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‘I want to reiterate my apology for breaking the guidance’, minister said in resignation letter

The vessel left Florida for the Caribbean this weekend, with passengers limited to a 40 per cent capacity

Cuba’s self-reliance is born of necessity. Relatively poor, especially after a year in which its tourist industry has been battered by the pandemic, and heavily isolated by US sanctions, the country would have struggled to secure supplies of the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines in particular. Rather than join Covax Cuba has used its decades-long expertise in biotechnology to develop and produce its own . By the end of this year, there’s no doubt the population [of Cuba] will be vaccinated – the first in Latin America and the Caribbean Dr Helen Yaffe, University of Glasgow “It...

SHARE Connie Muir would love to own an electric car. The London-based environmentalist is a prime candidate for a new generation of eco-friendly vehicles. She has checked out the possibilities, but getting behind the wheel of a 'green mobile' is just not viable. “The road that I live on, there’s no electric charging point. None nearby. I don’t have a driveway. I don’t even have a set parking space outside on the street," she said. That's before she even considers the cost of replacing her old car. The Friends of the Earth campaigner is hardly the only city-dweller to face such obstacl...

SHARE Shortly after receiving a diagnosis for depression seven years ago, Ahmed Abu Elhaz was hard-pressed to find psychotherapy services that were professional, reliable and cheap. The glaring market gap inspired the young Egyptian entrepreneur to set up Shezlong, a Cairo-based start-up that provides online counselling services to Arabic speakers around the world from the comfort and privacy of their homes, in addition to addressing the social stigma around seeking mental health support. Negative attitudes towards mental illness have meant that women in some countries have inadequate access ...