Mohammad Reza Aslani’s gothic family thriller was banned in Iran and presumed lost, only to be found years later by his children in a junk shop. Now, painstakingly restored, it’s showing at the BFI London film festivalThe rediscovery of a film is seldom as fas... More »
New Zealand end lengthy losing streak to AustraliaAmelia Kerr steers tourists to five-wicket win in Brisbane 7.49am BST The Australian all-rounder says the time away served her well during lockdown but coming back to quarantine ahead of this series, it was lik... More »
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news 7.22am BST Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business.We start with some breaking news -- oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is cu... More »
This compelling novel focuses on those enduring German rule in East Africa at the beginning of the twentieth centuryUntil recently, most conversations about the European colonial presence in Africa have excluded Germany. Established in the late 19th century, t... More »
Earlier this year, the beloved children’s writer spent six weeks on a ventilator with coronavirus. He talks about the magic of the NHS, the mismanagement of the crisis and how his near-death experience has changed him“I’m drinking lemon tea,” Michael Rosen say... More »
India’s pandemic agency says cases may be ten times official figure; New York introduces face mask fines as positivity rates climb; Boris Johnson apologises for getting north-east England lockdown rules wrong. Follow the latest updatesGlobal coronavirus deaths... More »
Iran is battling the world's deadliest coronavirus outbreak after Italy, Spain and China (AFP Photo/STR)MoreTehran (AFP) - Iran announced Saturday that 139 more people had died from the novel coronavirus, raising the official death toll to 2,517 in one of the ... More »
1 / 5Virus Outbreak PakistanAn emergency hospital is set up with nine hundreds beds for coronavirus infected patients, in the Expo Center, Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, March 26, 2020. The virus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, esp... More »
1 / 16Virus Outbreak Italy's Heroes Photo GalleryDirector of the Intensive Care unit Gabriele Tomasoni, 65, poses for a portrait at the Brescia Spedali Civic Hospital, in Brescia, Italy Friday, March 27, 2020. The intensive care doctors and nurses on the front... More »
1 / 3Virus Outbreak AustraliaThis Friday, March 27, 2020, photo shows the cruise ship Artania docked at Fremantle harbour in Fremantle, Australia. Authorities were still hoping to fly 800 cruise ship passengers from Australia to Germany on the weekend, but a s... More »
(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is the first country to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases, while Italy had its deadliest day. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is due to hold a news conference amid a critical weekend for Tokyo, which saw its biggest daily rise in cases.... More »
(Bloomberg) -- Dozens of people clashed on the Hubei border after the Chinese government lifted a two-month quarantine on the epicenter of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, highlighting the challenges of undoing the unprecedented measures taken to contain th... More »