‘Like something eating your skin’: the neglected tropical disease hitting Colombia’s coca pickers
These side effects can cause patients to abandon treatment, Dr Vélez say. Additionally, injections can only be administered by medical professionals, so patients must travel to hospitals…
Ethiopia ‘no longer a safe place’ for Eritrean refugees
According to the United Nations, about 113,000 Eritrean refugees were registered in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray and Afar regions before Ethiopia’s civil war broke out. But in November…
Case of chained woman in hut forces Beijing into rare clampdown on rights abuses
This was also reflected in the censorship of comments online about the 17 officials, though posts made in support of the investigation were allowed to remain. “The…
Russian convoy mapped: the satellite images that expose Putin’s plan to cut off Ukraine’s capital
PM update: Zhytomyr (3pm) Missiles launched from Belarus had hit an airport in Zhytomyr in northern Ukraine on Sunday, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister said. Ukrainian…
Ukraine-Russia morning briefing: Five key developments as Kremlin forces convoy stretches 40 miles
“The devastation that Russia is trying to inflict on Ukraine is large.” A vacuum bomb uses oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion, typically producing a blast wave of…
Latest pictures from Ukraine: Fighting intensifies as Russian column bears down on Kyiv
Russia’s war on Ukraine is now in its sixth day, with a miles-long convoy of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles inching closer to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv…
‘Welcome to Kyiv’: On board the train that travels towards a warzone
In the movies, travelling into a warzone usually involves driving down bomb-cratered roads or swooping in via helicopter. To enter the thick of Russia’s war with Ukraine,…
Five reasons ‘puffy-faced’ Putin could be seriously ill
Covid cases have soared in Russia recently, but the extraordinary efforts to keep Mr Putin in a “bubble” go back many months. Many of those entering his…
Peace in space: Nasa says US and Russian astronauts still working together
While the US side of the International Space Station supplies power and life support, Russia is responsible for propulsion and keeping the station afloat. Last week, Dmitry…
Britain to allow more than 200,000 Ukrainian refugees to come to the UK
Sponsors will have to pay for and organise accommodation and integration for eligible Ukrainian refugees who do not have family in the UK. Ms Patel told MPs…
Travel to Spain: latest Covid rules as UK proof of recovery accepted for unvaccinated arrivals
Holidays in Spain have become a lot easier for unvaccinated travellers who have recently recovered from Covid-19 and families. Spain’s Interior Ministry has announced that tourists who…
Hassle-free skiing is back – make the most of it before the season’s over
It’s not just Italy pulling back the curtain either. Austria is on track to drop the majority of its Covid measures this weekend – just in the…
The best new chalets and hotels for your ski holiday 2022
The Paradiski area is huge, and dramatic. Linked to La Plagne in 2003 by the Vanoise Express, it would be impossible for even good skiers staying in…
Why 2022 is the year of the GOAT (Greatest Of All Trips) – here’s where to go
Thought 2022 was the Year of the Tiger? Wrong. While Chinese astrology might suggest that the big cat is in the spotlight right now, when it comes…
The 10 ultimate Italian holidays, and how to do them in style
It is the travel news many of us have been waiting for. Especially those of us who dream of a nice glass of chianti on a warm…
Best European music festivals for 2022
Roskilde, June 25-July 2 (Roskilde, Denmark) Promising a combined programme of ‘music, art, activism, camps and freedom’, Roskilde – often called the Dane’s answer to Glastonbury –…
Scorpions interview: ‘We wanted to break away from ugly German history’
Needless to say, the group’s music has aged a good deal better than its press notices. Fans of Scorpions can be roughly divided into two camps: older…
How will the war in Ukraine affect the big auction houses?
This week’s Modern and Contemporary Art sales in London were already being viewed with some trepidation before Russia invaded Ukraine. They are always a barometer of the…
Marlon James interview: I’d be happy to write a white character
James, who was born in Jamaica in 1970, started reading about African mythology in order to connect with his roots, and soon realised that “this reservoir of…
What Vladimir Putin’s taste in literature tells us about the man
Later on in the Outdoor Life interview, Putin expresses a fondness for the works of Ivan Turgenev. “His well-known A Sportsman’s Sketches has been a favourite book…
Chic, sun-dappled, set in France – yet Murder in Provence is the most English drama on TV
Television producers seem to have a favoured idea of “middle-class” life. It’s all shiny kitchen islands and shinier 4x4s and giant flat-screen TVs, with everyone speaking in…
£87m for a pub? How the BBC justifies its shiny new EastEnders set
“In the scheme of headaches facing the BBC, an overspend on the EastEnders set is towards the bottom of the list,” says Chris Curtis, editor of industry…
What’s on TV tonight: The Holiday, Murder in Provence, and more
Joe vs CarolePeacockOne of the very oddest of lockdown obsessions, self-proclaimed Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel – made famous by the Tiger King documentary series – receives what seems…
You Matter review: Delia Smith’s unlikely recipe for saving the world
We now know what Delia Smith has been doing since she published her last cookery book in 2009. She has been reading science and philosophy – Teilhard…
Does the world have too many people – or not enough?
In the 2nd century AD, the theologist Tertullian issued a warning that could have come from an Extinction Rebellion pamphlet. Humanity’s growing numbers had become “too burdensome”,…