India’s Covid crisis is being felt far beyond its borders
Thousands of miles away, the extensive Indian diaspora in the UK feels helpless as Covid ravages family and friends in the country. But some are doing everything they can to … Read More
Month: May 2021
Global stocks mixed amid tenuous hopes for pandemic recovery
Global shares are mixed on cautious optimism that upcoming company earnings reports will reflect a gradual recovery from the damage of the pandemic By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer May … Read More
Volkswagen profits jump as China leads pandemic rebound
Volkswagen’s earnings bounced back strongly in the first quarter By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer May 6, 2021, 9:45 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this … Read More
China suspends economic dialogue with Australia
China has suspended an economic dialogue with Australia, stepping up a pressure campaign that began over Australian support for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus By JOE McDONALD … Read More
Biden ready to sell $2.3T infrastructure plan in Louisiana
President Joe Biden will push the case for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan in the reliably Republican state of Louisiana By JOSH BOAK Associated Press May 6, 2021, 9:32 AM … Read More
How fisherman’s daughter dubbed the ‘pirate of hope’ sparked Jersey fishing war
How fisherman’s daughter dubbed the ‘pirate of hope’ sparked ‘fishing war’: Brexit-hating hard-left French maritime minister Annick Girardin escalated tensions with threats to CUT OFF Jersey’s electricity Minister is a … Read More
Airline passengers flying from ‘red list’ destinations are avoiding costly £1,750 UK quarantine
Backdoor to Britain (via Turkey): How airline passengers flying from ‘red list’ destinations are avoiding costly £1,750 UK quarantine by staying for 10 days in Istanbul hotels for a quarter … Read More
Royal Navy gunships patrol sea off Jersey as 100 French fishing boats threaten to blockade harbour
‘This is like an invasion’: Now Macron sends military boat racing towards Jersey for stand-off with Royal Navy warships – after 100 French fishermen BLOCKADE harbour and surround British vessels … Read More
Parents of architecture graduate, 32, who hanged himself say mental health bosses ‘let them down’
Parents of architecture graduate, 32, who hanged himself after dangerous driver killed his sister, 25, say mental health bosses ‘let them down’ as coroner slams trust over care failings Stephen … Read More
Trump’s orchestration of Liz Cheney’s exit shows that his power in the GOP is so broad that he may not need to tweet or post to work his will
The Wyoming Republican congresswoman is about to lose her No. 3 House leadership post after a lonely defense of the truth that last year’s election was not stolen and that … Read More
