Where do the women stand

Last month there was International Women’s Day, and organisations around the world came highlighting the need to address ongoing issues such as gender inequality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. So where does the world stand in 2023? Sophie Zeldin-O’Neill, Deputy Editor, Reader Revenues The first week of March, UN secretary general António

Highs and lows of the Corona crisis, and other health news

Jonathan Van-Tam shore fishing on a beach in Norfolk, where he went to decompress during the pandemi’s intense phase Credit: Simon Townsley When Covid struck, they found themselves on the frontline of the UK response. Three years on from the first lockdown, scientists and experts reflect on the highs and lows of the crisis –

2023 March 19 Sunday headlines

Migrants who arrive in the UK illegally face deportation to Rwanda this summer after Suella Braverman signed a new deal with the African state. Plus: Boris Johnson’s ‘bombshell’ partygate defence. Headlines: Sunday’s essential news Politics | Suella Braverman has said Rwanda is “clearly ready” to start receiving asylum seekers during her two-day visit to Kigali.

Birds, dogs, viruses, vaccinations, mysteries & poisonings

Today’s top stories Mutation in bird flu virus moves it a step closer to humans Changes in the H5N1 virus are ‘concerning’, according to the ECDC, and may suggest its potential to jump to humans is increasing. Why scientists across the West are poised to start bird vaccinations The H5N1 avian flu outbreak has become

U.S. Immigration Statistics 2023 update

The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) today published the latest version of its ever-popular resource, Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States, offering up-to-date and authoritative data about the 45.3 million immigrants in the United States and current and historical U.S. immigration trends. The article in MPI’s Migration Information Source online magazine

The Telegraph Frontpage of Thursday 2023 March 09

By Matthew Robinson The Telegraph’s exclusive investigation, The Lockdown Files, exposes that Matt Hancock was advised to steer clear of Wuhan lab leak comments in his Covid memoirs by the Cabinet Office. And we reveal that Boris Johnson privately warned Dominic Raab about his conduct. By Sam Hall Good evening. The Government has announced that

The Telegraph’s exclusive investigation: The Lockdown Files and looking at illegal migrants

The Telegraph reveals that consultants were paid a total of £1 million a day to work on the NHS Test and Trace system for more than a year, despite ministers being “very worried” about the spending.

The Telegraph Frontpage for 2023 March 03

By Matthew Robinson On the third day of The Telegraph’s exclusive investigation, The Lockdown Files, we reveal that Matt Hancock told ministers to “get heavy with police” to enforce Covid measures. And Rachel Johnson reveals the profound misgivings she had about lockdown and the impact it had on her parents. Hancock gave officers ‘marching orders’

News from the UK for 2023 March 02

King Charles III has asked the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to move out of Frogmore Cottage for good to allow Prince Andrew to move in. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been asked by the King to hand over the keys to Frogmore Cottage, but were not told it had been earmarked for

Global Headlines for 2023 March 01

Extending reach | Xi moved to consolidate the Communist Party’s hold over the world’s second-biggest economy, touting plans for sweeping changes to China’s bureaucracy and more influence within private companies. He said the party would roll out plans for “deepening structural reform” in the financial sector and boost control over science and technology, as well