The UN Secretary-General has warned coronavirus is the greatest global crisis since the Second World War and confronting pit will bring a recession ‘that has no parallel in the recent past’. On Tuesday, UN chief Antonio Guterres said at the launch of a report on the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic that there is also … Read more
From the BBC’s useful new Coronavirus Global Update to Mel Giedroyc Is Quilting and Blackout, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 28 March 2020 Coronavirus Global Update Covid-19 may have come from China but its spread has been horrifyingly global. This useful new BBC … Read more
The Pope has delivered a blessing which is normally reserved for Christmas and Easter in an extremely rare move in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Francis delivered the ‘Urbi et Orbi’ blessing – Latin for ‘to the city and the world’ – in an empty St Peter’s Square this evening. The blessing is usually given … Read more
Pope Francis delivers first Urbi et Orbi global blessing outside of Christmas or Easter ‘for 2,000 years’ to fight coronavirus The ‘Urbi et Orbi’ blessing is rarely given outside Christmas and Easter times and is a solemn blessing The Pope’s decision to give a special Urbi et Orbi blessing underlines the gravity of the pandemic … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has killed at least 20,500 people worldwide since it first appeared in China in December, official figures say. More than 452,160 confirmed cases of infection have been diagnosed in 182 countries and territories since the start of the pandemic. The tallies, using data collected from national authorities and information from the World … Read more
Airlines across the globe have slashed services in an effort to slow down the spread of coronavirus, with thousands of fewer flights in the air. Data from airline tracking site Flight Radar 24 shows the massive reduction in the numbers of aircraft flying across the globe. According to the International Air Transport Association, it now … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Fight coronavirus, not each other: Pandemic ‘accelerating’ as global cases top 362,000 and UN chief calls for a global ceasefire so nations can focus on ‘true fight of our lives’ World Health Organisation calls for end to conflict as pandemic accelerates ‘It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown’ says UN secretary general WHO … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle post a VERY global Mother’s Day message thanking ‘Mummy, Mum, Mom, Mama’ – marking a sharp contrast to the Cambridges’ more personal family message Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 38, have paid tribute on Mother’s Day Duke and Duchess of Sussex addressed Instagram post to mums ‘all over world’ … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle post a VERY global Mother’s Day message thanking ‘Mummy, Mum, Mom, Mama’ – marking a sharp contrast to the Cambridges’ more personal family message Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 38, have paid tribute on Mother’s Day Duke and Duchess of Sussex addressed Instagram post to mums ‘all over world’ … Read more