NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger and attacks on refugee camps Timeline: Sudan’s two years of war and its devastating toll Sudan is suffering from the largest humanitarian crisis globally and its civilians are continuing to pay the price for inaction […]
Government’s rapprochement with Beijing may risk national security in wake of British Steel crisis, party members say Senior Labour figures have urged the government to review Chinese investment in UK infrastructure in the wake of theBritish Steel crisis, warning that a rapprochement with Beijing could risk national security. Government officials […]
European State of the Climate report ‘lays bare’ impact of fossil fuels on continent during its hottest 12 months on record The home-wrecking storms and floods that swept Europe last year affected 413,000 people, a report has found, as fossil fuel pollution forced the continent to suffer through its hottest […]
Volodymyr Zelenskyy decries attack on ‘ordinary city street’ while people were going to church for Palm Sunday At least 34 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people were going to church for Palm Sunday, […]
Exclusive: Government is weighing up security concerns against economic benefits of closer ties with Beijing The government could target parts of China’s security apparatus under new foreign influence rules, the Guardian has learned. Ministers are considering including parts of the Chinese state accused of interference activities on the enhanced tier […]
Northern Irishman shot 73 before playoff Secures first major since 2014 PGA Championship Rory McIlroy, Masters champion. Four words that belie what this remarkable Northern Irishman achieved on a spine-tingling afternoon at Augusta National. They ignore, too, the torturous process McIlroy endured to realise this lifetime goal. Did he win […]
Nobel laureate, a star of the international boom in Latin American literature, also once ran for president in Peru Interview: ‘The Nobel prize is a fairytale for a week and a nightmare for a year’ Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the pivotal figures who ignited a global boom […]
Firm in race against time to get key materials as business secretary says no guarantee it will get what it needs British Steel is to deploy emergency measures in a race against time to save the blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, as the business secretary refused to guarantee the plant could […]
Open trade with Europe is more important to the UK than a deal with Donald Trump, most Britons believe A clear majority of UK voters want the government to concentrate on rebuilding trade ties with the EU over forging a new economic deal with the US, according to research published […]
Senior Kyiv economist describes latest postion of Trump administration in talks as ‘colonial-type’ bullying The US has demanded control of a crucial pipeline in Ukraine used to send Russian gas to Europe, according to reports, in a move described as a colonial shakedown. US and Ukrainian officials met on Friday […]