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Horror virus that leaves 'ghost like' sufferers bleeding from nose and gums kills two

The global vaccine charity Gavi flagged Marburg last year as one of the viruses that could potentially spark the next global pandemic, as its long incubation time means it can quickly spread

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2022

First Thing: shock as former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot dead

Country’s longest-serving prime minister shot while making campaign speech in Nara. Plus, UN warns of looming ‘hunger catastrophe’ due to Russian blockade

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022

‘I don’t know how I survived’: Zhou Guanyu feared fire after British GP crash

The Chinese driver, who was trapped in his Alfa Romeo until marshals helped, said: ‘The halo saved me … I just tried to switch the engine off’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2022

Pressure points: threat of unrest looms as Kenya’s elections approach

Tensions run high amid youth unemployment, a cost of living crisis and a lack of trust in the country’s institutions

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022

US drag queens stand their ground amid intimidation by the far right

The world of American drag has been marred by growing fears of violence and intimidation as they have been specifically targeted by extremist far-right and militia groups

The Guardian - US · Jul 4, 2022

12 ridiculous photos of Joey Chestnut jamming hot dogs into his face over the years

What an athlete.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 3, 2022

Putin: His Life and Times review – the collapse that shaped the man who would be tsar

Philip Short’s meticulous new biography forces us to look at Vladimir Putin’s most appalling acts from a Russian perspective

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022

Great auks and seal-headed men: a window into ice age Provence

The Cosquer cave near Marseille astonished the diver who discovered it with its ancient depictions of sea and land animals. Now it has been painstakingly recreated

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2022

Life on the idyllic Swedish island where WW3 could start

Experts say that a Russian invasion of the Baltic states could begin on Gotland, a quiet 1,200-square-mile island

Financial Times · Jul 2, 2022

Alarm as US supreme court takes a hatchet to church-state separation

A series of court decisions has raised fears that the conservative majority are forcing religion back into the US political system

The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2022