Authorities in Philippines started moving 200,000 people away from their homes in coastal and mountainous areas because of fears of flooding and landslides as Typhoon Vongfong made landfall on Thursday. The typhoon, the first to hit the country this year, slammed into the eastern Philippines packing winds of 155kph and gusts of up to 190kph,...
A panel of experts has accepted the Japanese government's plan to end the state of emergency for 39 prefectures, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Thursday. The 39 prefectures in which the emergency is expected to be lifted account for 54 perecent of Japan's population. Japan was expected to lift a state of emergency across...
Something he saw as he drove to work one morning gave Tristan Van den Bosch an uplifting idea.
A confidential Treasury assessment of the Covid-19 crisis estimates it will cost the Exchequer over £300 billion this year, meaning a new wave of austerity is on its way, with the burden falling on the backs of ordinary people. Large sections of the left, including the Labour Party and leading trade union figures, were cock-a-hoop...
A key worker who helped save the life of a policeman who had a heart attack on the bus during lockdown is celebrating a £1 million Lottery win.
Lloyd's, the world's largest insurance market, said that the coronavirus crisis will cost it as much as the September 11 attacks, or all the hurricanes of 2017 combined.
Anyone who suffered through France's two-month lockdown with a toothache or other oral affliction of a non-emergency nature has a hope of licking the pain. Dental practices around the country … Click to Continue »
