A woman is given a Covid-19 jab at Lotus Rama IV where an area has been converted into a vaccination venue for people in communities in Klong Toey in the capital where the virus has been spreading rapidly in recent days. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul) The […]
Brazil’s former health minister has told a parliamentary inquiry that far-right President Jair Bolsonaro ignored repeated warnings that his approach to COVID-19 could cause the health system to collapse in the South American nation. Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who was fired in April 2020 by Bolsonaro […]
Cascade Investment, a holding company Bill Gates created with the proceeds of Microsoft Corp. stock sales and dividends, transferred securities worth more than $1.8 billion to Melinda French Gates, a day after the pair announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage. Melinda Gates is […]
Former United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched a space on his website where he can post messages that can be shared by others to Twitter and Facebook, sites where he remains banned. The move comes a day before a decision from Facebook Inc’s […]
A group of influential United States legislators is calling on the Biden administration to help raise $2.5bn in aid for Yemenis suffering amid what they described as “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis”. In an open letter on Tuesday, four US senators urged Secretary of State […]
A majority of people in G7 countries believe that governments should ensure pharmaceutical companies share the formulas and technology of their vaccines, according to new polling from the People’s Vaccine Alliance. In a briefing on Wednesday, the alliance said that an average of seven in […]
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has requested a new trial, two weeks after he was found guilty of second- and third-degree murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. In a series of motions filed to District Court Judge Peter Cahill on Tuesday, […]
The United States trade deficit surged to a record $74.4bn in March as an improving US economy drove purchases of imported foreign goods. The deficit, the gap between what the US buys from abroad and what it sells to other countries, was 5.6 percent greater […]
Frog legs rolled in worm flour could be the next culinary delight for European haute cuisine after the European Union gave its blessing for the first time for an insect food. Dried yellow mealworm can now be sold across the 27-nation bloc after a Monday […]
Former Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson died after being tasered three times and kicked at least twice to the head by an “angry” police officer, a jury heard on Tuesday at the start of a murder trial. Birmingham Crown Court in central England was told […]
