Banknotes are now so tattered that even buses refuse to accept them, as a dollarised economy and mobile phone payments push up the cost of essentials As US troops withdrew from Somalia in the spring of 1994, a teenaged Muse Omar Jama began working as an exchange trader in Mogadishu’s ...
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‘Being offended isn’t the worst thing. Being poor is’: how Robby Hoffman became a controversial comedy sensation‘Being offended isn’t the worst thing. Being poor is’: how Robby Hoffman became a controversial comedy sensation
She has suddenly become one of the world’s most successful comedians, with a hit Netflix special, an Emmy-nominated role in Hacks and another opposite Steve Carell. But many of her jokes raise hackles. Is she a genius – or an edgelord? ‘Once in a while, you get to see a ...
Hantavirus: what happens to cruise ship passengers now and will they quarantine?Hantavirus: what happens to cruise ship passengers now and will they quarantine?
Up to 150 passengers and crew from hantavirus-hit MV Hondius start flying home aboard military and government planes from Spain’s Canary Islands The complex operation to repatriate passengers and crew of the hantavirus-hit cruise ship, the MV Hondius, is almost complete. Up to 150 people have started flying home aboard ...
Chris Mason: Another crunch moment beckons for StarmerChris Mason: Another crunch moment beckons for Starmer
The prime minister will seek to reset his premiership in a speech on Monday. ...
British passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship isolating in hospitalBritish passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship isolating in hospital
The passengers landed in the UK on Sunday and none have reported symptoms, but they will will be monitored in hospital for 72 hours. ...
Tourist hotspot at ‘end of the world’ denies causing hantavirus outbreakTourist hotspot at ‘end of the world’ denies causing hantavirus outbreak
The BBC reports from the city of Ushuaia, where experts have been sent to investigate the origins of the outbreak. ...
Adolescence makes history at Bafta TV AwardsAdolescence makes history at Bafta TV Awards
The hit Netflix drama wins a record four Bafta TV Awards, including one for 16-year-old Owen Cooper. ...
Starmer fights on after poor election showingStarmer fights on after poor election showing
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday pledged to hang on after his party suffered the worst local election losses for a governing faction in decades. The results of last week’s races, largely seen as a referendum on Starmer, triggered calls for his resignation; he is planning a “reset” speech ...
China’s exports rebound ahead of Trump-Xi summitChina’s exports rebound ahead of Trump-Xi summit
China’s exports rebounded in April as overseas buyers rushed to stockpile goods in the second month of the Iran war. The data also showed Beijing’s trade surplus widened, just ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to China later this week. Trump has taken issue with the surplus. The leaders ...
Misunderstandings test US-China tiesMisunderstandings test US-China ties
The US and China are both heading into a landmark summit in Beijing this week with fundamental misunderstandings of the other, analysts said. Beijing is gripped by a “dangerous new overconfidence” stemming from an entrenched belief in American decline, one expert wrote, as Western scholarly frameworks have been purged from ...