Jason Roy has been included in the England ODI squad along with Joe Root and Chris Woakes.© ICC/Twitter Batsman Jason Roy has been included in England’s ODI squad that will face Australia in the upcoming three-match series, starting from September 11. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler, who left the bio-secure bubble andContinue Reading
biD LTasgY/unsplash Social media influencers are often seen as lazy freelancers who make a living being paid to pretend they like products. But these “celebrities’” are more than just marketing vehicles. If used properly, they can be effective agents of positive social change. Yet the UK government has taken aContinue Reading
A detainee holds a hand against her cell window at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, Bedford. Pete Maclaine/Shutterstock Long waiting times for asylum seekers, the tightening of rules for student visas – and more recently, convoluted procedures for EU citizens – are just some of the issues with the UK immigrationContinue Reading
Mariano/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA When did something like us first appear on the planet? It turns out there’s remarkably little agreement on this question. Fossils and DNA suggest people looking like us, anatomically modern Homo sapiens, evolved around 300,000 years ago. Surprisingly, archaeology – tools, artefacts, cave art – suggest thatContinue Reading
Yuganov Konstantin/Shutterstock Nine months after the coronavirus emerged, there’s still a remarkable lack of understanding about why the severity and course of COVID-19 vary for different people. Part of the problem is that we haven’t prioritised gathering and reporting data in enough detail. Most countries just report the age andContinue Reading
Lionel Messi trained individually on September 8.© Twitter Lionel Messi resumed training with FC Barcelona for the first time, since attempting to engineer a move away from the Catalan club. On September 4, Messi did a U-turn and decided to stay. The La Liga posted a video of his firstContinue Reading
“The main demand of the workers is to survive” Vila Formosa Cemetery is the largest in São Paulo | Image:: Léu Britto/Agência Mural This story was written by Lucas Veloso. It is published here under a content partnership between Global Voices and Agência Mural. Open graves, coffins and relatives’ tearsContinue Reading
St Lucia Zouks celebrate during their CPL 2020 semi-final fixture.© Twitter St Lucia Zouks have progressed into the final of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) after securing a 10-wicket win over Guyana Amazon Warriors. St Lucia Zouks bundled out Guyana Amazon Warriors on just 55 runs, the second-lowest total inContinue Reading
Cristiano Ronaldo is second only to Iran’s Ali Daei in the list of top men’s international goal scorers.© AFP Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice against 10-man Sweden on Tuesday to take him to 101 international goals for Portugal on Tuesday. The mythical 100-mark was broken on the stroke of half-time ofContinue Reading
Christian Prudhomme must now leave the race for a week to go into quarantine.© AFP Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has tested positive for COVID-19 but all the riders in the peloton were negative, organisers said on Tuesday. Prudhomme must now leave the race for a week to goContinue Reading
