World
44,583,051
USA
9,073,829
India
8,019,781
Brazil
5,445,475
France
1,198,695
Spain
1,194,681
UK
942,275
South Africa
717,851
Italy
589,766
Germany
477,203
Netherlands
319,991
Canada
224,653
UAE
129,024
Nigeria
62,224
Ghana
47,775
Gibraltar
682
British Virgin Islands
71
Qatar apologized Wednesday after authorities forcibly examined female passengers from a Qatar Airways flight to Australia to try to identify who might have given birth to a newborn baby found abandoned at the airport earlier this month. Under pressure after Australia condemned the searches, Qatar’s government said it had begun an investigation into the treatment…Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday brought the Trump administration’s anti-China campaign to Indian Ocean islands considered particularly at risk for what American officials allege is Chinese exploitation. Pompeo is visiting Sri Lanka and the Maldives to press the two countries to be on guard against potential predatory lending and investment by China.…Continue Reading
The United States and several Western allies on Tuesday accused the Syrian government of deliberately delaying the drafting of a new constitution to waste time until presidential elections in 2021, and avoid U.N.-supervised voting as called for by the U.N. Security Council.U.S. deputy ambassador Richard Mills urged the Security Council to “do everything in its…Continue Reading
The grandson of religious leader Billy Graham was forced to deny he was the pastor who performed a vulgar act on a plane passenger in an apparent case of mistaken identity.The Rev Will Graham took to Twitter to deny he was involved in the bizarre incident and had not even been on the flight at…Continue Reading
A security guard had a “bad feeling” as he eyeballed Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi but did not approach him for fear of being branded a racist, a public inquiry has heard. Kyle Lawler said he was stood 10 or 15ft away from Abedi, who had been reported to security by a member of…Continue Reading
In a late-night vote on Monday, the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as the newest associate justice on the US Supreme Court, sealing a 6-3 conservative majority on the panel that has become more and more instrumental in steering the course of US domestic policy in recent decades.Ms Barrett, 48, who has served on the…Continue Reading
The success of the Los Angeles Lakers and Dodgers are bringing fans together in the LA area and that may be helping drive an uptick in coronavirus cases, Los Angeles County s top health official said Monday, The Lakers won the NBA championship two weeks ago and the Dodgers are one game away from winning…Continue Reading
EnvironmentNatureThe government has been criticised for ‘limited progress and some worrying declines’ when it comes to protecting the environment, writes Tom BatchelorBut a nation of self-declared nature-lovers has allowed its natural assets to fall into serious decline, an expert panel has warned.A report by the Natural Capital Committee, established to advise the government on how…Continue Reading
The justices on Monday refused to reinstate a lower court order that called for mailed ballots to be counted if they are received up to six days after the Nov. 3 election. A federal appeals court had already put that order on hold.Democrats argued that the flood of absentee ballots and other challenges posed by…Continue Reading
Almost half of hospital patients have been discharged without receiving the results of their coronavirus test – including some patients who were sent to care homes, new research has revealed.Independent national patient body Healthwatch England said it had learned many patients were discharged from hospitals between March and August this year without proper assessments with…Continue Reading
Extinction Rebellion activists have blockaded the gates of Ineos’s Grangemouth oil refinery, after government data revealed the company was Scotland’s biggest climate polluter.Demonstrators working in groups of six have used two boats to block roads in an effort to prevent access to the plant.The protesters have locked themselves together and they have parked a boat…Continue Reading
World
44,583,051
USA
9,073,829
India
8,019,781
Brazil
5,445,475
France
1,198,695
Spain
1,194,681
UK
942,275
South Africa
717,851
Italy
589,766
Germany
477,203
Netherlands
319,991
Canada
224,653
UAE
129,024
Nigeria
62,224
Ghana
47,775
Gibraltar
682
British Virgin Islands
71