American news outlets have been mocked for ranking countries at the Tokyo Olympics by total medals won instead of golds. The longstanding practice keeps the US on top of the leaderboard with a two-medal lead as of Tuesday morning, even though China has seven more golds. The New York Times posted a medal count to Facebook … Read more
Can YOU decipher the names of these countries? Set of 20 anagrams will put you to the test – and only ‘geography experts’ can score full marks Anagrams quiz challenges you to unscramble the names of 20 countries It was shared to US-based trivia website Quizly by a veteran quiz creator Players will need a … Read more
Overseas football fans travelling to the UK to support their country in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley will be limited to just 1,000 per finalist, as part of plans under discussion between the government and UEFA. And no overseas supporters are expected to attend the semi-finals, Sportsmail understands. The government announced this week … Read more
Boris Johnson and Australian counterpart Scott Morrison ‘agree trade deal between the two countries during Downing Street dinner’ – the first negotiated from scratch post-Brexit Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison agreed trade deal Two leaders have agreed broad terms of pact over dinner in Downing Street could be first trade deal negotiated … Read more
Swiss city offers homeless people one-way tickets to other countries so long as they agree not to return Basel’s homeless people offered a free train ticket or airfare to leave Switzerland They must agree, in writing, not to return to Basel, or they risk being deported 31 people from Belgium, Germany, Romania, Italy, France accepted … Read more
British forces could be sent to stop countries cutting down rainforests and drilling for oil, William Hague says Focus of the Armed Forces could switch to guarding the natural environment William Hague says it could include stopping counties cutting down rainforests He says Britain ‘cannot get away with talking the talk without walking the walk’ … Read more
Countries must ‘get serious’ about climate change this year, Boris Johnson will tell virtual summit called by US President Joe Biden Virtual talks have been called by President Joe Biden to happen this week PM yesterday announced a ‘world-leading’ target for UK to cut emissions by 78% Comes ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference … Read more
Flights to countries with high jab rates: Boris Johnson will unveil traffic light system for summer holidays with destinations vetted for Covid infections, vaccinations and the risk of mutant strains Britons able to holiday in countries with high vaccination rates this summer Prime Minister will unveil a traffic light system that will see destinations rated … Read more
A Wuhan food blogger says she was ‘surprised and worried’ by the way other countries reacted to the Covid-19 outbreak because China provided a ‘textbook’ example of how to handle a pandemic. Qiongyao Xie and her husband Jie Yang, who got married on January 19 – days before the city was plunged into lockdown – … Read more
World climate summit in Britain may go virtual if countries struggle to vaccinate citizens and new Covid wave breaks out Glasgow is due to host climate summit this year with Covid-19 measures in place But some fear the sessions may have to be virtual due to too many uncertainties More than 20,000 delegates attended last … Read more