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Outlook for 2020 worsens across major European economies
Global economic forecasts for major western nations hit by Covid-19 have been revised downwards again – with Italy now set…
Covid-19 daily report: Number of cases passes 3 million worldwide
There were 69,401 new Covid-19 cases confirmed yesterday, bringing the global total to 3,041,764. Our daily coronavirus dashboard shows that…
Morning briefing: PPE blunders laid bare
Good morning. Here is the latest Covid-19 news from around the world today. UK: A BBC Panorama investigation has revealed…
Is Liverpool finally regaining its rightful place at the top of the British arts industry?
It was shaping up to be a very exciting summer in Liverpool City Region, especially as far as the TV…
11 reasons the Lisbon Metro blows every other transport system out of the water
Subways are great. It’s an undeniable fact. They’re speedy, spacious, don’t take up space above ground, and, depending on the…
How did China fall in love with dockless bikeshare?
Visiting Guangzhou in South East China in the late 1970s, my grandmother was struck by the streets full of cyclists,…
What is a ‘shithole’ anyway? It depends on your gender
In a meeting with lawmakers in January, Donald Trump reportedly complained that the US received too many immigrants from “shithole…
On Spike Island: the Irish ‘Alcatraz’ and the growth of dark tourism
Spike Island – the former fortress and prison off the coast of County Cork in Ireland – has been named…
A plane just flew around the world using nothing but solar power
Earlier this week, Solar Impulse 2 became the first plane in history to circumnavigate the globe using only renewable energy…
In pictures: the bridges of Baghdad
Seven years in the making; 12 volumes; 2.6m words – today, Sir John Chilcot finally published his long-awaited report into…