When police arrested the middle-aged Uighur woman at the height of China’s coronavirus outbreak, she was crammed into a cell with dozens of other women in a detention center. There, she said, she was forced to drink a medicine that made her feel weak and nauseous, guards watching as she […]
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A woman walks past a boarded-up shop in downtown Leicester, England, on Tuesday June 30, 2020. (Rui Vieira / Associated Press) Thoroughfares are crowded in London once again, but not in Leicester. In Birmingham — Britain’s second-most-populous city — you can go to the office. Not so in Leicester, less […]
personal essay banner Insider Day 1 and day 100 of my 100 push-ups a day challenge. Rachel Hosie/Insider Around the start of the UK’s coronavirus lockdown in March, I decided to start doing 100 push-ups a day to maintain my strength and fitness without the gym, and I ultimately decided […]
We have all your questions about face masks answered including how to wash them, masks for children and where to buy them: iStock The coronavirus pandemic has meant that face masks and coverings will become part of daily life. The UK government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have both […]
By Nikhil Nainan (Reuters) – Browsing online during lockdown, Jessica Friend spotted a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses she liked, but the price tag made the 30-year-old Ohio resident think twice. What persuaded her to click ‘buy’, Friend said, was the short-term credit offered by Afterpay, which split the $260 payment […]
As California enters another dangerous fire season following a dry winter, the COVID-19 pandemic is depleting the ranks of inmate fire crews that are a key component of the state’s efforts to battle out-of-control wildfires This week, state prison officials announced they had placed 12 of the state’s 43 inmate […]