Taipei: Poverty in the East Asia and Pacific region is expected to rise for the first time in 20 years due to the triple shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic impact of lockdown and the global recession triggered by the health crisis. The dire prediction, released by the World Bank on Tuesday, means that as many as 33 million […]

Just what the doctor ordered! ROBERT HARDMAN examines new Covid-19 testing machines after Mail Force charity donates £1m in lab equipment to keep hospital staff safe The charity will provide £290,000 of equipment Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool   Hospitals in Stockport and Leicester earmarked for £250,000 of machinery The initiative exceeds £1million and was praised by Professor Stephen Powis To […]

CLEVELAND — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released his 2019 tax returns on Tuesday afternoon, just hours before his first debate with President Trump in Cleveland. “The American people deserve transparency from their leaders, it’s why as of today, I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns,” Biden tweeted Tuesday, 48 hours after the New York Times published leaked portions […]

Police probing Sgt Ratana’s murder search field in Surrey while forensics remain at 23-year-old suspect’s south London family home four days after ‘he shot dead officer inside police station’ Home of Louis De Zoysa being searched four days since Sgt Ratana shooting  Police officers are combing 30 acres of a field in Surrey as part of investigation  Sgt Ratana, 54, […]

Not the party spirit! Clairvoyant blasts ‘irresponsible’ Poundland for selling £1 OUIJA boards for Halloween gatherings Scarborough medium Julie Tetley, 64, claims the devices can ‘destroy lives’ She worries children will pick them up ‘for fun’ and summon spirits inadvertently Poundland is selling the £1 boards in their ‘Creepy Town’ Halloween displays A medium has blasted Poundland as being ‘utterly […]

Kuwait: Kuwait's ruling Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah has died, his office announced, plunging his country into mourning for a leader regarded by many Gulf Arabs as a savvy diplomatic operator and a humanitarian champion. Sheikh Sabah, 91, had ruled the wealthy oil producer and US ally since 2006 and steered its foreign policy for more than 50 years. His […]

TWO more members of an eight strong mob said to have gang raped two Brit teenagers on holiday in Italy have been named. The identities of Rocco Lionetti  21, and Michele Falotico, 20, emerged during a closed doors court hearing at which further details of the horrific ordeal had surfaced. On Saturday one of the victims, aged 15 at the […]

It was a “Notorious” error by Kamala Harris. The vice presidential nominee had a Joe Biden moment – referring to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the “Notorious B.I.G.” “She was part of our culture. Yes, we wear those Notorious B.I.G. T-shirts with a lot of pride, but since she passed, there are parents reminding their children that she […]

Boy, five, learns he has brain tumour one month after his father, 49, died from the condition that also claimed life of his nine-year-old brother Milo Hughes found out he had multiple brain tumours shortly after father died  His brother Oscar, nine, passed away in 2014 after a six-week battle with cancer Milo has undergone rounds of chemotherapy following heartbreaking […]

FOOTBALL will collapse unless a rescue package is agreed soon, ministers have been warned. Many lower league professional clubs are preparing to “cease playing and put their business into administration” says a letter written by Conservative MP Damian Collins.  ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates It was also signed by MPs, football grandees, including […]