Category : World

Working from holiday home! Barbados to offer year-long stays to remote workers

People working from home during the coronavirus pandemic could be given the opportunity to relocate to the Caribbean under a proposal from the Barbados government.

New long-range forecasts predict a warming Arctic and more Atlantic storms

There is a 20% chance that annual global temperatures will be 1.5C higher than pre-industrial times in at least one of the next five years, according to new analysis.

COVID-19 could kill more through hunger than disease itself, warns Oxfam

Hunger linked to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic could kill more people than the disease itself, Oxfam has warned.

Twin girls joined at head separated in rare surgery

Surgeons in Italy have successfully separated conjoined twins whose skulls were fused at the back, and who are now expected to go on to live normal lives.

Airborne transmission of COVID-19 cannot be ruled out - WHO

The World Health Organisation has recognised there is "evidence emerging" of airborne transmission of coronavirus, which could lead to changes of guidance on distancing.

World snowboarding champion Alex Pullin found dead in sea

Two-time world snowboard champion Alex Pullin has drowned while spearfishing in Australia.

Riots in the Serbian capital after government reimposes lockdown

Thousands of protesters have clashed with riot police in the Serbian capital Belgrade after the country's president announced the reintroduction of a lockdown following a spike in coronavirus cases.

Brazilian president tests positive for COVID-19 - a disease he dismissed as 'a little flu'

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Suspected bubonic plague in China 'being well managed', says WHO

A suspected case of bubonic plague in China is being "well managed" and is not considered high risk, the World Health Organisation has said.

Panic buying returns as Melbourne goes back under lockdown after spike in cases

Shoppers in Melbourne stripped supermarket shelves as the city went back under a strict lockdown and shut its state borders after a spike in coronavirus cases.