French PM Emmanuel Macron has failed to deliver on his promise to speed up his nation’s vaccination program, eliciting frustration from doctors across the country, who warn the lack of available doses is now critical...
Study says UK’s multi-billion COVID-19 tracing system has failed
A major study published in the British Medical Journal reveals that the £37 billion ‘test-and-trace’ system PM Boris Johnson once hailed as ‘world-beating’ didn’t quite live up to the hype, raising concerns about the...
CrossTalk | Democracy vs autocracy
Historically speaking, the Cold War was a great ideological confrontation. Western liberalism vs Soviet communism. According to Joe Biden the great geopolitical struggle of our time is democracy vs autocracy. For Biden...
Belgian police break up April Fools Day ‘party’ | DW News
An April Fool’s Day prank in Belgium that quickly got out of hand. Police in Brussels stepped in to break up a party in a park that was flouting social distancing rules and other anti-pandemic measures. Europe...
Train crash in Taiwan leaves dozens dead | DW News
At least 36 people have been killed in a train crash in Taiwan. Dozens more were injured in the accident, in which the train derailed after emerging from a tunnel and colliding with a truck. Survivors were seen climbing...
A look inside a US child migrant facility – BBC News
More than 3,400 unaccompanied children are being kept in the Texas processing centre. The Biden administration has allowed reporters to tour the facility following demands for greater access as the migrant crisis at the...