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Billionaires add $1tn to net worth during pandemic as their workers struggle
Companies’ attempts at hazard pay have been paltry and fleeting as employees are threatened for protesting...

US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds
Law enforcement responses to more than 13,000 protests show a clear disparity in responses, new statistics...

'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes
After growing up in a Zimbabwe convulsed by the legacy of colonialism, when I got to...

Bali’s thieving monkeys can spot high-value items to ransom
Study finds macaques go for tourists’ electronics and wallets over empty bags and then maximise their...

Kim Jong-un puts on show of force after Workers party congress – in pictures
Pyongyang hosted a military parade to celebrate the Workers’ party’s 8th Congress where Kim Jong-un took...

Indonesia earthquake: rescue workers search rubble with dozens reported dead – video
WARNING: This video contains scenes some viewers may find distressing.A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island...

'We have to act now': Joe Biden presents $1.9tn coronavirus relief package – video
Joe Biden, the US president-elect, has unveiled a $1.9tn coronavirus stimulus package to tackle the virus...

New York bus suspended from expressway after Bronx crash – video
A New York City bus was left hanging from an overpass after crashing off the Cross...

Immunity passports could be the ticket to help reopen international borders | Anthony Gardiner
Though questions remain that still need answering, there are encouraging signs that proof of immunity to...

New year, new outbreak: China rushes to vaccinate 50 million as holiday looms
Drive to immunise 3.5% of the population in weeks comes ahead of the lunar new year...

'Preserve my son’s name’: families of Tunisia’s Arab spring martyrs fight on
Delays in publication of official list of those killed and wounded provokes anger and claims of...

Pope’s adviser says Covid has highlighted ‘existential’ climate risk
Focus must be on justice for those fleeing impact of extreme weather events, says new scientific...

Black women in the UK four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth
Disparity with white women shows need for action, doctors say, despite slight improvement in mortality rate...

Indonesia earthquake: dozens dead after tremors and landslides hit Sulawesi
Thousands flee for safety and higher ground after island’s second quake in 24 hours At least...

Biden announces coronavirus relief plan as priority to kick-start US economy – live updates
$1,400 direct relief checks and federal minimum wage raise to combat impact of CovidFull report: Biden...

Digested week: home schooling has turned me into an anti-fractioner | Lucy Mangan
Fifteen-sevenths should not be a thing, but at least I’m mobile again with my knee scooterA...

100 days of warning: inside the Boogaloo killings of US law enforcement
Extremism experts warned that the anti-government movement was planning attacks online. Why didn’t Facebook act?One hundred...

No power, no water, no hope: inside Europe’s largest shanty town
Freezing weather from Storm Filomena, and Spain’s third wave of Covid, compound dire situation in settlement...

The true story behind the viral TikTok sea shanty hit
Rediscovered song, which has a ‘cheerful energy’, was likely written by a teenage sailor or shore...

Mick Herron: 'I look at Jackson Lamb and think: My God, did I write that? My mother reads this stuff!'
As the first book in his spy series, Slow Horses, is made into a TV drama,...

US suffers bleak January as Covid rages and vaccination campaign falters
Up to 438,000 may be killed by Covid by end of the month, CDC predicts, but...