New Mexico CLOSES city ravaged by COVID-19: Roads into Gallup are shut and governor uses riot act to keep its 22,000 residents inside in remote community with a third of the state’s cases On Friday New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency in Gallup  Under the Riot Control Act she banned all nonessential traffic, ordered businesses […]

Brazil now has more coronavirus deaths than China as the death toll passes 6,000 while President Bolsonaro continues to dismiss the threat and encourages citizens to defy isolation orders The coronavirus pandemic has killed 6,017 people and sickened 87,364 other in Brazil, as of Friday The South American nation’s COVID-19 totals eclipsed China’s, where 4,512 people have died and 83,958 […]

Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation, as campaigners welcome a ‘new era’ for women’s rights in the country Almost 9 out of 10 women in predominately Muslim Sudan have undergone FGM  Women’s groups warned it will be hard to change minds in some communities  Procedure involves partial cutting of the girl’s genitals, usually when they’re young , and can cause a […]

Meghan Markle suffers massive setback in war against press and faces thousands in costs after judge throws out multiple claims against Mail on Sunday in father’s letter case Meghan Markle suing publisher of Mail on Sunday for printing letter to her father She claims article in 2019 breached her privacy, copyright and data protection  Associated Newspapers disputes claims and argued […]

One of Britain’s first female detective inspectors, 81, who worked undercover as prostitute during 1970s Yorkshire Ripper probe dies from coronavirus in care home Joan Tait, a former police inspector who once went undercover to investigate the infamous Yorkshire Ripper, has died due to coronavirus at the age of 81 The Yorkshire-born officer became one of the country’s first female […]

‘It was the best possible way to accelerate the spread’: Former chief scientific adviser Sir David King says Cheltenham Festival may have fuelled coronavirus outbreak Sir David King was the government’s chief scientific adviser between 2000-7 He advised Tony Blair’s government during the Foot and Mouth crisis in 2001 Some 250,000 tickets were sold for the Cheltenham festival in March  […]

NHS worker Helen Walters's heart swelled with pride as she spotted the young nurse racing around A&E, her exhausted face just visible through her goggles and mask.  It was the first time she'd seen her daughter Amy, 23, all week – yet instead of the warm, motherly hug she desperately longed to give her, she had to make do with […]

EXCLUSIVE – ‘It’s just another kind of war’: Nurse who served alongside her son in Afghanistan is now back on a very different frontline – fighting coronavirus in UK Joan Glen, 61, spent four months in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province in 2007 The grandmother of six worked as a nurse treating badly wounded soldiers She is now on the front line […]

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that he had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus and was temporarily stepping down to recover. Mishustin, 54, suggested that First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov serve as acting prime minister in his absence. Putin, who was listening on a televised video conference, sighed when he heard the news, […]

Prince Andrew’s friend Ghislaine Maxwell was ‘abusive’ towards Princess Diana and made her cry, claims alleged Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse victim Maxwell, 58, is said to have fuond it ‘really funny’ to tease the Duke’s sister-in-law Maria Farmer, who alleges Maxwell and Epstein sexually abused her, made claim She said Maxwell ‘hated’ Diana and would take every opportunity to bully her  […]