UK health experts warn people to ignore lockdown easing; India reports 281,386 cases and 4,106 deaths; ten weeks out, more than 80% of Japanese oppose holding Olympics
Next chief to get 50% pay rise to £4.4m despite shareholder opposition
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Shareholders in Next have backed the company’s decision to pay its chief executive Simon Wolfson £4.4m this year, despite opposition from some investors concerned about the disparity between executive pay and wages of...
Concerns for businesses despite expected rise in Melbourne CBD’s population
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Melbourne’s CBD population – and the number of parking tickets – is set to boom under projections by the city’s council, but the peak property industry group has warned that more needs to be done to get people back in...
Chelsea have Robert Lewandowski on radar despite Barcelona leading the race
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Chelsea could join the race to sign Robert Lewandowski despite the Bayern Munich forward favouring a summer move to Barcelona. Lewandowski’s future is up in the air after he made clear he was unwilling to extend his B...
The celebrated assassin: the play about Gandhi’s killer, still dividing India
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‘Sometimes the truth is messy and illogical,” says Anupama Chandrasekhar. “But theatre can display the truth in ways journalism or other nonfiction cannot. It’s not just the facts that people can struggle to understan...
‘Everyone forgets about you’: Erin Jackson on returning home after Olympics gold
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Skate Mania isn’t much different than it was two decades ago when Erin Jackson first walked in. The sprawling wooden floor beneath fluorescent lights; the smell of brown leather roller skates; the snack bar; and the s...
Sri Lankan president ‘Gota’ clings on to power despite violent protests and new PM
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They have called it “Gota Go Village”. Here, on what was once an empty stretch of lawn outside the office of the Sri Lankan prime minister, on Colombo’s seafront Galle Face promenade, a thriving community has sprung u...
India bans all wheat exports over food security risk
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India, the world’s second largest producer of wheat, has banned all exports with immediate effect after a heatwave affected the crop. A notice in the government gazette by the directorate of foreign trade, dated Frida...
India: 27 people killed after fire rips through Delhi office block
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At least 27 people have died and dozens more were injured in a huge fire in a commercial building in India’s capital, Delhi. The large fire broke out at the four-storey building near a railway station in the western s...