France, humour is saving the day. In Spain, communal staircases have become the new running tracks, and in Germany, ordinarily disorderly hackers are busy coding corona-busting apps.As hundreds of millions of Europeans languish in lockdown, people are finding increasingly inventive ways to keep themselves entertained – an...
Matt Hancock is dispatching me and my peers in to hospitals. That’s only right, although the move carries real risks“So, we’re being conscripted?”On Tuesday, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, announced that 5,500 final year medical students would be joining the frontline of the NHS. On hearing this news, I rushed down the stairs of my flat to my equally bewildered housemates. We had just finished six years of medical school and had completed our hurriedly reorganised final exams remotely. But ...
