Hong Kong will give £1,000 to every adult resident – around seven million people – to boost its economy Financial secretary Paul Chan announced the plan in the government’s budget The economy has suffered amid pro-democracy protests and coronavirus fears Chan announced the budget as democracy campaigners protested outside By James Mills for MailOnline … Read more
Five people have died and thousands were forced from their homes after severe floods in Indonesia while an earthquake also rattled the country today. The muddy deluge inundated the presidential palace, a major hospital and entire neighbourhoods across Jakarta yesterday. The heavy rains came only weeks after 70 residents of the low-lying megacity died in … Read more
Shocking moment ‘off-duty cop’ fires into a crowd and shoots three people during a carnival brawl in Brazil Authorities in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia are searching for an off-duty cop who reportedly fired into a crowd and wounded three spectators The incident took place Monday in the midst of the Bahian Carnival in … Read more
A student has outed her messy flatmates for the state they left their shared kitchen in a viral tweet – prompting hilarious videos of other uni digs. Rebecca Shaikh, 18, who is a first year chemical engineering student at the University of Bath and is living with 12 people, tweeted a snap of a smashed Loyd Grossman … Read more
President Donald Trump insisted the United States is in ‘very good shape’ in regards to the coronavirus, as the White House on Monday sent lawmakers an urgent $2.5 billion plan to address the deadly worldwide outbreak. ‘We think we’re in very good shape in the United States,’ the president said at a business roundtable meeting at … Read more