March 2020

Woody Allen memoir finally published after being pulped

Image copyright Getty Images Woody Allen’s controversial memoir has been released, weeks after it was pulped by its original publisher. Apropos of Nothing was printed by Arcade Publishing in the US. The previous publisher, Hachette, scrapped plans to release the book after protests from its staff and his children Ronan and Dylan Farrow. Dylan has

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Coronavirus: Pandemic is ‘accelerating’, WHO warns as cases pass 300,000

Image copyright AFP Image caption The WHO chief urged the G20 group of nations to boost production of protective equipment The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the coronavirus disease pandemic is “accelerating”, with more than 300,000 cases now confirmed. It took 67 days from the first reported of Covid-19 to reach 100,000 cases,

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Albert Uderzo: Asterix co-creator and illustrator dies aged 92

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Albert Uderzo with his creations Asterix (r) and Obelix Albert Uderzo, who drew the Asterix comic books, has died at the age of 92. The books, about the adventures of Gaulish warriors fighting against the Roman Empire, first appeared in the Franco-Belgian magazine Pilote in 1959. Urderzo took over

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