Court locks up Putin’s foe despite threat of protests and international condemnation A Moscow court has sentenced Alexei Navalny to two years and eight months in a prison colony in a landmark decision for Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on the country’s leading opposition figure. Navalny, who has accused the Russian president […]
Month: February 2021
Bezos, who founded the company in 1994, will step down after company recorded $100bn in sales for last three months of 2020 Jeff Bezos, billionaire founder of Amazon, will step down as chief executive, the company announced on Tuesday. Related: Biden pledges to ‘undo moral shame’ of Trump era with […]
Health officials and mobile units to be sent to affected postcodes while waste water could also be tested Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Tens of thousands of people will be tested in a door-to-door “two-week sprint” to halt the spread of the South African coronavirus variant […]
QC had clashed with ex-deputy leader Kirsty Blackman over party’s policies on transgender rights Joanna Cherry, one of Nicola Sturgeon’s fiercest internal critics, has been sacked from the Scottish National party’s frontbench at Westminster after a public feud with its former deputy leader last week. Cherry, an advocate and queen’s […]
Civilian leader urges the public to protest against any return to a military dictatorship Myanmar has been placed on knife edge, with activists fearing a further clampdown after the military detained Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders in early morning raids and took direct control of the country […]
Decision came after council withdrew 12 staff at Larne following reports of ‘menacing behaviour’ Brexit checks on animal and food products arriving into Belfast and Larne ports have been suspended amid fears over the safety of staff, Northern Ireland’s agriculture ministry has said. The decision came after Mid and East […]
Boy from Cornwall whose offending began at 13 and who founded UK branch of FKD will be sentenced next week The teenage leader of a neo-Nazi group has been convicted over offending that began at the age of 13, making him the youngest person in the UK known to have […]
Exclusive: Chris Hopson says public should expect longer waiting times to continue after second Covid peak Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The NHS in England will take “months” to return to normal service after the Covid crisis is finally over, because its workforce is “exhausted and […]
Report says children repeating a year of school should be considered as part of radical catch-up efforts Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Today’s children face losing £350bn in lifetime earnings unless the UK’s governments invest in radical catch-up efforts when the pandemic is over, according to […]
Country’s powerful military have previously threatened to ‘take action’ over alleged fraud in a November election Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from Myanmar’s ruling party figures have been detained by the military in early morning raids, in what observers fear signals the first phase of a coup. […]