Foreign aid farce: We send more money to rich countries such as China and India than we hand out to the world’s poorest nations MPs have revealed how much of Britain’s foreign aid budget is being spent There are concerns it is going to China and India rather than poorer nations Proportion to ‘middle income’ … Read more
A British pharmaceutical giant is already manufacturing an unproven coronavirus vaccine as it hopes to dish out hundreds of millions of doses by September. AstraZeneca has started to mass-produce the experimental AZD1222 jab, developed by Oxford University, at factories in India, Oxford, Switzerland and Norway. The Cambridge-based firm expects to have distributed hundreds of millions of … Read more
Nearly every country popular with Britons as a summer holiday destination has a lower coronavirus infection rate than the UK, ahead of plans to quarantine arrivals from Monday. From next week, people coming into the UK from abroad will have to quarantine for 14 days to stop the spread of coronavirus. But the plans have … Read more
Families’ hopes of a summer getaway were dealt a blow last night as Downing Street played down the idea of opening ‘air bridges’ to some foreign resorts. The prospect of quarantine-free travel between the UK and countries with low coronavirus rates had been raised by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. But with ministers expected to unveil … Read more
China has accused the US of inciting other countries to demand compensation over coronavirus as an economic blame-game over the pandemic escalated today. Beijing vehemently pushed back against suggestions that it should bear financial responsibility for unleashing a virus which has forced countries into lockdown and wiped trillions of dollars off the world economy. Instead, … Read more
A coalition of 62 nations will support Australia’s call for an independent probe into the origins of coronavirus. The new resolution demands an independent investigation into the international response to the pandemic and the actions of the World Health Organisation. It is backed by the entire 27-member European Union along with New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, the … Read more
Industry bosses are urging the Government to begin planning flights between ‘low risk’ countries in order to rebuild the economy. Heathrow Airport chief executive John Holland-Kaye said he believes the UK should adopt a risk-based approach in order to determine where flights can travel to and from, as he warned the UK economy will suffer … Read more
It’s not time to dust down the passport just yet – but some countries are gradually beginning to unshackle themselves from lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, as a travel tips website has revealed. The Points Guy UK has compiled a mammoth guide to the international travel status of countries around the world and reports that … Read more
Europe has seen an East-West divide in the coronavirus crisis with eastern countries suffering far less after shutting their borders earlier in the outbreak. Political scientists in Poland and Greece say the vulnerability of health systems in Eastern Europe spurred leaders into decisive action, while governments in the west felt a ‘greater sense of complacency’. … Read more
Healthy Britons have been repeatedly told during the coronavirus crisis ‘there is no evidence’ wearing face masks will protect them from infection. But data from counties which enforced mandatory mask-wearing suggests they have helped curb the spread of the virus and keep death rates low. Austria seemingly managed to reverse its crisis by making masks … Read more